438 BOTANICAL GAZETTE [DECEMBER 
METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS TAKEN AT CAPODIMONTE FOR THE 
YEAR 1902 
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CERT ea tees 11.88 9.23 62.8 65.6 44.8 Sak 0.8° 
ebruary 13.32 8.66 6.6 103.4 34.1 16.9° 4:3 
March 14.12 8.10 68.7 76.1 56.0 17.5 2.4 
5 ole Deh iewer ves | 18.70 12.26 71.6 65.8 55.6 21.7 6.5 
Mee Sorcerer shes | 18.35 II. 42 55.3 80.2 70.3 26.3 8.0 
pit EGS Cae rea 23.00 16.50 55.6 8.0 I07.0 29.7 II.o 
IG eee oC Cee 28.73 20.50 6x. 0.0 137.7 31.3 17.8 
(BRUNE. Ga orice t 28.66 20.20 62.7 9.0 10.5 33.6 16.0 
September.......... 26.14 18.08 64.3 82.5 102.1 32 Fab 
22 Se ag 20. 15.41 78.7 171i .7 50.8 26.3 10.2 
November..........| 14.08 9.80 70.8 157.8 47.0 18.5 sua 
December... ..0 55's 11.23 6 67.8 66.0 46.3 Ae 235 
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1. The temperate regions of winter rains and summer drouths.— 
The countries included are Italy and the other lands bordering on 
the Mediterranean, the coast of southern California, and the coast 
region of southwestern Australia. These regions are in about the 
same latitude, and they all have an annual rainfall of 60-130°. 
Representatives in the garden are many, the ones selected for our 
purpose being as follows: Iraty: Quercus Ilex, Olea europaea, 
Laurus nobilis, Pinus Pinea, Cupressus sempervirens; GREECE to 
PERSIA and AFGHANISTAN: Pinus brutia; Asta Murnor: Cedrus 
Libani; soUrHWESTERN AUSTRALIA: Eucalyptus and Acacia; PACIFIC 
Coast OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA: Libocedrus decurrens, Chamae- 
cyparis Lawsoniana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Pinus sabiniana, Sequoia 
sempervirens. 
2. The regions of heaviest rain in spring and early summer and 
the beginning of winter, with drouths in late summer.—Included in 
this group are the greater parts of Spain, France, Switzerland, and 
Austria. The annual rainfall varies in these countries from 60 to 
over 130°". It will suffice to give only one or two examples from the 
many that could be given: Larix europaea, Fagus sylvatica, Quercus 
Suber, Pinus pyrenaica, Abies Pinsapo. 
3- The regions where all the months of the year are rainy or snowy.— 
Included in this class are northern Europe, parts of Siberia and the 
