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phenochrons " given in the last two columns of the tables pre- 

 ceding, show to the eye the general trend as well as several 

 peculiarities of the time of flowering. 



The general trend is seen in the later flowering as the coun- 

 ties lie north and east. There is a general conformity in this 

 trend between the eight plants which fall into four groups, the 

 Mayflower averaging 113.01 (24th April), the Dandelion and 

 Strawberry 137 + (18th May;, the Wild Cherry, Blueberry, 

 Buttercup and Apple 154 + (4th June), and the Lilac 165 + 

 <15th June). 



A general trend is also seen in passing from Guysboro in the 

 east back to Cumberland in the west; although moving on the 

 whole northward, the flowering becomes earlier. A similar 

 change takes place in passing from Richmond to Cape Breton. 

 This latter is more remarkable, for Cape Breton is not only north 

 but also east of Richmond. This seems to suggest that the 

 observers in Guysboro and paiticularly in Richmond, might not 

 have been so keen in the search for the first flowering as those 

 in Cumberland and Cape Breton The small number of obser- 

 vers in these counties also suggests such a possibility. But by 

 reference to the table, it will be seen, that as a rule, in counties 

 where the observation stations are so numerous that ten could 

 be selected from the coast, ten from the low inlands, and ten 

 from the high inlands, the earliest flowering is on the low inlands, 

 then on the coast, and latest on the highlands. It must be 

 remembered, that there is a very great difference in the altitudes 

 of what are called the low and high inlands in the different 

 counties. 



From such considerations, it is proposed in future to divide 

 the Province into meteorological districts and sub-districts, 

 instead of counties the sub-districts being the coast belt, low 

 inland belt and highland belt of each district; each district 

 including a simple meteorological region or geographical slope. 



Among the peculiarities shown by these curves are, for 

 instance, the lateness of the Strawberry as compared with th 



