March 14
Posted by sydney on Mar 14th, 2009
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- 1793: March 14, 1793 – Papilio rhamni, the brimstone butterfly, appears in the Holt. Trouts rise, & catch at insects. A dob-chick comes down the Wey in sight of the banks. Timothy the tortoise comes forth, & weighs 6 ae 5 1/2 z. Took a walk in the Holt up to the lodge: no bushes, & of course no young oaks: some Hollies, & here & there a few aged yews: no oaks of any great size. The soil wet & boggy.
- 1791: March 14, 1791 – Daffodil blows. Timothy the tortoise heaves up earth.
- 1790: March 14, 1790 – About this time Ned White is to sail for Antegoa in the Lady Jane Halliday: Ross, Captain.
- 1787: March 14, 1787 – The male bloom of the cucumbers opens: the bed is warm, & the plants thrive. Planted more roses from South Lambeth.
- 1786: March 14, 1786 – Took away the netting on the wall-cherries.
- 1783: March 14, 1783 – Daffodil blows.
- 1780: March 14, 1780 – Chaffinches sing but in a shorter way than in Hants.
- 1779: March 14, 1779 – Small rain. Quick-set hedges begin to leaf. Dust is laid.
- 1778: March 14, 1778 – The green wood-pecker laughs in the fields of Vauxhall. Owl hoots at Vauxhall.
- 1773: March 14, 1773 – Wh: frost, thick ice, cloudless sky. Skylarks rise & sing a little.
- 1772: March 14, 1772 – Most severe flights of snow. Plows are frozen out, dirt carries horse, & man.
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