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at 3° ; and, on the 22cl, 46^ ; the 2Sth was rainy, succeeded by- 

 pleasant weather to the end of the month. February com- 

 menced with a snow storm which fell to the depth of a foot : 

 on the oth, this was augmented to 15 inches ; the morning of 

 the 11th, the temperature was again 6° below zero. This 

 was followed with milder weather, with rain, until the 26th, 

 when the temperature again fell to 0. March was cool, with 

 considerable snow, and, up to the 20th, there was but little 

 appearance of spring. Milder weather, however, soon set in, 

 and, by the last of the month, the ground was free from frost, 

 and in good order for ploughing. April continued variable; 

 on the 19th, there were three inches of snow, succeeded, on 

 the 20th, with the temperature at 18° ; favorable weather fol- 

 lowed, and, on the 21st, we found the Pyrus japonica in bloom. 

 May opened rather cool, and the peach trees were not in 

 bloom until the 4th : on the 9th, pear trees were in bloom ; 

 a cold easterly storm set in on the 11th, and this was followed 

 by one or two excessively hot days, which greatly in- 

 jured the blossoms. June again continued cool, with easterly 

 winds and rain, up to the 10th. After that, the weather was 

 more favorable for a few days ; but easterly winds and rain, 

 alternated with cool weather, continued to the end of the 

 month, doing material damage to the crop of hay then just 

 cut. July was equally as unfavorable up to the 3d, when it 

 cleared away, and, from the 4th, it continued pleasant to the 

 end of the month. August was a favorable month ; from the 

 10th to the 25th, the weather was excessively warm and fine. 

 September opened pleasant, and continued fine and warm up 

 to the 12 th, when the temperature fell, and frost was expe- 

 rienced in cool situations ; the last part of the month was also 

 cool, within a degree or two of frost. October was pleasant, 

 and the first frost to injure dahlias was on the 8th. Novem- 

 ber was mild to the 9th, when there was a slight fall of snow : 

 and, on the lltli, the temperature was only 9°. Snow fell 

 again, on the 20th, to the depth of four inches ; after which 

 pleasant weather succeeded. December up to this date has been 

 almost as mild as the corresponding month of 1817. Much 

 rain has fallen, and, as yet, no frosts have been experienced 

 to check the usual labors of the season. 



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