PLANETS' GEOCENTRIC LONGITUDES, DECLINATIONS, AND RIGHT ASCENSIONS.

1st day. H's long. Y 3°: Decl. N. 0°: R. A. Oh. 11m.-)'s & 17° 26'.

13 S Spica south 11h. 47m. aft. 245

14 FLOW SUNDAY.

15 M Easter Term begins

16 Tu Venus sets 11h. 17m. aft. 275
17 W Oxf. and Camb. Term beg. 285
18 Th Mars sets 10h. 9m. aft. 294 597
19 F St. Alphege. Din apogee 84 577
20 S Day increased 6h. 26m.

Isaiah

to v. 20.
xii. Romans
xvi. Acts

xxiii., xxiv.

Exodus
Numbers

vi. Exodus xiv. Acts ii. to v. 22. xi. Numbers xxii. James

XXV. Deut.

DESCRIPTION OF THE MONTH.

THIS month derived its name from Aprilis, of aperio, "I open;" because the earth, at this time, begins to open her bosom for the production of vegetables.

ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES.

THE Moon changes on the 17th; and on the 19th her beautiful crescent appears I near the western horizon after sun-set. On the afternoon of the 20th the Moon occults the planet Mars: the immersion takes place at 1 minute before 4, and the emersion at 14 minutes after 5. After the setting of the Sun, Mars will be seen that evening close to the Moon's lower limb. On the 21st the Moon appears very near the brilliant planet Venus, which is now so conspicuous an object as to be visible in the day-time. Saturn is to be seen in the south-east at day-break, and Jupiter, at the end of the month, is near the eastern horizon, in the morning twilight.

METEOROLOGICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, AND BOTANICAL PHENOMENA.

"In this changing climate, Spring appears to advance with reluctance; so that many a time when we think we have bidden farewell to wintry winds, and sleety storms, they come back and take us by surprise, checking the early vegetation, and nipping the fair young flowers that begin to open to our view. Thus it is very frequently at the beginning of April; and we look in vain for any very evident increase of Spring tokens, the delicate-looking but really hardy blossoms of the last month being alone able to bear up against the rigours of the black-thorn winter, as this season is sometimes called, from the blossoming sloe, which is peculiar to it. But long ere the month has come to an end, we find it justifying its title to the character of the opening month of the year. The wild flowers begin to be more freely scattered, and we find blossoms opening faster than we can mark their appearance."-Saturday Magazine.

"Hail, April! Lo, inspired by thee
Full many a lovely form I see
Its long-lost garniture resume

Of woodland leaf, or woodland bloom:
No more with tassels here and there
Besprent, but in a vesture fair,
The Larch to welcome thee is seen,
Unmingled, of the tenderest green:
Bright tints to welcome thee, adorn,
Of tenderest green, the full-robed Thorn:
Of broader lobes, and darker grain,
His leaves for thee the Maple-Plane
Developes from their crimson sheaths;

For thee his bright and twisted wreaths
Five-finger'd, like a giant's hand,
The Chestnut's lengthen'd shoots expand:
Forth from his coral's ruby holds

The Lime his pale green leaf unfolds:
The Aider throngh the watery mead,
About the mountain's rocky head
The Birch, for thee his leaves displays:
The Elm and spreading Beech arrays,
To grace thy course, a thickening screen;
This his smooth plates of glossy sheen;
And, stateliest of the woodland realm,,,
His rougher leaves the blossom'd Elm.'

The swallow, the nightingale, and various other delightful singing-birds visit us in April. Insects appear, invited by the vernal sun. Marsh-marygold blows on the sides of ponds and ditches, the cowslip beautifies the fields, and the primrose the sheltered banks, &c.

FARMING AND GARDENING DIRECTIONS.

FINISH Sowing barley: sow buck-wheat, hemp, flax, lucerne, saint-foin, clover, and hay seeds: sow mustard, and roll wheat. Break in young horses. Calves of this season may be reared.

Sow silver-skinned onions for drawing every two or three weeks: transplant sea-kale, celery, cauliflower, &c. Stick peas, and tie up lettuces. Plant stocks and wall-flowers out in the open ground. Make hot-beds for cucumbers and melons: force kidney-beans, and Elford rhubarb. Shelter your choice auriculas from all extremes of weather. Plant stocks and wall-flowers out in the open ground; and sow annuals, hardy or tender. Early bulbs, of which the leaves are decayed, may now be taken up.

O Full Moon,

LUNATIONS AND WEATHER.

d. h. m.

2 Last Quarter, 9 New Moon,

17

First Quarter, 25

3 16 afternoon.-Changeable for the most part.
8 23 morning.-Unsettled, cold for the season.
8 53 morning.-Often showery with squalls.
7 30 morning-Windy, with rain.

O Full Moon, 31 10 47 night.-Fair and pleasant.

PLANETS' GEOCENTRIC LONGITUDES, DECLINATIONS, AND RIGHT ASCENSIONS.

1st day. H's long. Y 4°: Decl. N. 1°: R. A. Oh. 17m.-)'s & 15° 50'.

REMARKABLE DAYS.

W ST. PHILIP & ST. JAMES

21h Moon in perigee

F Invention of the Cross

4 S Sun due east 6h. 34m. 5 F4 SUNDAY AFT. EASTER 6 M St. John Evan. Ant. P. L. 7 Tu Venus sets 11h. 48m. aft. 8 W Easter Term ends 9Th Saturn rises 1h. 10m. mo. 10 F Mars sets 10h. 3m. aft. 11 S Mercury sets 9h. 40m. aft. 12 FROGATION SUNDAY 13 M Old May Day

14 Tu Sun's semid. 15′ 50′′

5

ris. Moon HighW|| long. & sets. south. Lon. B. A. sig.

O Sun Sun Sun's
Ŏrises. sets. dec. N.
h. m h. m. o
[t 337 2215 12
124 317 2315 30 m
134 27 25 15 47
144 287 27 16
[154 267 28 16 22
164 24 7 30 16 39
174 227 31 16 55
184 217 3317 12
194 197 35 17 28
204 177 36 17 43 *
214 16 7 38 17 59
224 147 39|18 14
234 137 41 18 29 r
117 42 18 43
107 44 18 588

244

15 W Jupiter rises 2h. 24m. mo. 25 4
16Th ASCENSION. HOLY TH. 264 87 45 19 11
17 F
[Moon in apogee 27 4 77 47 19 25
18 S Venus sets 11h. 48m. aft. [284 57 48 19 38 II
19 FSUN. AFT. ASCEN. DAY. 294 47 49|19 51|
20 M Venus very bright Dunstan I4 37 5120
4
21 Tu Spica south 9h. 15m. aft. 04 17 5220 16
22 W Trinity Term begins 14 07 54 20 28
23 Th Sun's semid. 15' 48" 23 597 55 20 39
33 587 5620 51
43 577 57 21 1 me
53 56|7 59|21 12
63 558
73 548

24 F QU. VICT. B. 1819

25 S Oxford Term ends

26 FWHIT SUN. Aug. 1 Abp. C. 27 M WHIT MON. PR. G. F. B. 28 Tu WHIT TUES. [Ven. Bede 29 W EMB. W. K. CH. II. REST. 30 Th [PRS. S. M. B. Oxf. T. b. 31 F Moon in perigee

021 22
121 32

221 41 m

83 538

93 528

321 50

h. mh. m. h. m. ៥. 25 3m27 11a15 0m27 14 10 rises morn. 1 15 15' 25 9a10 0 15 2 116 1110 20 1 19 25 11 17

2 481

2 22 3 3618

2 37 9 44 12 2127)

4 2 59 10 28 0 4328 16 3 26 11 13 1 2429 28 sets 0 a 1 2 10 9 a 9 0 49 2 3615

10
22 9 56 1 38 3 9

410 37 2 28 3 42 3 1611 9 3 174 17 28 11 38 4 5 4 505 11morn. 4 52 5 30 D 23 0 15 38 6 14 7 7 0 22 6 25 7 4 8 20 0 44 7 14 8 39

4 1 4 8 4 9 16 10 19 1 27 8 58 10 16 11

41 54 9 5511 1912 19 2 26 10 5712 2113 4 rises. 12 0 0 471

DESCRIPTION OF THE MONTH.

THIS month derived its name, either from Maia, the mother of Mercury; or Maia, one of the Pleiades, and daughters of Atlas. Others, however, suppose it to have been named Maius, by Romulus, in honour of the nobles and senators of Rome.

ASTRONOMICAL OCCURRENCES.

DURING the first ten days of this month, the planet Mercury is visible to unassisted vision, near the horizon towards the north-west, about an hour after sun-set. Venus is particularly splendid throughout this month in the evenings, and may be easily seen by the naked eye in the day time: through a telescope, at the beginning of the month, she appears like the Moon, when half-full, but before the end she becomes a crescent. Mars is visible during the first half of the month: between the 3d and 9th, he appears a few degrees to the south of Mercury. Jupiter and Saturn are to be seen early in the mornings.

On the first day, at 10h. p.m., the fixed stars, Castor and Pollux, are near the western horizon. Ursa Major is in the Zenith. A line drawn from the Polar star by λ and, in Ursa Major, points out Regulus, or the Lion's Heart; another line from the same point through y, in Ursa Major, passes through Denebola, or the tail of the Lion. Spica Virginis, Arcturus in Boötes, and Denebola, form an equilateral triangle,—Arcturus, the most elevated; and Denebola, to the west.

"In ardent contemplation's rapid car,
From earth, as from a barrier, I set out.
How swift I mount! diminish'd earth recedes:

I pass the Moon; and from her farther side,

Pierce heaven's blue curtain; strike into remote;
Where, with his lifted tube, the subtle sage,
His artificial airy journey takes,

And to celestial, lengthens human sight.
I pause at every planet on my road,

And ask for Him who gives their orbs to roll,

Their foreheads fair to shine. From Saturn's ring
In which of earths an army might be lost,
With the bold Comet take my bolder flight,
Amid those sovereign glories of the skies,
Of independent native lustre proud;
The souls of systems, and the lords of life,
Through their wide empires-what behold I now!
A wilderness of wonder burning round,
Where larger suns inhabit higher spheres."

YOUNG.

METEOROLOGICAL, ZOOLOGICAL, AND BOTANICAL PHENOMENA.

THE genial showers of this month are generally brought by the south-west. winds, which greatly promote the progress of vegetation. Every day, now, brings fresh beauties, not only in the botanical, but also in the zoological, empires of

nature.

'Now winter is past, and the spring
Adorns with new beauties the grove;
And every blithe bird on the wing
Proclains 'tis the season of love:

Through the meadows and groves as I stray,
What verdure, what blossoms appear I
Enlivened by beautiful May,-

For May is the Queen of the year!

"And now in the sylvan retreat

Where innocence carelessly strays,
Simplicity fixes her seat,

And numberless beauties displays:
How sweet are the nymphs in her train,
While modesty leads them along:
How pleasing the notes of the swain
Who warbles her elegant song "

FARMING AND GARDENING DIRECTIONS.

ON arable ground, preparation for turnips, and working naked summer fallows, where they have been adopted, are the principal operations of this month. Potatoes omitted in April, must now be planted without delay. The dairy is now in full operation.

Sow carrots, lettuce, capsicums, cauliflowers, spinach, Knight's marrow-fat peas, &c. Propagate wall-flowers, rockets, &c., by cutting off the stalks: sow annuals in succession; and keep the primula tribe rather dry at this time. Evergreens may still be transplanted with balls of earth to the roots.

PLANETS' GEOCENTRIC LONGITUDES, DECLINATIONS, AND RIGHT ASCENSIONS.

143 488

22 29

153 488 1022 36

4 Tu Spica south 8h. 24m. aft.
5 W KING OF HANOVER B.
6Th Corpus Christi. [Boniface 163 478 1022 42 *
7 F Jupiter rises 1h. Im. mo. 173 478 1122 48
8 S Venus sets 11h. 13m. aft. 183 468 1222 53
9F1 SUNDAY AFT. TRINITY 193 468 1322 58 r
10 M Sun due west 4h. 40m.
11 Tu ST. BARNABAS

12 W Trinity Term ends 13 Th Moon in apogee

310 59 3

1611 23 3 57

3 2517

4 1218

5 019

203 458 1423 3
213 458 1423 78
223 458 1523 11
233 448 15 23

8 26 10 3225

9 1111 3526

235
24

27

15 14 F Venus sets 11h. 7m. aft. 233 448 16 23 18 15 S Day increased 8h. 48m. 124 3 448 16 23 20 16 F2 SUNDAY AFT. TRINITY 253 448 17 23 17 M St. Alban. No real night 263 448 17 23 18 Tu Antares sou. 10h. 30m. aft. 273 448 18 23 26 19 W Jupiter rises Oh. 16m. mo. 283 448 18 23 20 Th Qu. VICT. ACC. 1837. Tr. 293 448 1823 27 21 FQ.VICT. PRO. [Ed. K. W. S.3 458 18 23 28 m 22 S 21st, the Longest Day 23 F3 SUN. AFT. TRINITY 24 M MIDSUMMER DAY. 25 Tu [NATIV. ST. J. BAPT. 26 W Saturn rises 9h. 55m. aft. 27 Th Moon in perigee 28th day 28 FQ. VICTORIA CROWNED, 29 S ST. PETER [1838 30F4 SUN. AFT. TRINITY

13 458 1923 27
23 458 1923 27
33 468 1923 25
43 468 1923 24
53 468 1923 22m
63 478 1923 20
73 478 18 23 177
83 488 18 23 14
93 498 18 23 10

MORNING.

2 Lesson.

16 2 Sunday after Trinity 23 3 Sunday after Trinity 30 4 Sunday after Trinity

Genesis

Joshua

Judges

i. Matthew x. Mark

1 1 3 13 1 28 25 1 55 9 57 0 527 7 2 3110 45 0 5328; 19 3 1611 35 1 3629 1 sets 0a24 2 14 0 13 9a11 1 14 2 52 1 25 9 41 2 23 28 2 810 7 2 50 4 235 2010 30 3 37 4 36 + 310 49 4 23 5 14 5 1711 9 5 9 5 56 011 315 58 6 42 14 11 54 6 48 7 32 S 28 morn. 7 42 8 339 13 0 23 8 399 4010 27 0 57 9 41 10 50111 12 1 46 10 44 11 5812 27 2 46 11 47 0 3213 12 rises morn. 1 321+

EVENING.

1 Lesson.

iii. Genesis
X. Joshua

xvi. Judges

xviii. 1 John
xxiii. 2 Corinth. vii.

1 Samuel

xiii.

vii. 1 Samuel

i.

xiii.