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greoable ; after that, pleasant. About three inches 

 of snow foil. The ground was sullioienlly settled 

 on the 22d to plant trees. On the 2Sth, peach 

 buds were considerably swollen, and ffrass ap- 

 peared quite green. Average temperature, morn- 

 ing 25'^, evening 33". Highest temperature was 

 on the 30th; morning 36°, evening 65". Lowest 

 on the 4th; morning 0, evening 22''. 



April was a cold and backward month. There 

 were nine frosty nights. More snow fell on the 

 18th than at anyone time during the winter. On 

 the Idth, mercury ivas at 31° in the shade at noon. 

 Peach blossoms (early kinds) nearly all destroyed. 

 Cherry blossoms nearly half destroyed. Average 

 temperature, morning 2^", evening 47°. Highest 

 temperature on the 30th; morning 35°, evening 

 65°. Lowest on the 19th; morning 22°, eve- 

 ning 38°. 



May was a warm, wet and growing month. 

 On the 5th there was a severe hail storm. On 

 the 6th, apple blossoms were fully expanded, as- 

 pens were nearly in full leaf, and grape-leaves 

 ooming out. Early scarlet strawberries — a small 

 portion — ripe on the 31st. Average temperature, 

 morning 51°, evening 61°. Highest temperature 

 on the 29th; morning 67°, evening 64°. Lowest 

 on the 14th; morning 32°, evening 54°. 



June, until the 15th, was somewhat dry. After 

 that time showers were abundant. On the 4th, 

 George the Fourth and Cabbage roses, fully ex- 

 panded. On the 17th, " American Red" rasp- 

 berries fit to cat. On the 24th, common red 

 cherry ripe. Average temperature, morning 55°, 

 evening 64. Highest on the 27th; morning 65°, 

 evening 87°. Lowest on the 9th; morning 41°, 

 evening 62". 



July was an extraordinarily wet month. There 

 were 14 days in which more or less rain fell ; the 

 whole quantity was but little short of 12 inches. 

 Grass and hay rotted in the field, and ripe wheat 

 sprouted badly in the head. Average tempera- 

 ture, morning 58°, evening 66°. Lowest tempe- 

 rature on the 4th; morning 50°, evening 55°. 

 Highest on the 27th; morning 67°, evening 

 68°. 



August. The first part of the month somewhat 

 wet. The week commencing on the 9th, and end- 

 ing on the 16th, was the warmest week of the 

 summer. Average temperature, morning 58°, 

 evening 70°. The highest temperature was on 

 the 15th; morning 69°, evening 79°. Lowest on 

 the 7th; morning 50°, evening 62°. 



September was cool and pleasant. The first 

 frost was on the 22d, but very slight, as were all 

 succeeding it this month. Average temperature, 

 morning 44°, evening 54°. Highest temperature 

 ■was on the 4th ; morning 55°, evening 71°. Low- 

 est on the 28th; morning 30°, evening 44°. 



October was, on the whole, quite pleasant. In- 

 dian summer commenced on the 5lh, and continued 

 10 days. Frosts were all light. Average tem- 

 perature, morning 38°, evening 49°. Highest 

 temperature on the 16th; morning 53", evening 



54°. Lowest on the 18th; morning 25°, evening 

 34°. 



November was more unpleasant than usual here. 

 There was not one fine day previous to the 17th. 

 The first snow fell on the 8th, to the depth of 

 two inches. Temperature through the montli was 

 much lower than usual. Average temperature, 

 morning 23°, evening 34°. Highest temperaturo 

 on tiie 29th; morning 44°, evening 40°. Low- 

 est on the 9th; morning 10°, evening 24°. 



December. The temperature through this month 

 was quite equable and agreeable. Commenced 

 snowing on the night of the 20th, and continued 

 until morning of the 22d, — depth 20 inches ; an 

 unusual quantity here. On the 27th there was a. 

 fall of 3 inches more. Average temperature, 

 morning 25", evening 30°. Highest temperature 

 was on the 19th ; morning 52°, evening 36°. Low- 

 est on the 13th; morning 13°, evening 34°. 



The lowest degree of cold during the year was 

 on the 4th of March, when the thermometer stood 

 at zero at 6, A. M. The warmest day in the 

 year was the 4th of August, — thermometer 90" 

 at 12, M. 



The growing season was remarkably favorable 

 for luxuriance of vegetation, and cultivators were 

 taxed severely to keep under the many trespass- 

 ers which frequent and copious showers threw ia 

 the way. 



The amount of rain during the year did not 

 vary much from 55 inches; and nearly twice tho 

 quantity fell in July of any other month. 



The following table, made by Geo. Duffield, of 

 Detroit, shows the total of rain which fell in each 

 of the eight years preceding 1848. It would not 

 vary much from one made for this locality: 



Total of rain in 1847, was 37;674 



do 1846, do 53.334 



do 1845, do 33.411 



do 1844, do 45.654 



do 1843, do 37.920 



do 1842, do 40.089 



do 1841, do 33.907 



do 1840, do 36.842 



Yours respectfully, W. H. Scott. Toledo, Ohio, 

 February, 20th, 1849. 



To Destroy Moles. — Dear Sir : At your re- 

 commendation I obtained, last spring, in Phila- 

 delphia, a lot of Osage Orange plants for hedg- 

 ing. The ground was good and well prepared, — 

 the plants carefully hoed and cultivated through 

 the season. They made a fine growth and looked 

 flourishing ; but when I came to examine them 

 this spring, I found that, in some places, the 

 moles had destroyed nearly all the plants, by 

 eating off" the bark below the surface of tho 

 ground. Some of the plants they cut entirely off", 

 and even followed up the small roots and eat 

 them. The work of destruction they seem to 

 have accomplished last fall, after we ceased to 

 cultivate them, and the plants had stopped grow- 

 ing. If you, or some of your numerous corres- 



