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Succession. 



Fruiting. 



Weather. 



Dec. 



mo. 



no. 



ni. 



mo. 



no. 



ni. 





1 



61 



66 



64 



70 



68 



69 



rainy morn, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



2 



61 



69 



60 



70 



76 



65 



showery m, cloudy noon, rainy night. 



3 



53 



66 



60 



60 



73 



73 



rainy m, cloudy noon, showery night. 



4 



56 



m 



58 



64 



74 



68 



fine morn, fine noon, fine night. 



5 



57 



64 



64 



74 



76 



77 



fi'osty m, cloudy noon, showery night. 



6 



58 



68 



60 



73 



74 



69 



fine morn, showery noon, fine night. 



7 



52 



64 



61 



61 



74 



75 



keen fi-osty m, fine noon, cloudy night. 



8 



61 



72 



63 



73 



84 



75 



cloudy m, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



9 



61 



66 



61 



73 



82 



72 



cloudy m, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



10 



60 



64 



62 



72 



75 



71 



cloudy m, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



11 



60 



64 



60 



70 



76 



67 



fine morn, fine noon, cloudy night. 



12 



60 



62 



60 



71 



75 



70 



cloudy m, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



13 



56 



QQ 



60 



70 



78 



65 



cloudy morn, fine noon, fine night. 



14 



55 



68 



60 



66 



68 



65 



cloudy m, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



13 



57 



65 



58 



67 



70 



70 



cloudy morn, fine noon, fine night. 



16 



54 



63 



57 



64 



75 



67 



keen frosty m,fine but frosty no,fine ni. 



17 



57 



62 



60 



68 



67 



70 



rainy morn, rainy noon, cloudy night. 



18 



54 



69 



58 



65 



73 



69 



cloudy morn, fine noon, fine night. 



19 



51 



63 



57 



65 



74 



69 



keen frosty m, showery no, cloudy ni. 



20 



48 



60 



53 



62 



70 



69 



keen frosty m, fine noon, frosty night. 



21 



54 



62 



57 



65 



68 



66 



rainy morn, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



22 



58 



60 



58 



64 



71 



65 



cloudy m, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



23 



58 



61 



67 



64 



71 



68 



rainy morn, rainy noon, fine night. 



24 



49 



61 



62 



62 



65 



64 



frosty m, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



25 



60 



61 



59 



65 



71 



64 



rainy morn, cloudy noon, cloudy night. 



26 



53 



63 



58 



64 



73 



72 



rainy morn, fine noon, showery night. 



27 



52 



63 



53 



64 



88 



68 



fine morn, fine noon, fine night. 



28 



50 



63 



54 



62 



64 



63 



frosty morn, frosty noon, frosty night. 



29 



53 



55 



54 



61 



64 



62 



rainy morn, rainy noon, rainy night. 



30 



50 



63 



54 



61 



76 



64 



fine morn, fine noon, fine night. 



31 



50 



58 



58 



63 



69 



64 



snowy morn, fine noon, cloudy night. 



Art. XIII. Fertility induced by Spiir-pruning. By G. I. T. 



Sir, 

 On reperusing Mr. Main's truly kind and flattering re- 

 view of my work? The Domestic Gardener's Manual, in 

 Vol. VII. p. 57. of your Magazine, I perceive a remark 

 which I regret that I did not notice in my late reply to the 

 queries of that gentleman. It did not, however, then occur 

 to me to do so, and I therefore seize the first convenient 

 opportunity of addressing you ; for justice to myself, to the 

 reader of my book, and to the cause of science, requires that 

 I should leave nothing obscure or mystified, which it is in my 

 power to render clear and intelligible. In my abbreviated 

 extracts from Mr. Charles Harrison's excellent directions for 

 the spur-pruning of the plum tree (p. 207. par. 228.), the 

 reader will perceive that, at the period of the smn7ner-j}run- 



