37 



May S. — Poiitiac, MicLigan. — Cherry and liickory leafiug ; 9th, dandelions 

 in bloom ; 10th, hard maple and pear leafiug ; 12th, currant in bloom, willo-win 

 leaf. 



May 8. — Richland, Nebraska. — Plum blossoms. 



May 9. — Canton, lilissouri. — Apple trees in blossom ; forest trees all leafing 

 out. 



May 9. — Embarrass, Wisconsin. — Saw first lizard and toad to-day. 



May 9. — Fort Madison, Iowa. — Walnut and black-oak leaves expand; 10th, 

 apple blossoms ; white-oak leaf expands; 11th, fire-fly first seen. 



■ May 10. — Connellsville, Pennsylvania. — The apple trees are in full bloom : 

 the peach trees have no bloom. 



May 10. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — Whippoorwills singing to-night. 



May 10. — New Lisbon, Ohio. — Woods beginning to look green, though ten 

 days behind ordinary seasons. 



May 10. — College Hill, Ohio. — Apple trees just in full blossom. The spring 

 is full three weeks later than usual. No cherries in blossom except the common 

 kind ; most of the pear buds killed ; no peaches in blossom, and but a few trees 

 alive ; gooseberries, currants, strawberries, raspberries and apples uncommonly 

 abundant ; grapes very backward, and about one-tenth killed. — (Professor 

 Wihon.J 



May 11. — Lisbon, Maine. — Bobolinks seen this morning. 



May 11. — Wilson, New York. — Baltimore orioles made their first appearance ; 

 12th, wrens first appeared. 



May 12. — Kelley's Island, Ohio. — Red currants in bloom ; 14th, common red 

 cherries in blossom ; all other varieties killed by hard frost in January. 



May 12. — Muscatine, Iowa. — Plums, cherries and early apples in full blos- 

 som. 



May 13. — South Hartford, New York. — Cherry trees beginning to bloom : 

 14th, apple blossoms first noticed ; currant bushes in full bloom. 



May 13. — South Trenton, New York. — First plums in bloom. 



May 14. — Westficld, Massachusetts. — Apple trees in blossom. 



May 14. — Green Bay, Wisconsin. — The first wild ]ilum in blossom. 



May 14.^— New Ulm, Minnesota. — Plum trees in full blossom. 



May 14. — Richland, Nebraska. — Cherry blossoms. 



May 15. — Tioga, Pennsylvania. — Plums, cherries, pears and peaches in bloom; 

 20th, apple trees in bloom. 



31ai/ 15. — Pontiac, Michigan. — Butternut leafing; 16th, black oak leafing: 

 17th, locust and peach leafing; lilac in flower ; 19th, white oak leafing; miis- 

 quitoes ; 21st, crab tree in bloom. 



May 15. — EmbaiTass, Wisconsin. — Anemone, dandelion, plum and wild 

 clierry in flower ; musquitoes appearing. 



May 15 to 20. — Ouawa, Iowa. — Apple trees in bloom. 



3Iay 16. — Newark, New Jersey. — Horse-chestnuts in full bloom. 



May 16. — Nazareth, Pennsylvania. — Found a nest of young robins, just 

 hatched. This was, probably, one of the earliest, if not the first brood of rob- 

 ins hatched here this season ; 17th, general arrival of the bobolink. 



May 17. — Haddonfield, New Jersey. — Early sown wheat in head; 20th, rye 

 first seen in blossom ; early sown wheat in bloom. 



May IS. — South Trenton, New York. — Whippoorwill first seen. 



May IS. — Dubuque, Iowa. — Apple trees in blossom. 



May IS. — Kelley's Island, Ohio. — Dwarf peas in blossom ; 20th, apples in 

 blossom. 



Blay 19. — Skaneateles, New York. — Grapes sprouting — Isabella, northern 

 Muscadine, Clinton and Catawba; 21st, Osage orange breaking leaf buds, lilacs 

 in blossom. 



