Miscellaneous Calendar. 369 
May 18. Asparagus fit for the table. ; 
19. Smooth gooseberry (Ribes wva-crispa) in flower. 
20; Shad-bush (Aron. Botryap.) in flower. 
21. House wrens arrived. Moose-wood (Dirca palustris) in 
flower. 
22. Garden currant (Ribes rubrum) beginning to flower. 
24. Wake-robin (Trillium cernuum) and peas (Pyrus communis 
in flower. _. prt 
25. Our mountain scenery diversified. Weather very warm. 
Garden potatoes and garden corn, planted on the 27th 
April, breaking the ground. Garden beans, cucumbers, 
squashes, watermelons, &c. planted. 
. Damson plum (Prunus domestica) and yellow or wild plum 
(Prunus chicasa) in flower. Elder (Sambucus canadensis) 
in flower. Carolina chatterer arrived. 
. Garden gooseberry (Ribes grossularia) and ave 
rivale) in blossom. Weather intensely warm. Ther- 
mometer at 86° at 2 o'clock, P. M. yesterday. 
. Apple-trees in full flower. Night-hawks arrived. 
30. Choke cherries (Prun. Serotin.) in flower. 
1, Lilac in full flower. 
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The weather till the last week in May w 
rainy. Perhaps we have never. known more § 
than that of the first twenty days of the month. The last 
week in the month of May was unusually warm and fine. Veg- 
etation has put forth more within this week than it has in all 
the season before. ‘The blossoms on apple-trees are scanty, 
and there is but little prospect of fruit. Peach-trees in the 
Vicinity of this place were all killed by the extreme cold 
Winter, 
June 1, Hummingbirds arrived. 
2. Honeysuckle apple (Azalea nudiflora) in fall flower. 
3. Blue-eyed grass, (Sisyrinchium anceps) Krigia virgunica, 
and thorn-bush (Crategus coccinea) in flower. Garden 
seeds, planted on the 25th ult. have vegetated 3 or 4 in- 
ches high. Garden rhubarb (Rheum tataricum) in flower. 
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