22 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
trees and shrubs, and the promise of bloom for the current year 
in most cases is very good, the rhododendrons especially being 
covered with flower buds. It is difficult to over-estimate the 
effects of a sunny season on the health of the community, and 
the bright weather of the year allowed thousands of the in- 
habitants of this immense City to enjoy the open air to a degree 
seldom experienced. lt is to be hoped that we have entered 
upon a series of fine seasons, productive of good to all. Annexed 
is the Meteorological Record for the last three years, as kept at 
Queen’s Park, and the averages for the last twelve years. 
