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even if not disinclined, they would probably modestly dis- 

 claim any faculty for constructing curves out of dates : and 

 we in no wise suggest that they be asked to do anything of 

 that sort. Our suggestion is that a few keen phenologists, 

 working in unison, should extract and utilise the data. It 

 is highly desirable that there should be unity of method and 

 that all the data be critically examined ; and these desiderata 

 necessitate that the work be done by a few phenologists working 

 in common. It should be quite practicable to obtain from the 

 President of the Wild Flower Society (who, as we happen to 

 know, is anxious to assist phenological inquiry) a list of the 

 names and addresses of members who have kept diaries for 

 eight or ten years and upwards ; and circular letters might 

 be sent to these, or to a selected number of them, requesting 

 the loan of their diaries for the extraction of the necessary 

 data. We do not underrate the expenditure of time and labour 

 involved — for we realise how much have been required for 

 the construction of the few curves on our charts ; but we 

 suggest that the work may be worth doing. 



