THE 



NATURALIST'S DIARY: 



A DAY-BOOK OF 

 METEOROLOGY, PHENOLOGY 



AND 



RURAL BIOLOGY. 



"Without system the field of Nature would be a pathless wilderness; but system should be 

 subservient to, not the main object of, pursuit." — Gilbert White, Letter Ixxxii. 



CHARLES JR.OBERTS, F.R.CS., L.R.C.R, Etc., 



AUTHOR OF *' ANTHROPOMETRY," "THE DETECTION OF COLOUR-BLINDNESS," ETC. 



IVJTH A CHART SHOWING THE BLOSSOMING OF SPRING FLOWERS IN 



EUROPE, AND AN INTRODUCTION ON NATURAL 



PERIODIC PHENOMENA, ETC. 



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SWAN SONNENSCHEIN, LE BAS AND LOWREY, 



PATERNOSTER SQUARE. ' ' 



