The Natural History of Selborne

The cuckoo arrives, & is seen, & heard.  The Apricots have no blossoms; they lost all their buds by the birds.  Red start returns, & appears on the grass plot.

Mary White came from London.

The chif-chaf, the smallest uncrested wren, is heard in the Hanger, & long Lythe.  They are usually heard about the 21 of March.  These birds, no bigger than a man’s thumb, fetch an echo out of the hanger at every note.

Crown imperials begin to blow.  Pronged the asparagus beds. Wheat looks well.  Mrs B. White & Hannah White come from London.

The bearing cucumber-bed becomes milder & more mellow; & the plants shoot & blow well.  Daffodils make a show.  Planted potatoes in the meadow-garden, ten rows.