=======================+=========+=========+=========+==========+======== | Year. | Spring. | Summer. | Autumn. | Winter. -----------------------+---------+---------+---------+----------+-------- | ° | ° | ° | ° | ° Western Division | 53 | 52 | 70 | 52 | 37 Asheville | 54 | 53 | 72 | 54 | 38 Bakersville | 52 | 51 | 71 | 52 | 36 Paris, France | 51 | 51 | 65 | 52 | 38 Dijon, France | 53 | 53 | 70 | 53 | 35 Venice, Italy | 55 | 55 | 73 | 56 | 38 Boone, North Carolina | 49 | 47 | 68 | 48 | 32 Munich, Germany | 48 | 48 | 64 | 49 | 32 =======================+=========+=========+=========+==========+======== The tables of temperature given are taken from Dr. Kerr’s State Geological report. [Illustration: WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA. BY DR. W. C. KERR, STATE GEOLOGIST. 1883. _Used by permission of the State Board of Agriculture._ (Engraved especially for this book.) _Scale._ ] * * * * * SWANNANOA HOTEL, ASHEVILLE, N. C. AVERAGE TEMPERATURE. +----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+------+----+----+-----+ |Jan.|Feb.|Mch.|April|May |June|July|Aug.|Sept. |Oct.|Nov.|Dec. | |38.1|39.8|44.7|53.9 |61.5|69.1|71.9|70.7|63.8 |52.9|43.8|37.3 | +----+----+----+-----+----+----+----+----+------+----+----+-----+ Location 35 deg. 36 min. N. lat. 2,250 feet above the sea. [Illustration: MT. PISGAH (5.763 feet above sea). VIEW FROM SWANNANOA HOTEL.] The recent additions and improvements to the “Swannanoa Hotel” have made it complete in all its appointments, and the owners and proprietors, Rawls & Carter, are determined that it shall always maintain its rank as the leading and largest hotel in Asheville. The Swannanoa is now kept open the year round. Northern visitors to Asheville for the winter and spring months, as well as for the summer, who stop at the Swannanoa, have their wants carefully studied and attended to. The rooms and halls are large and well ventilated for the summer, and yet arranged to be well heated in the winter. Superb views of surrounding mountains from the rooms and porches. Mountain, Well, and Cistern Water, Hot and Cold Baths, Electric Annunciator, Laundry, Barber Shop, Billiard Rooms, and Telegraph Office across the street are some of the comforts of this popular resort. In the summer, a band of music is engaged for the entertainment of the guests. Headquarters also for capitalists seeking investments, and other business men visiting Asheville. For cut of hotel see page 211. For further particulars, apply to the owners and proprietors. RAWLS & CARTER. * * * * * EDWARD J. ASTON, REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE AGENT,