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suckle in bud; Mth, aspen bursting into floAver ; 16tli, migratory 

 thrush sings at early morning; 18th, a swallow seen by Mr. Gossip, 

 at Hoosier's River. I am not aAvare that an earlier appearance in 

 this Province has ever been recorded. 26th, hacmatac, withrod 

 alder, and blue berry in bud ; large copper butterfly about ; 27th, 

 small blue butterfly appears ; 28th, Mayflowers abundant, ants 

 busy about their hillocks ; 29th, white violet in flower ; garden 

 currant, and wild rose bursting into leaf; 30th, meadow crow-foot 

 well up, swallows appeal". 



May — 2nd, dandelion in flower ; oOth, withrod bursting into 

 leaf; 4th, dock in full leaf; 5th, blue violet in flower, lily of valley 

 in full leaf, hermit thrush sings, black flies appear ; 6th, leaves of 

 white birch unfolding; 11th, blackberry and elderberry in leaf; 

 12th, wild strawberry in bloom; 14th, spotted snake flrst seen, red 

 maple leaves bursting out ; 20th, mountain ash, white birch, beech, 

 blackberry, red maple, and wild cherry in leaf; timothy grass, pi- 

 geon-berry, and moose bush in flower; 21st, azalea flowers just 

 opening, blueberry and wild cherry in blossom, balm of Gilead 

 poplar in leaf; American toad about ; 26th, apple, pear, and plum 

 trees begm to blossom, buttercup in flower ; 28th, aspen in full 

 leaf; 31st, " painted lady" butterfly about. 



June — 1st, swallow-tailed butterfly first observed ; 10th, Avhite 

 weed in blossom ; 11th, wild strawberries ripe ; 13th, small copper 

 butterfly about ; 22nd, brown cockchafer very abundant. 



July — 18th, pigeon berry in fruit ; 28th. wild raspberries ripe. 



August — 10th, blackberries ripe and abundant. 



September — 2nd, leaves of white birch turn yellow, and begin to 

 fall ; 3rd, several maples turn colour in the Dutch Village woods. 



October — 11th, maple leaves falling fast. 



December — 2nd, snow birds seen on the common. 



Wild fruits of the field and forest, were extremely abundant in 

 the autumn, especially blackberries and huckleberries. 



Before bringing this paper to a close, I Avould briefly advert to 

 the progress Meteorology is making in the world. In England, the 

 " British Meteorological Society," an institution of not many years 

 standing, publishes eveiy quarter its proceedings, containing a large 

 amount of information, useful and important, not only to the scien- 

 tific, but to almost cvexy class of society. The system of storm 



