10. Found several mosses and ferns in blossom; these last were covered with capsules or old fructification: they were Asplenium ebeneum, Aspidium marginale, Asp. acrostichoides, Polypodium medium, N. Sp., &c.
11. Seen the first spider, in the country, brown, oblong, walking. A fall of snow at night.
12. Seen in blossom, at the windows, Narcissus tazzetta, N. janguilla, and several saffrons, genus Crocus, &c.
14. The grass looks quite green; the Draba verna? is in blossom in the State-House garden, the Viburnum tinus, Primula acaulis, &c. in the rooms, &c. The following fish are at market: white perch, (Perca mucronata, Raf.) yellow perch, (Polyprion fasciatum, Raf.) mamoose sturgeon, (Accipenser marginatur, Raf.) elk-oldwives, (Sparus crythrops, Raf.) &c.
15. The Populus fastigiata, Lombardy poplar, begins to show its catkins.
17. The big-eye herring (Clupea megalops) begin to be seen at the fish-market.
18. Many plants begin to grow and show their leaves.
19. A fall of snow. The first shad (Clupea sapidissima) appear in New-York: they are now common here.
20. Crocus aureus in blossom in gardens; likewise Iris persica, &c.
21. Betula lenta begin to show the catkins.