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' 19 — 31. Fine weather. Tree frog (Hyla sqiiirrella) 

 pipes. Moose have their horns developed, and rub off 

 deciduous skin. Trout recover from their summer kissi- 

 tude, and again take the fly. Fungi very numerous in 

 damp woods, with common mushroom (Agaricus cam- 

 pestris) on grass plots. Golden rods (Solidago), Michael- 

 mas daisies, and spieries flowering in fields and barrens ; 

 also the ground-nut (Apios tuberosa) in damp localities 

 by margins of lakes and brooks. Blackberries (Rubus 

 hispidus) ripen, and are brought to market. Maples and 

 birches in damp spots arc tinged with fall colours. 



REMARKS ON THE FOREGOING MONTHS. 



The spring, comprising the months of April and May 

 and part of June, was generally fine, though the long- 

 continued easterly winds, coming over the ice-fields off 

 the coast, greatly retarded vegetation. This feature was 

 followed by a most unusual drought which prevailed 

 through the summer over the whole continent. The 

 prairies presented the appearance of an arid desert, and 

 the large game suffered severely. On the Atlantic coast 

 rivers and lakes were nearly dried up, and multitudes of 

 eels and other fish were left dead on the banks. A larire 

 proportion of the migratory fish spawning in summer 

 were prevented from reaching their grounds. 



The mean temperature of April was 3G°; of May 48°; 

 of June 57°; of July 62° ; and of August 64°. 



The summer in Canada, the Lower Provinces, and 

 New England is characterised by the remarkaljle energy 

 of growth of all vegetation and rapidity of maturing. 

 Garden operations, begun late in May, will produce in a 



