PHENOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS, CANADA
(1906 Schedule)
For the year ending July, 190.
| Province ____________ County ______________ | ||
| District ____________ locality or School Section | ||
| ____________________________ No. ________ | ||
| [The estimated length and breadth of the locality within which the following observations were made ______ × ______ miles. Estimated distance from the sea-coast ______ miles. Estimated altitude above the sea level ______ feet. | ||
| Slope or general exposure of the region _____________________ | ||
| General character of the soil and surface ___________________ | ||
| Proportion of forest and its character ______________________ | ||
| Does the region include lowlands or intervales? _____________ | ||
| and if so name the main river or stream ________________ Or | ||
| is it all substantially highlands? ________________________ | ||
| Any other peculiarity tending to affect vegetation? _________ | ||
| _____________________________________________________________ | ||
| The most central Post Office of the locality or region _____________ | ||
| Name and Address of the Teacher or other Compilerof the Observations responsible for their accuracy. | When First Seen. | When Becoming Common. |
| _______________________________ | ||
| _______________________________ | ||
| Wild Plants, etc.—Nomenclature as in“Spotton” or “Gray’s Manual.” | ||
| Alder (Alnus incana), catkins shedding pollen | ||
| Aspen (Populus tremuloides), „ | ||
| Mayflower (Epigæa repens), flowering | ||
| Field Horsetail (Equisetum arvense), shedding spores | ||
| Blood-root (Sanguinaria Canadensis), flowering | ||
| White Violet (Viola blanda), flowering | ||
| Etc., etc., etc. | ||
| Cultivated Plants, etc. | ||
| Red Currant (Ribes rubrum), flowering | ||
| „ „ fruit ripe | ||
| Black Currant (Ribes nigrum), flowering | ||
| „ „ fruit ripe | ||
| Cherry (Prunus Cerasus), flowering | ||
| „ „ fruit ripe | ||
| Plum (Prunus domestica), flowering | ||
| Etc., etc., etc. | ||
| Farming Operations, etc. | ||
| Ploughing begun | ||
| Sowing begun | ||
| Planting of Potatoes begun | ||
| Shearing of Sheep | ||
| Hay Cutting | ||
| Grain Cutting | ||
| Potato Digging | ||
| (Meteorological Phenomena.) | ||
| Opening of (a) Rivers, (b) Lakes without currents | ||
| Last Snow (a) to whiten ground, (b) to fly in air | ||
| Last Spring Frost (a) “hard” (b) “hoar” | ||
| Water in Streams, Rivers, etc., (a) highest, (b) lowest | ||
| First Autumn Frosts (a) “hoar” (b) “hard” | ||
| First Snow (a) to fly in air, (b) to whiten ground | ||
| Closing of (a) Lakes without currents, (b) Rivers | ||
| Number of Thunder-storms (with dates of each) | ||
| Jan_____________, Feb_____________, Mar_____________ | ||
| Apr_____________, May_____________, June_____________ | ||
| July_____________, Aug_____________, Sept_____________ | ||
| Oct_____________, Nov_____________, Dec_____________ | ||
| Going North or coming in Spring. | Going South or leaving in Fall. | |
| Migration of Birds, etc. | ||
| Wild Duck migrating | ||
| Wild Geese migrating | ||
| Song Sparrow (Melospiza fasciata) | ||
| American Robin (Turdus migratorius) | ||
| Slate-coloured Snow Bird (Junco hiemalis) | ||
| Spotted Sand Piper (Actitis macularia) | ||
| Meadow Lark (Sturnella magna) | ||
| Kingfisher (Ceryle Alcyon) | ||
| Etc., etc., etc. | ||