18 YRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
The general character of the weather may be exemplified by 
noting that the oak and ash burst into bud on the 28th, a rare 
occurrence, as the oak usually precedes the ash by from three to 
ten days, and the oak this year was fully three weeks earlier than 
in 1892. In fact, it may be here noted that vegetation generally 
was about three weeks in advance of the previous year. There 
was a profuse display of bloom on most of the flowering trees and 
shrubs throughout the Parks, while the bulbous plants in the 
flower-beds of the Parks and Squares bloomed satisfactorily and 
brilliantly. 
May.— During this month the phenomenally fine weather con- 
tinued, and no frost was registered in any of the Parks—an 
extremely rare experience. 
The first half of the month was delightfully pleasant, only a 
few showers of rain falling, which, while refreshing vegetation, 
tended to lay the dust. On the 19th a severe thunderstorm 
occurred, and the accompanying heavy rains proved very beneficial 
to plant life generally. The rainfall amounted to 3-28 inches, the 
bulk falling from the 16th to the 23rd. Highteen days of the 
month were dry with variable winds. The day temperature 
averaged 61°, and the night 45°. The cuckoo was heard at 
Queen’s Park on the 4th, which, like the leafing of the oak, was 
three weeks earlier than the previous year. 
June.—The first three weeks of the month were very hot and 
dry, and; however pleasant and enjoyable it might have been for 
holiday makers, it was somewhat trying on vegetation, especially 
newly planted material. Excepting one shower on the 6th, no 
rain fell until the 22nd, when for a week there were frequent heavy 
showers, to the salvation of the plants in flower-veds, which were | 
beginning to suffer from the drought. There were twenty-three 
dry days, the other seven giving a total of 2°40 inches. The 
average (day) temperature was 68°, the thermometer being at or 
above 70° for ten days. The hottest day of the year was on the 
19th, when the thermometer in the shade at Queen’s Park rose to 
83°, being 3° higher than the hottest day of 1892. The average 
(night) temperature was 49°. Light easterly winds prevailed in 
the early part of the month, followed by south-westerly in the 
latter part. 
July.—There was a continuance of the hot, dry weather’ until 
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