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15th. 21st March 1951. A milder airstream arrived on 16th but by next day it was as cold as ever. The 15th was a most beautiful day, with hot sun & blue sky, 16th dull & cold, 17th, 18th, & 19th all cold with drizzle to heavy rain from S.E. but only light wind; except for some sun in afternoon of 18th. 20th bright with sun in forenoon, but strong cold E. wind as glass recovered from a long "low" period during week-end 17th - 19th. Forsythia, Flowering Currant, & other shrubs came gradually into general flower in the district, & an odd flower seen on a few early almonds - two on the tree in Kenilworth Park near the Letter Box. Miss Oalum's's blue Scilla in front garden out on 20th & Anemone apenina with buds ready to open if temperature would rise. Currant bushes in back garden also ready to burst into leaf & vegetation only waiting for some encouragement everywhere, but the cruel E. wind today after the rain is very hard on all plants. Petasites vulgaris in flower on left bank of R. Dodder below Orwell Bridge on 18th. Two daffodils out in Ellis's front-garden & two in our back garden just ready to open on 21st. Milder, very wet in forenoon & gale from S-SW. on 21st. The large form of Sax. oppositifolia from Snowdon (C.O.) in W. border of back garden with first flower on 21st. about a fortnight after the small form growing mixed with it.
 
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22nd March 1951. Great rise in temperature during the night. Gale from S.W. all day, but no rain. Spent most of day feeding snails - most for the first time this year. Great signs of growth in garden & Salix cinerea ♀ in back garden almost in flower. 

23rd to 31st March 1951. The warmer weather only lasted 48 hours & then again cold to very cold, with strong cold wind from N., NW., or NE., with very heavy rain over the Easter weekend (24th-26th), but some sunny intervals & one or two sunny but cold days, with slight frost at nights. By Easter Monday 26th the snow all gone of lower hills (under 2,000 ft.) & R. Dodder in high flood, but the heavy rain which fell in Dublin on night of 26th-27th once more covered the hills with snow down to 500 ft., so that when we drove on 27th to Bohernabreena & left car at foot of Glenasmole & walked to head of upper reservoir & back in forenoon (George, Daisy & I) we had only the roadway to walk on clear of snow & the scenery was entirely "white". Very hot sun most of that day, especially during the afternoon, once again melted most of the snow below 1,500 ft. & on 28th only the higher patches of old snow remained. On night of the 29th-30th heavy rain in Dublin once more, which fell as snow on the hills & these all white on 30th down to 600-700 ft. 

Hard frost on night of 29th.  

Flowers on Anemone appenina at last opened on 29th. & vegetation everywhere coming on slowly in spite of cold, &c.

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