88 e. matvley — phenologicax phenomena. 



The Summer. 



June proved on the whole a rather genial month, but during the 

 rest of the summer there occurred very few warm days. The fall 

 of rain was light in Jime, and moderate in July, but August was an 

 extremely wet month. Taking the whole season there was a great 

 deiicioucy of sunshine. The only time when vegetation made 

 anything like rapid progress was during the last fortnight in June. 

 The eifect of this growing weather on the flowering of plants will 

 be at once seen on reference to Table I, by noticing the departures 

 from the average both before and after this warm period. The 

 white os-eye was from 16 to 22 days late in coming into flower, 

 the dog rose 12 to 18 days late, the black knapweed 1 to 7 days 

 late, the harebell from 1 day early to 5 days late, and the gi'eater 

 bindweed 14 to 35 days late. The crop of hay was a very light 

 one, and owing to the frequent rains in July was harvested in 

 many places in indifferent condition. 



The Autumn". 



This was a moderately warm season. Throughout the first half 

 of September the weather remained fine, and for a few days it 

 was warmer than at any time during the summer months. In 

 October, however, there occurred scarcely a single fine day, while 

 the falls of rain were often singularly heavy. The ivy was from 9 

 to 34 days late in flowering The last swallows were seen at 

 Eerkhamsted on October 3rd, but a few were noticed at St. Albans 

 as late as October loth. The corn harvest was a very late one, 

 and the weather extremely impropitious for its ingathering. The 

 yield appears to have been about the average. 



