VI ADVERTISEMENT. 



ing us with all their poetic and picturesque fea- 

 tures ; which, as a Calendar of Nature, should be 

 comprehensive and complete in itself; which, 

 on being taken up by the lover of Nature at 

 the opening of each month, should lay before 

 him in prospect, all the objects and appearances 

 which the month would present, in the garden, 

 the fields, and the waters ; yet confining itself 

 solely to those objects. Such a work I have 

 endeavoured to supply. 



My plan has been to furnish an original 

 article on the general appearances of Nature in 

 each month, drawn entirely from my own re- 

 gular observations through many seasons ; and 

 finally, to superadd a great variety of facts from 

 the best sources, as well as such as occurred to 

 myself after the principal article was written. 

 To these, a complete table of the Migrations of 

 Birds ; a copious list of Garden Plants which 

 come into flowef in the month; a Botanical 



