chorizanthe now spreads along the hills where the poppy so
lately flamed, and over the dead morning-glory the dodder
weaves its orange floss. A vast army of cruciferae and compositae
soon overruns the land with bright yellow, and numerous
varieties of mint tinge it with blue or purple; but the greater
portion of the annual vegetation is dead or dying. The distant
peaks of granite now begin to glow at evening with a soft
purple hue; the light poured into the deep ravines towards
sundown floods them with a crimson mist; on the shady
hill-sides the chaparral looks bluer, and on the sunny
hill-sides is a brighter green than before.

COMPARATIVE TEMPERATURE AROUND THE WORLD.

The following table, published by the Pasadena Board of Trade, shows the
comparative temperature of well-known places in various parts of the
world, arranged according to the difference between their average winter
and average summer:

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Place. | Winter.| Spring.| Summer.| Autumn.| Difference
| | | | | Summer,
| | | | | Winter.
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Funchal, Madeira | 62.88 | 64.55 | 70.89 | 70.19 | 8.01
St. Michael, Azores | 57.83 | 61.17 | 68.33 | 62.33 | 10.50
PASADENA | 56.00 | 61.07 | 67.61 | 62.31 | 11.61
Santa Cruz, Canaries | 64.65 | 68.87 | 76.68 | 74.17 | 12.03
Santa Barbara | 54.29 | 59.45 | 67.71 | 63.11 | 13.42
Nassau, Bahama Islands | 70.67 | 77.67 | 86.00 | 80.33 | 15.33
San Diego, California | 54.09 | 60.14 | 69.67 | 64.63 | 15.58
Cadiz, Spain | 52.90 | 59.93 | 70.43 | 65.35 | 17.53
Lisbon, Portugal | 53.00 | 60.00 | 71.00 | 62.00 | 18.00
Malta | 57.46 | 62.76 | 78.20 | 71.03 | 20.74
Algiers | 55.00 | 66.00 | 77.00 | 60.00 | 22.00
St Augustine, Florida | 58.25 | 68.69 | 80.36 | 71.90 | 22.11
Rome, Italy | 48.90 | 57.65 | 72.16 | 63.96 | 23.26
Sacramento, California | 47.92 | 59.17 | 71.19 | 61.72 | 23.27
Mentone | 49.50 | 60.00 | 73.00 | 56.60 | 23.50
Nice, Italy | 47.88 | 56.23 | 72.26 | 61.63 | 24.44
New Orleans, Louisiana | 56.00 | 69.37 | 81.08 | 69.80 | 25