40 TEAXSACTIOXS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lviii. 



collected by Mrs. Farquharson ; Lichcnes, 89; Fungi, 59, 

 not including the microscopic species. There are several 

 rare species collected in October 1872 — Tramdcs peronatus 

 and Hygrophorus cMorophanus, and a species new to Britain, 

 H. meisncriensis, of a bluish colour, and gelatinous, as 

 attested by Mr. "W. Smith, of London. 



Notes Feom The Eoyal Botanic Gaeden, Edinbuegh. 



I. PiEPORT on TeMPEEATUEE AND VEGETATION DUEING 



XoTEMBEE 1893. By EoBEUT Lindsay, Curator. 



During ^Rovember the thermometer was at or below 

 the freezing point on sixteen mornings, indicating collec- 

 tively 55° of frost for the month, as against 41° for the 

 corresponding month last year. Falls of rain, snow, and 

 sleet were frequent. The severe northerly gale which 

 passed over the country on the 18th and 19th, with such 

 disastrous effects in various quarters, did no damage at the 

 Gardens. The lowest readings of the thermometer were 

 on the 1st, 25°; 4th, 25°; 5th, 28°; 21st, 24°; 22nd, 

 26°. Very few plants are now in Hower out of doors, 

 vegetation being in an almost dormant condition. Not 

 any plants came into flower during November on the 

 rock-garden. 



Readings of exposed Thermometer at the Rock-Garden of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during November 1893. 



Dat«. Minimum. y a.m. Maximum. Date. Minimum. 9 a.m. Maximum. 



