432 CALENDAR, 1822-1823. 



24th. At Hartwell. Weather cooler, and with some Ruin 

 ;it night. 



* 1823. JAN. 1st. Calm but cold weather. TussUago 

 fragrans still in blow, but not so fragrant as when it first 

 came into flower on the 10th of November last. 



8th. Mottled red clouds at Sunrise, then gilded like gold. 

 N. E. Winds prevail. 



]4th. The Wind howls as if Snow was coming. 



15th. It snowed all the day. 



18th. Very cold, the Thermometer fell to 10 D . Snow on 

 the ground. 



25th. St. Paul's Day is cloudy this year, with some Snow 

 and Sleet falling, and E. Wind. 



FEB. 2d. A damp wetting Candlemas Day. There were 

 no Snowdrops in flower this year in my garden, as is usual on 

 the Feast of the Purification ; but a few were just opening in 

 a warmer situation at Hartfield Parsonage, where the Star 

 Anemone was in flower. 



3d. Vinca minor in flower at Hartwell and at Withyham. 



4th. Galantha nivalis in flower at Hartfield Parsonage 

 to-day, as I saw myself, abundantly. 



12th. The Winter Hellebore, the Snowdrop, and the 

 Spring Crocus, are just in flower in my garden ; the two 

 former are prodigiously late this season, and have probably been 

 retarded by the severe frost of January. 



19th. TussUago alba in flower in the garden. TussUago 

 f'rasrans is also still in blow, but fading. 



23d. Crocus reruns now in full blow. 



24th. The Star Anemone A. hortensis, the Primrose 

 Primula verna, and the Daisy Bellis perennis, came into 

 flower in my garden, though very sparingly and badly. 



27th. I noticed the Starlings feeding in tin- niead.w>. 



