DATES OF FOLIATION AND FLOWERING. 508 
represent a general average. The dale of the Allen opens out 
towards the north, and the high Pennine lands that rise about the 
upper part of the valleys of the Tyne, Tees, and Wear will not only 
interpose to check the current of the warm winds, but also to 
lower the temperature by their contiguity. The data are unex- 
ceptionable as far as they go, and most likely quite accurate as 
regards the stations selected; but extended observations and 
comparisons are necessary before we can establish reliable gene- 
ralities. 
Joun G. Baker. 
Dates of the Foliation of Trees and Shrubs, and of the Flowering 
of Plants. By the Rev. Hueu A. Stowe t. 
FOLIATION OF TREES AND SHRUBS. 

1854. 1855. 1856. 
Lonicera Periclymenum . | Jan. 20 .| March 2 . | January 13 
Sambucus nigra . . .|Feb.14 .| March 19 | Feb. 12 
Syringa vulgaris . . .| Feb. 27 .| March 23 | Feb. 28 
Ribes Grossularia . . .| March 1 .| March 19 | Feb. 26 
Ribes nigrum . . . .| March6 .| March 25 | March 2 
Rosa canina. . -| March 7 .| April3 .| March 2 
Cratzgus Oxyacantha . .| March 16 | April 5 .| March 13 
Pinus Larix. . 2 |. Wap de 7) April 18) April. 
FLOWERING OF PLANTS. 
Ulex europeus . . . .|Jan.1  .| Jan.4 _ .| January 6 
Galanthus nivalis . . .|Jan.13 .| Feb. 26 .| January 22 
Jan. 4, 
Leontodon Taraxacum* . Jan. 17 Aceon January 7 — 
Corylus Avellana . . .|Jan.20 .| Feb. 26 .| January 2 
: Jan. 3, 
Lamium purpureum* . . | Jan. 20 March 16 Feb. 16 
Anemone Hepatica . .|Jan.29 .| Feb. 24 .| Feb. 16 
; ‘ Jan. 4, ; 
Primula vulgaris* . . .|Feb.1 . Veron 4 January 8 
Crocus vernus' ....: -.|Feb.8. .| March 7 .| Feb. 16 
ee Jan. 4, 
Capsella Bursa-pastoris* . | Feb. 12 Nites Feb. 4 
Weabaweraa:s 6. |.) Feb: 12 °. | March 10-| eb. 9. 
; Jan. 3, 
Lamium album* . . .| Feb. 13 Merch pet Feb. 29 
* Tate blossoms. 
