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NATURE of April 21, in the Notes columns, p. 245, mentions that a correspondent who travels frequently from the south-west of England to London finds at this time of year vegetation, notably the flowering trees, generally more advanced as the metropolis is approached. In the past I have frequently noticed the spring vegetation in London to be more forward than thirty or forty miles outside. Commonly, in visiting East Grinstead from London, I have noticed and remarked on the lateness of spring vegetation compared with the metropolitan suburbs. This year at Tulse Hill, and generally in the south of London, the pear-and apple-trees were in fairly full blossom at the commencement of March, whilst at Eastbourne similar vegetation was fully three weeks later. The dates from the Phenological Report for 1919 published by the Royal Meteorological Society referred to in your Note can scarcely claim to determine the general difference between south-west and south-east England. The early months of 1919 were abnormally cold and wet, and on April 27 a snowstorm of considerable severity occurred in the south of England.
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HARDING, C. Vegetation around London Earlier than in the Provinces. Nature 107, 269 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107269d0
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