214 Weather and Other Notes. 



Pear on the 13th ; Cuckoo-flower on the 23rd ; Blenheim Apple 

 on the 24th. Saw first Wasp flying outside on the 17th; 

 Sandpiper on the 19th; Swallows came on the 25th. I did 

 not see the Sandmartin till the 2nd of May, but they must 

 have been here some days before that date. First saw 

 Small White Butterfly on the 21st; heard Cuckoo on the 27th. 

 Highest maximum temperature, 72 deg. on the 22nd, 23rd, 

 and 24th; lowest maximum, 48 deg. on the ist and nth; 

 highest minimum, 50 deg. on 5th ; lowest, 24 deg. on the 

 nth; highest on grass, 48 deg. on 5th; lowest, 19 deg. on 

 the nth. Temperature in the shade, at or below 32 deg. on 

 8 days; on the grass, on 18 days. Range of the barometer 

 between 29.4 and 30.6 inches. Rainfall, .56 inches, is the 

 lowest for this month in my record of twenty years. 



May. 

 Came in with a fine growing mild morning. A trace of 

 rain helped with a trace of wind to make plenty of May dew.- 

 This fine Spring growing weather continued till the 19th. 

 With a change of wind from the West to the East and North- 

 East there came also a change in regard to vegetation. The 

 fields began to lose their healthy green. The genial showers, 

 with wind from the South- West, which gives freshness and 

 growth in May, were wanting till the end of the month, when 

 everything was going back for the want of moisture and genial 

 heat ; pastures were looking bleached and corn and hay were 

 suffering. The temperature, when compared with i9n, was 

 very much the same till the 19th. From that date on till the 

 end of the month it was much lower. Wood Sorrel came into 

 bloom on the ist ; Garden Strawberry on the 6th ; Chestnut on 

 the 6th, both 9 days earlier than i9n ; Wild Hyacinth on 

 the 4th; Hawthorn on the nth. Highest maximum tem- 

 perature in the shade, 71 deg. ; lowest, 55 deg. ; highest mini- 

 mum, 52 deg.; lowest, 34 deg.; lowest on grass, 31 deg. 

 There was no frost. Range of barometer between 29.6 and 

 30.4 inches. 



June. 

 The dry, barren conditions of the end of May came to an 

 end on the ist, when after a sharp thunderstorm a good 



