9S Perennial Calendar: 



Mai/. The wind blew from the east for the most part of this montli, 

 and, with the exception of nine days, the atmosphere was cloudy. The 

 scarlet strawberry and common broom in flower, and the birch in leaf on 

 the 1st, the oslin apple was in flower by the 3d. Young rooks had left 

 their nests, and were branching and shot at by the 4th, when the cuckoo 

 was first heard. Teuchats (the proper name ?) appeared in marshy grounds 

 by the 6th, the lilac was in flower on the 12th, and the oak in leaf on the 

 18th. The walnut came in leaf on the 20th, and the Scotch redstreak 

 apple, the latest flowerer, on the 24th. The narcissus came in flower on 

 the 29th. The landrail was heard in the corn-fields on the 14th. 



Jime. The atmosphere was clear during the greater part of this month. 

 The laburnum came in flower by the 4th, the mulberry leaves were fully 

 expanded by the 5th, the common scarlet strawberry was ripe on the 24th, 

 a period of 51 days from the appearing of the flowers, mean temperature of 

 that period 60°. Hay harvest began on the 24th on clover and rye grass 

 grounds. The gooseberry caterpillar appeared on the 7th, and the apple 

 caterpillar on the 17th; the last were coiled up in their downy catacombs 

 by the 24th, and some of their flies were seen by the end of the month. 



Jtdy. Warm showers were frequent throughout this month, the at- 

 mosphere was for the most part cloudy, there being only three days of 

 brilliant, and eight days of partial sunshine. Wheat came in flower on the 

 6th ; and it was soon discovered that myriads of small caterpillars, of a 

 sulphur colour, supposed to be the Tipula /ritici described in Loudm*s 

 EncyclopcBdia had taken possession of a great part of the ear, and were 

 devouring the embryo grain : within three weeks from the time they were 

 discovered, they were transformed into small flies. The wheat is, in conse- 

 quence, about one half deficient in quantity all over Scotland. Barley, 

 which was sown on the 1st of May, came in the ear on the 7th, being 68 days. 

 Mean temperature of that period 55° b\ Z/ychnis chalcedonica in flower 

 on the 11th. Hare bells (Campanula rotundifolia) in flower on the 13th. 

 Timothy grass, and the Butomus umbellatus in flower on the 15th, and 

 the Z/ilium candidum on the 1 8th, pulled ripe juneating apples from an east 

 wall on the 22d, early varieties of gooseberries ripe by the 23d. The sun- 

 dew (Drosera rotundifolia) and the grass of parnassus (Parnassia palustris) 

 were in flower on the 26th on moist moor grounds. The cuckoo ceased 

 his note on the 30th. 



August. Dull hazy weather prevailed till the 20th, and heavy showers 

 had laid the ripe wheat in the Low Carse, which was partially sprouted. 

 The (Calluna vulgaris) common heath, which was in full flower by the 11th, 

 the autumn crocus (Colchicum autumnale by the 13th. Wheat harvest 

 commenced in the Low Carse on the 15th, and was general by the 21st. 

 Barley that came in the ear on the 7th of last month was cut on the 25th, 

 a period from the earing of 49 days. Mean temperature of that period 

 59° 4'. 



September. The atmosphere throughout this month was for the most 

 part hazy. A violent thunder storm occurred on the 9th, wind westerly. 

 Wheat that had been sown on the morning of the 9th gave a braird on the 

 17th, a period of eight days. Mean temperature during that period 54° 6\ 

 The harvest was secured on the highest grounds, which form the north bank 

 of the Carse, by the 22d ; on the evening of that day there appeared an 

 unusually brilliant Aurora Borealis. Green gage plums were ripe on the 

 9th, and white beurr^e pears on the 15th, elruge nectarines on the 18th. 

 Swallows began to congregate on the 24th. 



October. The weather throughout the whole of this month was mild 

 and pleasant; on the 6th and 8th the wind was boisterous from the west; 

 there were eight days of clear sunshine. Wheat sown on the 8th gave a 

 braird on the 21st, a period of thirteen days. Mean temperature of that 

 period 52°. Flocks of wild geese began to arrive from the north on the 



