Note.—The observations are taken at 9 a.m., except at Redhill, 
Reigate Hill (Nutwood Lodge), Addington (Park Farm), and Brixton 
(8 a.m.), Kenley (The Cottage) (8.30 a.m.), and Croydon (Waddon 
New Road) (10 a.m.). 
NOTES. 
(March, 1896.) 
The month has been warm and very wet. It is the wettest March 
since 1862, and in the Greenwich record commencing with 1816 there 
are only eight Marches wetter than March, 1896. There was a 
thunderstorm on the 8rd with lightning, hail, and snow, and lightning 
was also seen on the 22nd. Vegetation has progressed rapidly. A 
solar halo with two mock suns and supernumerary circles was seen at 
Upper Gatton on the 5th, and also one with one mock sun at the 
same place on the 10th ; and lunar halos were seen at Epsom on the 
28rd and 27th. As might be expected, the month has been rather an 
unhealthy one, colds being very prevalent. The mean temperature of 
the month is about 4° above the March average, and was at Upper 
Gatton 47-7°, at Croydon (Duppas House) and Wallington 46°3°, at 
Croydon (Whitgift) and Waddon 46°, at Kenley (Ingleside) 45-5°, and 
at Chipstead 44:4°. There were recorded at Upper Gatton 62-2 hours 
of bright sunshine, and at Wallington 62:4 hours of sunlight, which 
latter is 16 per cent. below the March mean of the ten years 1886-95. 
Mr. Mennell, of Croydon, kindly supplies the following botanical 
notes. On the 14th the almond, apricot, and lesser celandine (Ranun- 
culus Ficaria) were in full bloom; and on the 28rd there were in 
full bloom the wood anemone, the barren strawberry (Potentilla Fra- 
gaviastrum), the dandelion, the coltsfoot, the tuberous moschateb 
(Adoxa Moschatellina), the dog mercury, the white and red dead-nettles, 
and the larch. 
F. Campsetu-Bayarp, F.R.Met.Soc., 
Hon. Sec. 
