Miscellaneous Calendar. 369 



May 18. Asparagus fit for the table. 



19. Smooth gooseberry (^Ribes uva-crispa) in flower. 



20. Shad- bush (Jro/i. botryap.) in flower. 



21. House wrens arrived. Moose-wood (Dirca palmtris) in 



flow«r. 



22. Garden currant (Ribes rubrum) beginning to flower, 



24. Wake-roijin (^Trillium cernuum) and peas (Pi/rws com7mi- 

 nis) in flower. 



26. Our mountain scenery diversified. Weather very warm- 

 Garden potatoes and garden corn, planted on the 27th 

 April, breaking the ground. Garden beans, cucum- 

 bers, squashes, watermelons, &c. planted. 



26. Damson plum {Prunns domestica) and yellow or wild 



plum (^Prunus chicasa) in flower. Elder (Sambucus 

 canadensis) in flower. Carolina chatterer arrived. 



27. Garden gooseberry [Ribes grossularia) and avens (Gemn 



rivale) in blossom. Weather intensely warm. Ther 

 mometer at SC at 2 o'clock, P. M. yesterday. 



29. Apple-trees in full flower. Night-hawk arrived. 



30. Choke cherries {Prun. Seroiin.) in flower. 



31. Lilac in full flower. 



The weather till the last week in May was very cold and 

 rainy. Perhaps we have never known more gloomy weather 

 than that of the first twenty days of the month. The last 

 week in the month of May was unusually warm and fine. Ve- 

 getation has put forth more within this week than it has in all 

 the season before. The blossoms on apple-trees are scanty, 

 and there is but little prospect of fruit. Peach-trees in the 

 vicinity of this place were all killed by the extreme cold 

 wioter. 



June 1. Hummingbirds arrived. 



2. Honeysuckle apple (^Azalea nudijiord) in full flower. 



3. Blue-eyed grass, {Sisyrinchium anceps) Krigia virginica, 



and thorn-bush [Crattegus coccinea') in flower. Garden 

 seeds, planted on the 25th ult. have vegetated 3 or 4 

 inches high. Garden rhubarb (Rhetan tatnrimni) in 

 flower. 



