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.