78 Calendar of Vegetation, §¢. by C. 8. Rafinesque. 
of plants is easily watched, but their foliation and budding 
ought not to be neglected. Having been prevented, by various 
causes, from keeping an exact record of the progress of vege- 
tation near New-York in 1817, I submit an accurate journal 
which L had kept the year before, at Philadelphia, in which I 
hope that some interesting facts may be noticed. Dr. Benja- 
min Barton has published a sketch of a calendar of flora for 
Philadelphia, in his Fragments on the Natural History of Penn- 
sylvania; by comparing it with mine, many material differences 
may be traced, which evince a gradual change of temperature, 
although the spring of 1816 was remarkably cold and late, 
The greater quantity of species observed by me may, besides, 
render this journal a sort of vernal flora of the neighbourhood 
of Philadelphia ; and many species found by me are not tobe — 
met in the Flora Philadelphica of Dr. William Barton. 
February 20. The Hyacinthus orientalis begins to show its 
flowers, and on the 
94. In full blossom, as well as Convallaria majalis, in rooms. 
25. The grass begins to look greenish in some parts. 
26. Seen the first larva of insect in a pond. 
27. The Motacilla sialis, or bluebird, is heard for the first time. 
28. The first shad (Clupea sapidissima) is taken in the Dela- 
ware, while on the same day, the first smelt (Salmo 
eperlanoides) was taken in the Raritan, at New-Bruns- 
wick. 
March 1. The Tulipa gesneriana, and Hesperis matronalis, are 
in blossom at the windows: the suckers (genus Calos- 
tomus ) appear in the fish-market. 
2. The catkins of the Anus serrulata begin to swell. 
3. Those of Salix Caprea begin to appear. 
4, The grass looks green by patches in the country. 
5. The leaves of Veronica officinalis, Plantago virginiand, 
Saxifraga virginica, &c. are quite unfolded. 
6. The new leaves of Kalmia latifolia begin to appear. 
7. The spathes of Spathyema fetida, or Pothos fetida, begin 
appear in blossom. 
