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been ae sufficient though unevenly distributed. The 
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aths were much washed in some places. The next greatest 
rainfall was on the 7th, when 1.17 inches fell, On 16 days out 
31 there was more or less precipitation, but on no single 
day, with the exception of the two instances mentioned above, 
did the rainfall amount to one inch, and frequently it was but a 
few hundredths of an inch. 
t no time during the month did the temperature ascend be- 
yond go degrees, and the lowest record was 52.5, the fluctua- 
tion usually being between 60 and go, the last three oe, how- 
ever, recording a night temperature of less than 
A FUND FOR THE PROTECTION AND PRESERVA- 
TION OF NATIVE WILD FLOWERS. 
Miss Olivia E. Phelps Stokes and Miss Caroline Phelps Stokes 
d 
two h is amount, two hundred is e 
added to the Special Book Fund, and the remaining three thou- 
is to constitute a new fund, the income of which is to be 
na 
administration will doubtless accomplish much in the promotion 
of a healthy public sentiment in the matter. 
