METEOROLOGICAL NOTES. 17 
mornings, and a total of 113° frost was registered. The rainfall, 
which includes melted snow, amounted to 1:14 inches. There 
were seventeen dry days. 
February.—For the first three weeks there was a continuance 
of south-westerly winds, and the weather was somewhat unsetiled, 
but still mild. The winter aconite (Hranthis), snowdrops, and 
primroses came into bloom during the first week, and Hrica carnea 
towards the end of the month. Frost, with easterly winds, set 
in on 22nd, and there was a snowstorm on 26th and 27th, accom- 
panied with high winds. On eight mornings, frost, amounting 
to 37°, was registered—the lowest (night) reading being 22° on 
25th, and the highest (day) temperature 55° on the 20th. There 
were only eight dry days in the month, and 2°94 inches of rain fell. 
March.—The month opened with a smart snowstorm and 
easterly winds. After the 3rd, with a change of wind to south 
and west, fine open mild weather was experienced until the 16th, 
when, from that date, for ten days or so, there was frost, with 
snow-showers on 16th and 17th. The frost, however, was not 
severe, as the thermometer was only at or below 32° on twelve 
mornings, and the small total of 31° of frost recorded, a state of 
matters rarely experienced in March. The lowest (night) tem- 
perature was on 19th, when the thermometer fell to 24°, and the 
highest (day) temperature was 65° on the 26th and 27th. The 
month was also remarkably dry, the rainfall amounting to 0°74 
inch, and nineteen days on which there was neither rain nor 
snow. Consequent on the open weather, spring flowering plants 
came rapidly into bloom. Crocuses opened during the first week, 
while, by the middle of the month, squills (Sci//a), grape hyacinths 
(Muscart), dog’s tooth violet (Hrythronium), and a white variety 
of Rhododendron, were plentifully in bloom throughout the Parks. 
Balsam poplars were bursting their buds by 10th. 
April.—The remarkably fine weather which prevailed so much 
in March continued, to a greater degree, throughout this month. 
The absence of severe frost and rain was very notable, frost only 
occurring on five mornings, when a total of 9° was registered. 
The average maximum temperature was 58°, and the average 
minimum 38°, the highest readings being 71° on the 20th, and 
the lowest 29° on the 4th. There were twenty-three dry days, 
while the rainfall amounted to 1-11 inches. 
