XXX APPENDIX. 



"Above one-half of this amount was probably paid for in 

 specie, a large proportion of which, it is said, found its way to 

 France, and enabled it to carry on the war.'' 



[Sir John Sinclair's Political Maxims. 1812. 



(B. p. 10.) 



Although the summer aud autumn were unexampled in the 

 United States for cold, yet the spring was not more backward 

 than in preceding years; as the following comparative state- 

 taken in Boston shows: — 



Mr. Hale — It has frequently been said, that the present sea- 

 son is a backward one, especially before the late rains. This 

 is a mistake, if we have reference to this vicinity. It is far 

 from being a backward season. Men's memories may fail 

 i]iem, but nature never deceives us. 



The following comparison of th& seasons of 1813, 1815, and 

 1816, may amuse some of your readers, and instruct them. 



Apricots ofiened in 1815, May 1st — In 181$, in full blossom, 

 May 3. 



Currants and Gooseberries in 1815, in full blossom, May 11 

 —In 1816, May 9th. 



Cherries in blossom, May 10th, 1813; also, May 10, 1815; 

 equally forward May 6, 1816. 



Mespilus Canadensis, or Showy Medlar, in blossom, May 

 11, 1813, May 16, 1815, May 9, 1816. This is an unculti- 

 vated plant, and may be considered a fair test of the season. 



Peaches began to open in 1815, May 11 — In 1816, May 5. 



Plums in blossom, May 14, 1815— May 12, 1816. 



Pears began to open their blossoms, in IS 13, May 20 — In 

 1815, May 18— In 1816, May 13. 



Asparagus was cut in 1813, May 14, for the first time in a 

 particular garden. 



In 1815, May 6th, in the same spot. 



In 1816, May 5th, do. 



Here then is a variety of cultivated and uncultivated plants 

 on the same estate, and it is impossible to resist the evidence, 

 that the present season is not among the latest, but may be 



