ugh there is
no reason why patients suited to the climate should not begin their
sojourn in any season convenient to them, perhaps September or
October are on the whole best, because they then approach the cold
nights of winter gradually.

TABLE I.--MEAN TEMPERATURE.

+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+
| | At 7 a.m. | At 10 a.m. | At 2 p.m. | At 9 p.m. | [A]Day. |
+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+
| January | 17.8 | 27.3 | 36.0 | 20.9 | 24.4 |
| February | 21.3 | 36.3 | 42.0 | 27.1 | 29.4 |
| March | 31.4 | 46.6 | 52.4 | 37.4 | 36.6 |
| April | 38.9 | 50.8 | 54.7 | 42.2 | 43.9 |
| May | 50.2 | 57.9 | 62.9 | 51.7 | 49.9 |
| June | 61.5 | 66.1 | 72.6 | 60.2 | 65.9 |
| July | 66.2 | 75.2 | 77.6 | 65.0 | 69.7 |
| August | 64.9 | 74.3 | 76.9 | 63.6 | 68.1 |
| September | 50.1 | 60.4 | 68.8 | 54.2 | 57.2 |
| October | 37.9 | 52.0 | 60.6 | 42.7 | 47.8 |
| November | 27.9 | 43.9 | 48.2 | 31.3 | 35.5 |
| December | 20.2 | 22.8 | 38.2 | 23.2 | 27.6 |
| Spring | 40.2 | 51.8 | 56.7 | 43.8 | 42.8 |
| Summer | 64.2 | 71.9 | 75.7 | 62.9 | 67.9 |
| Autumn | 38.6 | 52.1 | 59.2 | 42.7 | 47.1 |
| Winter | 19.8 | 28.8 | 38.7 | 23.7 | 27.1 |
| Year | 40.7 | 51.1 | 57.6 | 43.3 | 46.4 |
+-----------+------------+------------+-----------+-----------+---------+

[A] The daily mean is one-fourth the sum of the readings at 7 a.m.,
at 2 p.m., and double the reading at 9 p.m.

TABLE II.--MAXIMUM AND MINIMUM TEMPERATURES IN WINTER AND SPRING.

PART I.--MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES.

1873-'74. 1874-'75. 1875-'76. 1877-'78.
A B A B A B A B
December 65.0 44.1 59.0 41.7 67.0 51.6 69.0 --
January 63.0 46.6 60.0 35.1 62.0 45.5 59.5 --
February 59.0 40.2 58.0 40.8 64.0 51.6 61.5 47.1
_Winter_ 65.0 43.6 60.0 39.2 67.0 49.6 69.0 --
March