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Cutoneiister are well covered with berries, now finely 

 coloured. Other berry-bearing shrubs are but sparingly 

 set. Ehododendrons, Azaleas, and other Ericaceous plants 

 have not been so well set with flower-buds for some years 

 back. The season is most favourable for transplanting and 

 outdoor work generally. On the rock garden 315 species 

 and varieties of dwarf-growing herbaceous and alpine 

 plants came into bloom since our last meeting, making a 

 total of 1112 for the season, as against 981 at the same 

 date last year, being the largest number yet recorded as 

 having flowered there in one season. Amongst those 

 which flowered were the following, viz.: — 



Orobanche rubra. 

 Gnaplialium Leontopodium. 

 Ti'opajolum speciosum. 

 Spimea bullata. 

 Sileue Schaftii. 

 Libertia azurea. 

 Cyauanthus lobatus. 

 Sedum Ewersii. 

 Pterocephalus Parnassi. 

 Cam panula ^\'aldsteiniana. 

 „ isopliylla alba. 



Mecoxiopsis Wallichii. 

 Coreopsis tenuifolia. 

 Calluna vulgaris plena. 

 !Mutisia decurrens. 



Erica ramulosa. 

 Ranunculus rutcefolius. 

 Montbretia Pottsii. 



„ crocosmseflora. 



Senecio speciosus. 

 Cyclamen hedercefolium. 

 Gladiolus Saundersii. 

 Colchicum maximum. 

 Origanum Tournefortii. 

 Stokesia cyanea. 

 Gentiana Andrewsii. 

 Crocus pulchellus. 

 Sternbergia lutea. 

 Parochaitus communis. 

 Helleborus altifolius. 



Novemher. — During November the thermometer was at 

 or below^ the freezing-point on thirteen occasions, indicat- 

 ing collectively 64° of frost, as against 37° for the corre- 

 sponding mouth last year. The lowest readings were on 

 the 14th, 25°; 15th, 27°; 23rd, 25^; 29th, ^23° ; 30th, 

 19. The highest morning readings were on the 1st, 56°; 

 5th, 48°; 7th, 55°; 9th, 49°; 11th, 48°. The highest day 

 temperature was 60°, on the 1st, and the lowest 32°, on 

 the 30th. Rain fell on sixteen days, chiefly during the 

 first half of the month, which moistened the surface of the 

 ground only ; underneath the surface the ground is dry to 

 an extent not hitherto observed in November. The usual 

 storms during this month have been less frequent and 

 severe; outdoor wcrk has, therefore, been very little 



