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Summary of Records from. Scotch Counties in 1890. 



On Temperature and Vegetation at the Royal Botanic 

 Garden, during February 1891, By Robert Lindsay, 

 Curator of the Garden. 



The month of February has been remarkable for the fine, 

 dry, and mild weather which prevailed. Such dry, warm 

 weather is perhaps without parallel in the history of the 

 month. Vegetation generally is not so well forward as might 

 have been expected from the genial nature of the weather 

 experienced. A large number of spring flowers are in 

 blossom, but in every case they are later in coming into 

 flower than they were last year. Ribes, Thorns, Lilacs, and 

 other hardy shrubs are just starting into growth. The ther- 

 mometer was at or below freezing-point on twelve mornings, 

 indicating collectively 79° of frost for the month, as against 

 101° for the corresponding month last year. The lowest 

 readings occurred on the 12th, 25°; 19th, 25°; 20th, 24°; 

 26th, 24° ; 27th, 20°. The lowest day temperature was 42° 

 on the 13th, and the highest 59° on the 24th. Of the forty 

 spring flowering plants whose dates of flowering are annually 

 recorded, the following fourteen came into flower, viz. : — 

 Corylus Avcllana on February 6th, Crocus Susianus on 7th, 

 Scilla yrcecox on 8th, Leucojum verniLm on 7th, Tussilago 



