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fluid, which is inimical to the formation of the pulp in the fruit, or 
impedes the spirals in the due performance of their functions, The 
chemical composition of this fluid, and whether it be absorbed di- 
rectly from the soil, or eliminated within the plant in consequence 
of functional disease of its organs, will form the subject of future in- 
vestigation; and I would venture to augur, the colony having now 
the assistance of a gentleman of high scientific acquirements, that 
not only the cause, but the cure of this very destructive disease will 
be shortly discovered. 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS FOR JAN. 1846. 
Chiswick.—January 1. Fine. 2,3. Frosty: fine: overcast. 4. Rain. 5. Sharp 
frost : cloudy : clear and frosty. 6. Drizzly. 7. Overcast and mild throughout 
the day and night. 8. Cloudy and fine. 9. Uniformly overcast. 10, Over- 
cast: drizzly rain. 11. Hazy and drizzly. 12. Cold haze. 13. Hazy: very 
fine. 14. Foggy: overcast and fine. 15. Fine. 16. Thick fog: rain at night. 
17. Hazy: drizzly: cloudy and mild. 18. Foggy: rainat night. 19. Constant 
rain: boisterous, with rain at night. 20. Clear and fine. 21. Rain: densely 
clouded and mild: boisterous, with rain at night. 22. Boisterous, with rain : 
densely clouded. 23. Heavy showers. 24. Hazy and mild. 25. Rain. 26. 
Showery: heavy rain at night. 27. Clear: cloudy: rain at night. 28. Rain: 
cloudy: very high tide in the Thames: clear. 29. Rain. 30. Overcast. 31. 
Cloudy : windy at night. 
Mean temperature of the month .........seseecsessceseeseescveee 45°54 
Mean temperature of January 1845 — ....sssseceeseesesseseeveees 38 "69 
Average mean temperature of Jan. for the last twenty years 36 °46 
Average amount of rain for the last twenty years ............. 1 *60inch. 
Boston.—Jan.1. Stormy: rain last night. 2. Fine. $3. Cloudy. 4. Rain. 5. Fine. 
6. Rain. 7. Cloudy. 8. Fine. 9—13. Cloudy. 14,15. Fine. 16. Foggy. 
17. Cloudy: rain a.m.and p.m. 18. Foggy. 19. Rain: rain early a.m.: rain 
pM. 20. Windy: rain earlya.m. 21. Cloudy: rain p.m. 22. Cloudy and 
stormy: rainearly a.m. 23. Fine. 24, Cloudy: rain early a.m. 25. Fine: 
rain early a.m. 26. Cloudy: rain early a.m. 27. Fine. 28, 29, Rain. 30, 
$1. Cloudy.—N.B. Not so warm a January. since January 1834: the average 
of that month was 44°3, 
Sandwick Manse, Orkney.—Jan. 1. Snow-showers. 2 Fine: frost: cloudy. 
$. Cloudy: clear. 4. Clear: showers. 5. Bright: showers, 6. Damp: clear. 
7. Cloudy: showers. 8. Showers: clear. 9. Cloudy: clear. 10. Rain: cloudy. 
11. Drizzle: damp. 12. Drizzle: hazy. 13. Bright: cloudy. 14. Damp: 
cloudy. 15. Rain: drizzle. 16. Clear. 17. Damp. 18. Bright: cloudy. 
19. Damp: showers, 20. Rain: drizzle. 21. Rain: clear. 22. Damp: rain. 
23. Fine: damp. 24. Fine: frost: damp: aurora. 25. Rain: cloudy. 26. 
Damp. 27, Damp; rain: clear. 28. Cloudy: showers. 29. Showers. 30, 
Cloudy: rain. 31. Drizzle: showers. 
Applegarth Manse, Dumfries-shire.—-Jan. 1. Snow-showers. 2. Frost: clear 
and fine. 3. Wet allday. 4. Fine a.m.: shower p.m. 5. Frost a.m.: rain p.m, 
6, 7. Showery. 8. Fair. 9,10. Slight drizzle, 11. Slight drizzle: fog. 12. 
Fair and mild. 13. Faira.M.:raine.m. 14. Fair: one slightshower. 15. Wet 
A.M.: Cleared: fine. 16. Frost, slight: fine. 17. Fair a.m.: slight shower p.m. 
18. Fair, but cloudy. 19. Rain nearly all day. 20. Rain all day: flood. 21. 
Fair, but cloudy. 22. Drizzling rain. 23. Rain and fog. 24. Thick fog. 
25. Heavy rain: flood. 26. Drizzling rain. 27. Rain a.m: fair: rain pm, 
28—31. Rain. 
Mean temperature of the month ............. ew edegas 43°°0 
Mean temperature of January 1845 ............. Pee Ser | 
Mean temperature of Jan. for twenty-three years . 34 °5 
Mean rain in January for eighteen years ......... 2 °57 inches. 
