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snowdrop flowered on the 8th, the crocus on the 13th, and heaths, 

 primroses, hepaticas, and the Daphne mezerecum towards the end 

 of the month. 



April proved to be a comparatively cold and dry month, and was 

 favourable for the sowing of seed. The thermometer stood at or 

 below the freezing point on 13 mornings, and registered 41 degrees 

 of frost. The temperature averaged 42°. No rain fell on 22 days, 

 the total amount of the rainfall being 1 '33 inches. The prevailing 

 winds were E. by N.E. The plants in flower were the Seilla sibirica, 

 Pulmonaria officinalis, the daffodil, the hyacinth, and the 

 rhododendron. 



May was the most genial month of the year. Sunshine and 

 showers came alternately, and all vegetation made very rapid progress. 

 Towards the end of the month the temperature rose as high as 82° 

 in the shade. There was a very good display of spring flowers, 

 especially tulips and hyacinths. The hawthorn flowered on the 

 25th, and the laburnum on the 27th, the ash and the oak coming 

 in leaf about the same time. The cuckoo was heard at the Queen's 

 Park on the 25th — a very rare occurrence in any of our city parks. 

 There were 17 days during the month on which no rain fell, the 

 total amount of the rainfall being 3*46 inches. The temperature 

 averaged 52°, and winds prevailed from W. by S.W. 



June might be characterised as a moist and variable month. 

 Hawthorns, laburnums, and lilacs were in beautiful flower during 

 the early part of the month, but they suffered severely from heavy 

 hail showers on the 7th. The thermometer registered 4 degrees of 

 frost at Kelvingrove Park on the mornings of the 5th and 6th, and 

 this considerably damaged foliage and flowers. Rain fell more or 

 less on 16 days — the total rainfall being 2*26 inches. The average 

 temperature was 55°, and the prevalent winds were W. by S. 



The weather during July was much the same as that of its pre- 

 decessor, but with an increase in the moisture and a decrease in the 

 sunshine. There were only 11 days during the month on which 

 no rain fell, and the total amount of the rainfall was 3 "8 inches. 

 The temperature averaged 58°, and the prevalent winds were S. by 

 W. Owing to the coldness and dampness of the ground, bedded- 

 out plants made no progress and in very many cases disappeared 

 altogether. 



August is generally looked forward to by the gardener with high 

 expectation, but this year all hopes were blasted by the continued 



