QUEBEC TEMPEKATURES. 



373 



Months. 



Mean. 



Maximum. 



Minimum. 





1854. 









October . 





46-05 



64-7 



+31-6 



November 





31-83 



59-8 



+ 10-0 



December 



1855. ' 



13-08 



36-6 



- 19-2 



January . 





16-70 



46-0 



- 14-0 



February 





10-55 



36-8 



- 29-5 



March . 





21-06 



47-3 



2-4 



April 





34-14 



59-8 



5-9 



May 





49-03 



83-0 



32-0 



June 





58-34 



88-0 



43-2 



July . 





68-86 



90-3 



51-9 



August . 





61-54 



85-0 



38-3 



September 





55-15 



81-3 



34-7 



October . 





45-43 



60-4 



28-4 



November 





28-75 



34-3 



21-81 



December 



1856. ' 



18-09 



40-1 



- 19-2 



January . 





8-19 



27-0 



- 16-5 



February 





11-99 



31-9 



- 18-0 



March . 





17-60 



39-0 



-11-0 



April 





36-90 



55-3 



6-4 



difference between the characteristic fruit tree of the 

 South Branch, the Misaskatomina (Amelanchier Canaden- 

 sis), and the same tree on the North Branch of the Sas- 

 katchewan. On the South Branch at the Elbow, and for 

 forty miles down the river, this shrub attains an altitude 

 of twenty feet, with a stem fully three or three and a 

 half inches through ; the fruit is large and very juicy ; 

 the size of the berry there is equal to the largest black 

 currant, resembling a small grape more than any other 

 fruit. 



The period of flowering and fruiting is about three 

 weeks earlier in latitude 51° than between 53rd and 54th 

 parallels west of the 100° of longitude. The prairies 

 of the Assinniboine, of the Qu'appelle, and of the South 

 Branch of the Elbow, are decorated with brilliant spring 

 flowers, and covered with luxuriant herbage, at a time 

 when ice still lingers at the head of Lake Winnipeg, 



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