126 Phenological Obseevations. 



June. — Rainfall, 3-82 inches. With the exception of turnips, 

 all other crops grew very rapidly, there being warm growing- 

 moist weather during the whole of the month. Ryegrass a heavy 

 crop ; cut on the 26th. Dog rose bloomed on the 15th. Dumfries 

 rainfall, 4-22 in, 



July. — Rainfall, 2-55 inches. Warm growing month. 

 Pasture very abundant. Cutting meadow hay, 14th. Blue-bell 

 came into bloom on the 9th ; knapweed on the 21st. Meadow- 

 brown butterfly first seen on the 11th. Butterflies are getting 

 scarcer in this locality ; orange tip was fairly plentiful here at 

 one time. I have not seen it now for a number of years. 

 Dumfries rainfall, 3-28 in. 



August. — Rainfall, 5-65 inches. Harvesting began on the 

 9th, being a very heavy crop ; a great quantity of it is lying flat, 

 and will make poor fodder and light grain. Wasps scarce, 

 Dumfries rainfall, 6 '30 in. 



September. — Rainfall, 3-35 inches. There being so much 

 wet and moist weather in August the disease commenced on the 

 potatoes very early, and by the first of the month the shaws were 

 black. Dumfries rainfall, 3-11 in. 



October. — Rainfall, 4*72 inches. There was frost on four 

 nights during the month ; as a whole, the temperature was warm. 

 Potato digging began on the Brd ; the crop small and poor quality, 

 with a lot of disease. Dumfries rainfall, 4-82 in. 



November. — Rainfall, 4-4 inches. Turnip crop in a great 

 many cases very poor. Dumfries rainfall, 4*69 in. 



December, — Rainfall, 8-2 inches ; exceptionally heavy for 

 this month. The rainfall for the year has been 47-71 in,, about 

 8 in. above average of last seven years. Little frost ; but a good 

 deal of stormy, wet weather, Dumfries rainfall, 7-07 in. 



