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AUGUST. 



Like the preceding month, August was cold and change- 

 able, with copious falls of rain, rendering it very unfavour- 

 able for garden work. The lowest night temperature during 

 this month was 85°, which occurred on the 31st, and the 

 highest, 54°, on the 16th. The lowest day temperature 

 was 59°, on the 11th, and the highest, 76°, on the 5th. 

 On the rock-garden eighty-one species came into flower as 

 against ninety -nine during last August. Amongst the most 

 conspicuous were : — Aster sikkimeiisis, Bahia lanata, Carlina 

 acaulis, Coreopsis verticillata, Gentiana alba, G. WallicMi, 

 Hypericum patulum, Lohelia syphilitica, Monarda Kcdmictna, 

 Olearia Haastii, Senecio speciosus, Stokesia cyanea, Sedum 

 Eioersii, Veronica longifolia suhscssilis. 



Readings of exposed Thermometer at the Rock Garden of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during August 1890. 



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