RETURNS OF RAINFALL, ETC., IN DORSET. 197 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE FLOWERING OF PLANTS, 1890. 



OBSERVATIONS ON THE APPEARANCE OF INSECTS, 1890. 



The Kev. 0. P. Cambridge writes : " The general character of 

 the year has been its cold, cheerless sunlessness, especially during 

 June, July, and August. It has been the worst entomological year 

 I have known for many years past ; scarcely even a wasp (though 



