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Abstract

Meteorological records recorded at the Observatory, Hobart Town. Also includes leafing, flowering, and fruiting times of a few standard plants in the Royal Societies gardens for the month of February, 1870.-
More enjoyable weather than existed during this month could scarcely be
possible. Sunny, with moderate temperature, abundant and gentle ozoneladen
sea breezes, almost cloudless clear skies, with only one day of smart
rain and five others with sprinkling showers, formed altogether such genial
weather, that it well deserved the epithet of "heavenly" which our numerous
visitors from the Australian Continent and other less favoured climates so
rapturously affixed to it. Nevertheless most of the atmospherical phenomenon
varied greatly from the mean character of the month, as exhibited by the
Meteorological Records of the previous twenty-nine years.

Item Type:	Article
Authors/Creators:	Abbott, Francis and Hall, Edward Swarbreck
Keywords:	Royal Society of Tasmania, Van Diemens Land, VDL, Hobart Town, natural sciences, proceedings, records
Journal or Publication Title:	Monthly Notices of Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Collections:	Royal Society Collection > Papers & Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Additional Information:	In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania.
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