258 TRANSACTIONS AND rilOCEEDINGS OF [Sess. 



On Temperature and Vegetation in the Botanic 

 Garden, Glasgow, during J^vnuary 1892. By PiObert 

 BuLLEN, Curator of the Garden. 



The temperature was at or below the freezing-pomt on 

 seventeen nights during the first three weeks. The last 

 week was unusually mild, with frequent light rain, and at 

 times stormy. 



Ten decrees of frost was registered durinL,^ the nights of the 

 9 th and 15th respectively. The total night frost was only 84° 

 and four times at the freezing-point. Owing to the unusu- 

 ally high temperature of the last week, the mean for the 

 month is comparatively high. Snow fell during the night 

 of the 6th, and owing to tlie continuous frosts the ground 

 presented a very wintry appearance until the I7th, when 

 the temperature gradually became higher, as the month 

 came to a close. The readings for the last eight days 

 varied from 40° to 51°, and at night from 40° to 47°. 



