New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-01-28
UNREASONABLE SPRING IN ENGLAND.
From Tn, Pail Man Gazette. Jan. 9.


The mild wealth which prevailed iast week
produced quckening effect upon vegetation sncn ~ J
early in the year ANIMALS and perennias alike seem
20 have been thoroughly deceived ny the sudden CHIME
In temperature after the December frosts anu 10
made up their minds months too soon That sprihg
Is already upon do not mean merely Ihst ,h w
The buds on the rhododenirons are swelling WIN q
futile promise OF abundant blossom Prnroscs arc PC
practically through coolest winters. aud their ns
open sporadcay at any time nom oetooei 70 June'
alayan riDe wi ich laugh at Engsh fr0st- and SHOWS
with their broad glossy evergreen foliage ana can snow
mornings when well-re gulated lOwand flower ought
20 stir petal from its warm bud Nor DO mean 9ny
that many gOrse bush the common u now Que DIaIs
GOLDEN blossom; for urze again. IL peculiarly naruy
and thick skinned evergreen whose flowers VIII eiphnn
under influence OF little generous sunshine even Oh
days when the Thermometer In the shsde iais resee
dendron buds have often seen before under similar i
ccuus anccs, far less provocatOn thhn during Ie
present strange spell OF spring like weather. hut have
never before seen such universal duiekenag VI seeds
tubers and leafbnds IN the month OF January uIlnE
several years obsery alton OF our English seasons ~
that which is taking place In all the lheado"s anu
In the dltces by the roadside seeding cleavers of
the new year stand six inches above the ground The
little has reached an inch or more WIN us
finely OF pinuate lenves Both these are an
nunls both started their crop OF 1883 tong before
1882 had bern reck1ned with its fathers The conlnon
arnm ia a perennial, with buried rOotstock. nut Ita
foliage dies down entirely every autumn and the reap
pedrncc NJ the twisted awl shaped bundle aooVe
the ground next season II one OF the earliest hhu sesv
harhingrrs of coming spring. THIS year nave seen
Sc ,c:a them pceping already: and what Il more
ON uurolng the close spire Of leaves have found tie
uuryeOpe 1oSer wr8pI ed up tightly IN their centre
OF course grOunsel the daisies. the ddndconr tue
creeping veronica the small spurRe all in flower
they hardly desert when the suOw Ia Oh
the ground; and the Le annual held grass y also hng
ing pen-lc mead of yellow rtamens ana feaibery pi-
to the westerly breeze hut to these deiHiigabt anu
uudaunted creatures attach sins importance
from climatic point OF view II ~ fur more noteworthy
that go many seeds already he" to spIout by he
way sides and IN The copscs; that ~ many huis hayo
begun upon the shrubs and trees; thht 80 many
buuus hearing prrcnnals have begun 10 athd
M fresh yearly shoots. Even the animal world Il ut-
usually active and lively; several snlls have come out
from their alternating crnnuies; f3w beetles have
flies have apparently mist ken the mouth Tor Mag IN
stead OF Januarv.
I'm the garden the signs Of tho times are no less re-
mnrkahe Crurs bulbs nave every whore sent up their
long hne blade IKE leaves uclO-ed IN their little apcry
sleatls DaloIs showing thrir broader and Halter
huc,- above gr md. and the crimson shoots %! t"e
pcony ARE prcpng cautiously out between ll-t years
wtncr Stems. ON the trclis against the south side OF
cottage the yellow Jasmine cover, Tie surface ~ the
wall with pale blossoms. Beneath on the no"crhc
five or golden auemonrs, WIN their broad lea Ike
tuyulucre fuzzy out. while the siberian -aNft5ge Is
coming on rapidly the sunny corner by the box hedge
The tho uiuu0nin are hlg VIII hip-auln
Moreover when cui one the terminal knobs en tue
rhoIoendr,n bush lcugthwi-c with my hur. ran src
within %, ouy tue tiny pink petals. hut even the
fully formed 4tuinrn- and the lile HndeVrlOpcd oNaIl
while blue Nioct- grow ing boz abundance ON The
plot beneath Iu' perhaps tI most marvellous ~igu
OF s versatility with which almost every shrub
scales To-day. however. the searching wind has come
and the inevitable fro-t will follow aud al TINS hir
i,rnt-c Will Dee lu by untury tud, 10 the great
detrimcnt OF our April gardens.