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rare occurrence as yet. The great Leopard's Bane in full 

 flower. The Fruit trees are now in bloom ; and the foliagle 

 advances faster than it did last year. 



23d. Scilla nutans, Ranunculus aurtcomiis, and the Ale- 

 hoof Glechoma hederacea in flower to-day. The Wood 

 Anemone is abundantly in flower in the woods. Wallflowers 

 begin to be common ; and the Oxalis Acetoxella is very 

 numerous. 



24th. Cardamine amara, and Ranunculus bujboxu* in 

 flower. I saw, to-day, for the first time, several Swallows 

 Hirundines rusticae, but stragglers have been so early as the 

 10th instant. Weather dry, with N. E. Wind. 



25th. The Gentiana acaulis, or Junckanella, as the 

 country folks call it, flowered to-day. The cottage gardens 

 in this neighbourhood are ornamented now with Stocks, 

 Wallflowers, and Anemones. The Garden Ranunculi are 

 also in bloom. 



26th. Chaerophyllum sylvestre in flower. Swallows fly 

 low, denoting Rain. 



27th. Cold, showery, cloudy day, with Northerly Wind. 

 Tulipa Gesneriana the variety called the Golden Eagle just 

 in blow. 



29th. Narcissi, Crown Imperials, and DofFodils, still in 

 flower, though much faded. 



30th. Leucojum aestivum in flower. A Swift Hirnndo 

 apus seen at Walthamstow. 



MAY 1st. Veronica chamaedris in flower. Fair day, but 

 the temperature low. 



2d. Erysimum Alliaria abundantly in flower. The 

 Swallow Hirundo rustica is become pretty common. A 

 Solar Halo this morning. 



3d. Senecio squalidus and Narcissus poeticus in flower. 



