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METEOROLOGICAL REPORT, 1871, BY THE 



Mr. Procter has again recorded the observations on the depth 

 of the wells at the Low Lights, North Shields. They are as 

 follows : — 



MONTHLY DEPTH OP WATER IN THREE WELLS. 



1S7P 



11 Ft. Deep. 

 No. 1. 



23 Pt. Deep. 



No. 2. 



15 Ft. Deep. 

 No. 3. 



Depth. 



January... 

 February 

 March ... 

 April .. .., 



May , 



June 



July 



August .. 

 September 

 October . . , 

 November 

 December 



Pt. In. 

 19 11 



Ft. In. 

 12 3 



2 

 1 

 2 

 2 



10 



11 



5 



20 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 19 

 18 

 18 

 20 



12 

 10 

 11 

 10 



9 10 



19 10 



20 3 



9 



7 



8 



11 



11 



12 



1 



11 

 3 

 8 

 4 

 5 



Taken 4 times. 



3 „ 



3 „ 



3 „ 



3 „ 



3 „ 



4 „ 



3 „ 



2 „ 



4 „ 

 4 „ 

 2 „ 



NOTES ON PLANTS. 



In addition to the large amount of information contained in 

 the tables, comprising the budding, leafing, blossoming, and fall 

 of the leaf, of forest trees and shrubs, the sowing, gathering, and 

 yield, of grain and other crops, the blossoming and yield of stand- 

 ard fruit trees, and the flowering of wild plants, &c, in 1871, 

 the editors have received many valuable notes from different sta- 

 tions, which are arranged under their respective months below. 



Mr. Coppin has kindly furnished the Club, as in former years, 

 with a very interesting table of the flowering of wild and garden 

 plants, in the neighbourhood of Tynemouth. This has, for 

 greater convenience, been printed on the same sheet with a por- 

 tion of the other tables. 



January. — 



Acklam. — Winter aconite in flower on the 17th. 



Gainford. — Hepatica in flower on the 20th. 



February. — 



Wallington. — Roses suffered very much from the frost, espe- 

 cially the China roses, many of which were killed down to the 



