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OverviewIt is not known why Caroline Molesworth (1794–1872) began to make these detailed observations in the garden of her home in Cobham, Surrey. She was interested in botany, and when she moved with her widowed mother from London to Surrey in 1823, she undertook an almost daily survey of nineteen categories of information, which she maintained (with help in later years, as her health failed) until 1867. This 1880 publication, edited with a biographical introduction by the entomologist Eleanor Ormerod (1828–1901), summarises Molesworth's records for the period 1825–50. Ormerod explains the methods and instruments Molesworth used, and provides a complete record of the phenological detail over a 25-year period: she therefore omits what she considers less relevant meteorological data. The records enable year-on-year comparisons of dates on which flowers bloomed or migratory birds arrived, and this information remains of use to anyone studying long-term changes in climate. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Caroline Molesworth , Eleanor A. OrmerodPublisher: Cambridge University Press Imprint: Cambridge University Press Dimensions: Width: 17.00cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 24.40cm Weight: 0.340kg ISBN: 9781108077682ISBN 10: 1108077684 Pages: 206 Publication Date: 05 March 2015 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Abstracts and summaries of observations; General summary; Results of observations; Phenological tables; Index.ReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |