Floral Calendar of Middle Florida. 71 



Thermometer. 

 1833. 9 A. M. 3 P. M. 



Feb. 23. Illicium floridanum (aniseed tree) b. b. 60 



" Peach trees generally in full bloom. 



24. Flowers of Corniis florida begin to expand. 60 

 " Quercus nigra and Q. falcata b. b. 



25. Laurus Sassafras (sassafras tree) b. b. 36 54 

 " ^^sculus Pavia (buck's-eye) b. b. 



" Aronia arbutifolia b. b. 



" Sanguinaria canadensis (puccoon) b. b. 



26. Riibus trivialis, El. (dew-berry) b. b. 48 60 



27. Fagus sylvatica, var. araericana (beech tree) 



b. b. • 60 80 



" Halesia tetraptera (snow-drop tree) b. 

 " Prunus caroliniana b. 



Obs. This fine evergreen tree and also the 



Halesia diptera are abundant ou the banks 



of the Chattohochie. 

 " Caprifolium serapervirens (coral honeysuckle) 



b.b. 

 " Oxalis corniculata (sorrel) b.. 



28. Salvia lyrata (wild sage) b. 68 80 

 March 1 . First notes of the whip-poor-will (Caprimul- 



giis.) Rain. . 71 78 



" Pinguicula. lutea b. Rosa laevigata (Chero- 

 kee rose) b.b. Gardens. 

 2. Olea americana (wild olive) b. Ice formed. 36 50 

 ^3. Thermometer at sun-rise 32°. Ice formed. 36 56 

 4. Frost in the morning. 44 60 



7. Mylocaryumligustrinumb. Phlox (pilosa?) b. 68 76 



8. Chaptalia integrifolia b. Amaryllis Atamas- 



co b. 



9. Bignonia capreolata b. Ascyrum (crux An- 



• dree?) b.b. 42 60 



" Hopea tinctoria (yellow-leaf) b. 



10. Cornus florida (dog-wood) b. 



11. Pyrus angustifolia (wild crab) b. 

 15. Began to plant sea island cotton. Pinus pa- 



lustris b. 



18. Stipa avenacea b. Allium striatum, El. b. b. 



19. Batschia (Gmelini?) b. Sisyrinchium ber- 



mudianum b. 72 



