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Forsythia suspensa and Magnolicv consjncua are unusually 

 well flowered. Of the forty spring-flowering plants whose 

 dates of flowering are annually recorded, the following 

 eighteen came into flow^er during March, thus completing 

 the list, viz. : — Tussilago alba, on 2nd March ; Narcissus 

 puviilus, 6 th; Scilla hifolia alba, 6 th; S. taurica, 6 th 

 Orobus vcrnus, 6 th ; Sisyrinchmm grandiflorum album 

 12th; Omphalodes verna, 13th; Draba aizoides, 14th 

 Erythronium Dens-canis, 14th ; Aubrietia grandijiora, 16th 

 Sisyrinchmm grandiflorum, 18th; Bibes sanguineum, 19th 

 Narcissus Pseudo- Narcissus, 20th; Gorydcdis solida, 22 nd 

 Hyoscyamus Scopolia, 22nd; Symphytum ccmcasicum, 22nd 

 Adonis vcrnalis, 24th; Fritillaria impcricdis, 25th. 



On the rock-garden 75 species and varieties came into 

 flower during the month, as against 8 1 for March last 

 year. xlmongst the most interesting were — Anemone 

 ranunculoidcs, A. fulgens, Aubi'ictict Hendcrsonii, Cardamine 

 trifoliata, Corydalis nobilis, Dentaria pentapliyUa, D. ennca- 

 pihylla, Doronicum caucasicum. Narcissus incomparabilis 

 gigantcus, Ornphcdodes xerna alba, Pachysandra ijrocmnhens, 

 Pachystima Canbyi, Rhododendron ciliatum, Saxifraga ciliata, 

 S. juniperina, S. Jimbricda, S. crassifolia, S. sancta, S. 

 retusa, S. pyrenaica, Scopolia Hladnickiana, Soldanellct 

 montana, etc. 



Readings of exposed Thermometers at the Rock-Garden of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during March 1894. 



