542 THE PARKS AND GARDENS OF PARIS. [Chap. XXXII. 



before their suburban cousins — a fact whicb may easily be verified 

 by a walk from the suburbs into tlie city, just as the Elms are 

 beginning to bud, or when the Pear-trees are putting on their 

 early spring livery. 



The amount of annual rainfall in London only slightly exceeds 

 that of Paris, although any unprejudiced person would feel 

 inclined to give it as his opinion that the number of rainy days 

 in London greatly exceeded those in Paris. The French authorities 

 who have been consulted differ somewhat in their calculations, 

 owing possibly to having collected the rain with dissimilar instru- 

 ments. The English figures are from Luke Howard, the French 

 from Gasparin and Bouvard. 



Gasparin. Bouvard. Howard. 

 Inches. Inches. Inches. 



];ainfall in Spring STj . . 4-0 . . S'O 



„ Summer 6'8 . . 6'0 . . fi*5 



Autumn 5-3 . . 6--i . . 7-5 



Winter 4-6 . . 4-8 . . G'O 



22"3 2V2 2.'i*0 



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