The Natural History of Selborne

The leaves of the mulberry-tree hardly begin to peep.  The vines promise well for bloom.  Apis longicornis works at it’s nest in the ground only in a morning while the sun shines on the walk.  Earth-worms make their casts most in the mild weather about March & April:  they do not lie torpid in winter, but come forth when there is no frost.

Martins abound:  they came late, but appear to be more in number than usual.  Some pairs of martins repair, & inhabit nests of several years standing.

Finished tacking the vines for the first time.  Planted-out annuals in theh basons down the field.

Planted vast rows of China-asters in the Garden.