Mr. Barker's Register , & c. 411 
The year began with frost, but a broken one, neither severe 
nor settled, with much sun, calm weather and pleasant, yet the 
ice was scarce gone at the end of January ; in the latter part 
of the month there were some strong winds, which were more 
frequent afterward; showery, mild, almost without frost,, plea- 
sant and forward. Several autumnal flowers continued in blow 
all winter ; the winter ones were early, and the spring ones 
forward ; many anemonies, which are properly a spring flower, 
were blowing all winter, but had not then their full colours 
which they have in their season. This open winter was not 
a wet one, which was very convenient, as fodder was scarce, 
and turnips late and small, but were much mended by the 
mild autumn. The ground was green almost all winter; and 
there were very few NE winds in March and April, and there 
was pretty good grass in that last month, which was a great 
advantage when a colder season came on in May. Oaks be- 
gan to be cut soon after the 20th of April, and the hawthorns 
to blow before the end of the month. 
With May began a colder season, with frequent frosty 
mornings, blasting the fruit after it appeared set, and also the 
young leaves very much, and more northerly winds, espe- 
cially toward the end of the month, and the former part of 
June ; for they seldom fail of coming sooner or later in the 
spring ; yet the weather was often fair, fine, and pleasant, but 
the ground getting too dry. The latter part of June and most 
of July was remarkably hot, and for the most part burning; 
but some single large rains in July, particularly toward the 
end of it, prevented its burning so much here as it did in the 
south of England, where the drought was greater, and lasted 
much longer 1 there they suffered very much by it ; but from 
