398 Calendar of Flora, 8fC. — Obituary — Baron Maseres. 



cojum vernum, and the Claimond Tulip, which I call Tulipa 

 precox, but which botanists have confounded with T. Gcsncri, 

 are now in blow. — This night the prodigious quantity of spiders 

 on the walls of the house foretold the wet weather which fol- 

 lowed. I have observed that this is as sure a sign of rain, a? 

 the much braying of the ass is of showery weather. 



April 24. — Cuculus canorus first heard. — Lilacs begin to 

 throw forth leaves. — The Cuckoo was heard at Walthamstow 

 as early as April 21, its mean time at that place. — Cowslip 

 Primula veris now abundantly in flower in the meadows. 

 Primroses still cover every bank, and mix agreeably with 

 Violets. — Scilla nutans flowers here and there. — Narcissus bi- 

 color (vel N. petalis albis nectarium flavum suba?quantibus) 

 flowers in the garden. 



April 25. — Ranunculus lulbosus begins to blow sparingly : 

 during May this plant covers the meadows, succeeding the 

 Dandelion now in profusion. — Stcllaria holostea flowers plenti- 

 fully. 



April 26. — The early Daffodil still abundantly in blow in 

 a field near Fisher's Gate in Withyam. — Narcissus tenuifolius 

 in flower in the garden. 



April 28. — Erysimum Barbarea, E. miliaria, Tulipa sylves- 

 tris, Fritillaria Meleagris*, and F. imperiale, in flower at Hale 

 End, Walthamstow. 



April .30. — Lychnis dioica in flower at Walthamstow. 



This has been in general a most unpropitious spring for 

 flowers, and last winter although mild has killed a great variety 

 of plants. 



April closed without having afforded one warm day. The 

 Dandelion was still the prevalent plant that yellowed the 

 meadows, mixed with Daisies. Harebells were as yet but 

 few in number. Primroses and Polyanthuses abundant. A 

 single Tulip appeared here and there in warm places.f 



Hartwell, May 22, 1824. T. FoRSTER. 



Obituary. — Baron Maseres. 

 On the 10th of May, at the advanced age of ninety-three, 

 died Francis Maseres, Esq. F.R.S. Cursitor Baron of the 

 Exchequer, a profound mathematician, a munificent patron 

 of science, and an excellent man. 



* Fritillaria Meleagris was in flower plentifully May 10 in a mead be- 

 tween Billington in Bedfordshire and the church at Slapton, Bucks, — a 

 habitat of this plant not heretofore recorded, as we believe. — Edit. 



■f On the 5th of May I found Narcissus biflnrus in flower in abundance 

 in a field near Lingfield ; and as I saw other plants of the same species 

 blowing in the marsh far remote from any house, I have no doubt of its 

 being a genuine habitat. 



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