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presenting also a paper on the " Early Intervale Flora of 

 Northern Nova Scotia," by Mr. C. B. Robinson, B. A., of Pictou 

 Academy. It will be found following the tables referred to, 

 on pages 502 to 506. 



The following are the instructions printed on the ruled 

 blanks for the summation of the individual schedules into the 

 sheets showing the 



"REGION" OR "BELT" PHENOCHRONS. 



" Each province may be divided into its main climatic slopes 

 or regions which may be seldom coterminous with the bound- 

 aries of counties. Slopes, especially those on the coast, should 

 be subdivided into belts, such as (a) the coast belt, (6) the low 

 inland belt, and (c) the high inland belt." 



" In Nova Scotia the following regions are marked out : 



No. REGIONS OR SLOPES. BELTS. 



1. Yarmouth and Digby Co.'s (a) Coast, (6) Low Inlands, (c) High Inlands. 



2. Shelburne, Queens and Lunen- 



burg Co.'s " 



3. Annapolis and Kings Co.'s (a) South Mts. , (b) Annapolis Valley, (c) Corn- 



wallis Valley, (rf) North Mts. 



4. Hants and Colchester Co.'s. . (a) Coast, (b) Low Inlands, (c) High Inlands. 



5. Halifax and Guysboro Co. 's . " 



6. Cobequid Slope (to the South). " 



7. Northumberland Straits Slope 



(to the North) " 



8. Richmond and Cape Breton Go's " 



9. Bras d'Or Slope (to South-East) " 

 10. Inverness Slope (toGulf.N.W.) " 



Averaging Local Phenochrons for " Region " or " Belt " 



Phenochrons. 



"If ten or fewer good phenological observation schedules can 

 be selected from those belonging to any given belt, they may be 

 averaged as indicated in the columns within. If there are not 

 ten from each belt, then it may be better to combine two belts, 

 or if necessary, the three belts, on the form within. In the 

 PROC. & TRANS. N. S. INST. Sci., VOL. X. TRANS.- HH. 



