2 62 THE CALENDAR OF FLORA, 
II. THAWING MONT FL 
From the firft melting of the fnow to the floating of 
ice down the rivers . 
Vere novo gelidus canis cum montibus humor 
Liquitur, et zephyro putris fe gleba refolvit. 
VlRG. 
Mar. HI. 
xix. Eves drop towards the noontide fun . 
Sallow, round leaved , flower-buds, 4490 
1 5. Salix caprea , open, 
xx. Snow melts againft walls . 
LARK begins to fling . 
xxii. IVater flows by the walls . 
xxv. Roads very dirty and full of water . 
April IV. 
L Horfle dung melts the ice . 
Mois, upright fir. Lycopodium flelago , 
106. fheds its duft. 
iii. Stones looflened from the ice. 
Vi. Hills begin to appear , fnow being 
melted. 
Serpents come out of their holes. 
SPIDER, water , /r//&r about. Fhe FLY 
creeps, forth. 
GAME, blacky 53. Fetrao tetrix. 
LAPWING, 1 1 o Hringa vanellus , returns . 
vii. BUTTERFLY, nettle ^ Papilio article , 
pears in abundance. 
Some people ^ fays Pliny , appearance of the 
butterfly the fur eft Jign of fpring , on account of the 
delicacy of the animal . 
DUCK, 
