232 Mr E. Lindsay's Report on Opcn-Air Vegetation. 



plants came into flower during the month, making a total 

 of 818 for the season, as compared with 798 at correspond- 

 ing date last year. The following were amongst the most 

 conspicuous which flowered, viz.: — 



Aciphylla squarrosa ( S ?). 

 Ajuga genevensis. 

 Androsace rotundifoHa macro- 

 calyx. 

 Allium coeruleum. 

 Anagallis tenella. 

 Arenaria montana. 

 Aster alpinus. 



albus. 

 Astragalus vaginatus. 

 Calocliortus coeruleus. 

 Calceolaria Kellyana. 

 Celmisia spectabilis. 

 Clirysobactron Hookeri. 

 Clintonia Andrewsiana. 

 Coronilla iberica. 

 Craspedia Eicliea. 

 Dianthus alpinus. 



eximius (hybrid). 



Fischeri. 



neglectus. 



superbus. 

 Diphylleia cymosa. 

 Echium rubrum. 

 Erigeron aurantiacum. 



purpureum. 

 Erinus hispanicus albus. 

 Eriophorum alpinum. 

 Gaillardia maxima. 

 Gentiana lutea. 

 Geranium cinereum. 



Gaultberia carnea. 

 Haplocarpha Leichtlini. 

 Hedysarum obscurum. 

 Houstonia coerulea. 

 Hypoxis erecta. 

 Melissa grandiflora. 

 Mulgedium alpinum. 

 Lewisia rediviva. 

 Linum alpinum. 

 Libertia grandiflora. 

 Lychnis pyrenaica. 



viscaria splendens fl.-pl. 

 Ononis rotund ifolia. 

 Onosma taurica. 

 Oxytropis Hallerii. 

 Pentstemon Lewisii. 

 Potentilla eriocarpa. 

 Pratia angulata. 

 Eo.sa pyrenaica. 

 Sedum oreganum. 

 Trifolium alpinum. 

 Vaccinium Mortinia, 

 VeUa spinosa. 

 Veronica Haastii. 



carnosula. 



Chathamica. 



Hulkeana. 

 Vancouveria hexandra. 

 Verbascum olympicum. 

 Wahlenbergia saxicola. 



&c., &c. 



Report on Temperature and Vegetation in the Garden of the 

 Royal Institution of Glasgoio, during 1884-1885. By 

 R. BuLLEN, Curator. 



December 1884. — Frost was registered on eighteen 

 mornings during the month, the lowest reading being 

 21°, or 11° of frost, during the nights of the 21st and 22nd 

 respectively. Total for the eighteen readings, 93°. The 

 mean temperature was generally high during the day, 



