166 CLIMATE, .fee, SOUTH SHOKE LAKE ERIE. 



Points of observation: 



Cleveland, North Latitude, - - 41° 31' 



Columbus, " " - - . 39° 57' 



Marietta, " '^ . . . 39° 



Cincinnati, " " ... 39° 5' 54" 



The more tender vegetation is usually cut down in all 

 Northern Ohio — a lew localities excepted — within five days 

 of the 25th of September. The lake Shore is an exception. 

 Dahlias, maize and sweet potatoes are generally killed 

 here and at Cincinnati — never before the 25th of October, 

 and sometimes not until late in November. In one instance, 

 at least, the lake shore escai3ed two weeks later than did 

 Cincinnati. 



At the present moment, October 25th, vegetation is as 

 verdant and thrifty as it has been at any time during 

 autumn, though it was cut down throughout the West 

 generally several weeks since. 



The foliage of the fruit and forest trees, having subserved 

 its purposes, is falling without the intervention of frost, 

 and the wood of the more tender trees, such as the peach 

 and cherry, has attained a maturity that will render it 

 sufficiently hardy to withstand the impressions of cold 

 during winter. This occurring annually, gives to those 

 trees a degree of vigor, health and productiveness not to 

 be met with in localities where their growth is suddenly 

 arrested by frost at a period when they are immature. 



In the middle and southern sections of Ohio, Spring sets 

 in during the month of March — perhaps earlier. The warm 

 winds blowing up the valleys of the Mississippi and Ohio, 

 in conjunction with other causes, bring forth vegetation 

 earlier, but cold weather and disastrous frosts too often 

 follow. 



While these changes are progressing in those parts of the 

 State, Winter will remain steadfast at this point. Little 



