218 Meteorological Journal of Marietta, Ohio. 
steamboats could run on the Ohio, a fall of rain on the 28th 
November of 2,3, inches, caused a rise of three or four feet and 
The Ohio was clear of ice until the middle of December, and 
closed on the 18th, it was frozen over at several points by the 
23d, the temperature on this morning falling to zero. On the 
22nd, snow fell to the depth of two inches, with light showers on 
the following days. The ice, in still water, by the 25th had 
ckened to six or seven inches, and the dealers in that article 
were filling their houses for summer use. 
The mean temperature of the year is 50°18, which is lower 
than known before since 1836; then it was 50°02. The amount 
of rain and melted snow is 32;4,%; inches, being ten inches below 
the meen average for this place, and one below any former year— 
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7 sjureone effects of the winter on plants.—The blossom buds of 
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root and branch, even where covered with snow. English yew 
hes. P. 
: greatly damaged, and large branches entirel 
killed; the Catalpa, although of the same family not ane 
meee aged. Peach buds destroyed; and many ol 
