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conditions not common to at least a small field, should not be recorded 

 except parenthetically. The date to be recorded for the purposes of com- 

 pilation with those of other localities should be the first of the many of 

 its kind following immediately after, etc. For instance, a butterfly 

 emerging from its chrysalis in a sheltered cranny by a southern window 

 in January would not be an indication of the general climate, but of the 

 peculiarly heated nook in which the chrysalis wa^ sheltered; nor would a 

 flower in a semi-artificial, warm shelter, give the date required. When 

 these sports out of season occur, they might also be recorded, but within 

 a parenthesis to indicate the peculiarity of some of the conditions affect- 

 ing their early appearance. 



After the trial of other plans it is now recommended that these sche- 

 dules be sent to the inspector only once a year, and with the annual 

 school returns in July, containing the observations made during the 

 whole school year, and back as far 'as the preceding July (if pos^sible)- 

 when the schedule of the previous school year was necessarily completed 

 and sent in. 



A duplicate copy of the schedule of observations should be securely 

 attached to the school register for the year, so that the series of annual 

 observations may be preserved in each locality. 



lîemember to fill in carefully and distinctly the date and locality in 

 every blank at the head of the schedule on tlie next page; for if either 

 the date or the locality or the name of the responsible compiler should be 

 omitted (as in some cases it has been), the whole paper is worthless and 

 will ])e burned instead of being bound up in the volume of the Phenolo- 

 gical Observlatlons of Nova Scotia. 



The post office address to be filled in at the top of the schedule is 

 meant to be that one nearest to the school house or the centre of the sec- 

 tion or locality which the observations represent, for the postal maps of 

 the province indicate the exact geographical position of each post office, 

 while the locations of many school sections are not indicated on any maps. 



