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Annual temperature,
59° Far.:.
Summer temperature,
75
Winter temperature,
43
Rainfall,
45 inches.
RALEIGH, N. C.
FLORENCE, ITALY.
o
o
o
59°
76
75
44
44
beaufort, n. c., (on the coast,)
GENOA, ITALY.
62°
61°
78
75
46
47
ASHVILLE, N. C., VENICE, ITALY.
BORDEAUX,FRANCE.
(In the mountains.)
54°
55°
57°
71
73 •
71 .
38
38
43
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SMITHVILLE, N. C. MOBILE, ALA.
NICOLOSI, SICILY..
(Sea Coast.)
66° .
66°
64°
80
79
79
51
52
51
Thus it will be seen that the range of climate in the State- is the same as that from the Gulf of Mexico to New York. The influence of this circumstance is seen in the wide range of natural and agricultural products, from the Palmetto and Magnolia grandiflora to the White Pine, Hemlock and Balsam Fir, and from the sugar cane and rice to Canadian oats and buckwheat.
And while the cold of winter is not severe, 10° (of F.) being rarely passed, except on the highest plateaus, the temperature of midsummer is not so excessive or trying as fur-