CALENDAR, 1819. 371' 



27th. Strong Wind from W. and troublesome dust ushered 

 in Rain. 



28th. Fine small Rain and warm air ; vegetation begins 

 to advance rapidly. 



29th. Veronica arvensis* in blow on a wall at Woodford. 

 Several kinds of Narcissi (exotici) came into flower in the 

 garden. The Tremella deliquescens (of some authors) is still 

 abundant on the sear wood of an old paling. 



30th. Cardamine hirsuta in flower to-day. Some of our 

 vernal songsters are already arrived, and fill the groves with 

 their music. 



31st. The Cowslip Primal a veris came into flower, the 

 Dead Nettle Lamium purpureum, the Veronica agrestis, and 

 Veronica hederifolia. Clouded, warm, still day. S.W. Wind, 

 and thermometer barely reached 60 of Farenheit. Pilewort 

 is now plentiful in the meadows. I have not yet seen the 

 Marsh Marigold ; but as this plant flowered by unseasonable 

 anticipation in December last, it may not, perhaps, have 

 flowered a second time yet. 



APRIL 1. Fine warm weather, Wind W.S.W., and 

 thermometer 62 3 . The jGarden Spiders and the Earwig first 

 seen. The Wallflower in bloom, and also Lamium ampiex- 

 icaule on the walls. The Bees begin to abound. 



2d. Caltha palustris at length coming into flower: fine 

 warm weather. 



3d. The temperature above 60, with a clear welkin, and 

 red sunset. I first noticed to-day the Least Willow Wren 

 Sylvia hippolais, and the Blackcap Curruca atricapilla. The 



* Botanists should avoid confounding this Veronica with the V. agrestis, 

 which it much resembles ; the latter grows generally on the ground ; the 

 former generally on walls, in company often with the Draba verna. 



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