84' Br, Bigelow on tlie comj^arative foricardness of the spring 



age. The season of 1816 was cold and unfavourable to vegeta- 

 tion almost beyond a precedent, while that of 1817 has been mark- 

 ed by fine weather and unusual plenty. 



In comparing the results of the different Calendars which have 

 been presented above, it will be seen, that the Peach tree is the 

 one which has been most uniformly returned, and it may therefore 

 serve as a specimen for bringing into immediate comparison the 

 advances of spring in the different parts of our country. 



Fl&cts* 



Lat. 



Long. 



Peach tree in bloMom. 



Fort Claiborne Alab. ter. 3i°50' 



87°50' March -1 



Charleston 



Richmond 



liexiriglun 

 Baltimore 



Philadelphia 



New York 



Boston 

 Albany 



Brunswick 

 Montreal 



Va. 



Md. 

 P. 



N.Y. 

 Ms. 



N.Y. 

 Me. 



Can. 



33 44 



37 40 



38 6 



39 21 



39 56 



40 43 

 43 23 

 43 39 

 43r73 

 45 35 



80 39 



77 50 



85 8 



77 48 



6 



12 



23-Ap.6 



April 



75 



8 



74 9 



70 53 

 73 30 



69 55 



73 11 



May 



6 

 9 



15 

 Si 



9 

 13 



16* 



13 



io 



36 



Mr. Rich, American Consnl at Yaleucia in Spain, informs me, 

 that the Peach trees were in blossom there about the 19th of 



I observe from the record of Mr. Salisbury's botanical 



March 



this year 



London^ that the Appl 



flowered 



there May 8th 



My 



near the 



pts to obtain inf( 



fi 



some 



pi 



boundaries of the Uuited States wci-e uusuc. 



* No return of this tree was made from Bru 



nswlc?:. The date of the Cherrv 



tree is therefore substituted, v/hich is usually in blossom at the bau^e time. 



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