18 CLIMATE, SEASONS, &C. [PART I. 



1817. 



May 29. No fires in parlours now, except 

 now-and-then in the mornings and 

 evenings. 



30. Fine and warm. Apples have drop 

 ped their blossoms. And now the 

 grass, the wheat, the rye, and every 

 thing, which has stood the year, or 

 winter through, appear to have over 

 taken their like in Old England. 



31. Coldish morning and evening. 

 June 1. Fine warm day ; but saw a man, in 



the evening, covering something in 

 a garden. It was kidney-beans, and 

 he feared & frost / To be sure, they 

 are very tender things. I have had 

 them nearly killed in England, by 

 June frosts. 



2. Rain and warm. The oaks and all 

 the trees, except the Flowering Lo 

 custs, begin to look greenish. 



3. Fine and warm. The Indian Corn 

 is generally come up; but looks 

 yellow in consequence of the cold 

 nights and little frosts. N. B. I 

 ought here to describe to my English 

 readers what this same Indian Corn 



is. The Americans call it Corn, 



by way of eminence, and wheat, rye, 

 barley and oats, which we confound 



