Purple hyacinth begins to bloom.
Garden Book, page 1
by Thomas Jefferson
by Thomas Jefferson
[This page appears opposite the inside front cover.]
1766. Shadwell.
Mar. 30.
Apr. 6.
Narcissus and Puckoon open.
13.
Puckoon flowers fallen.
16.
a bluish colored, funnel-formed flower in lowgrounds in bloom.
30.
purple flag blooms. Hyacinth & Narcissus gone.
May. 4.
Wild honeysuckle in our woods open. -- also the Dwarf flag & Violets
7.
blue flower in lowgrounds vanished.
11.
The purple flag, Dwarf flag, Violet & wild Honeysuckle still in bloom.
went journey to Maryland, Pennsylva., New York. so observations cease