168 TRANSACTIONS, NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY OF GLASGOW. 
trees and shrubs developed badly, and many species, notably 
Chestnuts, Acers, and such like, had a checked, stunted appearance, 
very unlike what obtained in the previous year, when the foliage 
of all trees was remarkably fine. The bloom on Pears and Apples, 
which was in many places fairly abundant, did not last for any 
time, and the display of flower on most trees and shrubs was not 
of a very brilliant or satisfactory nature. Grass, however, grew 
well, especially towards the end of the month, and the hay crops 
looked very promising. 
July.—The early days of the month were fine and pleasant. 
Strong westerly winds, with heavy showers, were experienced from 
the 3rd to the 8th. For a fortnight thereafter the weather was 
bright and warm. Severe thunderstorms were experienced in the 
city on the night of the 23rd and in the afternoon and evening 
of the 24th. Otherwise, though several days were showery, the 
weather until the end of the month was mild and balmy. 
There were twenty-one dry days in the month, and the rainfall 
was only 2:22 inches—much lower than what was recorded in 
the same month of the two preceding years, when the rainfall 
was above the average. The barometer chart does not show any 
noteworthy change, the range of pressure varying from 29°30 inches 
on the 6th to 30°15 inches on the 11th and 12th. 
The thermometer in shade was over 70° on twelve days. The 
highest reading was 78° on the 16th, the average maximum being 
67° and the minimum 50’, the former being 3° and the latter 1° 
higher than in July, 1896. 
With the genial, warm weather there was a marked improve- 
ment on vegetation, the growth made by cereal and other crops 
being steady and satisfactory, while the dry weather in the middle 
of the month enabled the hay crop to be secured generally in 
excellent order. 
August.—There was a continuance of the warmth which 
characterised July during this month, but as there was much 
more rain, the conditions generally were not so pleasant. For the 
first four days the weather was hot and sultry. A very severe 
thunderstorm occurred on the evening of the 4th, after which the 
weather, though warm, was uncertain and showery all the month, in 
