232 TRANSACTIONS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE [Sess. lviii. 



II. Meteorological Observations recorded at Royal 

 Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during the Month of May 

 1894. 



Distance from Sea, 1 mile. Height of Cistern of Barometer above Mean Sea- Level, 

 76 '5 feet. Hour of Observation, 9 a.m. 



Barometer. — Highest Observed, on the 24th, =30-411 inches. Lo-^vest Observed, 

 on the 10th, = 29-370 inches. Difference, or Monthly Range, = 1-041 inch. Mean 

 = 29-879 inches. 



S. R. Thermometers. — Highest Observed, on the 26th, = 63°-l. Lo-west Observed, 

 on the 21st, = 31°-7. Difference, or Monthly Range, = 31°-4. Mean of all the 

 Highest = 54°-0. Mean of all the Lo-west = 40°-l. Difference, or Mean Daily Range, 

 = 13°-9. Mean Temperature of Mouth -= 47°-0. 



Hygrometer.— Mean of Dry Bulb = 48°-2. Mean of Wet Bulb = 44°-6. 



Rainfall. — Number of Days on -which Rain fell =^26. Amount of Fall = 2-805 

 inches. Greatest Fall in 24 hours, on the 14th, = 0-480 inch. 



A. D. RICHARDSON, 

 Observer. 



