46 Meteorological Observations, 



April. — 2d. Ox-heart cherry in bloom, on the north side of 

 the house, out of the sun's rays. 3d. Anona glabra and pa- 

 paw in bloom ; apple trees in full bloom for some days. 4th, 

 5th and 6th. Smart showers of snow — ice half an inch in 

 thickness ; thermometer at 22° on the morning of the 5th, 

 and 28° on the morning of the 6th. Peach blossoms all 

 killed ; apples and cherries much injured ; snow four inches 

 deep. The same destructive frost felt in Georgia and Ala- 

 bama, destroying wheat, corn, fruits, &c. with ice an inch 

 in thickness. 9th. Birth-wort in bloom. 11th. Mayduke 

 cherry in bloom. 17th. Coral honeysuckle in bloom. 25th. 

 Horse chestnut in bloom. 29lh. Peas in bloom. 30th. Cur- 

 culio or May beetle flying in the evening. 



May. — 1st. Tulips beginning to bloom. 3d. White Nar- 

 cissus and tulips in full bloom ; crab apple in bloom. 6th. 

 Bees sending out young swarms. 8th, Yellow and Bur- 

 gundy roses in blow. 9th. Purple mulberry hi bloom. 12th. 

 Butternut and black walnut in bloom. 1 5th. Yellow locust 

 or pseudo acacia in bloom. 17th. Liriodendron, yellow 

 poplar, in bloom. 18th. High blackberry do. 20th. Hick- 

 ory tree do. 22d. Prunus Virginiana in bloom. 24th. Peas 

 fit for the table. 27th. Rye in head. 



June. — 1st. Wild comfrey in bloom. 7th. Purple rasp- 

 berry ripe. 8th. Sambucus in bloom. 9th. Spiria trifoliata 

 in bloom. 10th. Purple mulberry ripe. 12th. Early York 

 cabbage and early quaker bean fit for table, raised in open 

 ground. 13th. Catalpa beginning to bloom. 14th. Rose- 

 bay in bloom, in the woods. 16th. Lamacle in bloom. 17th. 

 Cucumbers fit for table, raised in open ground. 27th. Early 

 Chandler apple fit for eating. 



N. B. The crops of grain were very luxuriant, but the 

 wheat was greatly damaged by blight and rust, owing to the 

 very wet and warm season. Hay was very fine. Indian 

 corn suffered from the wet ; many ears decaying or rotting 

 within the husks, upon the stalks. Potatoes very good. Ap- 

 ples in abundance, but no peaches ; cherries and currants 

 scarce. Grapes, of the tender kinds, aflfected with rust or 

 blight on the leaves, and the fruit turning black and drop- 

 ping oflf near the time of ripening : the purple and more 

 hardy kinds fared better. English gooseberries suflTered in 

 the same way. Pears and quinces were all killed by the 

 frost of the 5th of May. 



Marietta, Ohio, Jan. 3, 1829. 



