332 Plants Floivered in Rock Gardeii, Edinburgh, [sess. lh. 



October 



6. Sedum spectabile. 

 12. Teucrium flavum. 



Kniphofia Uvaria. 



lanthe bugiilifolia. 

 18. Sedum maximum, 

 latifolium. 



Tricyrtis australis. 



Helleborus niger, 

 22. Aster longifolius. 



Polygonum capitatum. 



Aconitum californicum. 

 26. Tricjrtis liirta. 



October 



26. Aster sp. 



29. Helleborus altifolius. 



November 



9. Parochetus communis. 

 12. Sternbergia lutea, 

 15. Gynerium argenteum. 

 17. Plumbago Larpentae. 



Scbizostylis coecinea. 



Jasminum nudiflorum. 

 December 

 28. Tussilago fragrans. 



Number xoliicli FJoirercd each Month chtring 1887. 



January, . 



February, 



March, 



April, 



iMay, . 



June, 



July, . 



235 



Total, 1408 



Heport on Temperatures and Ojnn-Air Vegetation, at the Royal 

 Rotanic Garden, Eclinhurgh, from July 1887 to June 

 1888. By PtOBEKT Lindsay, Curator of the Garden. 



Jidy 1887. — All outdoor vegetation suffered severely from 

 the excessive drought which i)revailed during the month of 

 July. There were frer^uent showers of rain during the month, 

 but the giouud liad become so tliorouglily parched that very 

 little benefit was derived therefrom. The day temperature 

 was frequently above 80°, tlie highest being 89°, on the 9th, 

 and the lowest 66°, on the ;3]st. Tlie highest night tem- 

 perature was 62°, on the 3r(l, and the lowest 35°, on the 6th. 

 Many trees and shrubs had their growth arrested. Her- 

 baceous plants were dwarf, Ijut coiilinncil (o (lower freely. 

 Annuals and bedding plants suffei'ed least of all from the 

 drought. On the Iif^ck Garden 235 sjjccics and varieties came 

 into flower during July, as against 281' dining the corre- 

 sponding month last year. 



