Meteorological Journa tetta, Ohio, for 1843. 279 
» Wood anemone; 26th, fumi- 
In generally—last year it 
difference of thirty eight days; 
le morning of the 25th there was a 
jure the blossoms of the peach. It 
e borders of the Ohio River, we rarely 
frost, or more, when the peach is in blossom. 
This I have noticed for more than thirty years. 
_ May Ist, pear and cherry in bloom; 5th, apple in blossom— 
sa last year it was open on the 2d of April, a difference of thirty 
} ‘three days; a few tulips of the early varieties open; 6th, red-bud 
in bloom—this fine flowering tree usually opens at the same time 
with the apple ; 7th, Cornus florida; 8th, white oak putting out 
its leaves—the old Indian rule for planting their corn, and was 
Ptobably founded on ancient observation, that before that period 
the earth was not sufficiently warmed for the corn to vegetate ina 
healthy manner; 9th, apple shedding its blossoms; 13th, quince 
tree in bloom; 16th, purple mulberry; 17th, Calceolaria lutea ; 
18th, hickory; 19th, black walnut shedding its aments; 22d, 
Ribes villosus; 24th, Acacia robinia—this is a 7. tree, 
and never puts out its bloom till all danger from late frosts is past; 
25th, Prunus Virginianus; 27th, rose Acacia, in gardens; 30th, 
White Chinese peony. Ps: 
The mean temperature for the summer months was 719-15, 
which is 3°-71 above the summer of 1842. The amount‘of rain 
in these months was only 7:45 inches, while in the former year it 
was 15-75 inches. This small amount of rain, less than half that 
. Of 1842, will no doubt in part account for the increase of heat, 
there being less of clouds and more sunshine. June 2d, there 
Was a smart frost in the morning, but not so hard as to destroy 
the young and tender fruit of pears, apples, &c., it being protected 
. by the shelter, and by the radiation of caloric from the leaves. 
7th, Osage orange in bloom; 8th, peas fit for the table—in ordi- 
nary years they are ready by the 20th of May. 9th, strawberries 
ripe; 1ith, various hardy roses in bloom; 18th, Franklinia ; 
23d, cucumbers ready for eating—grown in the open air, but pro- 
tected when small by a box, like a hand glass; 26th, Sambucus 
in bloom; 27th, purple mulberry ripe ; 29tb, red Antwerp rasp- 
berry and currant; July 1st, Catalpain bloom. The ripening of 
the early summer fruits is not so much retarded by the action of a 
hills, but not in low grounds 
tory and birthwort ; 27th, 
opened on the 19th of M 
29th, plum in bloom. 
frost, but not so hard 
is a curious fact, that o 
fail in having one frost 
