390 THE NATURALIST'S CALENDAR 



Feb. 27 Filbert fl. 



27. April 5 Ring-dove cooes. 



Apricot-tree fl. 



28. Mar. 24 Toad ap. 



28. Mar. 22 Frogs spawn. 



Mar. i. April 2 Veronica hederifol. fl. 



2. April 17 Peach tree fl. 



2. April 6 Rana temporar. (frog) ap. 



3 Thlaspi bursa past.(shepherd's purse) fl. 

 3-29 Pheasant crows. 



4. May 8 Land tortoise comes forth. 



4. April 1 6 Pulmonaria officin. (lungwort) fl. 



4 Podula fimetaria ap. 



4 Aranea scenica saliens ap. 

 5-16 Scolopendra forficata ap. 



5. April 25 Wryneck returns. 



5 Goose lays. 



5 Duck lays. 



6. April 1 8 Viola canina (dog violet) fl. 



6 Papilio io (peacock butterfly) ap. 

 7-14 Trouts begin to rise. 



8 Beans planted. 



8 Blood-worms appear in the water, 



io Crows build. 



10-18 Oats sown. 



12. April 30 Golden-crested wren sings. 



12 Aspen fl. 



13-20 Sambucus nigra (common elder) 1. 



15. May 21 Laurel fl. 



1 5 Chrysomela Getting, ap. 

 15. April 22 Black ants ap. 



1 6 Ephemerae bisetae ap. 



17. April ii Ribes grossularia (gooseberry) 1. 



17. May 19 Stellaria holostea (stitchwort) fl. 



17. April 22 Anemone nemorosa (wood anemone) fl. 



17 Blackbird sits. 

 17 Raven sits. 



1 8-30 Wheatear returns. 



1 8. April 13 Adoxa moschatellina fl. 



