238 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
The barometrical charts show that the pressure was slightly 
higher than that of the previous year. While in 1893 the baro- 
meter was over 30 in. on sixty-five days and under 29 in. on 
eighteen days; in 1894 it was eighty-one times over 30 in, 
and also eighteen times under 29 in. The highest reading in 
1893 was on the 30th December, when the barometer indicated 
30°40 in., which figure was also the highest in 1894, on the 
3rd January. The lowest reading in 1894 was 28-40 in. on 
the 25th October, against 28°30 in. on 17th November and 8th 
December in 1893. 
Though we cannot indicate the force, it may be of interest to 
note the points from which the winds prevailed throughout the 
year. From theS.W., 112 days; N.E., 78; W.,71; E., 37; S.E, 
23; N.W., 22;8S, 19; and N., 3 days. Excluding the direct 
N. and §., the western group shows 205 times against 138 times 
for the eastern. In 1893 the figures were 239 and 113 for the 
respective groups. 
From the foregoing notes it will be observed that the chief 
features of the weather of 1894 were (1) the comparative absence of 
sunshine during the early summer months, and (2) the excessive 
rainfall, with a comparative absence of hard frosts. After the 
abnormal rainfall in February and early March, the weather 
allowed out-door operations to be performed under fairly favour- 
able conditions, and, after the splendid season of 1893, hopes 
were entertained of a bountiful fruit crop. These hopes, how- 
ever, were rudely dispelled by the cold snap of May, when the 
irosts on 21st and 22nd did so much damage throughout the 
country. Vegetation, which started early, languished until the 
genial weather of the end of June and all July quickened the 
action, and caused a more vigorous growth than was expected 
after the serious check which plant-life had received. The wet 
weather in August caused some anxiety amongst farmers as to the 
harvest, but the glorious weather experienced during September 
made up the leeway, and the grain was cut and secured in most 
cases without receiving a shower, and in a space of time shorter 
than usual. Hay and grain crops were generally good in bulk and 
quality, but root crops were below the average. There was a fine 
display of bloom on the trees and shrubs in the Parks which 
escaped the May frosts, but, owing to the checks received then, 
