PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CANADA, 1899. MACK AY. 305 



Apart from any generalization of value which may be 

 expected from such work carried on continuously for years, it is 

 found to be a valuable stimulus to the formation of habits o 

 accurate observation in the pupils of the public schools, and! 

 to the study of nature on the road to and from school, when it 

 does not interfere with any other study, and when it adds- 

 interest and often amusement to otherwise monotonous road 

 travel. For this purpose alone the trifling cost of supplying the 

 schedules are many thousands of times repaid. 



The names of the ten plants whose average dates of 

 flowering are given in the columns following, as described, 

 cannot be given on the same page with their phenochrons without 

 overcrowding. The names are, therefore, to be understood to 

 be prefixed in the following order to each column : 



1. The Mayflower ( Epigcea repens). 



2. The Blue Violet (Viola cucullata). 



3. The Red Maple ( Acer rubrum). 



4. The Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale). 

 4. The Strawberry (Fragaria Virginiana ). 



6. The Wild Red Cherry (Prunus Pennsylvanicum). 



7. The Tall Buttercup (Ranunculus acris). 



8. The Indian Pear (Amelanchier Canadensis ). 



9. The Cultivated Apple (Pyrus malus). 

 10. The Lilac (Syriiiga vulgaris}. 



PROC. & TKANS. N. S. INST. Sci., VOL. X. TRANS ~T. 



