XC THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 
the province of Quebec, vegetation in the spring was somewhat 
more forward than in 1914. In New Brunswick the early spring 
vegetation was unusually forward, but somewhat later growth was 
much slower and quickly reached normal conditions. In Nova 
Scotia, growth in plant life was generally more forward than usual 
from early spring to the date of ripening of grain. 
“The average dates for Nova Scotia given in a separate table 
were supplied by Dr. A. H. Mackay, Superintendent of Education, 
for that Province, to whom, and also to his assistants, the Meteoro- 
logical Service is much indebted. These averages are computed 
from a very large number of schedules supplied by the teachers through- 
out the Province assisted by their pupils who make this part of their 
study of nature. 
“The Province of Nova Scotia is divided into its main climatic 
slopes or regions which are not in some cases co-terminous with the 
boundaries of the counties. Slopes, especially those to the coast, 
are subdivided into (a) coast belts, (b) low inland belts, and (c) high 
inland belts. Where these letters appear in the tables they refer to 
these slopes or regions. Dates for Slopes IX and X were combined 
in computing the average for the Province but for convenience are 
duplicated and entered under each of these slopes in the tables. 
The following regions are marked out, proceeding from south to 
north and from east to west as orderly as it is possible.” 
Region of Slopes Belts 
I. Yarmouth and Digby Counties......(a) Coast, (b) Low in- 
lands, (c) High in- 
lands. 
II. Shelburne Queens & Lunen’g Co’s... 
III. Annapolis and Kings Counties.......(a)Coast, (b) North Mts. 
(c) Annapolis Valley 
(d) Cornwallis Valley, 
(e) South Mts. 
IV. Hants and Colchester Counties....... (a) Coast, (b) Low In- 
lands, (c) High Inlands. 
V. Halifax and Guysboro Counties...... e . 
VI. Cobequid Slope (to the south)........ É = 
Chignecto Slope (to the northwest)... 
VII. North’rland Sts. Slope (to the north) x ss 
VIII. Richmond and Cape Breton Co’s..... 55 - 
IX. Bras d’Or Slope (to the southeast)... ki : 
X. Inverness Slope (to Gulf, northwest). 
