Miscellaneous Calendar: | 363 
+ #1812, 
March 21. Blackbirds, woodpeckers, and robins arrived. 
Wild geese passed over. 
23, Bees out of the hive. 
April 3. Black ducks arrived. Large flocks of pigeons passed 
over. 
9. Flower-buds of the elm considerably swoln. 
11. Skylarks arrived. | 
12. Frogs begin to be heard. 
13. Leaf-buds of the soft maple (Acer rubrum) much swoln. 
14, Leaf-buds of the oes ge © much swoln. 
16. Early garden peas sown. 
13. Dandelion (Leon. tarax.) in full flower. Blae or meadow 
violet (V. cucullata) in flower. Leaves of the lilac 
beginning to expand. Our farmers busily engaged in 
ploughing for sowing. 
- 23, Peas and oats sown, and Indian corn planted. 
25. Swallows arrived and whippoorwills begin to sing. 
27, Leaves of the gooseberry, and willow (Salix Muhlenbergii) 
beginning to expand. 
May 5. Martins arrived. 
10. Asparagus fit for the table. Blood-root (Sing Canaden- 
sis) in full flower. 
11. Chili garden strawberries beginning to blossom. Flower- 
buds of the lilac swoln. 
2. Elm in full flower. Leaves of the meadow violet begin- 
ning to expand 
13, Garden violet (V. tricolor) in flower. 
14, Field strawberries in full flower. Shad-bush (Aronia bo- 
tryapium) in blossom. 
15, English cherry beginuing to flower. 
19. Winter pear beginning to blossom. 
22. Hummingbirds arrived. Large white plum of ePvinil domes- 
tica) in fall flower. Butternut beginning to flower. 
23. Flower buds‘of the peach (Amygdalus persica) beginning to 
expand. Gooseberry in flower. 
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