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Brunswick, two from Ontario, one from Manitoba, one 

 from Assiniboia, and one from British Columbia. 



In 1897 there were fifteen reports ; seven from ]^ova 

 Seotia, one from Prince Edward Island, two from Ontario, 

 two from Manitoba, one from Assiniboia, and two from 

 British Columbia. 



By this time the idea was extensively taken up in the 

 public Schools of the province of ISTova Scotia, the pupils 

 of a whole school section or district being the observers, 

 under the direction and criticism of the teaclier. The 

 observations were a part of the prescribed " I^ature 

 Studies " in all schools, although the recording of them in 

 the Phenological Kecords of the locality and the sending 

 of a duplicate of the ol)servations to the Inspector to be 

 transmitted to the Education Office, were entirely volun- 

 tary. While the schedule of the Botanical Club had a list 

 of about sixty objects for the observation of their first 

 occurrence each season, the schedule of the public schools 

 had over one hundred objects on its list, with instructions 

 and a column for the observation of (1) the first occur- 

 rence and (2) when each began to be common. Over two 

 hundred fairly well filled schedules were sent in from as 

 many localities throughout the province. 



In 1898, members of the Botanical Club sent in thirteen 

 reports on the new schedule; eight from Nova Scotia, one 

 from Prince Edward Island, one from Ontario, one 

 from Assiniboia, one from Alberta, and one from British 

 Columbia. But over seven hundred were sent in from as 

 many school sections throughout the province of Nova 

 Scotia, fairly distributed over every county. 



I quote the following from the directions and cautious 

 j)rinted on the back of the schedule for recording these 

 " Local Nature Observations " to illustrate the conditions 

 under which the work is done : 



" This sheet is provided for the purpose of aiding teach- 

 ers to interest their pupils in observing the times of the 



