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the Crocuses and Snowdrops, which ornamented the gardens, 

 and here and there Narcissi and Hyacinths in the windows 

 of houses, one might easily imagine it February, instead of 

 March. 



24th. Viola odorata just in blow ; also the Narcissus 

 pseudonarcissus, as well as its double variety, called the 

 Yellow Double Daffodil. The Wind is Westerly, but the 

 temperature rather low. I hear that the flowers of Tussilago 

 Farfara were seen yesterday vended in London streets ; but 

 I have not yet seen this plant in flower. The Apricot is in 

 blossom. A cold East Wind returned at night. 



25th. Thlaspi Bursa Pastoris the Shepherd's Purse in 

 flower. Cold North Wind. 



26th. Hyoscyamus Scopolia in flower at Clapton, in" T. 

 F. Foster's garden. 



29th. Ficaria verna* the Pilewort, and Leontodon ta- 

 raxacum the Dandelion, in blow near Aldenham. In a field 

 hard by I discovered also abundance of Tussilago Farfara the 

 Colt's Foot. I hear that the Daphne Laureola, D. Mezereon, 

 and Pyrus Japonica, flowered to-day ; and that the Papilio 

 lo was seen. 



30th. Butterflies and other insects begin to be common. 



31st. Pulmonaria afficinalis in flower. 



APRIL 1st. This is a late season ; not a leaf is to be seen 

 yet. Crocuses, Snowdrops, Violets, Daffodils, Wallflowers, 

 and the varieties of Polyanthus, and of the Hepatica, 

 ornament the gardens and the thickets. 



* The Ranunculus ficaria of some authors. This plant was first seen 

 to-day in Berkshire, near Binfield, and in other places. It is probable that 

 plants in very different places come into flower at the same time ; the first 

 warm day bringing them out. 



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