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LAST year I recorded 1 (NATURE, vol. xxv. p. 241) Coltsfoot in blossom on January 6, on the sides of the railway near here, probably an unprecedentedly early date. The mild weather lately prevailing induced me to suspect the former early blossoming might find a parallel this year. I saw the plant in flower this morning, near the same spot; one flower-stalk was folly four inches high, so it should have been observed some days previously had sunshine prevailed. Last year tbe winter was practically over (so far as hard frost was concerned) at the beginning of January. Will this be paralleled by the winter of 1882-83?
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MCLACHLAN, R. Early Coltsfoot. Nature 27, 266 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027266e0
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