344 IMPORTANCE OF REGISTERS 



Time of the germination of seeds, annuals more especially, noting 



also the period when sown. 

 of herbaceous plants first appearing above ground. 



(Time of flower-buds appearing. 

 when flowers first open. 

 when in full flower. 

 when going off flower. 

 when out of flower. 

 Time of seed or fruit ripening.* 



With respect to Cryptogamous Plants. 



Time when mosses first shew their thecse. 

 when they ripen ditto. 



when confervse, or other algse, abound in ponds and ditches. 

 when fungi appear, and whether in fairy-rings. 



If the observer extend his inquiries to field hus- 

 bandry, it would be important to note 



Times of sowing different crops. 

 of young crops appearing above ground. 

 of haymaking. 



of corn, especially wheat and barley, coming into ear. 

 of corn ripening, and commencement of harvest. 

 of corn all carried, and fields cleared. 



period of the second leafing, which is very noticeable in some 

 trees, and takes place about midsummer, is interesting, from 

 its marking the commencement of summer and of the greatest 

 heat ; he considers also that it is not unlikely to be coincident 

 with many periodic phenomena in the animal kingdom, especially 

 with the appearance and hatching of certain insects. 



* In the instance of the Lime, the period of the ripe seed fall- 

 ing is a very marked epoch, from the circumstance of the large 

 size of the attached bracts, which fall with it. This phenomenon, 

 which has been alluded to in a former part of this work (Int. 

 p. 32), should be particularly attended to. 



