Vlll CONTENTS. 



MARCH. Characteristics. Winds. Progress of Vernal appear- 

 ances. Vernal sensations. Mornings in March. Rural objects. 

 Snail-shells. Young Herbs. Rhubarb. March, its name. 

 Awakening of dormant animals. Various appearances of ani- 

 mals and vegetables. The Primrose. Starlings. Rural Occu- 

 pations. Angling. Migration of Birds. Calendar of Garden 

 Flowers. Botanical and Entomological Calendars. . 74 



APRIL. Characteristics. Progress of Vegetation. Vernal Cro- 

 cuses. Trees in blossom. Return of migratory Birds. Bird's 

 nests and eggs. Their beauty and picturesque situations. April, 

 its name. Description of Spring by Gawain Douglas. Leafing 

 of Trees a directory for sowing. Habits of animals this month. 

 Satanic footsteps. Rural Occupations. Angling. Migration 

 of Birds. Calendar of Garden Flowers. Botanical and Ento- 

 mological Calendars i ..^ ^ . 90 



MAY. Characteristics. Flowers of woods, waters, and heaths. 

 Beautiful appearance of Woods. Pleasant prospects at the end 

 of the month. Fulness of Foliage. Depth and richness of 

 Grass. Cottage Gardens. Hawthorns. The Nightingale. 

 Flowers. The love of them natural to Children. Moral em- 

 blems with all nations. Use of them among the Greeks ; the 

 Hebrews. The beautiful illustration they afforded to Christ. 

 Flowers in the Desert. The use of them in the East; in Italy. 

 Present taste for the cultivation of Flowers. May, its name. 

 The Wayfaring Tree. Bcnting-time of Pigeons. Leafing of 

 Trees completed. Bees, their swarms. Popular customs re- 

 garding them. Rural Occupations. Angling. Migration of 

 Birds. Calendar of Garden Flowers. Botanical and Entomo- 

 logical Calendars, --x. ';:..'; . .r . . . 125 



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JUNE. Darkening hues of Foliage. Variety and beauty of 

 Foliage. The Horse-chestnut. Beauty of June weather. 



