362 Dr. Williams’s Floral, Zoological, and 
July 5. Chestnut-tree (Castanea americana) flowering 
6. Large red cherry fully ripe. String beans fit for the 
able. : 
Perhaps we never experienced a greater degree of heat in 
this part of the country than has been felt for three days past. 
A number of hives of honey have melted during the heat. 
4. Cucumbers fit for the table. 
15. Rye fit for the sickle. 
16. Black whortleberries (Vaccinium resinosum) ripening. 
19. Early Potatoes fit for the table. Indian corn (Green) fit 
for the table. ' 
20. Jenneting apples ripe. 
21. Choke cherries (Prun. serotina) ripe. 
26. Gooseberries ripening. 
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August 1. Martins departed. 
5. Barn and bank swallows collecting in millions, upon our 
islands in the river, to depart. 
12. Blackberries ripe. 
20. Thorn apple (Datura stramonium) in full flower. Elderber- 
_ Ties fully ripe. 
September 1. Common pear fully ripe. Rare-ripe peaches fully 
ripe. 
6. Bergamot pears fully ripe. oe 
17. Great grapes (Vitis estivalis) fully ripe. Frost grapes 
(Vitis cordifolia) ripenin ng. | 
21. Butternuts beginning to fall from the tree. 
24. Our farmers busily engaged in harvesting their corn. 
ee Butternut defoliating. 
28. 28. Elm beginning to defoliate. 
October 2. Chestout burrs opening. Tree defoliating. 
Sugar-maple and sycamore defoliating. 
= Blackbirds arrived again. Squirrels in plenty in our woods, 
though chesnuts and walnuts are scarce. Butternuts plen- 
ty. Cider and apples in great abundance. 
November 20, Wild seese returning to the southern regions. 
