138 Observations on the Season in the Year 1816, 



From the uncommon frigidity of the summer of 1816, it 

 would he inferable, thai the growth in trees would be less 

 than in other years. This I found to be the case ; on 

 opening, or cutting into them, it became very obvious. 

 The experiment was made on different trees ; and, in se- 

 veral places, the last years growth in some of them was 

 not more than half as great as the preceding one, and, in 

 one instance about two thirds as large, &.c. 



If any of the above observations will be of use to any 

 of the members of the Agricultural Society; the end of 

 writing will be answered. 



N.R. I omitted saying any thing on the grasses : I ob- 

 served the red clover, (the second crop,) to be more Blast- 

 in the Leaves than usual ; and very irregular in ripening ; 

 young s alks or shoots st?ll coming up as the others were 

 getting ripe. Cut much later than common, and not, pro- 

 bably more than half a crop of seed ; though a tolerable 

 one of hay. Crop of grass in general, and of every kind, 

 less than in other years. 



P.S. I shall just add; that insects, bugs and flies have 

 done much less damage last season than othtr years ; I 

 do not consider the cut worm and Hessian fly to come 

 under the above characters. I think the damage done to 

 the wheat by the fly, was principally in the fall of 1815. 

 We were remarkably exempt from the depredations of 

 the- rose bugs. 1 have known them to almost destroy or 

 prevent a crop of grapes, by eating the very germen of 

 the flower ; and most of the other parts of the fructifica- 

 tion. And likewise the blossoms of the Virginia thorn, 

 ^Crotagus Cordata,) and evergreen thorn, and many 

 other kinds. The bags and flies, that infest cucumber 



