. 6 "April Showers Bring May Flowers " Herons and many other birds observed Apl. 10, 1934. Cold spell, 10 deg. above zero, on night of Apl. 11, 1926. First ship into Charlottetown in 1920, on Apl. 12. May¬ flower (Epigaea) in (bloom Apl. 14, 1915. A very hardy ever¬ green plant with an irregular blooming period. Fields white with snow from the N. E ., Apl. 15, IQIQ. Gar¬ den Crocus (late varieties) in flower Apl. 17, 1917. Mourning Cloak Butterfly (Antiopa) observed Apl. 18, 1927. Glory of the Show (Chinodoxa) in bloom Apl. 19, 1920. Great snowstorm, as bad as any in the past winter, Apl. 20, 1926; wind sometimes rising to 60 m. p. h. Fritillary butterflies (Argynnis) flying Apl. 20, 1927. Wilson's Snipe drumming Apl. 23, 1932. The Church at Summerfield ( Lot 6 7) destroyed by light¬ ning, Apl. 27, 1925. Winter lingers in the lap of Spring: "still snowing" Apl. 26, 1920. "Snow on the ground," Apl. 29, 1919. MAY Associated with birds, butterflies and flowers in the Old Country, is a very uncertain month here. Not for us the pageant of crowning the Queen o' the May, nor dancing round the May¬ pole ! The landscape has not yet discarded its white winter gar¬ ments, and the first weeks may often be termed unseasonable. Electric storms sometimes occur, always followed by cool or cold weather. The atmospheric changes and the steaming land, are favorable to epidemics of grippe. But better is in store: the third and fourth weeks are "seed-time" when young and old are "on the land" and the month ends with the trees in leaf, and the birds in full song. May 1, 1914, a cold day, wind N ., strong, with hail. Violent S. rain all day, May 1, '1918. Wintry wind from N. W ., ground half-frozen, May 1, 1919. Sowed tomatoes in window-box on May 1, 1924; "up" on May 7th. Ground frozen hard, May 2, 1920. A temperature of 76 de¬ grees at 1 p. m. on May 2, 1930. Siberian Squill (Scilla) and Arabis alpina in bloom in the gar¬ den, May 3, 1932. Arabis albida, another good perennial, was a fortnight later. May 4, 1911, Purple Finch sings, and Chipping Sparrow noted. Sowed Soya Beans and Radish. May 5, 1934. Iris reticulata in bloom Ma,y 5, 1935. (Bulbous Irish are short-lived in the ground.)