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Leafing, Flowering, and Fruiting of a Few Standard Plants 

 in the Boyal Society's Gardens during the Month : — 



1st. Arbutus unedo, commencing to flower. 



2nd. Garrya elliptica, ditto. 



7th. Almond, ditto. 



10th. Leaf buds of Morus alba commencing to break. 

 28th. Crocus commencing; to flower. 

 30th. White hyacinth ditto. 



Barometer mean, 30'lOOin., being 0'242in. above the average. 



Temperature mean, 45 "23°, being 0".59° below the ditto. 



Solar intensity mean, 75°, being 1° below the ditto. 



Dew point mean, 38 '5°, being 1*33° below the ditto. 



Humidity of air mean, '83, being i per cent, below the ditto. 



Elastic force of vapor mean, '255, being "004 per cent, below ditto. 



Total amount of rain, 2"52in., being 0*79 above the ditto. 



Increase of rainfall on spontaneous evaporation I'lOin. 



Mean amount of ozone, 7 '00, being '57 on chromatic scale above ditto. 



A paucity in electricity all through the month. 



Suow never absent from Mount Wellington during the month. 



FRANCIS ABBOTT. 



