THE PHENOLOGY OF NO\A SCOTIA, 1913 BY A. H. 

 MACKAY, LL.D. 



(Read by title 12 May 1914) 



These phenological observations were made in the schools 

 of the province of Nova Scotia as a part of the Nature Study 

 work prescribed. The pupils report or bring in the flowering 

 or other specimens to the teachers when they are first observed. 

 The teachers record the first observation and observer, and 

 vouch for the accurate naming of the species. The schedules 

 from 200 of the best schools form the material of the following 

 system of average dates (phenochrons) for the ten biological 

 regions of the Province, and the phenochrons of the Province 

 as a whole. The compilation of the 200 schedules was done 

 by H. R. Shinner, B. A. 



The Province is divided into its main climate slopes or 

 regions not always coterminous with the boundaries of 

 counties. Slopes, especially those to the coast, are sub- 

 divided into belts, such as (a) the coast belt, (b) the low 

 inland belt, and (c) the high inland belt, as below: 



No. Regions or Slopes. Belts. 



I. Yarmouth and Digby Counties, (a) Coast, (b) Low Inlands, 



(c) High Inlands. 

 II. Shelburne, Queens & Lunenburg Go's. 



III. Annapolis and Kings Couties, (a) Coast, (b) North Mt., (c) 



Anapolis Valley, (d) Corn- 

 wallis Valley, (e) South 

 Mt. 



IV. Hants and Colchester Counties, (a) Coast, (b) Low Inlands, 



(c) High Inlands. 



V. Halifax and Guysboro Counties, 

 VI.A.Cobequid Slope (to the south), 

 VI.B.Chignecto Slope (to the northwest), 

 VII. Northumberland Stp Slope (to the n'h) 

 VIII. Richmond & Cape Breton Go's., 

 IX. Bras d'Or Slope (to the southeast), 

 X. Inqerness Slope (to Gulf, N. W.), 

 The ten regions are indicated on the outline map on the next page. 



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