328 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 



dendrons, though somewhat irregular, as many varieties did not 

 set flower buds, made an excellent display, whilst the annual 

 flower-bedding stuffs and hardy herbaceous plants were not only 

 better but more prolonged in their blooming than usual. 



Regarding annual vegetation, the same good results were 

 general. The cereals, never having been checked, developed 

 well, and were harvested under satisfactory conditions. Root 

 crops, especially potatoes, were likewise fine and abundant. The 

 dry weather tended to keep the grass back for a week or two, 

 but on the whole there was an abundance of pasture throughout 

 the season, and the hay crop was also good. 



Alter such a sunny and pleasant year, the condition of trees 

 and shrubs is such as to warrant us to look forward with lively 

 anticipations, and, given genial conditions, there should be 

 another fine floral display in park and woodland. 



The hope expressed last year that the cycle of wet seasons 

 had ended, and that we should be blessed with a series in which 

 the sunshine would exceed the rain, having been amply fulfilled, 

 we can only again reiterate the hope, and that the weather 

 conditions may be such as tend to sweeten the atmosphere of 

 oiur city and brighten the lives and benefit the health of its 

 toiling citizens by enabling them to enjoy more fully the advan- 

 tages and pleasures which are to be found in life out of doors. 



Subjoined is the meteorological record for the past tlii-ee years 

 as kept at Queen's Park, and the averages for the last twelve 

 years. 



