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fluid, which is inimical to the formation of the pulp in the fruit, or 

 impedes the spirals in the due performance of their functions. The 

 chemical composition of this fluid, and whether it be absorbed di- 

 rectly from the soil, or eliminated within the plant in consequence 

 of functional disease of its organs, will form the subject of future in- 

 vestigation ; and I would venture to augur, the colony having now 

 the assistance of a gentleman of high scientific acquirements, that 

 not only the cause, but the cure of this very destructive disease will 

 be shortly discovered. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1846. 



Chiswick. — January 1. Fine. 2, 3. Frosty : fine : overcast. 4. Rain. 5. Sharp 

 frost : cloudy : clear and frosty. 6. Drizzly. 7. Overcast and mild throughout 

 the day and night. 8. Cloudy and fine. 9. Uniformly overcast. 10. Over- 

 cast : drizzly rain. 11. Hazy and drizzly. 12. Cold haze. 13. Hazy: very 

 fine. 14. Foggy : overcast and fine. 15. Fine. 16. Thick fog: rain at night. 

 17. Hazy : drizzly : cloudy and mild. 18. Foggy : rain at night. 19. Constant 

 rain: boisterous, with rain at night. 20. Clear and fine. 21. Rain: densely 

 clouded and mild : boisterous, with rain at night. 22. Boisterous, with rain : 

 densely clouded. 23. Heavy showers. 24. Hazy and mild. 25. Rain. 26. 

 Showery: heavy rain at night. 27. Clear: cloudy: rain at night. 28. Rain: 

 cloudy: very high tide in the Thames: clear. 29. Rain. 30. Overcast. 3!. 

 Cloudy : windy at night. 



Mean temperature of the month 43*'*54 



Mean temperature of January 1845 38 '69 



Average mean temperature of Jan. for the last twenty years 36 '46 

 Average amount of rain for the last twenty years 1 'eoinch. 



Boston. — Jan. 1. Stormy: rain last night. 2. Fine. 3. Cloudy. 4. Rain. 5. Fine. 



6, Rain. 7. Cloudy. 8. Fine. 9—13. Cloudy. 14, 15. Fine. 16. Fojr^ry. 



17. Cloudy : rain A.M. and P.M. 18. Foggy. 19. Rain : rain early a.m. : raiu 

 P.M. 20. Windy: rain early a.m. 21. Cloudy: rain p.m. 22. Cloudy and 

 stormy : rain early a.m. 23. Fine. 24. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 25. Fine : 

 rain early a.m. 26. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 27. Fine. 28, 29. Rain. SO, 

 31. Cloudy. — N.B. Not so warm a January since January 1834: the average 

 of that month was 44°* 3. 



Sandioick Manse^ Orkney. — Jan. 1. Snow-showers. 2. Fine: frost: cloudy. 

 8. Cloudy : clear. 4, Clear : showers. 5. Bright: showers. 6. Damp: clear. 



7. Cloudy: showers. 8. Showers: clear. 9. Cloudy: clear. 10. Rain : cloudy. 

 11. Drizzle : damp. 12. Drizzle: hazy. 13. Bright: cloudy. 14. Damp: 

 cloudy. 15. Kain : drizzle. 16. Clear. 17. Damp. 18. Bright: cloudy. 

 19. Damp : showers. 20. Rain: drizzle. 21. Rain : clear. 22. Damp : rain. 

 23. Fine : damp. 24. Fine : frost : damp : aurora. 25. Rain : cloudy. 26. 

 Damp. 27. Damp : rain : clear. 28. Cloudy : showers. 29. Showers. 30. 

 Cloudy : rain. 31. Drizzle : showers. 



Apjilegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Jan. 1. Snow-showers. 2. Frost: clear 

 and fine. 3. Wet all day. 4. Fine a.m. : shower p.m. 5. Frost a.m. : rain p.m. 

 6,7. Showery. 8. Fair. 9,10. Slight drizzle. 11. Slight drizzle : fog. 12. 

 Fair and mild. 13. Fair a.m. : rain p.m. 14. Fair ; one slight shower. 15. Wet 

 a.m.: cleared : fine. 16. Frost, slight : fine. 17. Fair a.m. : slight shower p.m. 



18. Fair, but cloudy. 19. Rain nearly all day. 20. Rain all day : flood. 21. 

 Fair, but cloudy. 22. Drizzling rain. 23. Rain and fog. 24. Thick fog. 

 25. Heavy rain : flood. 26. Drizzling rain. 27. Rain a.m. : fair: rain p.m. 

 28—31. Rain. 



Mean temperature of the month 43°*0 



Mean temperature of January 1845 36 '1 



Mean temperature of Jan. for twenty-three years . 34 "5 



Mean rain in January for eighteen years 2 -57 inche:>. 



