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below the axil of a large branch, so that it appears probable that some one 

 — it might be even South cy — using a gimblet in the garden had stuck it 

 carelessly into the axil of the branch, and so left it until by the lapse of 

 time, the yearly growth of the woody layers had completely covered it in. 

 I have now in my possession the gimblet, with the portion of the stem in which 

 it was found; and send with this a sketch of them, 



Greta Hull, Keswick, Cumberland, April 29th., 1852. 



APPEARANCE OF SOME OF OUR 



EARLIEST SPRING FLOWERS, ETC., FOR 1852, NOTICED IN 



THE NEIGHBOURHOOD OF CHLRNSIDE, BERWICKSHIRE. 



BY GEOROE HENDERSON, ESQ., SURGEON. 



February. 



23rd. — Alauda arvensis singing. I 

 have heard it in some seasons as 

 early as the 9th. 



23rd. — Merula vulgaris first heard. 



March. 



5th. — Vanellus cristatus heard. 

 20th. — Viola odorata flowered. 

 23rd. — Draba verna. 



— Fiearia ranunculoides. 



— Lamium album. 



— Leontodon Taraxacum, 



— Potentilla fragariastrum. 

 26th. — Geotrupes stercorarius abroad 



in the evenings. 

 2Gth. — Bombus terrestris feedinor on 

 the willows. 



April. 



1st. — Tussilago Farfara. 



6th. — Narcissus pseudo Narcissus. 

 10th. — Anemone nemorosa. 

 11th. — Vanessa urticae on wing. 



— Pontia rapae on wing. 

 14th. — Oxalis Acetosella, 

 15th, — Tussilago Petasites. 

 26th, — Primula vulgaris, 



Chirnside, 3Iay 18th., 1852. 



VOL. II. 



April. 



29th. — Veronica chamaedrys. 

 30th. — Ilirundo riparia arrived. 



May. 



1st, — Viola canina. 



2nd.— Caltha palustris. House 



Swallows arrived. 

 2nd, — Primula veris, 



— Prunus spinosa, 



6th. — Papilio eardamines on wing. 

 8th. — Spartium Scoparium, 



— Corn Crake heard. 

 10th. — Alchemilla vulgaris, 



— Geum rivale. 



— Saxifraga granulata. 



— Erysimum AUiaria. 



— Stellaria holostea. 



— Ranunculus bulbosus, 



— R, auricomus. 



— Vicia sepium, 



— Orobus tuberosus, 



— Anchusa Sempervirens, 



— Viola lutea. 



11th, — Bat flying about in the 



evening. 

 18th. — Cardamine pratensis, 



— Mespilus oxyacantha just be- 

 ginning to bloom, 



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