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Ters,” are all introduced. The question regarding the white 
clover has not been clearly settled, but it is usually considered, I 
believe, as indigenous, though some botanists mark the point as 
doubtful. The buffalo clover found in the western part of this 
State, and common still farther westward, is the only undoubtedly 
native variety we possess. 
Wednesday, 20th . — Very wann day; theimometer 93 in the 
shade at three o’clock. The locust flowers are perfuming the \'il- 
lage ; one perceives their fragrance within doors, throughout the 
house. In many parts of the country these beautiful trees have 
been very much injured of late years by a Avorm called the borer, 
Avhich is very destructive wherever it appears. In the pleasant 
villages at the AvestAvard, AA^here locusts are so much in faA'or for 
planting in the streets, they have been A^ery much injured, and 
their blighted branches give quite a melancholy look to some of 
these towns. Fortunately for us, the trees in our neighborhood 
are yet unscathed ; these borers have not, I believe, appeared 
anywhere in the county.* 
Thursday, 21sf. — Extremely Avarm ; thermometer 92. Hap- 
pily, there have been pleasant western breezes through these warm 
days. Strolled about the village in the evening; saw an old 
neighbor of threescore and fifteen at work in his garden, hoeing 
his dozen com-hills, and weeding his cucumber vines. 
One ahvays loves a garden ; labor wears its pleasantest aspect 
there. From the first days of spring, to latest autumn, Ave moA^e 
about among growing plants, gay flowers, and cheerful fruits ; 
and there is some pretty change to note by the light of eA^ery sun. 
* These borers are the young of different beetles, some of which live several 
years in the wood before their transformation. 
