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so for April. On the 22nd the thermometer in the shade 

 registered 73 deg., and over 70 deg. on four days. The 

 conditions were really summerlike, such a high temperature 

 is that properly belonging to the later part of July, the 

 warmest time of the year. During this warm period the 

 barometer was not abnormally high, averaging about 30.3 

 inches. 



The land dried up very quickly with the warm, sunny 

 weather which followed the wet. Corn sowing and potato 

 planting, which were kept back by the wet during the first 

 fortnight, was got well through by the end of the month. 



Flowering Currant came into bloom on the 2nd ; Sloe on 

 the 13th; Strawberry-leaved Cinquefoil on the i6th ; Jargon- 

 elle Pear on the 17th; Blenheim Orange Apple on the 23rd; 

 Cuckoo Flower on the 24th ; Forget-Me-Not {M. palustris) 

 on the 28th. 



Sand Martin first seen on the 13th; Swallows on the 

 15th; Willow Wren on the 23rd; the Small White Butterfly 

 on the i6th. First Wasp seen on the 17th. 



May. 

 The first day was rather cold, with an east wind. On 

 the 2nd the wind changed to south-west, and continued 

 principally in a westerly direction till the end of the month. 

 There was a cold snap on the 9th and loth. Sowing turnips 

 began on the 14th. Garden vStrawberry came into bloom on 

 the 2nd; Wild Hyacinth on the loth ; Chestnut on the iith; 

 Hawthorn on the iith. Hawthorn blossom was very abun- 

 dant. During the warm days in April quite a number of 

 Wasps, Tortoiseshcll and White Butterllics were seen ; few 

 were seen .again till the middle of May. 



June. 

 The first three days were warm and seasonable. This 

 was followed by four days much colder, with a cold wind 

 more like March. From the 8th till the end the weather 

 was drv and warm. 



The rainfall for the month was 0.41 inches, which is the 

 lowest record for June taken here during the last twentv- 

 one vears. 



