CLIMATE.

The following Meteorological Table shows the comparison "between the temperatures of the States of New York and Mary'
land, also the rain-fall, which clearly illustrates the superior advantages of the latter for culinary plants, grapes and
strawberries.
The observations for the State of New York were taken at eighteen different localities, and for Maryland at five

places.

	STATE	OF	New York		STATE	OF	MARYLAND	fD.
MONTH.	Av 1854	to '59.	Av 1863	& '64	Av 1854-	to'59.	Av 1863	& '64
	Mean Tempt.	Mesn Rain.	Mean Tempt	Mean Rain.	Mean Tempt.	Mean Rain.	Mean Tempt	Mean Rain.
January. ....................................... February ...................................... March ......................................... April .......................................... May. .......................................... June .......................................... July........................................... August .......... ............................. September. ..................................... Carried forward. .............. .............	23°.4 25 .i 32 .C 43 .£ 56 .6 65 .8 72 .4 67 .5 60 .5	3.1 3.5 2.5 4.4 3.4 4.3 3.7 3.3 3.6(	28°.5 27 .1 30 .5 44 .3 59 .5 64 .1 72 .3 71 .1 58 .5	3.6f 2.54 3.08 3.40 4.16 1.71 3.97 5.75 3.08	30°.4 32 .1 40 .3 51 .3 62 .8 70 7 77 .0 73 .1 67 .5	3.32 2.20 2.54 3.57 4.25 4.60 3.05 3.85 4.46	35°.6 35 .0 37 .7 48 .5 65 .7 73 .5 76 .4 78 .4 64 .1	3.11 2.52 3.58 5.63 5.24 2.07 4.64 2.06 3.33