24. Common St. John's wort (_Hypericum perforatum_) in full flower. _June_ 26. Garden radishes fit for the table. 27. Early garden peas fit for the table. Weather intensely warm. 28. American lime or linden-tree (_Tilia americana_) in flower. 30. Flax (_Linum usitatissimum_) in full flower. Thermometer in the shade at 2 P. M. 100°. Vegetation has put forth and increased with a more astonishing rapidity this month than has ever been known. Notwithstanding the spring was very backward, the season now is forward. Our farmers commenced their first haying about a week earlier than they did last year. _July_ 1. White water lily (_Nymphæa odorata_) in flower. 3. Red and white currants ripening. Yellow day lily (_Hemerocallis flava_) and _Lilium canadense_ in full flower. 4. Cucumbers and watermelons in flower. Early summer corn (_Zea mays_, variety _præcox_) beginning to tassel. Garden rue (_Ruta graveoleus_), mustard (_Sinapis nigra_), motherwort (_Leonorus cardiaca_) and mullein (_Verbascum thapsus_) in full flower. Blue whortleberries (_Vaccinium frondosum_) beginning to ripen. Dewberry (_Rubus trivialis_) ripening. 5. Poppy (_Papaver somniferum_) in flower. 6. Garden squashes (_Cucurbita Melo-pepo_) in flower. 7. Red raspberry fully ripe. 10. Black raspberry fully ripe. 11. String-beans fit for the table. 12. Unicorn plant (_Martinia proboscidea_) in full flower. 13. Thorn apple (_Datura stramonium_) and marygold (_Tagetes erecta_) in full flower. 15. Great water plantain (_Alisma plantago_) and field clover (_Trifolium arvense_) in flower. 17. Mad dog weed (_Scutellaria lateriflora_) and purple vervain (_Verbena hastata_) in blossom. The weather for three weeks past has been excessively warm. The thermometer, for several days, has stood above 95°, part of the time at 98°. Our lands are now parching with drought. Our grass fields are completely embrowned. Our farmers beginning to reap their rye. _July_ 19. Cucumbers fit for the table. Early corn (_green_) fit for the table. 21. Mother of thyme (_Thymus vulgaris_) in full flower. 22. Fig-wort (_Scrophularia marylandica_) and loosestrife (_Lysimachia stricta_) in flower. 24. Morning-glory (_Convolvulus sepium_) and _Orchis ciliaris_ in full flower. 26. Whortleberries (_Vaccinium resinosum_) ripe. Single-seeded cucumber (_Sicyos angulata_) in flower. 28. Garden lettuce and hop (_Humulus lupulus_) in full flower. 30. Our farmers reaping their wheat--a tolerable crop. Buckwheat (_Polygonum fagopyrum_) in flower. We had a great rain about the 20th, which restored the parched vegetation. The latter part of the month was, however, warm and dry. _August_ 1. Grasshoppers begin to sing. Crickets arrived. 2. Larkspur (_Delphinium consolida_) in flower. 3. Sunflower (_Helianthus annuus_) and pigweed (_Chenopodium album_) in flower.