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THE 



Calendar of FLORA. 



I. REVIVING WINTER MONTH. 



From the winter folftice to the vernal ^qtdnox. 



Dec. XII. 



xxii. Butter fir inks arJ feparates from the fides 



of the tub. 

 xxiii. Afp flower buds begin to open. 

 Jan. I. i. Ice on lakes begins to crack. 



ii. Wooden walls fnap in the flight. 



Cold frequently extreme at this time^ the 

 great eft obferved was S5'7' 

 iv. ^Horfe dung fpirts. 

 viii. Epiphafiy rains. 

 xxvi. St. Paul's rains, 

 Feb. II. 



xxii. Very cold nights often between Feb. 20 and 

 28, called Steel Nights. 



♦Note. This was explained to me by Mr. Sohndcr, an iigeni- 

 ous and learned difclple of Linnaeus, now in England, who layi» 

 that hoife dung, in very fevere irolts tlirows out particles neai" a 

 loot high, and that »y other dung dues the like,. 



S3 II. THAW- 



