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purposes of compilation with, those of other localities 

 should be the first of the many of its kind following imme- 

 diately after it. For instance, a butterfly emerg- 

 ing from its chrysalis in a sheltered cranny by 

 a southern window in January would not be an indica- 

 tion of the general climate, but of the peculiarly 

 heated nook in which the chrysalis was sheltered ; nor 

 would a flower in a semi-artificial, warm shelter give the 

 date required. When these sports out of season occur, 

 they might also be recorded, but within a parenthesis to 

 indicate the peculiarity of some of the conditions afiecting 

 their early appearance. 



These schedules should be sent in to the inspector with 

 the annual school returns in July, containing the observa- 

 tions made during the whole school year and back as far 

 as the preceding July (if possible), when the schedule of 

 the previous school year was necessarily completed and 

 sent in. 



A duplicate copy of the schedule of observations should 

 be securely attached to the school register for the year, so 

 that the series of annual observations may be preserved in 

 each locality. The new 'register has a page for such 

 records. 



Remember to fill in carefully and distinctly the date, 

 locality, and other blanks at the head of the schedule on 

 the next page ; for if either the date or the locality or the 

 name of the responsible compiler should be omitted the 

 whole paper is worthless and cannot be bound up for 

 preservation in the volume of The Phenological Obser- 

 vations. 



