JULY 



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The foundation for the prophecy is this, that in mid-July if the 

 wet or westerly type of weather sets in, it is apt to remain. If the 

 dry or northerly type sets in, it too remains. July, that is, has a 

 certain constancy of its own. It is also tolerably constant to a 

 warm spell in the early part. 



An old verse, containing a very true fact in economic natural 

 history, may be compared with the cuckoo rhyme : 



' A swarm of bees in May 

 Is worth a load of hay. 

 A swarm of bees in June 

 Is worth a silver spoon. 

 A swarm of bees in July 

 Is not worth a fly.' 



But when all is said of July it is the most gorgeous of all the 

 months, especially in the garden. It is the one month of real 

 summer that is plainly neither spring nor autumn. 



Average temperature (July ist), 6r5. 



Average rainfall, 2*43 inches. 



July ist. Sun rises 3.49 a.m. ; sets 8.19 p.m. 



CRAB-APPLE 



