NATURE'S CALENDAR 



j^ay 2 pies, and the majority of forest trees have 



come into full leaf by the end of the 

 month, even as far north as the Great 

 Lakes, while the roadsides, gardens, or- 

 chards, and meadow lands seem finished 

 for the summer. To the Delaware Ind- 

 ians it was the " moon of the beginning 

 of summer." 



No season is more enticing to the ram- 

 bler and the rural fisherman. The air is 

 soft and dry, the whole earth is freshly 

 green and full of pleasant odors. Life is 

 stirring and multiplying on every side, 

 and all nature speaks of the promise of 

 summer and fruition, and invites us with 

 such urgency to come and witness her 

 joy, that confinement in the house is 

 never more irksome than now, and atten- 

 tion to work and duty is an effort of will. 



" Then weary is the street parade, 

 And weary books, and weary trade ; 

 I'm only wishing to go a- fishing — 

 For that the month of May was made." 



First of the season's interests to the 

 rambling naturalist is the northward mi- 

 gration of the birds, now at its height. 

 This movement began, as we have seen, 

 even in March, and has grown slowly un- 

 til now. During April the last of the 

 winter visitors departed for their northern 

 homes, leaving the all -the -year- round 

 residents to begin theirsummer work and 

 joys; they are quickly followed by the 



