182, Meteorological Journal of Marietta, Ohio. 
oe in due season; but a frost, in the latter part of April, 
estroyed a great deal of the recently set fruit. The ill effects of 
a winter without hard freezing are seen more in the soil than 
elsewhere, the plow and the spade turning it up compact an 
heavy, instead of porous and loose as it is after ordinary win- 
ters, showing its effects on the soil during all the season. A very 
dry time in May or June partly restores that loose texture so 
useful. The spring was very wet, there falling nearly fifteen 
inches of rain, about half of which was in April. In this month 
plowing in this condition was hurtful to cultivation. This excess 
of moisture caused the decay of a large portion of seed corm, 
requiring a second and sometimes a third planting. he fields 
in June afforded an unsightly and unpromising appearance 
Pastures and meadow lands were benefited by the rains, but the 
s and hay were much less nutritious than in common yea 
although the yield was abundant. The flowering of fruit von 
though ; : 
abundant and ripened at the usual time, especially strawberres, 
new varieties of which are annually added to our abundant varie 
ties. The spring of 1863 is the appointed season here for the 4?" 
