XLVIII 



ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 



Thk Avi;uA(ii; Datks \viii:n Fi.oweiu.nu; was hki'outkd " Becoming Common 



Continued. 



PLANTS 



May Mower 



Blue Violet 



Red Maple 



Dandelion 



Strawberry 



Wild Red Cherry 

 Tall Buttercup . . 

 Indiati Pear . . 



Apple 



Lilac 



Average 144 58 



a. 



140-83 



124-2 

 141-2 

 138 



139 

 140 

 151 

 164 

 149 

 161 

 172-6 



148-26 



122 

 139 

 149 

 139 

 142 

 154 

 164 

 151 

 162 

 180 



150-48 



121 7 

 142 



143- 

 142- 

 145- 

 156- 

 162- 

 154 4 

 167 6 

 174-9 



151-19 



121 

 138 

 150 

 142 

 145 

 159 

 162 

 157 

 164 

 178 



151 97 



Taking the average of these two series of d'ates for each county, and 

 calling this average the date of the " full opening of summer/' we find 

 the date of the "full opening of summer" in the various counties of the 

 province as follows for the year 1898 : — 



County 



Yarmouth . 

 Annapolis 



Kings 



Digby 



Hants 



Shelburne. . 

 Lunenburg 

 Queens . . . . 

 Pictou 



County 



Colchester . . 

 Halifax ... . 

 Cumberland 

 Antigonish . 

 Cape Breton 



Guyshoro . 

 Inverness . 

 Richmond. 

 Victoria... 



Day of 

 Month 



18 May 

 18 " 



20 " 



21 " 

 24 " 

 24 •' 



26 " 



27 " 



28 " 



On the next page, curves indicating the average (in each county 

 of the province) of the dates in dach of the foregoing series, " When 

 first seen " and " When becoming common," are given. 



