Dr. J. Porter’s Floral Calendar, &c. 273 
BOTANY. 
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Axt. VIL—Floral* and Miscellaneous Calendar for Plaip- 
Sield, Mass. 100 miles West of Boston, (Lat. su 
about 42° 30! N. an nd Lon. West aoa Lond. 73°—more 
than 100 miles an d,) 
by me Jacoz Poisik 
Remark.—Floral Calendars, very much in detail, ering be been objected to 
by come | eae the editor has selected eae what he supposed the author 
sth iar n 
It ap ppears < this Journal hegre e course of five mon 
twenty rain ys occ’ creel. ack uke ee same period there were Sn 
loudy and days, but without r rain. The notices of tem emperature, , and 
wee er being 
generally omitted y except. ple some connected circumstances ren- 
dered them interesting.— 
1819.—Jan. 24.—Common chickweed partly, and hair- 
cap moss fully blown. 
Feb. 8. Before this date, the roads were settled and trav- 
26. Heavy snow. 
March, 17, 18. Snow in some nee ten or twelve feet 
deep, and so hard as to bear men and animals. 
April 2. 2. The first blue-bird seen. In some some places the 
snow is still above the tops of the fences, Sates conceal- 
ing them. ‘The farmers are now tapping their sugar-maple 
trees, which are very abundant here, and farnish the domes- 
tic tow of of sugar ; the tapping of the trees began before 
aig 
3. W The song of ~~ a heard for the first time. 
a Siukinet bird heard 
il. The aments of tle alder and poplar consi 5 
swelled. 
13. At sunrise a very large and beautiful rainbow. The 
fence about two thirds bare, though in some p 
are —— concealed by the snow. Several chirp- 
4, Pe Riot kniieliy: seen; the bees are also beginning 
to a abroad and the song of the marsh quail has been 
* The dates may be considered as being generally those that relate to the 
earliest events of of the kind, — 
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