142 Mr. J. Glaisher's Remarks on the Weather 



of the 30th. This reading was the highest in the month ; but 

 it soon again decreased, and before midnight descended below 

 30 inches. The range during this month was 1*09 inch. 



On May 1 the reading was 2992, which decreased to 29*63 

 on the 5th; increased to 29" 86 on the 9th; it then decreased 

 to 29*72 by the evening of the 1 Ith, increased to 30*09 by the 

 12th, and decreased to 29*18 on the i7th ; this was the lowest 

 reading during the month. The reading, with slight excep- 

 tions, increased till the 24th, when it was 30*07; it then de- 

 creased and increased alternately, but the changes were small 

 till the end of the month. The highest reading was 30*08, 

 and it took place on the 29th. The range within this month 

 was 0*90 inch. 



During the month of June the changes of reading were 

 small. The lowest reading was 29*63 on the 16th, and the 

 highest was 30*06 on the 22nd. The range therefore within 

 the month was 0*43 inch only. 



The following are the agricultural reports with which I have 

 been favoured. 



At Guernsey, the particulars having been furnished by Dr. 

 Hoskins, F.R.S. 



In April, from the 10th to the 20th, there were cold winds 

 with showers of hail and sleet which checked the forward ve- 

 getation and destroyed crops of early potatoes. In May, fogs 

 with high temperatures were prevalent, and there were frequent 

 light gales and heavy showers of rain. Vegetation generally 

 recovered from the checks it received in April ; grass and other 

 crops were luxuriant, asparagus fine and abundant; wall- 

 fruit, horse-chestnuts, sycamores, and other trees of early 

 foliage, in exposed situations were much injured by blight. 



In the early part of June there were frequent thunder-storms, 

 with fine sultry weather. Towards the end of the month fogs 

 were prevalent; there was an unusual prevalence of easterly 

 winds ; strawberries were abundant and well-flavoured, crops 

 of grass luxuriant, as well as other vegetation, notwithstand- 

 ing the paucity of rain. 



At Uckfield, the particulars having been furnished by C. L. 

 Prince, Esq. 



On April 19 very heavy rain fell early in the morning; at 

 3 P.M. on this day the wind shifted suddenly to N.E., and a 

 severe gale and heavy snow continued for eight hours ; as the 

 temperature of the air at the time fell to 32°, it almost de- 

 stroyed the gooseberry bloom, as well as that of the early 

 cherries. The wall-fruit was much injured, and in some places 

 the trees were killed, being cased with ice during the night, 

 and thawed suddenly by the sun on the 20th. 



At Leeds, by Charles Charnock, Esq. 



