372 Dr. Williams’s Floral, Zoological, and 
95°, part of the time at 98°. Our lands are now parching 
with drought. Our grass fields are completely embrowned. 
Our farmers beginning to reap their rye. 
July 19. Cucumbers fit for the table. Early corn (green) fit 
for the table. 
_ 21. Mother of thyme (Thymus vulgaris) in full flower. 
22. Fig-wort (Scropularia marylandica) and loosestrife (Ly- 
stmachia stricta) in flower. 
24, paring att (Convoloulus sepiums) and Orchis ciliaris in 
Il flower. 
26. Wiksetlahecrtee (Vaccinium resinosum) ripe. Single-seeded 
cucumber (Sicyos angulata) in flower. 
28. Garden lettuce and hop (Humulus lupulus) in full flower. 
30, Our farmers reaping their wheat—a_ tolerable crop. 
_ Buckwheat (Polygonum fagopyrum) in flower. 
_ We had a great rain about the 20th, which restored the 
parched vegetation. The latter part of the month Was, how- 
ever warm, and ae 
August 1. Geatahoppers begin to sing. Crickets arrived. 
2: Larkspur (Delphinium consolida) in flower. 
3. Sunflower (Helianthus annuus) and pigweed Ceara 
album) in flower. 
6. Broom-corn (Sorghum saccharatum) and lavender (Laven- 
dula spica) in flower. 
7. Early jenneting apples ripe. Ambrosia trifida and Amer- 
icana senna (Cassia marylandica) in flower 
11. Muskmelon ripe. Garden squashes and nile beans fit 
~~ for the table 
13. Seed-box Lsebeigia alternifolia) in flower. Garden goose- 
berries fully ripe. 
i4, Our farmers gathering their peas and oats—an indifferent 
crop. Weather warm and dry. 
16. Martins departing. Bush clover (Lespedeza capitata) in 
flower. 
18. Our farmers begin to mow their second crop of hay- 
Jerusalem oak (Chenopodium botrys) in flower. 
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