METEOROLC 

 Private Obse^ 



Latitude 42° 52' 13" 

 Registered for th 



rf)Iogical form brought into u.ss at the b' 

 i iu some respects from the former one. 

 1 witli the vie-.v of assimilating the Hobs 

 i iiiijre closely with those of stations in 

 ca, etc., in order to co-operate in a system i 

 lal Meteorology. Readings are added from tl 

 thermometer, that being the instrument generi 

 contin(ftit of Europe. 



mean is in all cases taken from the sums of 

 •egislers, not from the maximum and niinimua 

 direction of the wind is registered from curn 

 of 92 feet above sea level, and its force in 

 1 foot. 



relative quantity of rain that fell binder the 

 is registered each morning at 7 30 a.m. 

 thirty-five years' standard tables are used for i 

 Bference from average. 



FRANCLS ABBOTT, F.R.A. 



of leafing, flowering, and fruiting of a few 

 ants in the Botanical Gardens during the : 

 ily, 1870 :— 



. — Arbutus unedo commencing to flower. 

 . — CJarrya elliptica, ditto. 

 .—Almond, ditto ; Yellow Crocus, ditto. I 

 F. ABBOTT, Ju.s-., Superinj 



