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ALASSIO AND ITS FLORA 
taken by the Rev. Professor Don L. Rocca, 
Director of the Observatory, and also Prin- 
cipal of the Municipal College of Alassio, 
and published in 1886, I draw the follow- 
ing figures as the average of observa- 
tions continued during four years, 1881-82- 
83-84-85: 
November 
average tern per.' % 
cent.''^ 
12" 61 
December 
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9" 70 
January 
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9" 87 
P'ebruary 
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10" 54 
March 
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ir 78 
April 
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14" 03 
Average in winter cent'^^ 11"'42 equal 
to 52".55 Fahrenheit. From this table it 
will be seen that the coldest month is 
December with an average of 9". 70 cent'^*'; 
or 49".40 Fahrenheit. Therefore Avhen the 
temperature is so high in the open air 
one can understand that persons, however 
delicate, may always pass the day, or^ at 
least, the greater part of it, out of doors 
without incurring the least danger from 
cold, particularly if they v^ear sufficnent 
