181U] Monthly Agrkullural and Naturalisfs Reports, 101 
MONTHLY AGRICULTURAL REPORT. - ' 
TTARVEST has commenced, rye and some wheat has been eat in the forward district*, 
. neitherof which prove so good in quality as was expected, from the beJight and mildew 
•ccasioned by the cold winds and variable weather, previously so, and about the blooming 
season. There will be much discolored wheat, probably some smutted, as was the case last 
year, from the same atmospheric cause. The quanr'^*-y of wheat w'ill nevertheless be heavy- 
throughout the country, the straw not being too larg .4 s was expected ; and the ear upon the 
best lands being of a size and weight equal to the most j^roductive years. The spring crops are 
generally abundant and promising, with the above exception as to blight, with respect to the 
barley 5 and the beans also have suffered, but not in any very considerable degree, from the 
same cause. 
For seeds, the present season will not probably be a good one. Labourers, in sufficIenC 
plenty, and no change in the rate of wages. Potatoes and hops maintain the cha¬ 
racter of high promise, given them last month. Orchard fruit and walnuts not so generally' 
abundant as was supposed. Much of the turnip crop destroyed by tlie blight; the rootabaga 
having escaped by being sown earlier, and In better weather, is forward, and expected to be 
good. The prospect for after grass very satisfactory. 
Live stock, both fat and lean, dearer in the country markets. The stock of Iambs and live 
stock in general, now said to be short. Reported tlut the Merino sheep are disapproved, 
both by the grazier and butcher, which report is strongly contradicted by the Merino breeders,. 
South Downs, at the present, the favourite stock. 
In Smithfield market beef fetches from .5s. Td. to 6 s. 4d. ;—Mutton, 5s. 6 d. to 6 s. (U. ; — 
Veal, 6 s. to 8 s. Od.-Lamb, 7s. Od. to 7s. 8 d. j—Pork, 6 s. Od. to 7s. 4d.Bacon, 78 4d» 
Middlesex, July 25, 1811. 
NATURALIST’S MONTHLY REPORT. 
JUNE. 
Flo'werinv month. 
the 1 st and 2 d of the month, the wind was east in the morning, and westerly toward* 
the latter part of the day ; on the 3d westerly ; on the 4th and 5fh south-west; from the 
6 ch to the 9 Eh westerly} on the IQth south-west ; on the 11 th and 32th westerly; on the 
I'Sth and 14th south-west j on the 15th westerly ; on the 16th south west iri'the morninii, 
and north-west in the evening; on the 17 th easterly; on the 18th south ; 011 the 19th easterly 
in the morning, and in the afternoon north; on the 20th and 21st easterly, on the 22d, 23d,. 
and 24th north-east; on the 25th, 26 ch, 27th, easterly ; on the 28th south-west; and on the 
two last days of the month easterly. 
There were strong gales on the 4th, 6 th, 10th, and 12th, and fresh gales on the 8 th and 
9th. I do not recollect to have heard any thunder during this month. There were heavy 
showers in the morning of the 2d, and rain, more or less, on the 5t!?, 20th, 2-lth, 28th, 
and 29th. 
June 1 . The same singularity with respect to the tides, which was spoken of In all the 
public prints, occurred along the coast of Hampshire, this day, to the great astonishment of 
all who witnessed it. This phesnomenon I have not yet, (July 22 d,)'seen accounted for. 
June 3d. The bloom of the havvthorn is nearly all gone, having been in a great measure 
beaten off by the late heavy rains. 
June 4th. The hay-harvest has commenced, but the weather Is not very favourable. 
The following wild herbaceous plants are now in flower:—Common buckbean (^meny^nthex 
trtfoliatum)^ mouse ear scorpion-grass yellow w’ater lily ( nympbks liitea)^ 
narrow-leaved pond-weed (polygonum amphibmm)^ black bind weed (polygonum con’vol'vului)^ 
common broom-rape (orobanche major)^ and long stalked crane’s-bill {^geranium columbhmii'). 
June 7th. Mackrel have been caught in tolerable quantity along the coast. They are 
small, and are selling for nine-pence per dozen. 
June 8 th. The pods of furze crack, and throw out their seeds. The stamina of the 
flowers of the nettle throw out their farina. They do this by a sudden expansion; and, in the 
sun-shine, the appearance is not unlike that of the explosion of so many grains of gun¬ 
powder. 
June 9th. I this day saw a saffron-coloured butterfly on the wing, whitji most probably was 
the clouded yellow species (papilio edusa'), of Linnaeus and Haworth, but its flight was so 
rapid, that I could not perfectly distinguish it. 
June 10 th. The rivers are much aiicolourecl by the rains which have fallen in the coun¬ 
try, to the westward and northward. 
June 12 th. The farmers are. beginning to carry and stack their hay. 
June 36th. Cheiriss are gathered. Wheat is in flower. 
June 18th. The cuckoo begi.ns to stammer. 
In the evening of this day, mackrel were again cauglit. For several days past the shbaU 
have kept at such-a distance irom the shore, chat the ssi.ne nets of the fishermen couii not 
reach them. Jons 
