The Phenology of Nova Scotia, 1914 — By A. H. 

 MacKay, Ll.D. 



(Read by title 12 May 1915) 



These phenological observations were made in the schools 

 of the province of Nova Scotia as a part of the Nature Study 

 work prescribed. The pupils report or bring in the flowering 

 or other specimens to the teachers when they are first observed. 

 The teachers record the first observation and observer, and 

 vouch for the accurate naming of the species. The schedules 

 from 350 of the best schools form the material of the following 

 system of average dates (phenochrons) for the ten biological 

 regions of the Province, and the phenochrons of the Province 

 as a whole. The averaging of these schedules was done 

 by H. R. Shinner, B. A. The * marks dates not averaged. 



The Province is divided into its main climate slopes or 

 regions not always coterminous with the boundaries of 

 counties. Slopes, especially those to the coast, are sub- 

 divided into belts, such as (a) the coast belt, (b) the low 

 inland belt, and (c) the high inland belt, as below: — 



No. Regions or Slopes. 



I. Yarmouth and Digby Counties, 



II. Shelbume, Queens & Lunenburg Go's. 



III. Annapolis and Kings Counties, 



IV, Hants and Colchester Counties, 



Belts, 

 (a) Coast, (b) Low Inlands, 

 (c) High Inlands. 



(a) Coast, (b) North Mt., (c) 

 Annapolis Valley , (d) Corn- 

 wallis Valley, (e) South 

 Mt. 



(a) Coast, (b) Low Inlands, 

 (c) High Inlands. 



V. HaUfax and Guysboro Counties, 

 VI.A.Cobequid Slope (to the south), 

 VI.B.Chignecto Slope (to the northwest), 

 VII. Northumberland Sts Slope (to the n'h) 

 VIII. Richmond & Cape Breton Go's., 

 IX. Bras d'Or Slope (to the southeast), 

 X. Inverness Slope (to Gulf. N. W.), 

 The ten regions are indicated on the outline map on the next page. 



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