248 GARDENING FOE WOMEN 



Phenological Observations . — Continued 



Name a^s^d address op the Teacher or other Com- 

 piler OF THE Observations responsible for their 



ACCURACY. 



Mayflower (Epiga;a repens), flowering 

 Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense), shedding spores 

 Blood-root (Sanguinaria Canadensis), flowering . 

 White Violet (Viola blanda), flowering 

 Etc., etc., etc. 

 CULTIVATED Plants, etc. 

 Red Currant (Ribes rubriim), flowering 

 „ „ fruit ripe 



Black Currant (Ribes nigrum), flowering . 



,, „ fruit ripe 



Cherry (Prunus Cerasus), flowering 



„ „ fruit ripe . 



Plum (Prunus domestica), flowering . 



Etc., etc., etc. 

 Farming Operations, etc. 

 Ploughing begun ...... 



Sowing begun ....... 



Planting of Potatoes begun .... 



Shearing of Sheep ...... 



Hay Cutting ....... 



Grain Cutting ....... 



Potato Digging ...... 



Opening of (a) Rivers, (b) Lakes without currents 

 La?;t Snow (a) to whiten ground, (b) to fly in air 

 Last Spring Frost (a) "hard" (b) "hoar" 

 Water in Streams, Rivers, etc., (a) highest, (b) lowest 

 First Autumn Frosts (a) " hoar " (b) " hard " . 

 First Snow (a) to fly in air, (b) to whiten ground 

 Closincr of (a) Lakes without currents, (b) Rivers 

 Number of Thunder-storms (with dates of each) 



(Meteorologiual Phenomena). 



