262 THE CALENDAR OF FLORA, 



II. THAWING MONTH. 



From the fir fi melting of the fnow to the floating of 



ice down the rivers. 



Vere novo gelidus canis cum montibus humor 

 Liquitur, et zephyro putris fe gleba refoivit. 



ViRG. 



Mar. III. 



xix. Eves drop towards the noontide fun. 



Sallow, round leaved^ flower-buds, 449, 

 15. Salix caprea^ open, 

 XX. Snow melts againft walls. 



LARK begins to fing. 

 xxii. WoJer flows by the walls. 

 XXV. Roads very dirty and full of water, 

 April IV. 



i. Horfe dung melts the ice, 



Mols, upright flr. Lycopodium felago^ 

 106. fheds its dufl. 

 iii. Stones are loofened from the ice. 

 vi. Hills begin to appear^ the fnow being 

 melted. 

 Serpents come out of their holes. 

 SPIDER, water, frifks about. The FLY 



creeps forth. 

 GAME, black J ^^. I'etrao tetrix. 

 LAPWING, I lo.'Ti'inga vanellus., returns^ 

 vii. BUTTERFLY, nettle.,? apilio urticce, ap^ 

 pears in abundance. 

 Some people., fays Pliny ^ think the appearance of the 

 butterfly the fureft fign of fpringy on account of the 

 delicacy of the animal. 



DUCK, 



