( IV ; 
The earliest. The latest. 
Hazel in leaf, April 20th at Oxford ; May 7th at Torquay. 
Apple in blossom, „ 19th „ Llindudno ; April 28th „ ^^'^'yl)ridge. 
Pear „ „ 5th „ Silloth ; „ 27th „ Torquay. 
Lilac „ „ 21st ,, Oxford ; May 6th „ Llandudno. 
Laburnum „ „ 29th „ Silloth ; „ 5th „ Oxford. 
Honeysuckle „ June 2nd „ Wey bridge ; Jime 10th „ Torquay. 
Wheat in flower, „ 15th „ Llandudno ; „ 26th „ Kelstem. 
Wheat in car, „ 8th „ Cardington ; „ 13th „ Strathfield & 
Wey bridge. 
Barley „ „ 20th „ Cardington & „ 25th „ Kelstem. 
Llandudno ; 
Cuckoo arrived, April 14th „ Stonyhurst ; May 3rd „ Eoyston. 
Swallow „ „ 7th „ Osborne; „ 10th „ Torquaj'. 
Nightingale „ 14 th „ Wey bridge; April 18th „ Streatley. 
Third Quarter (July, August, Septemher). — The ■weather at the 
beginning of July was cold. It somewhat moderated from the 5th 
to the 8th ; but cool and cloudy weather was experienced till the 
15th, and the average daily deficiency of temperature for the first 15 
days of the quarter was 1°. On the 16th the weather underwent a 
favourable change to higher temperature, bright sunishine, and no 
rain. The hottest day in the month was the I9th, on which day 
the temperature in the shade exceeded 80° ; this warm period con- 
tinued till the 24th ; the average excess of mean temperature was 
7i° daily. On the 2oth the weather was cool and was changeable 
to August 3rd, but chiefly cold. From August 4th to the 11th the 
daily excels of mean temperature was 3°'6 ; from the 12th to the 
21st the temperature was nearly that of its average, the sky was 
mostly cloudy, and rain fell on nearly every day ; on the 22nd a 
warm period began, but the weather continued unsettled till the end 
of August, with nearly constant rain and frequent thunderstorms 
over the country. At the beginning of September the weather was 
clear and bright, without rain ; the mean excess of daily tempera- 
ture for the 21 days ending September 11th was l°-9 daily ; from 
the 12th to the end of the month, the changes in temperature were 
frequent, and the weather was mostly cold ; the average deficiency 
of temperature for the last 15 days of the quarter was 2°'l daily. 
The mean temperature of the quarter was 60°*8, and exceeded" the 
average for the corresponding period in 107 years by 0°'9 ; an excess 
of mean temperature prevailed in each month of the quarter, which 
was equal to l^'o in July, 0'"9 in August, and 0'''2 in September. 
At 44 stations of observation the mean temperature of the quarter 
ranged from 67° at North Shields to 62°-5 at Barnstaple. The 
moan temperature at Greenwich exceeded the average in each of 
the first nine months of this year, the mean excess in the nine 
mouths being 2^ 
