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IN DORSET DURING 1888. 



By M. G. STUART, Hon. Sec. 



T the close of the year 1887 it was resolved that 

 an attempt should be made to collect annual 

 records from various localities in Dorsetshire on 

 the flowering of plants and first appearance of 

 certain birds and insects selected for observation. 

 For this purpose printed schedules were circidated 

 as an experiment amongst various persons interested in the subject. 

 At the end of the year twelve reports were sent in, of which many 

 were very fragmentary. The printed list contained 79 plants for 

 observation; of these 12 have been selected, and the observed 

 dates of flowering are printed opposite to them. 



A large number of returns of rainfall for various localities in 

 Dorset have been furnished by members of the Field Club and 

 other friends of the Society. A printed table of these is given, 

 with a ten years' average for the locality in addition, where this 



