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Ripening. — This period ooiiiprisos the sta^e of vegetation, which, 

 for Brussels, extends from the l.-)th of July to the fallin«; of the 

 leaves, the last limit of the period with whieh we are oeeupied here. 



This classification has allowed nie to put into [the omitted] table 

 the observations gathered from other sources, as well as from the 

 s^ystem of comparative observations which the Royal Academy of 

 Belgium has succeeded in establishing at Brussels. 



