98 Pere7inial Calendar, 



aapected wall, 56^, 2 feet deep, 56°. Thunder on the 29th, on a change of 

 wmd to the north ; rain 15 days, fair 16 ; east wind 9 days, S.E. 4, S. 4, 

 N. 3, S.W. 3, W. 1, and N.W. 7. Xamium Orvala in flower on the 2d, 

 apple trees on the 8th, Cratae'gus Oxyacantha on the 11th, guelder rose 

 on the 13th, Pompadour and Scots roses on the 25th. The weather in 

 this month moist and chilly; wall-fruit, in general, cut up by north- 

 westerly winds and frost early in the month, and standard fruit much hurt; 

 bush-fruit uninjured ; slugs and snails abound in unprecedented numbers, 

 devouring every thing eatable and unprotected. The season still maintains 

 the early impulse it received. 



June. Maximum heat in the shade at 1 P.M. on the 28th, wind S.W., 

 79°; minimum on the 6th, wind N.W., 57** ; medium temperature 67° 5'; 

 maximum of sun's radiation on the 29th, wind E. 86°; mean sun heat 69" ; 

 excess above heat in the shade about one-thirtieth; thermometer buried at 

 the foot of a south wall 12 inches deep 56°, 2 feet 55° i foot of a north wall 

 12 inches deep 5G°, 2 feet 55° ', well water 26 feet deep 52°; rain 12 days, 

 fair 18, high wind 7 ; wind E. 5 days, S.E. 1, S. 6, S.W. 5, W. 3, N.W. 8, 

 and N. 2 ; thunder on the 20th, wind shifting from north to south. J?6sa 

 villosa first in bloom on the Sth, pinks on the 9th, red currants ripe on 

 the 23d, Keen's seedling strawberry on the 24th, Mayduke cherries on 

 standards on the 25th, early Antwerp raspberry on the 26th. High north and 

 harsh north-westerly winds early in this month, along with cold rains for 

 some days successively, chilled and blighted such of the young fruit as sur- 

 vived the last, so that, except in favoured spots, the crops are lost ; some of 

 the coarser and hardier kinds of fruit partially escaped. North-west winds 

 are those most injurious to the fruit crops of this country, and they occur 

 generally about this season. The easterly do comparatively but little 

 injury. 



July. Maximum heat in the shade on the 16th, wind in the east, 70°; 

 minimum on the 26th, wind N.W., 62°; medium temperature 67°; maxi- 

 mum of sun's radiation on the 12th, wind in the west, 84°; mean heat of 

 sun's radiation 70° 5'; excess above temperature in the shade only one 

 twenty-second; well water 55° i thermometer buried 12 inches deep at the 

 foot of a south wall 62°, 2 feet deep 61°, 3 feet deep 60^°; 12 inches deep 

 at foot of north wall 60i°, 2 feet deep 59^° , 3 feet deep 59°; thunder on 

 the 25th, wind shifting from south to north; rain 18 days, heavy from the 

 20th to the 27th; wind E. 3 days, S.E. 9, S. 6, S.W. 1, W. 2, N.W. 5, 

 N. 5. Gooseberries ripe on the 10th, Magdalen or St. James's pear on the 

 31st, Rudbeckia hirta on the 23d, Helianthus multiflorus first in bloom on 

 the 24th, small fruit abundant. The crops of hay which we commenced 

 cutting about the 24th of last month are much injured by the heavy rains 

 at the beginning of this ; much of the corn also laid, the moist weather 

 having encouraged a thick and luxuriant blade. 



August. Maximum heat in the shade on the 29th, wind south-east, 74°; 

 minimum on the 9th, wind north-west, 60°; medium temperature 66°; 

 maximum of sun's heat on the 29th, wind south-east, 92°; medium of sun's 

 heat 71°; excess above shade one-thirteenth. Thermometer at the foot of 

 a south wall 12 inches deep 60°, 2 feet 60°; north wall 12 inches deep 59% 

 2 feet 59°. Wet days 19, 6 of thin heavy rain, 12 fair. Wind E. 5 days, 

 S.E. 3, S. 5, W. 6, S.W. 4, N.W. 7, N.E. l. Eve apple or scarlet Juneating 

 ripe on the 3d, chisel pear and wheat-cutting on the 1 0th, Orleans plum 

 on the nth, yellow jack plum on the 17th,Oslin apple on the 18th, yellow 

 Alberge peach on the 19th, red Magdalen peach and Pourpr^e hative on 

 the22d,Grosse Blanquette pear on the 25th, Beurr^e Bergamot, and Orange 

 Bergamot on the 28th; sweet clematis in flower in a western aspect on the 

 1st, -Erica multiflora on the 3d, v41thae'a frutex on the 19th, Chelone on the 

 25th ; Cyclamen autumnale on the 27th. This month, for two thirds, was 

 extremely wet; the latter part cleared up, when the crops seemed in a 



