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but disappearing on the 28th. The temperature (about 40°) was above 

 the average for this month, and the total rainfall was also in excess. 

 A lunar halo was seen at Loughborough on the 12th. So ends another 

 wet and trying year ; the promise of the first six months of 1880 was 

 excellent, but the heavy rains of the latter half of the year completely 

 belied the promise of the spring. 



Being no longer, from stress of other work, an active Meteorological 

 observer, I have induced Mr. Clement L. Wragge, F.M.S., F.R.G.S., of 

 Farley, near Cheadle, Staffordshire, to undertake the Meteorological 

 Department of this Magazine ; and all future communications on the 

 weather should be sent to him. In parting company with the large 

 band of observers who have aided me so well during the past three 

 years, I beg to thank them very sincerely for all the trouble they have 

 taken, and for the scientific care, promptitude, and accuracy which they 

 have displayed. I know my successor to be a most able and enthusiastic 

 Meteorologist, and under his charge I am sure the work will be con- 

 tinued with increasing efficiency. — W. Jerome Harrison. 



CfltTc.spitucnte. 



LIST OF PLANTS FLOWERING IN NEIGHBOURHOOD 

 OF FALMOUTH, December, 1880, and January, 1881. 



Wild Plants. 

 Ranunculus repens, * from December 1 to January 5, 1881, continuously. 



,, acris, Dec. 10. 

 Fumaria capreolata,* from December 1 to January 5, 1881, ,, 



,, officinalis," ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 



Capsella Bursa-pastoris,* ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 



Lepidium Smithii, December 26. 

 Cochlearia Danica, ,, 21. 

 Coronopus Ruellii,* from December 1 to January 5, 1881, ,, 



,, didyma,* ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 



Cardamine hirsuta,* ,, ,, ,, ,, 



Sisymbrium officinale,* ,, ,, ,, ,, 



Brassica oleracea, December 26. 

 Sinapis arvensis,* from December 1 to January 5, 1881, ,, 



,, alba, December 26th. 

 Reseda Luteola, ,, 



,, lutea, ,, 



Viola canina,* from December 1 to January 5, 1881, ,, 



Silene inflata, December 10. 



Lychnis dioica,* from December 1 to January 5, 1881 ,, 



,, vespertina, ,, ,, ,, ,, 



Sagina procumbens, December 21. 



Spergula arvensis,* from December 1 to January 5, 1881, ,, 



Stellaria media,* ,, ,, ,, ,, ,, 



,, graminea, December 10. 

 Cerastium viscosum,* from December 1 to January 5, 1881, ,, 



Geranium Robertianum,* ,, ,, .. ,, 



„ molle, December 21 



,, dissectum, ,, 



Oxalis corniculata, ,, 



Ulex Europaeus, from December 1 to January 5, 1881, ,, 



