8 Mr. Winch's Account of the Weather, &c. (Jury, 
Month, | Hour. | Weather. Wind. | Ther. | Barom, 
1821, 
Dec. 2C 9 Calin and pleasant. SW S8° |. 29-0 
2 Very fine day. SE 43 290 
10 | Windy, with rain. SE 3T 28-62 
=a |e Clear morning. — 35 28°6 
2 Cloudy and gloomy. NW 39 28°63 
10 Calm and clear. — ag 29°0 
2%} 9 | Hoar frost. SW | 38 29-1 
2 | Cloudy, with showers. SE 40 29-0 
10 Calm and wet. SE a9 28:9 
25] 9 | Gloomy, with showers. SW 35 28°8 
2 Fine, but showers at one o’clock. SW 36 28:7 
10 Gloomy drizzling. Ww 35 26°5 
24; 9 | Hazy morning ; hear frost. SW 35 28°8 
2 |. Gloomy, with rain, SW 36 28°7 
16 Misty ; very wet. WwW 35 28°35 
Oh 9 Heavy rain. NW 37 2g°1 
2 Gloomy, with rain. Ww 38 28'1 
10 Calm and star-light. Ww 35 28°38 
26 G Calm and clear; frosty. — 33 28-5 
2 Ditto. SW 35 28°53 
10 | Ditto, ditto. — 32 28°6 
Car) ie) Hazy morning ; hoar frost, Ss 33 28°7 
|} 2 | Very fine, SE 38 | 28-62 
| 10 | Gloomy. SE 38 | 288 
25) ¥ Misty morning ; hoar frost. SW 36 28'8 
2 Cloudy and windy. SW Al 28°6 
16 Wet and windy. SE A2 284 
Ce) Gloomy ; very wet. SE 44 28:4 
2 Stormy, with rain. SE 44 28°4 
10 Dark and very wet. NE 43 28-74 
30} 9 Gloomy and wet. NE 42 29-0 
2 Clear and sunny. WwW 43 29:02 
| 10 Windy and unsettled. Aue 41 29°5 
| Bees flying abroad. 
ai) 8 Fine and clear. NW 37 297 
2 Ditto. NW A2 29:7 
10 Clear and frosty. WwW 33 29°8 
Plants in Flower.—China rose; wall flowers, single and 
double ; stocks, single and double; gentianella (gentiana acau- 
lis); sweet pea: heath (Erica carnea), polyanthus, auricula 
primula ; pansey ; blue hepatica ; carnations. 
The flowers of many of the above, as the carnation, sweet pea, 
&c. are very feeble, but still sufficiont to show the remarkable 
mildness of the season, or rather the remarkable want of frost. 
We have not as yet this winter had snow on the ground, nor any 
frost beyond slight occasional morning hoar frosts. I have 
never seen the mercury below the freezing point. We have had 
a good deal cf heavy rain, but still in this district scarcely our 
average quantity ; and from the long continued drought in the 
summer and autumn, I am inclined to think that more would be 
beneficial. Though, during this month, we have had no very 
violent wind, yet we have had frequent windy weather, and it 
