398 PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CANADA, 1900.—MACKAY. 
between the three seasons in the state of vegetation during the 
first week or two of June. 
But the continuous black line of 1900 is the lowest and latest 
for the Strawberry, Apple and Lilac; so that generally the 
month of May and the first week in June of this year was later 
from the “flowering” or estivation point of view. 
It will be noticed on this table that the curves for the three 
years are to a great extent conformable, which demonstrates the 
important effect of the position of each county. The variations 
from conformability, are probably due to the differences in the 
winds and sunshine. 
In the meantime we can make no mistake in recording and 
preserving as many accurate local phenological facts as possible. 
Ina few years we shall be better able to estimate their value 
for many purposes. 
In the future arrangements may be made for the publication 
of the observations cf each year, as Dr. [hne of Darmstadt is 
now doing for Europe. Our observations are more voluminous, 
however, and the cost of full publication would be great. 
