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CLIMATOLOGICAL REPOKT, 1868, 



Whitley. — Harvest general first week in August. New north- 

 country wheat was sold in Newcastle market on August the 8th ; 

 weight, nine stone eight pounds to the boll. 



Acklam, near Middlesbro'. — Ulex eurojjea in bloom on De- 

 cember the 27th. 



John Coppin, Esq., has again very kindly furnished the Club 

 with the result of his observations on the flowering of plants, &c., 

 in the neighbourhood of Tynemouth. 



The list is not combined with the general table, in order that 

 it may the more readily be compared with those supplied by the 

 same able and careful observer in former years. 



WILD PLANTS GROWING WITHIN THREE MILES OF TYNEMOUTH, 1868. 



Lamium pnrpm-eum , 



Lamium album 



Tussilago f arf ara ... 

 Ranunculus ficaria... 

 Veronica hederifolia 

 Glechoma hederacea 

 Taraxacum officinale 



Primula veris 



Ribes grossularia ... 

 Primula vulgaris . . . 



Date of 

 Flowering 



Jan 8. 



Jan. 16. 



Feb. 4. 



Feb. 7. 



Feb. 28. 



Mar. 9. 



Mar. 13. 



Mar. 13. 



Mar. 14. 



Mar. 16. 



Viola canina 



Prunus spinosus 



Ranunculus arvensis . . . 

 Veronica chamasdrys ... 



PotentUla anserina 



Trifolium pratense 



Crataegus oxyacantha 



Broom 



Mountain Ash 



Elder 



Date of 

 Flowering 



Mar. 20. 



Mar. 21. 



April 5. 



April 24. 



May 



May 



May 



May 



May 



June 



PLANTS GROWING IN GARDENS NEAR NORTH SHIELDS, 1868. 





Date of 

 Flowering. 





Date of 

 Flowering. 





Feb. 2 

 Feb. 10 

 Feb. 12 

 Feb. 26 



Feb. 17 



Mar. 4 

 Mar. 14 

 Mar. 16 

 Mai-. 20 

 Mar. 22 



Strawberry 



Mar. 24 

 April 4 

 April 4 

 April 7 

 April 15 



April 19 

 April 28 

 April 30 

 April 30 

 May 6 

 May 23 





Jargonelle Pear 





Crocus — purple 



Black Currant 



Red Flowering Currant 



against a wall 



Red Flowering Currant 





Apple Tree (Keswick 

 Codling) 





Daffodil 



Lily of the Valley 



Purple Lilac 









Red Currant 



Raspberry 







