24. Common St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) in full flower.
June 26. Garden radishes fit for the table.
27. Early garden peas fit for the table. Weather intensely warm.
28. American lime or linden-tree (Tilia americana) in flower.
30. Flax (Linum usitatissimum) in full flower. Thermometer in the shade at 2 P. M. 100°.
Vegetation has put forth and increased with a more astonishing rapidity this month than has ever been known. Notwithstanding the spring was very backward, the season now is forward. Our farmers commenced their first haying about a week earlier than they did last year.
July 1. White water lily (Nymphæa odorata) in flower.
3. Red and white currants ripening. Yellow day lily (Hemerocallis flava) and Lilium canadense in full flower.
4. Cucumbers and watermelons in flower. Early summer corn (Zea mays, variety præcox) beginning to tassel. Garden rue (Ruta graveoleus), mustard (Sinapis nigra), motherwort (Leonorus cardiaca) and mullein (Verbascum thapsus) in full flower. Blue whortleberries (Vaccinium frondosum) beginning to ripen. Dewberry (Rubus trivialis) ripening.