The California culturist . ked the effect of this irregularity on cultivation— some of the largest crops that ever rewarded the toil of the husbandman have been gathered in Cali-fornia; and yet those very localities, owing to a slender fall ot winter rains, have next season disappointedthe hopes of the cultivator. In verification of our deductions made iu August last, October has provedas warm as if it were a summer month. We exDerienced a few days of rather cool weather about themiddle ot the month, and on the 17th a smart frost occurred in the exposed parts of our suburbs; but theweather soo
The California culturist . ked the effect of this irregularity on cultivation— some of the largest crops that ever rewarded the toil of the husbandman have been gathered in Cali-fornia; and yet those very localities, owing to a slender fall ot winter rains, have next season disappointedthe hopes of the cultivator. In verification of our deductions made iu August last, October has provedas warm as if it were a summer month. We exDerienced a few days of rather cool weather about themiddle ot the month, and on the 17th a smart frost occurred in the exposed parts of our suburbs; but theweather soon changed warm again, and on the 25th the thermometer rose as high as 83 degrees. Anotherappearance of the Aurora Borealis—the third of the season—was observed on the morning of the 18th, atabout 3 oclock, in the northeast; thence it spread toward the east, shooting up streamers of variable hues,of which the most vivid were apparently directly north. The phenomena continued until it blended withthe morning light. ^ \. OSAGE ORANGE THE CALIFORNIA CULTURIST. , 1860 HORTIOTJLTUBE OP CALIFORNIA. BY WILSON FLINT. CLIMATOLOGY AND METEOROLOGY. WHILE treating upon the horticulture of California, it must be borne in mindthat the meteorology, or dry and rainy seasons, are the same all over its greatextent of latitude and longitude, though the climate is more varied, as regards heatand cold, humidity and aridity, than that of any other territory, of equal extent, onthe globe. During the summer season, cold winds sweep down from the ice regionsof North eastern Asia and North western America, which are called the north westtrades. These winds, as they approach the coast, meet an under eddy current ofIheated air, reflected from the land, and an occasional puff from the calm latitudes ofthe tropics. This hot air, being forced down upon the surface of the water by the undeviatingjcourse of the northerly trade winds, condenses a vast volume of fog, reaching but alittle distance
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