OBSERVATIONS ON Soils. 



29 



MAY, 1848. 





' OBSERVATIONS 















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OBSERVATIONS ON SOIL. ON TREES. 





WEATHER. 









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Air. 







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 a 





Degree of 

 ilouiliness. 





a 



1" 



a 



■* 



Ol 



M 



** 









p 













8 

 a.m 



3 



8 



3 



p.m 



8 

 i. m 



3 



i.m 



s 



1. mi 



3 



i.m 



8 

 i.m [ 



3 



>.m 



8 



. ni 



3 



i.m 



6 

 i.m 



8 

 i.m 



3 

 p.m 



9 



1.111 



1. "m 



p.m 



a. m 



p.m 



e 



1 



a.m p.m 



1 



1 





).m a.m 







1 



50 



54 



51 



51 



47i 



474 



46 



46 



52 



57 



50 



564 



39 



51 



62 



53 



N 



S 



1 



4 



jjl 



1 



5 



3 



0.10 



2 



51 



55 



51 



51 



48 



48" 



46 



46 



54 



57 



53 



56 



51 



52 



64 



54 



S 



SW 



1 



1 



I 1 



4 



5 



44 



1.34 



3 



53 



54 



52 



53 



48 



48 



46 



46 



54 



55 



53 



54 



51 



53 



61 



53 



N 



N 



1 



2 



U 



6 



3 



4* 





4 



50 



58 



51 



53 



48| 



48i 



46 



46 



52 



59 



50 



61 



45 



51 



78 



67 



E 



NE 



1 



1 



1" 







1 



I 





5 



56 



60 



5-1 ! 



55 



50 



50^ 



464 



464 



59 



624 



58 



62 



57 



57 



72 



65 



S 



S 



3 



3 



3 



3 



2 



24 



6! 37 



6 



58 



60 



56" 



60 



514 



"52 



47 



47 



63 



67 



624 



69 



62 



644 



83 



75 



S 



S 



1 



1 



1 



2 



1 



14 



0.31 



7 



60 



67 



59 



61 



534 



54 



474 



48 



68 



68 



67" 



72 



65 



63 



84 



65 



N 



S 



1 



2 



1* 











0" 



0.05 



8 



58 



64 



58 



61 



55" 



544 



484 



49 



60 



61 



62 



67 



53 



58 



72 



66 



W 



W 



1 



2 



14 



1 



2 



1J 





9 



57 



58 



58 



57 



55 



54J 



49* 



494 



58 



57 



61 



60 



53 



53 



62 



51 



IfW 



KT 



1 



1 



1" 



5 



3 



4 



0.29 



10 



56 



59 



57 



56 



54 



53 



50" 



50 



54 



58 



56 



60 



54 



53 



67 



55 



s 



S 



2 



4 



3 



-1 



5 



44 



2.32 



11 



56 



54 



56 



54 



53 



53 



50 



50 



54 



52 



55 



52 



50 



■17; 



50 



49 



s 



N 



2 



2 



2 



6 



6 



6" 



12 



53 



56 



54 



55 



52 



52 



504 



50 



50 



52 



49 



514 



49 



52 



60 



57 



NW 



W 



3 



2 



24 



3 



4 







13 



53 



584 



5« 



55± 



52 



52 



50 



50 



51 



53 



49 



55" 



-16 



52 



65 55 



N 



s 



1 



3 



2" 



2 



3 



2J 





14 



53 



54" 



55 



55 



52 



52 



50 



50 



52 



51 



50 



51 



45 



45 



55 J 53 



w 



w 



3 



4 



°i 



5 



5 



5~ 



6!o3 



15 



53 



57 



54 



55 



59 



51 



50 



50 



504 



54 



50 



57 



47 



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69 I 61 



w 



w 



2 



3 



24 







1 







S.m.r 



ne., 36.18 54.78 51.4 4S.28 



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16 



55 



59 



55 



5li 



52 



52 



50 



50 



56 



5? 



57 



59 



57 



56 



69 



60 



s 



w 



2 



1 



14 



5 



3 



4 



0.10 



17 



55 



60 



56 



57 



52 



52 



50 



50 



56 



57 



56 



5 1 



53 



56 



70 



66 



s 



w 



1 



3 



2" 



1 



1 



1 





18 



55 



62 



55 



58 



53 



53 



50 



50 



56 



60 



59 



67 



53 



56 



84 



70 



sw 



sw 



1 



3 



2 

















19 



57 



64 



58 



58 



53 



53 



50 



50 



60 



61 



65 



72 



60 



65 



90 



77 



s 



s 



1 



1 



1 







1 



4 



6!4i 



20 



61 



65 



59 



61 



544 



55 



504 



50 



63 



62, 



71 



73 



65 



67 



72 



71 



s 



E 



2 



1 



14 



3 



5 



4" 



0.41 



21 



62 



65 



62' 



62 



56 



56 



51 



51 



64 



65 



71 



73 



66 



67 



82 



66 



N 



s 



1 



1 



1" 



3 



2 



24 



1.41 



22 



62 



64 



61 



61 



574 



57 



52 



52 



64 



63 



68 



67 



66 



65 



72 



63 



E 



N 



1 



2 



1-J 



6 



3 



44 



0.03 



23 



62 



64 



62 



(il 



58" 



57 



52 



52 



62 



62 



64 



65 



62 



62 



75 



69 



W 



W 



1 



1 



I 



5 



3 



4 





24 



62 



62 



62 



61 



58 



57 



53 



53 



62 



62 



64 



65 



63 



63 



6-1 



64 



S 



s 



3 



3 



3 



4 



5 



44 





25 



(il 



64 



61 



61 



574 



57 



53 5 



53 



, 61- 



63 



63 



66 



62 



60 



79 



71 



s 



s 



2 



3 



2| 



5 



1 



3" 





26 



63 



65 



62 



63 



57 



58 



53; 



53 



■ 65 



64 



68 



70 



67 



67 



81 



68 



E 



E 



1 



2 



14 



1 



3 



2 





27 



60 



65 



61 



61 



58 



58 



54 



53 



62 



62 



65 



70 



57 



63 



so 



68 



N 



w 



1 



1 



1 







1 



4 





28 



60 



65 



60 



61 



5.X 



58 



55 



55 



62 



62 



65 



70 



62 



59 



80 



70 



S 



E 



1 



1 



1 



2 



1 



1J 





29 



62 



65 



61" 



62 



58 



58 



54 



54 



63 



64 



68 



71 



65 



65 



78 



70 



S 



S 



2 



7 



44 



2 



1 



U 





30 



64 



64 



62 



62 



58 



58 



54 



54 



66 



67 



60 



70 



69 



67 



70 



65 



S 



s 



2 



2 



2 



5 



6 



54 



b'.kb 



31 



60 



62 



(in 



60 



584 



58 



544 



54 



- 59 



59 



60 



61 



54 



56 



59 



51 



W 



w 



4 



4 



4 



4 



3 



34 





S.m. n 



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Observations. — 1. Rain 6 to 8 p. m. Heavy dew in morning. 2. Rain 5 p. m. to 10 a. m. of the 3d. Tern. 53°. 

 3. Horse Chestnut buds at 8 a. m. Tem. 54°. 4. Heavy dew. 5. Rain early a. m. 6. Flower panicles of the Horse 

 Chestnut begin to appear. Rain from 2 to 4 p. m. thunder shower. 7. Rain early a. m. Thunder shower. 8. Buds 

 of the Black Walnut begin to swell. 9.Rain a. m. Tem. of rain 56°. Young twigs of Horse Chestnut from 9 to 11 

 inches long, those of the lilac from 10 to 14 inches long. 10. Rain a. m. 0.02. Rain 3 p. m. 11. Rain till late in 

 the evening. Tem. 48°. 12. Lilac in flower. Horse Chestnut begins to flower. 14. Rain early a. m. and p. m. 16. 

 Rain early a. m. Tem. 55°. 17. Heavy dew. 18. Heavy dew. 19. Rain from 9 to 11 p. m. Thunder shower. 20. 

 Rain 12 m. to 3 p. m. Tem. 71°. Thunder. 21. Rain 2 p. m. to 11 a. m. of 22d. Tem. 65°. Pinguicula vulgaris, 

 Polygala paucifolia, Uvularia sessilifolia and Convalaria bifolia in flower. 22. Rain p. m. 23. About § of the top 

 of the Black Walnut is dead. Horse Chestnut shedding its petals. 24. Erythronium albidum and americanum in 

 flower. 25. Slight shower. Viburnum roseum in flower. 26. Heavy dew. Tem. 66°. 27. Heavy dew. Tem. 58°. 

 28, Poa pratensis and Triticum repens begin to head. 30. Rain early a. m. to 4 p. m. and from 6 to 7 p. m Tem. 

 of rain p. m. 68°. 



