10 TIMEHRI. 
Dee ie 8 
days and almost before its bareness was obseryable the 
twigs were again covered. On the rst of the month 
silk-cotton trees could be seen in various stages, some 
quite bare, others with new leaves, and a third class in — 
full foliage. Some hog-plum trees were almost or quite 
leatless for about a week and then burst into flower, and 
the tamarind was decorated with new leaves. The 
latter appears never to be denuded or even sparsely 
covered, only varying a little in the density of its foliage. 
The general deduétion from these facts can be easily 
seen. Spring lasted for about two months on the whole, 
but different species had longer or shorter seasons, and 
individuals were particularly erratic. In an English 
orchard the apple trees will all blossom at the same time 
so that a grand show is produced fora day or two. The 
mango and other tropical fruit-trees however, differ much 
in their flowering times, two individuals in a garden rarely 
arriving at the same stage at exaétly the same time. 
In regard to the difference between what may be 
called the wet and dry summers of the year, long and 
careful observations are necessary. It appears as if certain 
trees ripen best in dry weather and are kept back by 
heavy rains. This can be easily understood when the 
immense amount of extra work produced by a long 
deluge is considered, Anyone who has a garden will 
have noticed the difference between the ooziness of the 
soil where it is almost bare and the comparative dryness 
under the trees. The author of “The Great World’s 
Farm” has aptly compared a tree to a still and estimated 
that a moderate sized elm has a leaf surtace of five acres, 
from which is evaporated in the course of a clear dry 
summer’s day the enormous quantity of seven tons and 
