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Leafing, floioerinr/, and fruitinrj of a few standard plants in the Eoya 

 Sociefifs Gardens durinfj the month ;— 



Ist Paulownia Impevialis commencing to flower. 



2ud Carpinus Betulus commencing to leaf. 



9th Ailantus glandulosa commencing to leaf. 

 Ifith Tilia Europea commencing to leaf, 

 17th ]\rorus niger commencing to leaf. 

 20th Maclaura aurantiaca commencing to leaf. 

 22nd Ulmus campestris seeds commencing to fall. 

 2Gth INfelia azederach commencing to leaf. 



Barometer mean, 29-852in., being 0"127in. above the average. 



Temperature mean, 5307°, being 4'12° below the average. 



Solar intensity mean, 97 IS", being 2 82" ditto. 



Dew point mean, 46'01°, being 0"51° ditto. 



Humidity of air mean, "71, being "0 same as the 20 years' table. 



Elastic force of vapor mean, '305, being "022 below the average. 



Total amount of rain, 2'42in. being 0*34in. ditto. 



Increase of spontaneous evaporation, on rainfall l'12in. 



Mean amount of ozone, 8 "SB, being 1 '67 of chromatic scale above the average: 



Electricity active on the 2ud, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 8th, 11th, 12th, 19th, 20th, ana 



31st. 

 A lunar rainbow on the 5th ; thunder on the 9th. 

 Snow never absent from the summit of Mount Wellington during the raonthf 



FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



