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perience supports us in the conclusion, but no- 

 body has, as yet, been able to show us what 

 trees Providence has intended should be our 

 calendar, so that we might know on what day 

 the countryman ought to sow his grain. No 

 one can deny but that the same power which 

 brings forth the leaves of trees, will also make 

 the grain vegetate ; nor can any one assert that 

 a premature sowing will always, and in every 

 place, accelerate a ripe harvest. Perhaps, there- 

 fore, we cannot promise ourselves a happy suc- 

 cess by any means so likely, as by taking our 

 rule for sowing from the leafing of trees. We 

 must, for that end, observe in what order every 

 tree puts forth its leaves. To these most in- 

 genious remarks Mr. Barck has added the order 

 of the leafing of trees in Sweden. Mr. Stilling- 

 fleet is the only person that has made correct 

 observations upon the foliation of the trees and 

 shrubs of this kingdom. The following is his 

 calendar, made in Norfolk, 1765. 



1. 



2. 

 3. 

 4. 



5. 

 (i. 

 i • 

 S 

 9 



10 



II 



Honeysuckle 

 Gooseberry . . 

 Currant . . . 

 Elder .... 

 Birch .... 

 Weeping Willow 

 Raspberry . . 

 Bramble . . . 

 Briar .... 

 Plum .... 

 Apricot . . . 

 Peach .... 



Jan. 15 

 Mar. 11 



11 



11 



April 



13. Filbert .... April 7 



14. Sallow .... 7 



15. Alder 7 



10. Sycamore . . . 9 



17. Elm 10 



18. Quince .... — 10 



in. Marsh Elder . . 11 



20. \V>ch Elm . . . 12 



21. Quicken Tree . . 13 



22. Hornbeam . . . 13 



23. Apple Tree . . . 14 



24. Abele 16 



