AUGUST. 



August was an exceedingly warm month, there was an 

 entire absence of anything like cold weather throughout. 

 Eain and thunderstorms were rather frequent, but the 

 month, on the whole, was a most favouralile one. The 

 lowest night temperature was 38°, which occurred on the 

 28th of the month, and the highest 58°, on the 16th. 

 The lowest day temperature was 63°, on the 31st of the 

 month, and the highest 87°, on the loth and 16th. 



On the rock-garden 73 species and varieties of hardy 

 plants came into flower, as against 103 during the previous 

 August. Amongst the most interesting were: — Allium 

 glaucum, Campanula Jloribunda, Ccntaurea alpina, Colchicum 

 speciosum, Coreopsis vtrticillata, Carlina subcaulescens, Cyda- 

 '/nen curopcvum, Erica Lawsoniana, E. Watsoni, Delphinium, 

 sulphureum, Gladiohis Saunclersii, Hypericum Ekeoidcs, H. 

 2Mtulum, Montbretia crocosmceflora, Origanum Dictamnus, 

 Polygonum capitatum, P. vaccinifolium., Scnecio compacta, 

 Statice ininuta, Sedum latifolium, Veronica longifolia sub- 

 sessilis, Zauschneria ccdiforniea. 



