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rains during the two previous months, and, as a consequence, the 

 display of flowers in all the parks was the poorest for very many 

 years. Rain fell on 14 days, the total of the rainfall being 3 33 

 inches. The temperature averaged 55°, and winds prevailed from 

 E. by N. 



September was rather an improvement upon the last month. 

 There were 17 dry days — the total rainfall being only 1*91 inches. 

 Rain, however, fell every two or three days during the month, and 

 the soil never got an opportunity of becoming thoroughly dry. 

 The average temperature was 54°. For 15 days the winds were 

 from E. by N._, and for the rest of the month W. by S. 



October proved to be the best harvest month of the autumn. 

 Rain fell only from the 8th to the 15th inclusive, giving 23 conse- 

 cutive dry days. On the 15th and 22nd the thermometer register- 

 ed 7 degrees of frost, which killed dahlias and other tender plants. 

 Towards the end of the month there were very high winds. The 

 total rainfall was 2 "22 inches, and the temperature averaged 45°. 

 The prevalent winds for 16 days were E. by S. and N. and for 15 

 days W. by S. 



November was the wettest month of the year. Rain fell on 21 

 days, giving a total rainfall of 5 '03 inches. The weather, however, 

 was remarkably mild, the thermometer being below the freezing 

 point only on the morning of the 18th, and registering 6 degrees of 

 frost. The grass was as green during the whole month as in spring, 

 and the Christmas rose flowered on the 16th. The daisy, Jasminum 

 nudiflora, Caltlia palustris, polyanthus, and wallflower were in 

 bloom all the month. The temperature averaged 43°, as compared 

 with 37° in the same month of the previous year. The prevalent 

 winds were S. by W. 



During December the same open, moist weather prevailed as in 

 the previous month. There was a moderate rainfall — viz., 3*46 

 inches — which fell on 16 days. The thermometer was at and below 

 the freezing point on 12 mornings, and registered 53 degrees of 

 frost. The average temperature was 39°, as compared with 36° in 

 December, 1880. The prevalent winds were W. by S. and N. 



The highest day temperature during 1881 was upon the 29th day 

 of May, when the thermometer registered 82° in the shade, and the 

 lowest night temperature was on the 16th and 17th January, when 

 it fell to zero, or 32 degrees of frost. On 86 days the thermometer 

 was at or below the freezing point, registering a total of 560 degrees 



