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The following table for three and five months respectively, ending March Slst, 

 will perhaps be enough to establish the claim set up at the commencement of the 

 paper for the exceptional character of the season. 



MEAN TEMPERATURE FOR EIGHT COLD AND EIGHT WARM WINTERS, 

 1771—1884. 



Average for Five Months ending March Slst. 

 1822—44-4. Each month in considerable excess, specially November and March. 

 1846—437. Each month in considerable exces.s, specially January. 

 1882—43-4. Each month in considerable excess, specially November and March. 

 1884—42-9. E;ich month in considerable excess, except December. 

 1779_42-9. Each month in con.siderable excess, except January, specially 



February and March. 

 1834—42-9. Each month in considerable excess, specially January. 

 1863—42-2. Each month in considerable excess throughout. 

 1872—41-3. All in excess except November, which was very cold. 



Average for Three Months ending March Slst. 



1846 

 1872 

 1884 

 1822 

 1834 

 1882 

 1863 

 1779 



LIST OF GARDEN PLANTS IN FLOWER. 



December 31st, 1883— January 10th, 1884. 



I give a list of garden plants in flower from December Slst to 10th January ; 

 also, of some wild ones observed at Symonds Yat on the 18th of March, which 

 show the influence of weather on vegetation. 



Christmas Rose 



Common Furze 



Blue mouse-ear 



Daisy (double) white and pink 



Wallflower, single and double 



Purple Stock 



Virginia St^ock 



Chrysanthemum, red and white 



Strawberry 



Primrose 



Cowslip 



Foetid Hellebore 

 Veronica, purple 

 Veronica rupestris 

 Garrya elliptica 

 Erica vagans 

 Erica ciliaris 

 Erica mediterranea 

 Erica carnea 

 Potentilla alba 



