Miscellaneous Calendar, 363 



1812. 

 March 21. Blackbirds, woodpeckers, and robins arrived. 



Wild geese passed over. 

 S3. Bees out of the hive. 



Jipril 3. Black ducks arrived. Large ilocks of pigeons passed 

 over. 

 9. Flower-buds of the elm congiderably swoln. 



11. Skylarks arrived. 



12. Frogs begin to sing. 



13. Leaf-buds of the soft maple [Acer rubrum) much s\^oln. 

 13. Leaf-buds of the gooseberry much swoln. 



16. Early garden peas sown. 



19. Dandelion {Leon, tarax.) in full flower. Blue or meadow 



violet (F. cucullata) in flower. Leaves of the lilac 



beginning to expand. Our farmers busily engaged in 



ploughing for sowing. 

 28. Peas and oats sown, and Indian corn planted. 

 25. Swallows arrived, and whippoorwills begin to sing. 

 27. Leaves of the gooseberry, and willow (Salix Muhlenbergii) 



beginning to expand. 



May 5. Martins arrived. 



10. Asparagus fit for the table. Blood-root (Sang, canaden- 



sis) in full flower. 



11. Chili garden strawberries beginning to blossom. Flower- 



buds of the lilac swoln. 



12. Elm in full flower. Leaves of the meadow violet begin- 



ning to expand. 



13. Garden violet (F. tricolor) in flower. 



14. Field strawberries in full flower. Shad-bush {Aronit 



botryapium) in blossom. 



15. English cherry beginning to flower. 

 19. Winter pear beginning to blossom. 



22. Humingbirds arrived. Large white plum {Primus do7nes- 



tica) in full flower. Butternut beginning to flower. 



23. Flower-buds of the peach {Amydalus persica) beginning to 



expand. Gooseberry in flower. 



