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-- External air , 56 ° ; enclosure , 53 ° ; water , 52 ° . _ March 11th _ . -- A bleak , sunless day . Temperature in shade of well , at noon , 54 ° ; water , 51 ° . The _ Chrysosplenium Oppositiflorium _ in rich golden bloom within the enclosure . But the spring has other properties besides its steady temperature . I was early abroad in my garden last Thursday week , and in the act of tossing a snail over my box hedge , when I heard some girls ' voices giggling , and caught a glimpse of half-a-dozen sun-bonnets gathered about the well .