Miscellaneous Calendar. 367 
April 8. na buds of the lilac (Syring. vulg-) bépttibing to & 
10. habit of the soft or meadow maple (Acer rubrum) be- 
ginning to swell. Black alder (Alnus serrulata) in 
flower. American hazle (Corylus americana) in flower, 
and its catkins appearing. 
. Fair and pleasant, after along storm. It has rained six- 
teen days in succession. Frogs begin to be heard. Leaf- 
buds of the English cherry (Prunus ae a 
heart beginning to swell. Garden peas sow 
12. Flies in myriads arrived in our streets. Catkiia of the 
butternut (Juglans cinerea) beginning to swell. Saxi- 
frage (Saxifraga virginiensis) in flower. : 
13. Skylarks arrived. 
14. Sweet fern (Comptonia asplenifolia) in flower. White 
birch (Betula populifolia) in flower. 
16. Our farmers beginning to plough for spring wheat. 
18. Bank swallows arrived. 
19. Leaf-buds of the currant, the gooseberry, and the apple, 
considerably swoln. 
20. Dandelion (Leon. tarar.) beginning to flower. Viola cu- 
cullata beginning to blossom. 
22. Our farmers ploughing for peas and oats. The snow 
upon the hills 20 miles north and west from Deerfield 
is two feet and a half deep, and the winds from those 
quarters are so chilly as to retard the progress of 
vegetation. Icicles scarcely melted upon the south 
side of buildings in Halifax, Vermont; and it is too 
cold for making sugar. 
. Blood-root (Sanguinaria canadensis) in flower on a warm 
south side hill. Leaves of the English gooseberry be- 
ginning to expand. Venus’s pride (Houstonia coerulea) 
in flower. Early life-everlasting, (Gnaphalium planta- 
ginewm) crowfoot, (Ranunculus fascicularis) tooth-root, 
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(Dentaria laciniata) and meadow-rue ( Thalictrum ee 
tum) in full flower. 
. Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) in full flower. Leaves 
of the barberry (Berberis vulgaris) beginning to ex- 
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