OBSERVATIONS ON WEATHER AND PLANTS. 
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July 3. — Weather still continues cool, with rain to-day. A 
fire is very comfortable. 
September 27. — The past summer has been cool, with bur 
few hot days and considerable rain. Ten days of fine warm 
weather about the first of August gave farmers a good chance 
to get their hay crop. Those who did not avail themselves of 
it suffered, as there was little continuous fine weather afterwards. 
There were some light frosts during the month, including the 
night of the 12th, but no damage was done. From the 19th to 
the 24th the weather was balmy and beautiful. From the 25th 
to the 28th there were constant and heavy warm rains, which, 
in addition to what had previously fallen, soaked the ground, 
raised the streams, and made a fall freshet of unusual height. 
Much hay was spoiled by the flooding of the marshes. 
October 26. — The month of Octobers was like September, 
with generally high temperature and much rainy weather, a few 
very fine days and occasional light frosts. There was a week 
of uninterrupted fine weather between the 3rd and the 10th, with 
some very warm days. The temperature on the 8th at 3 p. m. 
was 7°°F ., and on the 9th it rose to 77 °, almost as hot as the 
hottest days during the past summer. On the night of the 19th 
the heaviest frost of the season occurred, but only sufficient to 
make thin ice. 
The autumn foliage was much less brilliant and varied than 
usual, owing, perhaps, to the abundant moisture and continuous 
warm temperature. In consequence the leaves kept their green 
colour and remained longer on the trees than usual. An excep- 
tion must be noted in the leaves of the white birch ( Betula alba 
and its varieties). These withered and fell early, owing to the 
ravages of a small beetle ('Bucculatrix canadensiella ) , which, 
though doing conspicuous injury to the leaves, has done no 
serious damage to the vitality of the trees thus affected. 
November 15. — The weather during the first half of Novem- 
ber has been a repetition of that during the last part of October, 
with pleasant days and frequent rains. Dandelions were in 
bloom as late as December 7th. 
