20. Dandelion (Leon. tarax.) beginning to flower. Viola cucullata beginning to blossom.
22. Our farmers ploughing for peas and oats. The snow upon the hills 20 miles north and west from Deerfield is two feet and a half deep, and the winds from those quarters are so chilly as to retard the progress of vegetation. Icicles scarcely melted upon the south side of buildings in Halifax, Vermont; and it is too cold for making sugar.
25. Blood-root (Sanguinaria canadensis) in flower on a warm south side hill. Leaves of the English gooseberry beginning to expand. Venus's pride (Houstonia cœrulea) in flower. Early life-everlasting, (Gnaphalium plantagineum) crowfoot, (Ranunculus fascicularis) tooth-root, (Dentaria laciniata) and meadow-rue (Thalictrum cornutum) in full flower.
26. Trailing arbutus (Epigaea repens) in full flower. Leaves of the barberry (Berberis vulgaris) beginning to expand. Five-finger, (Potentilla pumilla) adder's-tongue, (Erythronium dens-canis) liver-leaf, (Hepatica triloba) and wind-flower, (Anemone nemorosa) in flower.
April 27. Early potatoes and early corn planted. Elm in full flower.
29. Water crowfoot (Ranunculus sceleratus) and American cowslip (Caltha palustris) in full flower.
30. Daffodil (Narcissus pseudo-narcissus) and rue-anemone (Anemone thalictroides) in flower.
May 1. Soft maple (Acer rubrum) in flower.
2. Martins arrived.
3. Leaves of the gooseberry beginning to expand.