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IV. On Meteorological Observations recorded at 

 EoYAL Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during 1894. 



Pressure. 



The mean atmospheric pressure, reduced to 32° at 

 9 A.M., for the year was 29*792 inches, being 0-002 

 inch above the average of the three previous years. 



Temperature. 



The highest shade temperature for the year was 76°" 9, 

 on the afternoon of 6th July, being the lowest maximum 

 for four years. 



The lowest shade temperature for the year was 11°'8, 

 on the morning of 7th January, being the highest minimum 

 for four years, with the exception of 1891. 



The range of the shade temperature for the year was 

 65°*1, being the least for four years, with the exception of 

 1891. 



The mean of all the highest shade temperatures for the 

 year was 53°'8, being 0°*7 above the average of the three 

 previous years. 



The mean of all the lowest shade temperatures for the 

 year was 41° '3, being 1°"0 above the average of the three 

 previous years. 



The mean shade temperature for the year was 47°'5, 

 being 0°"8 above the average of the three previous years. 



July was the warmest month of the year, with a mean 

 shade temperature of 58°*3 ; January the coldest, with a 

 mean of 37°"6. 



Frost was registered in the shade at 4 feet above the 

 ground on forty-three days during the year. 



Eainfall, 



The number of days on which rain fell during the year 

 was 212, being the greatest number in any year for four 

 years, with the exception of 1892. The total fall was 

 2 9 "8 9 4 inches, being the greatest for four years, and 



