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Mar. 26.—Hard frost (thermometer on grass fell to 12°) 
April 10.—Swallows seen, Burton-upon-Trent oe 
, 11.—White Butterfly, Branstone .. 
», 14.—Horse Chestnut, lf., Grammar School 
Cherry Tree in blossom, Branstone .. 
fo Forget-me-not, fl., Tatenhill ae ae ae 
_ Bluebells, says Tatenhill. . fe Br seri 
», 22.—Adder’s Tongue, fi., Tatenhill . Bc we =a: 
Candock, Stitchwort, Branstone 
Broom, fi., Barton - 
May, fi., Catton .. 
5, 27.—Water Daisy, near Sinai Park. . 
», 29.—Corncrake heard, Yoxall 3 
», 30.—Chaffinch, three eggs, Branstone 
May 1& 6. Early erowth of vegetation much cut by frost. 
,  1.—Horse Chestnut, fl., Manor Croft 
»  3&—Wood Pigeon, two eggs, Repton 
» 4,—Magpie, six eggs, Bretby 
3,  0.—Cuckoo heard, Stapenhill 
»  %—Hawthorn pad Laburnum, fl., the Ceneana a " scanty 
blossom generally, owing “es wet weather wp CO: 
9.—Apple blossom falling .. 
10 to 18.—The Trent at times in high flood ; rain more or 
less every day from 6th to 28th. 
», 11.—Dragon Fly, Stapenhill .. : on 
» 15.—Limes, lf. 
» 17.—Laburnum, If., Bagot’ setae S- 
Damson Trees in full bloom, Bagot’s Park.. 
June 2.—Glow Worm, palace! ‘ oF 
»  4.—Took S. populi 
»  9.—Took A. cardamines, M. “piriviata 
»  6.—lime, fl. .. aA oe eta 
»  %—Took H. humuli, R. " crateogata, I. lactearia, 
t E. alchemillata, E. exiguata, EH. vulgata, C. rus- 
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» 10.—Wild Rose, fl. Cina. 
» 10.—Took H. ‘velleda, EK. dolabraria, T. pidndularia, 
EH. heparata, A. luteata, C. pusaria, C. corylata, 
HH. castigata, A. betularia, H. _ grisealis, 
H. dentina, H. prasinana, C. propugnata, larvee 
of D. cceruleocephala, B. quercus, H. defoliaria.. C.F. T. 
», 12 and 13.—Trent in flood. 
» 12.—Took (Swynnerton Woods, Stafford,) F. piniaria, 
M. liturata, H. crassalis, N. plecta, X. rurea, 
R. tenebrosa, H. thalassina, EH. lucipara C. 
» 13.—Took (Burntwood, Stafford,) L. marginata, 
M. hastata, L. pectinitaria, C. exanthemaria, 
P. lacertula, larves of T. SHSEORE Be perfumaria, 
C. flavicornis .. 
» 17.—Took (Eyam, N. Derbyshire) Ke ulmata 2 
a 1S ..,, A A F. atomaria, E. albu- 
lata .. 
», 19.—Took (Miller’s Dale) A. ‘menthastri, CAL fuliginosa, 
M. montanata 
» 21.—Took (Burton) A. psi .. 
» 23 to 28.—Very hot weather: on 26th ees 90° ‘at Bur: 
ton, 95° at Nottingham ; on 26th, :24 inch of 
rain fell in fifteen minutes during a thunderstorm 
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