1910.J 



Notes on the Weather in February. 



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Director of Agriculture must be obtained prior to the importation of 

 any product of apiculture. 



Importation of Plants into St. Lucia. — In accordance with the 

 Plants Protection Ordinance, 1909, all plants and parts of them 

 imported are subject to disinfection, and may be required to be grown 

 in quarantine for twelve months. The Governor may by proclamation 

 prohibit the importation of plants, earth, &c, likely to be the means 

 of introducing plant diseases. 



Importation of Plants into St. Christopher and Nevis. — Ordinance 

 No. 3 of 1907 provides that all imported plants shall be fumigated on 

 arrival. 



Establishment of a Department of Agriculture at Manchester Uni- 

 versity. — In view of the increasing importance of the scientific aspects of 

 the subject, the University of Manchester has decided to establish a 

 course in Agriculture leading to a degree in Science. 



The course will extend over three years, the first of which will as a 

 rule be taken entirely at the University, while the second and third years 

 will be taken partly at the University and partly at the College of 

 Agriculture of the County Council of Cheshire at Holmes Chapel. 



" French Gardening " Exhibition. — An exhibition of "French Garden- 

 ing" is to be held at the Royal Botanic Society's Gardens at Regent's 

 Park in July next. Actual "French" gardens will be shown in opera- 

 tion, and lectures will be given on the theory and practice of intensive 

 cultivation, with exhibits of the straw mats, forcing frames, and 

 "cloches " used in the system. 



In the first week a changeable condition was prevalent over Great 

 Britain. Rainfall was "moderate" everywhere, but was less frequent 

 in the east than in the west and north. Tem- 

 Notes OH the Weather perature was below the average, especially in 

 in February. tne eastern half of the country, but periods of 

 clear sky were not uncommon in the southern 

 districts, and bright sunshine was "abundant" in England N.W., S.W., 

 S.E., and the Midlands; elsewhere it was "moderate." 



During the second week rain fell almost every day over the greater 

 part of the country, and the general character of the weather was 

 very unsettled. Intervals of bright sunshine were, however, frequent 

 in most parts of England, and the amount of rainfall is given as 

 "moderate" everywhere. Warmth also was "moderate." 



In the third week the general character of the weather was very 

 rough and stormy, and over the greater part of the country rain fell 

 every day, some of the falls being heavy in the west and north. 

 Rainfall was "heavy" in all districts (in Scotland E. "very heavy"). 

 Warmth was unusual in all districts of England, and moderate in 

 Scotland, while sunshine varied in different parts. 



The weather in the fourth week continued very unsettled, and was 

 frequently rough and squally, with a violent gale at the beginning of 

 the week. Both sunshine and warmth were "moderate" in almost 

 all districts. Rainfall was "very heavy" in every district of England 

 except N.E., where, as well as in Scotland, it was "heavy." 



