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METEOEOLOaiCAL AND BOTANICAL ABSTRACT, 



FOR THE AUTUMN QUARTER, 1868. 



Observatory, Hobart Town. 



The IMean in all cases is taken from the sums of the three daily registers* 

 and not from the maximum and minimum. 



The direction of the wind is registered from currents moving at a height 

 of 192 feet, and the force according to Lind's Wind Guage. The supposition, 

 however, of an uniform velocity during the month is a very arbitrary one, 

 and the results can be considered only approximately correct. 



The relations of the quantities of rain which fell ujider the different 

 -winds are registered each evening at sundown. 



The twenty-five years' standard tables are used for obtaining the difference 

 from the average. 



Leafing, JFloweHng, and Fruiting of a few Standard Plants in 

 the Boyal Societi/s Gardens, for the Autumn qiiarter, 



1868. 



March 10. — Guthrie's Topaz Plum ripe. 



,, 15. — Tips of Hornbean commencing to turn yellow. 

 ,, 20. — Colchicum autumnale in flower. 

 ,, 24. — Coe's Golden Drop Pkim ripe. 

 ,, 25. ^Horsechesnut leaves turning brown. 

 30. — Oak leaves commencing to fall. 

 1. — Coe's Late Red Plum commencing to ripen. 

 10. — Chinese Chrysanthemum commencing to flower: 

 12.— Elm leaves commencing to fall. 



20. — Pyrus aucuparia (Mountain Ash) leaves commencing to fall, 

 30. — Black Mulberry leaves commencing to fall. 

 10.— First Medlar ripe. 



17. — Coronilla glauca commencing to flowei'. 

 24. — Ailanthus glandulosa leaves all shed. 

 25. — Diosma alba commencing to flower. 

 30. — Photinia serrulata commencing to flower. 

 30. — Spirjea prunifolia commencing to flower. 



—The Colchicum flowered ten days later this year than last ; the 

 Hoi-nbean, Golden Drop Plum, Horsechesnut, Oak, Chrysanthemum, and 

 Black Mulbeny were also from seven to ten days later, but Coe's Eed Plum 

 ripened eight days earlier. 



April 



May 



Note. 



