_June_ 1. House flies arrived. 5. Choke cherry (_Prun. serotin._) in full flower. Honeysuckle apple (_Azalea nudiflora_) in full flower. 8. Piony in full flower. Snowball (_Viburnum opulus_) in full flower. Flower-de-luce (_Iris versicolor_) in blossom. 11. Early peas in blossom. Carraway (_Carum carui_) in flower. 15. Locust-tree (_Robin. pseudacac._) in full flower. Field strawberries beginning to ripen. 18. Common red clover in full flower. Cranesbill (_Geranium maculatum_) in blossom. Red raspberry in full flower. 23. Chili strawberries beginning to ripen. Garden sage (_Salvia officinalis_) in full flower. 29. Our farmers busily engaged in haying. 30. Large red rose, large white rose, and damask rose (_Rosa damascena_) in flower. _July_ 1. White pond lily (_Nymphæa odorata_) in flower. 4. Black elder (_Sambucus canadensis_) in full flower. 7. Early peas fit for the table. Red and white currants ripening. 8. Nodding lily (_Lilium canadense_) in flower. 11. Garden beans (_Phaseolus vulgaris_) in full flower. Chestnut in flower. Black raspberries ripening. 20. Early corn tasseled (_Zea mays._ Variety _præcox._) Red raspberries fully ripe. 22. Whortleberries ripe (_Vaccin. resinos._) 24. Cucumbers fit for the table. 28. Early potatoes fit for the table. 29. Rye fit for the sickle. Early garden squashes (_Cucurbita Melo-pepo_) fit for the table. _August_ 2. Jenneting apples ripening. 5. Early corn fit for the table. 8. Wheat (_Triticum hyburnum_) fit for the sickle. 28. Summer peas ripening. _September_ 4. Watermelons and muskmelons ripe. 5. Swallows departed. 6. Elderberries fully ripe. 11. Choke cherries and wild cherries (_Prunus virginiana_) ripe. 12. Yellow plum (_Prunus chicasa_) fully ripe. 15. Butternut beginning to fall from the tree. 16. Our farmers making their first cider. 22. Great grapes ripe. _October_ 2. Butternut and elm beginning to defoliate. Chestnut-burrs beginning to open. 9. Our farmers beginning to harvest their Indian corn. 1818. _March_ 11. Bluebirds arrived. 13. Woodpeckers, robins, and blackbirds arrived. Bees out of the hive. _March_ 14. Broad-leaved panic grass (_Panicum latifolium_) beginning to sprout on a southern exposure, while there is sleighing in the street. A solitary spathe of skunk-cabbage (_Pothos fœtida_) beginning to show itself on the same exposure. Leaves of curled dock (_Rumex crispa_) appeared in the same place. Maple-trees tapped for sugar. 16. _Pothos fœtida_ in full flower. 25. Black ducks arrived. Catkins of the poplar-tree (_Populus tremuloides_) expanded. Catkins of the speckled willow (_Salix Muhlenbergiana_) expanded. 30. Wild geese arrived. Phœbe arrived.