Penjyhanifi, Philadelphia, iog. 



np^ the whole o£ QSlaber^ are the. fineH 

 months, in. Fenfyhaniay £bn the preceding- 

 on^s aj-e too hot. But thefe reprefent- 

 our July, and hal£ of Augufi, The greateft 

 partof the plants are in flower in SepUmher, 

 aji4 nj.any, do. not begin to. open their flow- 

 ers before the latter end of this naonth, P 

 make no. (Joubt that the. goodnefs of the 

 feafon, wJiich is enlivened by. a clear {ky^, 

 apdi a^ tolerably hot fun-fhine, greaJtly- con- 

 tributes towards this lafl efforts of Elor^. 

 Yet, though thefe plants come, out fo late^ 

 they are quite ripe before the middle of^' 

 O^ober. But I am not able, to account for- 

 their coming up fo. late.in a,utumfl, and t 

 rather alk, \y.hy do not theCentaurea Jacea^ 

 the Gentiana., Amarella and Qentaurium oi^ 

 Linneeust and the common- golden, rpdi 

 QX.Solidego Firga urea fiowtr before theend* 

 oXfummer ? or why do the common noble- 

 liverwort, or Anemone Hepaficay the- wild^ 

 violets. (Viola marlia, Linn. J - the mezereoa: 

 (-Daphne Mezereum, ii/;w./ and other plants 

 fhew, their flowers fo early in fpring?^ It has 

 pleafed the Almighty Creator to give to 

 them, this difpolition. The weather at 

 Philadelphia during thefe months, is {hewn 

 by my meteorological tables. I have, taken, 

 the greateft care in . my, obfervations, and ; 

 have always avoided putting the thermo - 



