Calendar of Vegetation, i^c. by C S. Rafinesque, 79 



8. The Mnus serrulatus is in full blossom. 



10. Found several mosses and ferns in blossom ; these last 



were covered with capsules or old fructification : they 

 were Jlsplenium ebeneum, Aspidium marginale, Asp. 

 acrostichoides , Polypodium medium, N. Sp.,&c. 



11. Seen the first spider, in the country, brown, oblong, walk- 



ing. A fall of snow at night. 



12. Seen in blossom, at the windows. Narcissus tazzetta, N. 



janguilla, and several saffrons, genus Crocus, &c. 

 14. The grass looks quite green ; the Draba verna? is in 

 blossom in the State-House garden, the Viburnum tinus. 

 Primula acaulis, &c. in the rooms, &c. The following 

 fish are at market : white perch, (Perca mucronata, Kaf.) 

 yellow perch, {Polyprionfasciatums Raf.Jmamoose stur- 

 geon, {Accipenser rnarginatur, Raf.) elk-oldwives, (Spa- 

 ms crythrops, Raf.) &c. 



16. The Populus fastigiata, Lombardy poplar, begins to show 



its catkins. 



17. The big-eye herring {Clupea megalops) begin to be seen at 



the fish-market. 



18. Many plants begin to grow and show their leaves. 



19. A fall of snow. The first shad (^Clupea sapidissima) appear 



in New-York : they are now common here. 



20. Crocus aureus in blossom in gardens ; likewise Iris per sica,kc. 



21. Betula lenta begin to show the catkins. 



22. Galanthus nivalis, and Lamium amplexicaule, are in blos- 



som in gardens at Cambden. 



24. Populus fastigiata, and Salix caprea, are in full bloom. — 



The gooseberry bushes shoot their leaves. 



25. Populus angulata in blossom at Cambden. 



26. Salix babylonica begins to blossom and shoot the leaves. 



Viburnum prunifolium is budding. 



27. Draba verna ? is in seed already in Cambden : the Rho- 



dodendron maximum begins to shoot in gardens. 

 58. Juniperus virginiana is in bloom. Saxfraga virginica 

 begins to show its flowers. Latirus benzoin, and Cornvs 

 florida, are buddins;. 



