80 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



VIII. 



METEOROLOGICAL NOTES FOR 1883, AND 

 REMARKS ON THE STATE OF VEGETA- 

 TION IN THE PUBLIC PARKS OF 

 GLASGOW. 



By D. M'LELLAN, Superintendent of Parks. 



[Read •^Cth February, 1SS4.] 



The year 1883 was remarkably mild, and there 

 were no extremes either of heat or of cold. Crops 

 of all kinds were consequently very prolific; trees 

 and shrubs were in splendid foliage ; and flowers and 

 fruits were remarkably fine. It Avas altogether a 

 year above the average in most respects, and one 

 which can be looked back upon with a fair degree 

 of satisfaction. Our climate is becoming so change- 

 able in its character that it is a matter of con- 

 gratulation with all of us when Ave have had a 

 season of i:)rosx:>erity, for truly tliere are fcAV things 

 affect us more than a bad season. Its effects extend 

 much wider and farther than the most of us imagine, 

 and it has a deep influence on our health and 

 hai^piness not oidy in the present but also in the 

 year on whicli we have just entered. 



The month of January, 1883, was chiefly remark- 

 able for the large amount of rainfall, no less than 

 6*18 inches of rain falling during i\\e month. It was 

 not, however, what could be called a dripping 

 month, as there were 13 days, or nearly the half of 

 the month, on Avhicli no rain fell at all. The 

 amount of frost registered during the month was 

 only 17°, the mercury being below the freezing 

 point on 10 mornings. The temperature averaged 

 38'1 ; and the prevailing winds were from the south 



