The Phenology of Nova Scotia, 1915 — By A. 11. 

 AIacKay, Ll.D. 



(Read by title 10 May 1916) 



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. Thd 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 selecting and averaging of these schedules 

 was done by Mr. H. R. Shinner, B. A. 



The schedules for each year are carefully bound up in a 

 large annual volume which is placed in the Provincial 

 Museum library for the use of students of climatology. 



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. 

 I. 



II. 

 III. 



Repions or Slopes. 

 Yarmouth and Digby Counties, 



Shelburne, Queens & Lunenburg Go's. 

 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- 

 walUs \'alley, (e) South 

 Mt. 



(a) Coast, (b) Low Inlands, 



(c 



V. Halifax and Guysboro Counties, 

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

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

 VII. Northumberland Straits 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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High Inlands. 



