144 Mr. J. Glaislier's Remarks oti the Weather 



in the neighbourhood of Manchester and Liverpool. Oats 

 have been infested with charlock to a great degree. The 

 sowing of beet began May 5 ; the crop is healthy and forward. 

 Turnips planted about May 10 are very luxuriant and pro- 

 mising ; no fly has appeared. Sheep-washing took place about 

 May 21, which is about the usual time in this part of the 

 country. Some ewes shorn on June 14 died from cold. On 

 June 9 vegetation appeared to stop from the cold weather, 

 which continued till the 15th, The showers which brought 

 on the green crops so well were not sufficient for the grass, 

 which is still very short, though full in the root. The hay 

 season generally begins in this part about June 26, whereas 

 this year (now July 8) none is cut except one or two small 

 patches ; the grass is still growing fast, and promises to be an 

 abundant crop. Wheat has been in ear about twelve days; 

 oats are just opening out. 



Nottingham, the particulars furnished by E. J. Lowe, Es(] , 

 F.R.A.S. 



Wheat, barley and oats look well; the grass crops are heavj, 

 and potatoes promise well. The frost of April 18 did great 

 injury to fruit. 



The monthly values of the several subjects of research ap- 

 pear in the Registrar-General's Quarterly lleport; the quar- 

 terly values are shown in the subjoined table:— 



The mean of the numbers in the first column of this table is 

 2961 8 inches, and this value may be considered as the pres- 

 sure of dry air for England during the quarter ending June 30, 

 1849. 



The mean of tiie numbers in the second column, for Guern- 

 sey and those places situated in the counties of Cornwall and 

 Devonshire, is 52°"0; for those })laces situated south of latitude 

 of 52°, including Chichester ami Hartwell, is 52°-l ; for those 

 places situated between the latitudesof 52"^ and 53°, including 

 Saffron Walden and Leicester, is 50^*0 ; for those places 

 situated between the latitudes of 53° and 54°, including Derby 

 and York, is 49-9 ; and for Whitehaven and Newcastle is 

 49°*8. These values may, be considered as those of the mean 

 temperatures of the air for these parallels of latitude during 

 the quarter ending June 30, 1849. 



The average daily range of temperature in Cornwall and 

 Devonshire was 14°'8; at Liverpool and Whitehaven was 

 12°-1; south of latitude 52° was 19°-y; between the latitudes of 

 52° and 54° wasl7°'6; and at Whitehaven and Newcastle was 

 17°-6. 



The greatest mean daily ranges of the temperature of the air 

 took place at St. John's Wood, Latimer, Aylesbury, and 

 Beckington : that at St, John's Wood is very large; is it right ? 



