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budded. Late varieties of Rhododendron and Azalea have been inferior this 

 season, the heads of üower were small and of short duration. All late trans- 

 planted trees and shrubs have sufi'ered severely from drought. Most coniferous 

 plants , Piceas, Abies, and Cedrus in particular, have developed fine healthy 

 shoots. The golden variegated forms of Biota, Retinospora, Cupressus, and 

 Taxus have coloured extremely vrell and are very bright and effective mixed 

 with the green forms. The hot, cU-y weather appears to have suited their 

 requirements very well. In the rock garden 346 species and varieties of 

 dwarf-growing herbaceous and alpine plants came into flower during the 

 month , making a total of 797 for the season , as compared with 701 at 

 corresponding date last year. The following were amongst those which 

 flowered 



Acantholimon glumaceum Houstonia serpyllifolia 



Allium MacNabianum Hypoxis erecta 



Androsace lanuginosa Linaria hepaticaefolia 



Cacalia alpina Meconopsis Wallichii 



Calceolaria Kellyana ^ fusco-purpurea 



Cathcartia villosa Ononis rotundifolia 



Celmisia spectabüis Orchis foliosa 



Cypripedium spectabile , niaculata superba 



Dianthus alpinus Oxytropis uralensis 



Erodium macrodenum Papaver alpinum 



, manescavi Petrocoptis Lagascana 



Edraianthus pumiliorum Polemonium humile 



Fritillaria kamtschatica Rodgersia podophylla 



Gaultheria carnea Rosa pyrenaica 



Gentiana lutea Raymondia pyrenaica 



, ornata Silene alpestris 



„ septemfida cordifolia Vicia argentea 



Hedysarum obscurum , villosa 



Since the present month began a copious supply of rain has fallen, which 

 has done much good, not only in moistening the soil, but in cleansing the 

 leaves of trees and shrubs and other plants infested with insects." 



IV. „Report on Temperatur e, Vegetation, <tec. , in the 

 Botanic Garden, Glasgow, June, 1844." By Robert Bnlleu, Curator. 



„The lowest temperature registered during the month was B6^, during 

 the night of the 8th; the high est 56 o, during the night of the '28th. The 

 lowest day temperature in the shade was 49 o, on the 5th; the highest, 79 o, 

 on the 28th, on which day 1130 were registered in the sun. On the 17th 

 107 were registered. The dry weather recorded during the latter part of 

 last month has been continued ; bright sunny days have been general ; the 

 f ew slight showers which have fallen are barely worth recording, consequently 

 have been of little benefit to Vegetation. Burns or brooks have been dried 

 up in many places, and farm and garden crops have suffered to some extent, 

 Turnips expecially so ; but thei'e is a prospect of a very early and, in some 

 districts, an abundant harvest; in others cereals are both stunted and scant. 

 Generaliy spring-sown seeds, particularly those of annuals, germinated badly, 

 and what few did grow have in many instances been forced into bloom 

 prematurely. Few hardy trees and shrubs have flowered well this season ; 

 but the hardier kinds of herbaceous plants have bloomed earlier and more 

 prolific than usual. Deaths, however, have been numerous amongst those 

 transplanted during the spring raonths." 



V. Miscellaneous contributions. — Mr. Tay 1er exhibited a sample bag 

 of Cotfee, sent by Mr. John Buchanan, Zomba, East Africa, which was 

 of excellent quality and free from disease. It represented a crop of 10 acres. 

 Three years ago a single plant had been sent to the Blantyre Mission Station, 

 from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, and now there were 23,000 plants in 

 the district. A Tea plant sent from the same source had not thriven with 

 Mr. Buchanan, but Vines were growing capitally. 



Dr. Sanderson; Treasurer ot the Scottish Meteorological Society, sent 

 thi'ough Mr. Buchan, for exhibition, a fine specimen of Saxifraga stellaris 

 transmitted by Mr. Miller, the second assistant at the Ben Nevis obser- 



