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and by the end of the month the grass was quite green and full 

 of promise, and the fruit trees were in full bloom. There was 

 thunder on the 29th. Flowers came into bloom a few days 

 earlier than 1910. Primrose on the 8th; Jargonelle Pear on the 

 10th; Dog Violet on the 12th; Blackthorn on the 14th; Wood 

 Sorrel on the 20th; Cuckoo Flower on the 21st. Willow Wren 

 first seen on the 17th; Sand Martin, 19th, which was about their 

 usual time. First Swallows seen at Lincluden House on the 

 22nd (pioneers). Highest maxinmm temperature in shade, 58 

 deg. on a number of days ; lowest, 44 deg. on the 4th ; highest 

 minimum reading, 47 deg. on the 21st; lowest, 25 deg. on the 

 5th. Lowest on grass, 20 deg. on the 5th. Number of days on 

 which the temperature on the grass was at 32 deg. and under, 10 ; 

 number in the screen, 6. Highest barometer reading, 30.45 

 inches; lowest, 29.3 inches. 



May. 



" May morn " the ground was covered with white frost, which 

 thawed when the sun rose, and left an abundance of May dew. 

 A single (pioneer) swallow was singing cheerily. on the house- 

 top at 11 a.m. On the 3rd there was a cyclonic storm of wind 

 and rain of considerable violence. Taken as a whole. May was 

 a month of Spring and Summer : sunshine, with a fair amount of 

 shower, with high temperature and high barometer, particularly 

 near the end. From the 17th there was a warm, genial atmos- 

 phere, with some thunder, which produced a luxuriant growth. 

 In my notes on the 24th I find those words : — " The world is 

 very beautiful." The last five days were very warm, the tem- 

 perature in the shade averaging 81 deg. There was thunder on 

 the 13th, 14th, 26th, 27th, and 31st. Sowing turnips on the 

 12th. Blenheim Orange Apple came into bloom on the 1st 

 Garden Strawberry on the 12th; Wild Hyacinth on the 13th 

 Lilac on the 14th ; Chestnut on the 14th ; Hawthorn on the 16th 

 Ox Eye Daisv on the 26th; Wild Rose on the 31st. Saw first 

 small White Butterfly on the 9th; heard Corncrake on the 15th; 

 saw first Wasp on the 19th. Highest maximum temperature, 

 82 deg. on the last three days ; lowest, 52 deg. on the 3rd ; highest 

 minimum, 58 deg. on 31st; lowest, 29 deg. on the 1st. Lowest 

 temperature on the grass, 27 deg. on the 3rd. Number of days 



