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extent to which crops upon it suffer in a dry time compared with that 
which they experience on most of the soils of New 
The presence of a stratum of fine red clay which so generally un- 
derlies the surface-soil appears of great value in imparting this property 
to our soil, ' 
The chinch-bug which made its appearance once in some districts 
two years since and was not seen last year, appeared again the past 
year in great nambers, doing, as some think, much damage to the 
wheat and some other crops. 
The prevailing winds were north and northwest. 
CaLenpar.—Jan. 19th, Splendid auroral arch from 8} to 10 Pp. M. 
Feb, 18th, Aurora at 10 p. M. 
March 7th, Wild geese seen; 8th, thunder-storm ; 10th, meadow 
lark singing; 11th, robins singing; 12th, star of Bethlehem up; 17th, 
aurora with streamers. 
pril 2d, Anemone in flower, wild gooseberry in leaf; 14th, wild 
pigeons seen, Missouri currant in leaf; 2ist, ground ivy in flower; 
22nd, arched aurora at 9 p. M., bloodroot in flower; 29th, rainbow in 
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the west at 53 a. M 
hickory and horse-chestnut in leaf, peach and pear in blossom; 17th, 
Dodecatheon media in flower, black and white oak in leaf; 18th, splendid 
aurora from 93 to ll rv. m.; 22nd, blue eyed grass in flower; 24th, 
lilac, and fly honeysuckle in flower; 29th, snowball in flower; 31st, 
lady’s slipper. 
une, Locust in blossom; 15th, Lobelia spicata and Anemone penn- 
sylvanica in flower; 19th, Rudbeckia rosa; 22nd, Trillium philadelphi- 
cum in flower; 23d, hairbell and yellow water lily in flower. 
July 21st, Hottest day in the year, the average of the thermometer 
for the day being 82°-50. 
Nov. 6th, First snow. 
Dec. 17th, Aurora; 2st, coldest day, average of thermometer 4°50. 
4. Remarkable Clouds, (from a letter to the Editors, dated S. 
gree, and diminishing toward the poles 
The general density of these curvilinear clouds was less toward the 
south than toward the north, and some of them were discontinuous De: 
Ow the line of 10 to 15° above the horizdn. In the north the contt- 
nuity appeared to be complete, and their approach to the point of ‘te 
ing did not obliterate their individuality ; which was manifested in light 
lines upon a slightly dusky ground, the general ground of the heavens 
at a distance from the poles being at the time a dusky blue. 
