OBSERVATIONS ON WEATHER AND PLANTS. 
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June opened with a few fine days followed by cold easterly 
winds and cloudy weather. From the 12th to the 15th it was 
warm and generally fair. 
June 8. — Amelanchiers in full bloom, and the wild red cherry 
beginning to unfold its petals in sunny places. 
June 12.— Elder in bloom, striped trillium and moose wood 
in woods, and strawberry and dandelions brightening the fields 
everywhere. Crab apple trees in full bloom. A few buttercups, 
with blue-eyed grass, red clover, and rhodoras appearing. 
June 16. — Stemless ladies’ slippers, bunch berries, apple 
trees in bloom, and blossoms of the blue berry appearing. 
June 20. — White and purple lilacs opening; foreign lilacs 
still in bud. These began to open on the 26th and continued 
in flower for a fortnight or more. Pinguicula coming in bloom 
on the 29th. 
The weather continued wet during July with a few fine warm 
days (17th-20th) but generally cool, especially at night. Haying 
which usually begins about the 20th was deferred until August. 
July 2. — A few ripe wild strawberries were picked. On the 
6th they were fairly plentiful. The cultivated forms continued 
to appear in great abundance from July 12th to the first of 
August. 
August 8. — A week of August has gone and still no hay has 
been harvested, beyond a few scattered loads in poor condition. 
The days for the past fortnight were not clear except for a few 
hours at a time. Rains have been frequent. The river St. John 
has been phenomenally high and intervales along its course have 
been under water. 
September, usually a fine season, was one of our most cheer- 
less months. The first week was one of intermittent rains with 
scarcely any sunshine. The marsh hay crop was nearly ruined 
with poor prospect for oats and other crops. There were frosts 
on the nights of Sept. 12th and 13th, and a severe frost on the 
night of the 18th. Heavy rains at intervals from September 
21st to October 10th made harvesting a matter of considerable 
difficulty. 
