Phenological Observations in Nova Scotia and Canada, 

 1902.— By a. H. MacKay, LL. D. 



(Received for puhlication. May. 190-3.) 



I present in the two tables following a summary of (1) the 

 detailed observations made in Nova Scotia, mainl}^ through the 

 agency of the public schools, and (2) the more general observa- 

 tions made throughout the Dominion of Canada. 



The object sought for in the Nova Scotian public 

 school system is the educational one ; for the pupils of the 

 schools are the observing naturalists, the teacher being the 

 responsible compiler and recorder of the observations. 



The smaller work of the general compilation and publication 

 of the averages of local observations is only the secondary 

 object ; but the results are now deemed to be more accurate than 

 those made by individuals only at eacli station. 



References in my previous papers have been made to the 

 observations collected and published by Dr. Ihne of Darmstadt 

 from the continent of Europe ; to the scliool observation sj^stem 

 like our own, which is now being, with interesting results, tried 

 in Denmark, under the inspiration of Mr. Carl Michelsen, of 

 Skanderborg, and the practical guidance of M. J. Mathiassen ; 

 and to the Natural Histor}^ Society work of British Columbi?'. 



I have only just received the Report on the Phenological 

 Observations of Great Britain and Ireland for 1902, by Edward 

 Mawley, F. R. Met. Soc, F. R. H. S., which is published in the 

 Qimrteiiy Journal of tlie Royal Meteorolor/ical Society, vol 

 XXIX. No. 126, April, 1903. This sliows an advance in the 

 treatment of these observations over other publications seen at 

 date ; and our system of using " annual " instead of " mensual " 

 dates is exploited in a capital series of phenochronic graphs. 



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