HISTORY OF VERMONT. 



55. 



Another view of the climate may be taken 

 from the common operations of nature^ the ve- 

 getable and animal productions. The times 

 when the trees and plants put forth their buds, 

 leaves, flowers and fruit, or when the difiercnt 

 seeds are planted, spring up, are in blossom, 

 produce their fruit, and are gathered in ; when 

 the birds of passage, or other migratory animals, 

 make their approach or depaiture. Observa- 

 tions upon such phenomena, are among the best 

 observations we can ever have, to ascertain the 

 relative temperatures of different climates. Re- 

 ferring those which relate to the migration of 

 animals, to the description of the birds, one or 

 two small tables will serve to give us a view of 

 the times, when different vegetables produce 

 their fruit, in this part of the continent. 



Table I. 



^ viexv of the Climate^ taken from the state of 



Vegetation in the " Trees and Shrubs. 



Maturity. 



Table II. 



A viexv of the Climate^ taken from the- fruits of 



the Field. 



