CLIMATE:

AN INQUIRY INTO THE CAUSES OF ITS DIF-
FERENCES, AND INTO ITS INFLUENCE
ON VEGETABLE LIFE.

COMPRISING THE SUBSTANCE OF

Four Lectures

DELIVERED BEFORE

THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY,

AT

THE MUSEUM, TORQUAY, IN FEBRUARY, 1863.

BY

C. DAUBENY, M.D., F.R.S.,

FELLOW OF THE LINNEAN AND GEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES; HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ROYAL
IRISH ACADEMY, OF THE ROYAL AGRICULTURAL, AND OF THE MEDICO-CHIRURGICAL
SOCIETIES; FOREIGN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY OF MUNICH; CORRESPONDING
ASSOCIATE OF THE GIENEAN SOCIETY OF NATURAL HISTORY AT CATANIA; MEMBER OF THE
SOCIETIES OF QUEBEC, MONTREAL, PHILADELPHIA, AND BOSTON; OF THE ACADEMY OF
GENEVA, ETC.;

PROFESSOR OF BOTANY AND OF RURAL ECONOMY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD.

Oxford and London:

JOHN HENRY AND JAMES PARKER.

LONDON: H. G. BOHN,

YORK-STREET, COVENT GARDEN.

1863.

Printed by Messrs. Parker, Cornmarket, Oxford.

ΤΟ

WILLIAM HENRY TINNEY, ESQ., Q.C.,

MASTER IN CHANCERY, ETC.,

These Lectures,

ORIGINALLY DRAWN UP TO MEET THE REQUIREMENTS

OF A POPULAR AUDIENCE,

AND NOW COMMITTED TO PRINT,

IN ACCORDANCE WITH HIS FRIENDLY WISHES

AND HIS INDULGENT ESTIMATE OF THEIR SHORTCOMINGS,

ARE INSCRIBED,

AS A TOKEN OF REGARD AND ESTEEM,

BY

THE AUTHOR.

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