May 5, 1793
Posted by sydney on May 5th, 1793
Damson, sloe-trees, & wild Merise blow. Cock Red start. There has been so little frost, that the Antirrhinum Cymb. flourished & blossomed the whole winter thro’, & is now very thriving, tho’ it usually dies about Xmass. So that, in mild times, it is at least a biennial with us, & may be perhaps of longer duration in milder regions. James Knight has observed two large fieldfares in the high wood lately, haunting the same part, as if they intended to breed there They are not wild. A nest of this sort of bird would be a great curiosity.