424 CALENDAR, 1822. 



APRIL 1st.- Clarimond Tulips in flower. 



2d. Senccio squalidtis begins to open its flowers. 



4th. Cynoglossum omphalodcs in flower. The Thrush sings. 



5th. Caltha palustris abundantly. 



Orchis mascula. Both yellow and red varieties of the 

 Crown Imperial still in blow. 



17th. Hirundo rustica the Swallow seen. 



18th. Common Tulips in flower, but not yet quite full 

 blown. 



22d. Scilla nutans the Harebell, sparingly. This is the 

 Hyacinthus non scriptus of the old botanists. 



23d. SympJiclum tubcrostim. 



Borago officmalis. 



24th. Galcopsls verslcolor. Already the bulbous Crowsfoot 

 is become common. 



25th. Gcntiana acaulis the Junkanclla. 



27th. Narcissus bicolor in my garden. 



29th Veronica Chamaedris abundant. 



Cuculus canorus the Cuckoo heard. 



Papavcr Cambricum. Tulips are now abundant and full 

 in blow 



MAY 1st. Narcissus biflorus in the garden. 



Narcissus Papyraccus of Curtis again in blow ; it flowered 

 on the 24th of February last. 



2d. lynx torquilla the Wryneck heard. 



3d. Hieracium Pilosclla the Mouse Ear in flower near 

 Rusthall Common, on a warm bank. 



4th. Poeonia ienuifolia flowers in the garden already. 

 5th. Narcissus Pocticus in the garden in flower. The 

 weather very warm and fine, and the season forward. I 

 observed one flower open on a plant of Papavcr oriental*. :>\ 

 Withyham, where I saw the Iris Gcnnunicum in flower. 



