Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a few standard plants in the Royal Society', 

 Garden during the month. 



12th.— Common Ash commencing to break into leaf. 



17th. — Grape vines, ditto, ditto. 



18th. — Moutan Peony commencing to flower. 



21st. — Common oak commencing to leaf. 



26th — Horsechestnut commencing to flower. 



30th.— Robinia pseudo Acacia commencing to leaf. 



Results of Meteorological Observations taken at New Norfolk for September, 1874. 



Barometer (corrected and reduced) mean of three daily readings, 29 - 672in. 



Thermometer mean of ditto, 4S".41 



Solar intensity, mean of maximum temperature, 80°.83. 



Terrestrial radiation, mean of minimum temperature, 35 '43. 



Elastic force of vapor, mean - 303in. 



Humidity of air, mean '88. 



Mean temperature of dew point, 45"9. 



Rainfall, 2 "43 inches. 



Evaporation, 3'34in., in excess of rainfall. - 91in. 



Wind, total force for the month, 80191bs. 



Clouds, mean amount, 6'34 ; of scale, 0-10. 



Ozone, ditto, dito, 8 9; of scale 0-10. 



W. E. SHOOBRIDGE. 

 Valleyfield. 



