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the ground and very short in the straw, but generally well filled 

 in the ear and well kerned, but in our district much under the 

 average. Barley was generally a good crop, both in sample and 

 yield. Oats gave a slight crop on light soils, but in good ground 

 about an average produce. The turnip crop suffered severely from 

 unpropitious weather and the ravages of the fly, so that many fields 

 had to be resown, and in the end the result was hardly worth the 

 labour, the plants being very sparse, and the roots small. The 

 mangolds were above an average in some instances, and good as a 

 rule ; showing that an exceptionally dry summer does not harm 

 them as it does the turnips, but is rather favourable to their 

 growth. Potatoes were generally good, both in quantity and 

 quality, with a comparatively small number of diseased tubers. 

 There was an abundant crop of apples. Woodcocks and snipes 

 were very scarce. 



January 12. Laurustinus, fl. 



— Potentilla fragariastrum, fl. 



19. Cardamine hirsuta (Hairy Lady's Smock), fl. 



— Galanthus nivalis ( Snoivdrop ) , fl. 

 30. Frog (Rana temporaria), spawns. 



February 2. Corylus avellana (Hazel), fl. 



11. Aurora borealis, seen. 



14. Primula vulgaris (Primrose), fl. 



22. Rihes grossularia (Gooseberry), fol. 

 March 5. Samhucus nigra (Elder), fol. 



— Lonicera peridymenum ( Honey sucTcle), fol. 

 1 0. Narcissus pseudo-narcissus (Daffodil), fl. 



1 6. RanuncuUis ficaria (Pileivort), fl. 



18. Sulphur Butterfly (Gonopteryx rhamni), seen. 



— Man. Measles and lung diseases prevalent. 



19. Tussilago farfara (Colt's-foot), fl. 



— Cratmgus oxycantha (White-thorn), fol. 

 23. Woodcock shot. 



25. Viola canina (Dog Violet), fl. 



— Glechoma hederacea (Ground ivy), fl. 



— Veronica Chamoedrys (G-ermander speedwell), fl. 

 ■ — Veronica agrestis (Rural speedwell), fl. 



29. Pieris brassicee (Cabbage butterfly), seen. 



