398 PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CANADA, 1900. MACKAY. 



between the three seasons in the state of vegetation during the 

 first week or two of June. 



But the continuous black line of 1900 is the lowest and latest 

 for the Strawberry, Apple and Lilac ; so that generally the 

 month of May and the first week in June of this year was later 

 from the "flowering" or estivation point of view. 



It will be noticed on this table that the curves for the three 

 years are to a great extent conformable, which demonstrates the 

 important effect of the position of each county. The variations 

 from con form ability, are probably due to the differences in the 

 winds and sunshine. 



In the meantime we can make no mistake in recording and 

 preserving at many accurate local phenological facts as possible. 

 In a few years we shall be better able to estimate their value 

 for many purposes. 



In the future arrangements may be made for the publication 

 of the observations of each year, as Dr. Ihne of Darmstadt is 

 now doing for Europe. Our observations are more voluminous, 

 however, and the cost of full publication would be great. 



