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and the estimated number of the fruit at '217,172, 3G3 ! The support 

 of the numerous families, the fortunes of the merchants engaged in 

 this commerce, and even the revenue of this country, and the wealth, 

 ay, and even the very existence of a whole population, are thus 

 directly affected by the operations of a diminutive insect. — From the 

 Anniversary Address delivered at the Entomological Sociiti/, Feb. 10, 

 1845, by the President, G. Newport, F.R.C.S. 



METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR FEB. 1845. 



Chiswick. — February 1. Sharp frost: snow-sliowers at night. 2. Clear and 

 frosty: cloudy: clear and frosty. 3. Hazy and drizzly. 4. Overcast: cloudy: 

 frosty. 5. Overcast: fine: clear. 6. Clear throughout: sharp frost at night. 



7. Frosty : overcast : clear and frosty. 8. Overcast : frosty. 9. Clear and frosty : 

 fine: sliglit frost. 10. Overcast: snowing. 11. Frosty: most intense frost at 

 night, the lowest being 35° below the freezing-point. 12. Inten e frost, only 4° 

 above zero at 8 a. si. : dry air and frosty : bright sun : severe frost at night. 13. 

 Overcast: snowing: sleet and rain. 14. Thawing: clear and fine: overcast. 

 15. Clear and frosty. 16. Fine: densely overcast : frosty. 17. Foggy: fine: 

 clear and frosty. 18. Foggy: hazy clouds. 19. Overcast: clear : frosty. 20, 

 21. Clear and frosty throughout. 22. Snow-showers : foggy. 23. Snow: rain. 

 24. Cloudy and cold. 25. Frosty : fine : rain. 26. Clear : fine : densely over- 

 cast. 27, 28. Overcast. — Mean temperature of the month 8° below the average. 



Boston. — Feb. 1. Cloudy: snow a.m. and p.m. 2. Fine. 3. Cloudy: rain 

 A.5I. and p.ji. 4. Cloudy. 5. Fine : stormy night. 6. Windy. 7. Fine. 



8. Cloudy. 9. Fine. 10. Snow. II, 12. Fine. 13. Cloudy: rain and snow 

 A.M. 14, 15. Fine. 16. Cloudy : rain early a.m. 17,18. Fine. 19. Cloudy. 

 20. Fine. 21. Foggy. 22. Cloudy. 23. Snow: rain p.m. 24. Cloudy. 25. 

 Fine : rain p.m. 26. Fine. 27. Cloudy. 28. Fine. 



The above you will find a very cold month ; I think you will find nothing like 

 it since February 1 838. 



Sandwick Manse, Orkney. — Feb. 1. Frost : cloudy. 2. Rain. 3. Bright : 

 cloudy. 4. Cloudy : sleet-showers. 5. Snow-showers. 6. Snow-showers : 

 snow-drift. 7. Snow-showers. 8. Snow-showers : clear. 9, 10. Thaw : cloudy : 

 drops. 11. Clear : showers. 12. Cloudy : showers. 13. Showers. 14. Snow: 

 cloudy. 15. Showers: cloudy. 16. Fog: cloudy. 17. Bright: clear: fine. 

 18, 19. Fine: cloudy. 20. Showers. 21. Showers: clear: fine. 22. Showers: 

 snow-showers. 23. Showers. 24. Cloudy : clear : aurora. 25. Clear : cloudy. 

 26. Cloudy : clear : frost. 27. Bright: cloudy. 28. Cloudy : clear. 



Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire. — Feb. 1. Frost. 2. Severe frost: rain p.m. 



3. Fine thaw. 4. Frost: thaw p.m. 5. Thaw a.m. : frost p.m. 6. Frost: clear 



and fine. 7,8. Hard frost. 9. Snow. 10. Slight thaw. 11. Snow-showers. 



12. Frost A.M. : rain P.M. 13. Heavy rain. 14. Fro>t : shower : snow and hail. 



15. Frost: thaw p.m. 16, 17. Fine. 18. Fine spring day. 19. Frost: fine. 



20. Slight frost : fine. 21. Fine : no frost. 22. Slight frost : snow. 23. Slight 



frost : fine. 24. Frost: rain p.m. 25. Fresh: fine. 26. Frost a.m. : fine. 27. 



Frost. 28. Frost: fine. 



Mean temperature of the month 34°-5 



Mean temperature of Feb. 1844 32 "9 



iMean temperature of Feb. for twenty years 36*0 



