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PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CANADA, 1899.—MACKAY. 305 
Apart from any generalization of value which may be 
expected from such work carried on continuously for years, it is 
found to be a valuable* stimulus to the formation of habits of 
accurate observation in the pupils of the public schools, and 
to the study of nature on the road to and from school, when it. 
does not interfere with any other study, and when it adds 
interest and often amusement to otherwise monotonous road 
travel. For this purpose alone the trifling cost of supplying the 
schedules are many thousands of times repaid. 
The names of the ten plants whose average dates of 
flowering are given in the columns following, as described, 
cannot be given on the same page with their phenochrons without 
overcrowding. The names are, therefore, to be understood to 
be prefixed in the following order to each column : 
1. The Mayflower (ALpigwa repens). 
2. The Blue Violet (Viola cucullata). 
3. The Red Maple (Acer rubrum). 
4. The Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). 
4. The Strawberry (Fragaria Virginiana). 
6. The Wild Red Cherry (Prunus Pennsylvanicum). 
7. The Tall Buttereup (Ranunculus acris). 
8. The Indian Pear (Amelanchier Canadensis ). 
9. The Cultivated Apple (Pyrus malus). 
0. The Lilac (Syringa vulgaris). 
Proc. & TRANS. N.S. Inst. Sci., VOL. X. TRANS --T. 
