1060 
THE ——— eid ane aoa et GAZETTE, 
[Decempsr 1, 1860. 
bad seasons; but the general character of the 
climate remains the same hat 
pe 
bably. o “at 
ieee Sa to 
nd i recorde 
s were gene 
est point to beat 
seins sa nE 
vë mperat h 
average € of ‘thi is mouth: for the 16 r revious years. 
m eis ometer fe 
sist. T 
rally m 
coy oa degree of ag the land lower than in an 
ll being | years. n n 
of a degre 
n 
e prevali of south and south- | 
in o one season. 
tions, those capable of, 
com) with |a 
us Ways provi 
It would therefore be denirable that the jassar 
ry good and bad 
| the. 
| thermometer was as hig 5 38 
ratu rainfall ee 
be depended on till nearly 7| 
South- west winds pre evailed for 
irom 5 
The barome 
ter was | 0 
pro 
f moisture, but were accompanied vith 
h. There were only 4 days on. ant 
ibe amount o 
-d 
© 
aoe re thered in many 
w the peores 
Seter below 34°; 
h a 
neal 
ays was 
instances the an such pcr either died 
aly isthe fpe day of the 
In thi 
this yea 
| low a 
e day proved -the 
season, but the the emometer "only reached 77°, 
In has maximum extreme 
urv 
a 
J 
] 
rest approash was in 1512, 
Fehi Aag "i an temperature was scarcely a 
Pent below 
ond the highost point 7 reached in the course 
The n tem ee np of this 
than 
the beginning of the present centu , and a longer average; the highest, 60°, = : Sree my 
series of A hein necessary before s cient averages | occurred on the 20th, and the lowest, 18°, on the | 1 nal W bigs ae colder than in any July 
can be deduced as regards the duration of and 5 e prevalent winds were, from for a ast 16 y years, t gh in which we have 
par bad periods, and the intervals between them, | south-west 11 days, and from he amount at rain was 
in other words the average frequency of their | number. in fell on,.21 days; a amount was | 4 of an inch sre hes aver np ; Jegi e fell till 
Heteeretite nearly } inch “see To average. The ground the 15th, a most important period ; for in 
It y will be seen from the following table, and Rast | temperature was abou fortnight of dry sunny pea a er the Wheat came 
. subjoined remarks on — weather of the e respecti il,—The mean Mites tare of eas month, | into flower and was se under favourable circ 
‘months, that this na m , was lower than that of any corresponding | stances ad the rain continued this could onl 
a wk and ‘cold, yer ‘aera win hh present century, = ~ seyhan of | have taken place very as From many 
seldom eq ed, certainly not w within e last 60 that, l yh which was }° L The mean|garden plants that were er at that 
„years; pea had it not been for the fright of 43°,40, was 4°. = 7 me , the ENN particular period no seeds ould be’ obtained this 
“weather which oo so opportunely when the oe the yes 1836, 7, 9, it was season. ae. 
at crop in flower, the would | ‘lower; in these:years the mean pea Au oe or was the coldest August ex- 
have'been most serious. ii| was ag higher than in the present, which perie ; and it was also the 
pi 2 EEE n p ] 2 f jag only 31°; this is 5°47 below the aver- wettest, with the exception of the corresponding 
5 OERge SIRIARA nd lower than in any April for the last nth of 1828 , 1846, ae 1848. There were only 
3 glk Spe(at Tee t FT 63 ‘years at Y Teg st. The nights, in fact, w oe days on whic id not rain. The wind 
; E-n E 5% i 5 scarcely : 4 degree warmer than those of January | came from s buth-woat dawns 15 ae but = 
a I” E e T S of the present year. The extreme lowest occurred | Without its usual warmt he» nearest 
sf cr ie > Bl for ar ic en the night of the 10th, thermometer 20°; but no | this mont tom ess_of aie ture were the 
$ $ (an fewer than 18 of the nights were more or Augusts of 1812 and 1817, their means being 
$; o; frosty. he 12th and 13th the thermometer eee 57°.83 and 57°.84, was 
‘ Bs Bata ewe os indicated 25°; and on the 20th, 2ist, aie 27 bii .21. The ponn temperature was between 2 
E: k G GE and 28th’ respectively, cig 21°, 25° = verage. 
x gA that .on dade the he? of eke pay ber.—The pees. mperature was ‘almost 
Sa O45 BEY month, ri pie at peal = at night averaged |as much below thea avetagt as. in the receding 
i F SS bie STEINS pee 8° below freezing. This degree of cold so often|month, thus making the fourth consecutive one 
. ge rie Spender an ae repeated would have -entirely destroyed the of which the coldness has been unprecedented in 
$: ie NEE blossoms of most kinds. of fruit trees had their | this woti In the first 12 days there was very 
gs Reps g vegetation been previously much excited; but as | little ; but from that to _ f the 
Saj |y 3333333287 this was not the case soa ed, although the mo ath “there wike only two days on which rain 
< AU Poke woe bebo tb bh kcl el fais fructificat rably injured, | did not fall, hig total Bhs being “fully 2 of an 
BE 23 < ain i w the depth of soaroaly an inch; the | inch above the verage. 
$4 3 vinai aa .65 in low the average: Octo he mean t apaa 
aa| | £ BaSgeeaane i mas att the nights were colder, but in a much Jess 
; 38 d = 2833385585 but the days were warmer than usual, so that the four previous months ; the days a even slightly 
j — me tempe ure was very little below the|yarmer than usual, but the nights were eee 
9 E AE Kal res average. ‘The highest temperature was indicated | 5X of them were frosty. So early as the ey A 
Aal l Bebe) 3S 59.335 55 | onthe 21st, 23d, and 24th, thermometer 75°, and thermometer indicated 7° below freezing, ani Ga 
Er 5/5 $ A tis i: it? hahel this was nearly ‘highest int reached in t the 20th 5 below eat Pg Dean robably 
oo: as ee shade this y On the set of the 9th the pares ing more of their 
Se aoe oe ween a temperature ° c elow g point. ee piao character a — “did ps the former 
ze #6) SS58S8325 55). | This was the frosty , of which, | months, the ground temperature rose more thana 
EE ag | SERSSSSSISS grt from the 1st of March, there had been | legtee above the average. The ‘amount of rain 
-© — _}, [no fewer than 39. South-west winds were prë- tti il ve be 
gs FT | Sie ae valent. The quantity of rain upwards of n Se near enr een ber shall have passed 
2 Oe ERT SaS ANES elias inch above the average. Of the total amount—|®W2y We e shall resume and complete this sketch; 
= $ SE | PPS ak Pt BEA 04 i 14 fell on the 12th alone, | 84 see to what inferences, as concerns cultivation, 
fi < 4 = his th ll of rain on any one day it will lead. i 
E p8 | GELE Gpr in May for the last 34 years, with me se cabal 
D 33 APEERE NEN ae Sth, 1843, boxe Shae = und | “WE see by a of M. DucHARTRE 
3 É | RE TN lees ee ees Oh te empe erature was, foot deep, sat a degree | to the Botanical Soci mrp p Paris that there is & 
E - sania as much below eat demand for Warre Lrracs for LADIES 
: | rie 2 "feck vom the rata. QUETS in Paris in winter, sat that as the 
3 3 å sow ante E June. — According to Howard’s “Climate of|common White Lilac will not force well and the 
© or 8 5 3 TEORIER E London ” S the Register of Observations at |flowers turn yellow, M. LAURENT ainé the 
3 = ESTED PEJE Chiswick, this was the coldest June that has been | demand by causing the purple Lilas de Marly to 
a Sees ssars experienced for at 1} 63 years. e m expand in perfect darkness at a high temperature. 
January.—Of the last ten months this is [aa as only 54°.66, nearly 6° below thel This variety forces very well, and thus treated 
‘only one in which the mean temperature was al rer, Se pon rg in h the mean of sa) uces flowers of a white | do not 
wae The nights were slightly colder, but { approached t to this, in sent abov: aen } acquire any colour if gathered as as brought 
4°.i1 warmer than | were 1812, 1814, 1 1821, Jit; ese | into the light, are apt to turn yellow, 
days was neve! r | were Tespectiyely 55 , 55°,99, "55°,32, 60°33. however, whith is not ease with the Lilas 
