( V ) 
l°-5 above the average of 106 years. The .mean differed but 
slightly in October, but in November it was as much as 3°*2 in 
•excess of the avenige', and in December it was 1°"7 in excess. 
The rainfall of the quarter at Greenwich was 6*9 inches, or 
0*2 inch below the average amount in the corresponding period of 
•62 years. The fall of rain in October was 1'7 inch, being 1"1 inch 
below the average ; in November it was 3-4 inches, being 1-1 inch 
above the average; and in December was 1*8 inch, being 0'2 inch 
below the average. Back to 1818 there were but 11 instances of 
60 large a fall of rain in November as in the year 1877. 
Field elm was divested of leaves on the 2nd of November at 
Hull ; on the 10th at Weybridge ; and on the 15th at Guernsey. 
Wych elm was divested of leaves on the 22nd of October at 
Oxford ; and on the 30th at Torquay ; on the 5th of November 
at Oxford ; and on the 6th at Hull. 
Oak was divested of leaves on the 3rd of November at Oxford ; 
•on the 15th at Guernsey ; and on the 16 th at Hull ; on the 3rd of 
December at Torquay. 
Lime was divested of leaves on the 25th of October at Guernsey ; 
on the 26th at Oxford ; and on the 30th at Weybridge and Hull. 
Sycamore was divested of leaves on the 28th of October at Wey- 
bridge ; on the 1st of November at Hull; and on the 15th at 
Guernsey. 
Horse-chestnut was divested of leaves on the 14th of October at 
Oxford; on the 26th at Hull ; on the 27th at Weybridge; and on 
the 30th at Guernsey. 
Common poplar was divested of leaves on the 26th of October 
at Oxford ; on the 30th at Torquay ; and on the 6th of November 
at Hull. 
Occidental plane was divested of leaves on the 17 th of November 
at Hull. 
Oriental plane was divested of leaves on the 12th of November 
at Hull. 
Hawthorn was divested of leaves on the 2nd of November at 
Weybridge; and on the 9th at Hull. 
Hazel was divested of leaves on the 9th of November at Hull. 
Walnut was divested of leaves on the 8th of November at 
Hull. 
Acacia was in blossom on the 25th of December at Helston. 
Fieldfare arrived on the 30th of October at Oxford. 
Swallow departed on the 7th of October from Hull ; on the 
14th from Weybridge. 
