REMARKS ON TEMPERATURE, VEGETATION, ETC. 29 



of frost, during the night of the 6th. The congruity 

 of the season has been such as to induce a second 

 growth, particularly on hardy Rhododendrons, which 

 are in consequence very deficient of bloom buds. As 

 indicating the mildness of the weather at the end 

 of the month, good Mignonette and fairly good 

 single Dahlias were still in bloom on the open borders. 

 Abnormal growth on many plants, and even bloom 

 on fruit trees, are reported from many parts of the 

 country. The rainfall was again very light. 



November, up to and including the 12th, was fine 

 and dry, but with a considerable supply of cold 

 north winds. On the night of the 12th rain began 

 to fall, and the weather became gradually worse 

 until the night of the 15th, when we experienced a 

 violent storm, which continued with more or less 

 severity the following day, doing great damage to 

 property and uprooting trees in many places, par- 

 ticularly^ where exposed to the south-west. Professor 

 Grant, Glasgow Observatory, records that the wind 

 was blowing with a velocity of 68 miles an hour. 

 The maximvim pressure registered by Osier's anemo- 

 meter amounted to 29 lbs. on the square foot. 

 Since the above date the rainfall has been heavy, 

 and gales of considerable severity have been frequent. 

 The thermometer was at or below the freezing 

 point six times. The lowest reading was 29°, or .3° 

 of frost. The total record was only 10°. 



During December frost was registered on twelve 

 nights, the lowest reading being 19°, or 13° of frost, 

 during the night of the 29th. Nine degrees were 

 also registered on the night of the 30th. Otherwise 

 the readings were light, 44° being the total for the 

 month. On most days the mean temperature was 

 high, inducing Wallflower and forms of the common 

 Primula to flower prematurely. Yet the season has 

 had its advantages, for a finer for planting or trans- 

 planting hardy trees or shrubs could not be desired. 

 The following is a statement of the monthly 

 record of barometric readings, rainfall, and sunshine 



