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A REGISTER OF THE WEATHER AT SHANGHAI: 



V. — A Register of the Weather at Shanghae for Nine Months 

 of the Years 1850-51. 



The large number of plants now in our gardens from those 

 Chinese provinces the climate of which may be practically 

 regarded as illustrated by that of Shanghae, has suggested the 

 propriety of printing, from the colmnns of the North China 

 Herald newspaper, a pretty complete record of the weather there 

 for two years from tlie beginning of November to the end of 

 July. Hereafter, if the paper should continue to reach England, 

 the three remaining months may also be given, with such remarks 

 as the facts mentioned in the Register may seem to call for. 

 In the mean while it is sufficient to point out the fact that the 

 Camellia, the Chinese Azalea, the Tea-plant, the Cryptomeria, 

 and numerous other shrubs, find themselves at home in the cli- 

 mate here described. 



Week ending 7th November, 1850. 



Ohs. — Since the commencement of the month the weather has been 

 unusually wet and disagreeable — although the actual amount of rain 

 fallen is not above the average of the last three years. The quantity of 

 early wheat appearing above the surface in the numerous fields in which 

 it has been sown, gives the country a fresii look, contrasting pleasantly 

 with tlie brown withered plants of the cotton. 



