CALENDAR, 1820-1821. 415 



21st. Sweet Peas, African Marigolds, Dallas, and China 

 Asters, are still in blow in the gardens ; and here and there a 

 few Poppies. The Monarda didyma flowers at Hartwell 

 Farm.* 



29th. The following plants still flower, though sparingly, 

 and are much injured by the cold nights, and by the hard 

 Rains occasionally : Calendula qffidnalis, Tagetes patulft, T. 

 Africana, Dahlia superftua, Chrysanthemum coronarium, 

 Papaver Rhaeas, P. dubium, P. somniferum, and P. Cambri- 

 cum. Apargia autumnalis still abounds in the fields. 



Swallows and Martins congregate and prepare for depar- 

 ture. 



30th. Agaricus Jloccosus and A. fasdcularis springing up, 

 though neither have been of any considerable magnitude yet. 

 Fungi are certainly scarce this year. Swallows and Martins 

 begin to assemble in flocks. Large flights of Starlings are 

 also numerous already. 



* 1821. MAY 1st. Fine warm weather. The Peony 

 coming into flower. Swallows still rather scarce. Papaver 

 Cambricum just in flower at Hartwell. 



3d. Stocks in flower in the gardens. Tulips now in full 

 blow. Chaerophyllum Sylvestre in flower in the fields. The 

 Wryneck lynx torquilla is arrived, and heard daily. 



This season is, in many respects, backward ; in others, by 

 no means so. The leaves are less forward on the trees than 

 usual ; but the flowering of plants has occurred at the usual 

 period. Those local abscesses, called Furunculus and Anthrax, 

 are said to be very common this spring. 



10th. Returning home through Croydon, I first observed 

 Martins Hirundines urbicae ; but it is probable they have 



* This plant is here called the Balm of Gilcad. 



