THE MAGAZINE 



OF 



NATURAL HISTORY, 



MARCH, 1833. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



Art. I. Notes on the Weather at Philipsburg, Pennsylvania, from 

 November, 1831, to December 9. 1832; ivith Remarks on its 

 Influence on certain Animals and Plants ; including a detailed 

 Description of a North American " Ice Storm" By R. C. 

 Taylor, Esq. 



Sir, 

 JMr. Bree's "remarks on the spring of 1832, as compared 

 with that of 1831 " (Vol. V. p. 593.), remind me that a few 

 extracts from my " rough notes " on the corresponding sea- 

 son, on this side of the Atlantic, may, perhaps, possess some 

 interest. 



I have stated in a former letter, which I see you have 

 thought worth insertion (Vol. V. p. 456.), the position, lati- 

 tude, elevation, and other circumstances essential to a general 

 knowledge of the situation from which I am writing; so I 

 need not repeat them. 



Contrary to your experience of the winter in England, ours 

 in America was unusually protracted and severe : commencing 

 in the middle of November, and ending with March. Snow 

 lingered on the Alleghany Mountains until May, and some 

 was even seen in the deep shady woods in June. Mr. Bree's 

 observations as to the backwardness of the last spring, in 

 Europe, equally applies to this continent. During the month 

 of June, we experienced weather sufficiently cold to render 

 fires in our sitting-rooms almost essential ; and to cut off 

 nearly all the young apples, peaches, and other fruits of the 

 orchard. 



As I do not register minutely the meteorological details, I 

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