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Ag. (Hyph.) udus, Pers. Bv Bracebrid«e Pool, Sutton Park. Eare. 



Oct. 

 Ag. (Psilocybe) semilanceatus, Fr. On damp pasture, Sutton Park. 



Oct.— Nov. 

 Ag. (Panaeolus) separatus. L. Common, on dung. 

 Ag. (Pan.) timiputris. Bull. Common, on dung. 

 Ag. (Psathyrella) disseminatus, Fr. Driffold Lane, Sutton, on bark. 



W. B. GROVE, B.A. 

 ( To be continued.) 



M E T E E L O (I Y OF THE MIDLANDS 



BY CLEMENT L. WKAGGE, F.R.G.S., F.M.S., ETC. 



THE WEATHER OF APRIL AND MAY, 1882. 



April. — Very genial weather prevailed until the 12th, followed by 

 a period of excessive rain, with thunderstorms, hail, and gales during 

 the last week. The gale of the 29th reached the force of a hurricane 

 at Marlborough. Temperature appears to have been much about the 

 average. The rainfall, however, was much above the average, the 

 totals being generally between 3 and Sin. The barometer read 

 highest on the 8th, and lowest on the 29th, 30-4:40 and 28-915 being 

 about the mean values respectively at 32 Fahr. and sea level for 

 central districts. The mean amount of cloud may be given as 7*0 

 (scale to 10), and the mean relative humidity as 83%. North-easterly 

 winds were very frequent. The mean temperature of the soil at 

 Strellev, at a depth of 1ft., was 45-4, and the total duration of sunshine 

 139-8 hours. 



M.\Y. — Temperature was above, and rainfall generally about the 

 average. Highest reading of barometer, 30-520, and lowest, 29-355, on 

 the 17th and 24th respectively (means for Central England at 32 Fahr. 

 and sea level). The mean amount of cloud was about 6-0 (scale, to 

 10), and mean relative humidity about 73%. North-easterly winds 

 again very prevalent. The mean temperature of the soil at Strelley 

 was 51-6 at depth of 1 foot ; and duration of sunshine, 245-8 hours. 



THE WEATHER OF JUNE, 1882. 



This was a wet and unsettled month, with an abnormally low 

 temperature, and ungenial weather generally. At Hodsock it was 

 "the coldest and wettest June in eight years' observations." At Orleton 

 the mean temperature was 2^ degrees below the average of 20 years, 

 and the rainfall was nearly double the average. The highest pressure 

 was recorded on the 1st, when the barometer corrected and reduced to 

 sea level at 32 Fah. read 30-365 over central England ; and the lowest 

 reading was 29-380, on the 9th, as means respectively. The mean 

 amount of clo id was about 8-0 (scale to 10), and the mean relative 

 humidity 78 %. Westerly winds prevailed. The mean temperature 

 of the soil at Strelley, at a depth of one foot, was 55-9 ; and the total 

 duration of sunshine 144-7 hours. Snow was reported to have fallen 

 in the Staffordshire moorlands. On Ben Nevis early in the mouth the 

 snow averaged 4 feet in depth, and heavy snowfalls occurred after- 

 wards. Sea temperatm-e at Scarborough, 51-9. 



