194 Season 0/I8I6. 



Of the seven last years, 1812 and 1816 have been ve- 

 ry unfavourable to vegetation. The average tempera- 

 ture of 1812, during the aforementioned months, was a 

 little less than in 1816 ; but the season was much more 

 wet. 



The extremes of cold, the last year, have been very 

 great. In June, the thermometer fell below 36 degrees, 

 on four different days. 



My observations on the effect of the last season on dif- 

 ferent vegetables, have been very limited. Good crops 

 of wheat and rye were raised in Maine ; but the corn has 

 been almost entirely cut off. 



Your's, with much esteem, 



Parker Cleaveland. 

 Mr. Solomon W. Conrad. 



