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high, being such that on being reduced to the level of the sea, it 

 was about 30"95 in. The average excess of pressure, both on the 

 17 th and 18 th exceeded one inch, and the average excess daily for 

 the 49 days ending with February 24th was 0*51 in. From 

 February 25th to March 6th — there was a deficiency of pressure, 

 of nearly one inch on March 1st, and averaging of 0'55 in. for the 

 10 days ending March 6th; from March 7th to 19th there was 

 an excess of 0'33 in. daily, and from March 20th to April 2nd 

 there was a deficit of 0*1 in. daily ; from April 3 to 10 there was 

 an average daily excess of 0*25 inch ; from April 11 to the 18th, 

 it was 0"32 in. daily below its average; then for three days it was 

 above, by 0'17 inch; from April 22 to May 5 it was below its 

 average by 0.34 daily; from May 6 to 19, the average daily excess 

 of pressure was 0-33 in.; then for seven days. May 20 to May 26, 

 it was below, and was above the average to the end of the month. 



Natural History Notes. 

 Full flower. 



White Xettle, 

 Pted Nettle, 



Veronica ' '^^'' ^^^^ beginning of December, 1881. 



Groundsell. 



Primroses, 



January, 1882. 



Lilac hi bud, "| 



Honeysuckle in leaf, 



Yellow Gorse in full flower, 



Laurel, inflorescence well formed. 



Fuchsia in leaf. 



Elderberry in leaf, 14th, l^j- . 



Blackberry in leaf, 25th, f ^ ^^^^°^"' 



English Clary or Salvia Yerbenica, 



Red Dead Nettle, 



Dog Mercury, 



Yiolets, 



Primroses in great numbers, J 



Bees out, 22nd, | ^ , 



Snowdrops in flower on the 22nd, j ^^^^'^s'^^^'- 



In the middle of the month, in addition to the usual January 

 flowers, the following could be gathered : — 



