198 Climate about Kenmure Castle, Kirkcudbrightshire. 



performed from season to season ; the one set of organs, 

 namely, the conservative organs, or the root, stem, and leaves, 

 preserving the individual plant during the natural period of 

 its existence ; and the other, or reproductive organs, consist- 

 ing of the calyx, corolla, nectary, stamens, pistils, and seed, 

 perpetuating the species. 



The unity and harmony of design here presented to our 

 contemplation naturally leads us u from nature up to nature's 

 God : " for who but a being of infinite wisdom and power 

 could have given the first stimulus to these wonderful opera- 

 tions ? and to whom should the spontaneous gratitude of our 

 hearts be given, but to Him who hath so beneficently embel- 

 lished our earth with all its gay garniture of fragrant blossoms 

 to cheer and delight us in the onward path of life ? and well 

 may we exclaim, in the inspired language of Mrs. Hemans, — 



O Father, Lord ! 



The All Beneficent ! I bless thy name, 



That thou hast mantled the green earth with flowers, 



Linking our hearts to nature ! By the love 



Of their wild blossoms, our young footsteps first 



Into her deep recesses are beguiled, 



Her minster cells, dark glen, and forest bower ; 



Where, thrilling with its earliest sense of Thee, 



Amidst the low religious whisperings 



And shivery leaf-sounds of the solitude, 



The spirit wakes to worship, and is made 



Thy living temple. ' By the breath of flowers 



Thou callest us, from city throngs and cares, 



Back to the woods, the birds, the mountain streams, 



That sing of Thee ! back to free childhood's heart, 



Fresh with the dews of tenderness ! Thou bidd'st 



The lilies of the field with placid smile 



Reprove man's feverish strivings, and infuse 



Through his worn soul a more unworldly life, 



With their soft holy breath. Thou hast not left 



His purer nature, with its fine desires, 



Uncared for in this universe of Thine ! " 



Dundee, Forfarshire, May 19. 1835. 



Art. IX. Facts on the Climate at and about Kenmure Castle, by 

 New Galloway, Kirkcudbrightshire. By Mr. Robert Lorimer, 

 Gardener at Kenmure Castle. 



Depth of Rain fallen in Kenmure Garden in different Sea- 

 sons, stated in Inches and Sixteenths of an Inch. — In 1832: in 

 Jan. and Feb., unknown ; in March, 7*8 in. ; in April, 2 in. ; 

 in May, 1*12 in.; in June, 3*14 in.; in July, 2*8 in.; in August, 

 2 in. ; in September, 2*8 in.; in October, 8 in.; in November, 



