Meteorological Ohservaiions. 45 



Observations on the flowering of plants, ripening of fruits^ 

 <^c. in the past year. 



January. — 5th. Day so warm that snakes are seen by sev- 

 eral different persons. 6th. Grass as fresh as in May, and a 

 muhiflora rose, trained on the north side of my house, put- 

 ting forth leaves. 7th. Wild geese seen to-day, a circum- 

 stance very uncommon at this season of the year. 9th. Fre- 

 quent and heavy rains caused the Ohio river to rise on the 

 6th, and by the 9th the water was eight feet deep over tlie 

 low bottom lands; began to fall on the 10th, doing much 

 damage to the fences, stacks of hay, corn, &c. 12th. Vegeta- 

 tion rapid, peas planted in November two or three inches 

 high — the larva of insects seen in motion in pools of stag- 

 nant water. 25th. Small sheets of floating ice in the Ohio 

 for three days, but none in the Muskingum all winter — steam 

 boat navigation good through the season. 27th. Heavy 

 gale of wind, commencing at 4 P. M. preceded by a rainy 

 night ; continued for ten hours, with violent gusts from the 

 west ; clouds, light, white, fleecy cumuli ; full moon at 9. 

 The same gale did great damage on Lake Erie, to shipping, 

 property, &c. with the loss of several lives. 



February. — 1st. Honey bee at work, and returns with its 

 thighs loaded with farina. 4th. Buds of the peach tree 

 nearly swelled. 6th. Peach trees in bloom at Burlington, 

 Lawrence cuunty, being the most southerly bend of the Ohio 

 river bordering this state. 8th. White maple in bloom. 16th. 

 Elm in bloom, on the banks of the Ohio ; crocus and snow 

 drop in bloom in the garden. 



March. — 6th. Common robin heard to-day. 8th. Black- 

 bird seen. 9th. Peewe first heard. 10th. Smart shock of 

 an earthquake felt at half past 10 last night. 11th. Some 

 peach trees in bloom. 12th. Blue damison in bloom. 13th. 

 Peas planted the 23d of last month, in open ground, now up. 

 17th. cerastium vulg. in full bloom. 18th. Sugar maple 

 putting forth leaves, quite green ; peach trees in full bloom. 

 20th. Sambucus opening its leaves, quite green. 2 1st. Crown 

 imperial in bloom, in my garden. 23d. Spice-bush, sassafras 

 and June berry in bloom, in the woods. 27th. Golden beure 

 and brown beure, pear in bloom ; Erythr. Amer. or dog's 

 tooth violet in bloom ; dodecatheon, ready to blow. 28th. 

 Cornus florida and red bud, or Judas tree, opening their 

 blossoms. 



