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Meteorological Journal at Marietta, Ohio, for 1845. 205 
_ Spring —The mean temperature for the spring months was 
53-89°, which is two degrees less than that of 1844, and nearly five 
less than that of 1842. The months of February and March were 
each nearly a degree warmer than those of 1844, and brought 
forth vegetation at a rapid rate, so that the garden crocus was in 
bloom by the 20th of the former month, and until the 20th of 
the latter, there was every prospect of an early and favorable 
spring, but after that time, the frequent frosts of April and May 
destroyed all the flattering prospects of the flower garden and 
orchard. ‘The following floral calendar will show the progress 
of vegetation and the injuries which it sustained from the in- 
clemency of the season. 
Floral calendar.—February 11th, robin, Turdus migratorius, 
appears; 12th, blue-bird, Hirundo purpurea, seen ; 20th, yellow 
crocus in bloom, honey bee at work ; 24th, the earth is sufli- 
ciently dry and warm to plant onions, peas and potatoes. 
March 5th, red elm and willow in bloom ; 6th, Hepatica triloba 
in bloom; 10th, daffodil; 12th, apricot tree in bloom; 13th, 
early hyacinth; 19th, windy, with showers of snow ; on the 
morning of the 22d, the mercury fell to 18°, which is several 
degrees lower than since the 7th of February; but there was 
frost nearly every morning from the 12th to the 29th of March ; 
29th, scarlet-colored Pyrus japonica in bloom; 30th, peach tree 
and crown imperial; 31st, streets dry and dusty—no rain for 
twenty one days. 
April 2d, Italian narcissus in bloom; 3d, Sanguinaria cana- 
densis; 5th, imperial gage; 6th, Mespilus arborea, June berry ; 
8th, cold wind—snow fell half an inch in the night—mereury at 
22°. 9th, thermometer at 15° in the morning—all ended with a _ 
cold dry wind. Last night destroyed the blossoms and germs of 
nearly all the various kinds of fruit; also a vast many flowering 
buds of the tulip, which were just beginning to appear above the 
surface. Out of more than two thousand bulbs of this splendid 
flower, not more than sixty or eighty ever opened their petals. 
Several large plants of the Peonia moutan, which is one of the 
most hardy of plants, suffered in the same way, although cov- 
ered with mats; only one plant escaped, which was of the single 
variety, and was protected by being covered with a barrel. Peas 
three inches high were killed. 10th, on this day the great fire at 
Pittsburgh took place; 11th, Anemone virginiana ; 12th, earth 
