170 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lv. 



Ee.makks on Temperature and Vegetation in the 

 Botanic Garden, Glasgow, during June 1891. By 

 PtOBERT Bullen, Curator of the Garden. 



This was an unusually dry mouth, and nothing like 

 summer weather was experienced until the 9th, when the 

 temperature hegau to increase. Although we had a con- 

 siderable duration of sunshine, the mean temperature for the 

 month was low, owing to tlie continued breezy north-east 

 winds. June 9th is recorded here as being the first day of 

 summer, but no really hot summer weather was experienced 

 until the 19th. From that date to, and including the 25th, 

 the sun thermometer registered from 93° to 98°, and that in 

 the shade from 70° to 76°. 



Xo rain worthy of mention fell until the 26th, when 

 such plants as had not been forced into premature bloom 

 grew away vigorously. The latter days of the month were 

 cloudy, and mostly cold. Out-door plants are a fortnight 

 behind their usual blooming season. 



First Impressions of the Vegetation of British Guiana. 

 By Bev. David Paul, M.A., Eoxburgh. 



(Read at the Meeting of the Society on Marcli 12, 1891.) 



A record of first impressions made on the mind of a 

 traveller in a foreign country may or may not be of value. 

 Where the subject-matter is of a kind that requires patient 

 observation of facts, and comparison of particulars, and 

 cautious generalisation, as, for instance, in dealing with the 

 character or habits of a people, first impressions acquired 

 during a short visit are obviously worthless. But where, on 

 the other hand, the mere outward features of a strange 

 country are in question, the points in tlie scenery or vegeta- 

 tion that have especially attracted the eye and the interest 

 of the visitor, and that require no lengthened study for their 

 appreciation, his first impressions may make up in vividness 

 and sharpness for what they luck of full and accurate 



