VI ADVERTISEMENT. 



him in prospect all the objects and appearances 

 which the month would present in the garden, 

 the fields, and the waters ; yet confining itself 

 solely to those objects. Such a work I have 

 endeavoured to supply. 



My plan has been to furnish an original 

 article on the general appearances of Nature in 

 each month, drawn entirely from my own re- 

 gular observations through many seasons ; and 

 finally, to superadd a great variety of facts from 

 the best sources, as well as such as occurred to 

 myself after the principal article was written. 

 To these, a complete table of the Migrations of 

 Birds ; a copious list of Garden Plants which 

 come into flower in the month; a Botanical 

 Calendar, including a select number of the 

 most beautiful or interesting British plants, 

 and an Entomological Catalogue of about three 

 hundred of the most common or remarkable 

 insects; a notice of Rural Occupations, and, 

 finally, one of Angling, are added. 



For assistance in drawing up the Botanical 

 and Entomological Calendars, I am indebted to 

 my brother Dr. Godfrey Howitt. 



Nottinsham, 

 Dec. 15th, 1830. 



