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white frost; 24th, frost; March 23d, Melia Azedarach 

 (Pride of India) in bloom; April 7th, Blackberries ripe; 

 April 17th, hail the sizs of half -grown wild plums. 



1843. March 27th, rain; 28th, wind N. W; 29th, ice 

 and frost. 



1844. March 7th, rain; 8th, wind K W.; ther- 

 mometer at sunrise 44; 9th, 42; March 20th, rain; 

 22d, wind W., frost. 



1845. March 24th, rain; 25th, therm. 42; 26th, 

 frost; April 10th, therm, at sunrise 43, frost. 



1846. March 14th, rain, wind N. W. afterwards; 15th, 

 16th, and 17th, frost, therm. 38. 



1847. March 26th, rain; 27th, wind N. W., therm. 

 35; 28th, therm. 35, frost. 



1848. March 13th, rain; 14th, therm. 37, wind N". 

 W.; 15th, wind N. W., therm. 32; 16th, therm. 31, 

 ice; April 9th, rain; 10th, cold but no frost. 



1849. March 20th, rain; 21st, wind K W., no frost. 



1850. March 23d, rain; 24th, wind N. W., therm. 

 39, cold but no frost; 27th, rain; 28th, therm. 39, 

 wind N. W.; 28th, rain; 29th, frost. 



1851. March 16th, rain; 17th, therm. 46, wind W.; 

 19th, therm. 44, wind N. W.; 20th, therm. 34, heavy 

 frost; 28th, first Chuck-will's-widow. 



1852. March 17th, rain last night; 19th, rain at day- 

 light; 20th, therm. 32, wind K W., heavy frost; 25th, 

 first Chuck-will's-widow. 



1853. March 4th, rain at 7 A. M.; 5th, rain; 6th, 

 therm. 35, frost; 7th, therm. 34; 21st, first Chuck- 

 wilPs- widow. 



1854. March 23d, rain last night, wind N. W.; 24th, 

 therm. 54, wind N. W.; 25th, wind N. W; 26th, therm. 

 40; 27th, frost; April 1st, rain; 2d, therm. 45, wind 

 N. W.; 3d, therm. 37; 4th, frost, therm. 40; 6th, first 

 Chuck-will's-widow. 



1855. March 27th, rain; 28th, wind N. W., therm. 



