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House, Hartwell Rectory and Oxford ; on the 20th atNot- 

 tingham ; and on the 24th at Leeds. 



Wheat in flower, on June 8 at Jersey ; on the 10th at Uck- 

 field ; at Guernsey on the 15th ; at Holkham and Stonyhurst 

 on the 20th ; at Stone on the 21st; at Hawarden on the 22nd ; 

 the white at Wakefield on the 22nd ; the red, in the same 

 field, on the 26th ; on the 23rd at Helston, Hartwell, Lein- 

 slade and Derby; the 24th at Hartwell Rectory; the 25th at 

 Cardington ; the 26th at Nottingham ; on the 28th at Rose 

 Hill near Oxford ; and on the 30th at Leeds. 



Hay begun to be gathered, at Hartwell Rectory and Stone on 

 the 18th of June; on the 24th at Hawarden and Whitehaven ; 

 and on the 27th at Durham. 



The common lilac in flower, on April 22 at Jersey ; on 

 April 25 at Guernsey ; at Helston on April 27 ; at Uckfield 

 on May 5; on the 10th at Hartwell House and Wakefield; 

 on the 11th at Aylesbury ; on the 12th at Hartwell Rectory, 

 Radciiffe Observatory, Oxford; on the 13th at Rose Hill 

 near Oxford; at Stone on the 16th; at Hawarden on the 

 16th; on the 19th at Nottingham; on the 20th at Carding- 

 ton ; on the 22nd at Leeds; on the 23rd at Derby and Holk- 

 ham ; on the 27th at Stonyhurst ; and on the 30th at Durham. 



The cuckoo was first heard, on April 1 1 at Uckfield ; on 

 the 12th at Stone; on the 16th at Whitehaven; and on the 

 21st at Hartwell. 



The nightingale was first heard, on April 7 at Uckfield ; 

 at Hartwell Rectory on the 12th; and at Stone on the 16th, 



Theflrst swallow seen, on April 3 at Stone; on the 18th at 

 Whitehaven ; on the 22nd at Hartwell Rectory ; and May 21 

 at Durham. 



At Rose Hill, Oxford, as observed by the Rev. John 

 Slatter, F.R.A.S., the swallows on May 6 were packed 

 together in a mass under the lee of a chimney, after flying 

 about in vain for food, and even searching for flies by creeping 

 amongst the weeds in a garden, and turning up the leaves as 

 sparrows. 



General remarks and agricidtural reports.— At Exeter April 

 was an unusually wet month, the amount of rain being more 

 than double the average for April here. The mean tempera- 

 ture however was about 3° above the average. 



The general character of May, as compared with those of 

 former years, was rather cold and wet. The amount of rain 

 was about \ an inch above, and the temperature was about 2° 

 below the average. 



The mean temperature and the total amount of rain during 

 June corresponded very nearly with the average of the pre- 

 ceding twenty years. 



