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stations, ten in each of the eighteen counties of the prov- 

 ince, observed in connection with the public schools of the 

 province. 





Seven Year 



Phenochrons 



Phenochrons 



First Flowering 



Phenochrons. 



for 1898. 



for 1898. 



of the 



Botanical Club. 



Botanical Club. 



180 Schools. 



Mayflower 103.0 



Maple 125.0 



Strawberry 129.1 



Amelanchier 142.6 



Lilac 155.3 



General Phenochrons 131 . 



93.1 

 121.8 

 125.7 

 140.7 

 155.3 



127.3 



97.0 

 126.0 

 125.3 

 140.9 

 159.2 



129.7 



From the general phenochrons we infer that the spring 

 of 1898 in the province of Nova Scotia was according to 

 the Botanical Club 3.7 days earlier than the average of 

 the seven years preceding, and according to the Schools 

 only 1.3 days earlier. But what is the cause of this dif- 

 ference of 2.4 days between the Club and the Schools ? 

 Not defective observation, but the fact that of the eight 

 stations of the Botanical Club nearly all were either 

 southern or central, while those of the Schools were evenly 

 distributed from Cape Sable to Cape North. 



To conclude this brief exhibit of the progress of pheno- 

 logical observations, I give a few from those made by the 

 Botanical Club extending; across Canada. 



CANADA, 1898. 



Frogs (first piping) 



Dandelion (first flowering) 

 Strawberry " 



Wild Red Cherry " .. 

 Apple " 



Lilac " 



Nova 

 Scotia. 



101.8 



124.4 



125.7 



143.2 



148.4 



155.1 



Muskoka, Pheasant Olds, 

 Ontario. Forks, Assa. Alberta. 



.. 98 . 



. 112 . 



106 .. 



. . 121 . 



. 150 . 



153 .. 



. . 130 . 



. 142 . 



142 .. 



. . 136 . 



. 161 . 





. . 146 . 







. . 147 . 



. 182 





Vancouver, 

 B.C. 



4] 



84 . 

 96 * 



110 



116 



To further illustrate what has been done and what has 

 not been done, I give the figures for each of the above six 

 phenomena, so far as obtained, for Nova Scotia, New 

 Brunswick, Ontario (Muskoka and Niagara), Winnipeg, 

 rheasant Forks in Assiniboia, Olds in Alberta, and Van- 



