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of tlie most important Indian tea provinces; of Charleston, S. 0.; and 

 of some Chinese and Japanese stations. It is interesting to compare 

 the Indian and Japanese temperatures andrainl'all with those of Charles* 

 ton. There is obviously much more difference in the annual precipi- 

 tatioii of moisture than in the mean annual temperature. The mean 

 annual temperature of Summoryille, on whose outskirts Ipinehurst farm 

 is situated, is (55J for the past sixteen years. It is hoped to ultimately 

 establish a simple meteorological station here. The maximum temper* 

 ature of 104 (July 12, 1879) and minimum of 10 (January 11, 1886) 

 have constituted the extremes for twenty-one years at Charleston; the 

 average date of the latest frost, March 21, and of the earliest frost, 

 November 5, also for the same period. Neither, in regard to these ob- 

 servations, would there be much difference between Charleston and 

 Hummerville. 



Comparison of climate of Charleston, S. C., with some Asiatic tea climates. 



