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THE 
Calendar of FLORA. 
I. REVIVING WINTER MONTH. 
From the winter foljlice to the vernal equinox. 
Dec. XII. 
xxii. Butter J brinks and feparates from the fides 
of the tub . 
xxiii. Afp flower buds begin to open. 
Jan. I.i. Ice on lakes begins to crack . 
ii. Wooden walls fnap in the night. 
Cold frequently extreme at this time , the 
great eft; obferved was 55.7. 
iv. *Horfe dung fpirts . 
viii. Epiphany rains , 
xxvi. St. Paul's rains . 
Feb. II. 
xxii. C0/J nights often between Feb. 20 and 
28, called Steel Nights. 
* Note. This was explained to me by Mr. Solander, an ingeni- 
ous and learned difciple of Linnaeus, now in England, who lays, 
that horfe dung, in very fevere f rolls, throws out particles near a 
foot high, and that no other dung does the like. 
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II. THAW- 
