500 Mr Lindsay's Rej)ort on Open- Air Vegetation, [sess. liii. 



The lowest day temperature was 55°, on the 11th; and the 

 highest 78°, on the 9th. The show of Roses was very 

 inferior, owing to cold and wet ; many buds never opened 

 at all, hut rotted on the bushes. One hundred and forty 

 species of plants came into flower in the rock-garden, the 

 best of which were Adonis pyrcnaica, Astragalus alo- 

 jjecuroides, Campanida isophylla alba, Dianthus Atkinsoni, 

 D. Seguieri, Enjthrma diffusa. Erica striata, E. ramulosa, 

 Gentiarut ornata, G. iibetica, Galium rubrum, Limtm mono- 

 gyniLTn, Lilium auraium, Omphalodes Lucillice, Spircea astil- 

 boidcs, S. cmspitosa, S. bullata, RiUa patavina, Yucca gloriosa. 



September. — This month was a most favourable one, and 

 out-door operations had but little interruption. No frost 

 occurred ; there was a fair amount of sunshine, and there 

 were only eight wet days during the month. Late-flowering 

 herbaceous plants and annuals now reached their best, but 

 were much behind the average in quality of blossom. 

 Many trees and shrubs, particularly Oaks, made a second 

 growth. The lowest night temperature was 34°, on the 9th ; 

 and tlie highest 51°, on the 2nd. The lowest day tempera- 

 ture was 51°, on the 30th ; and the highest 77°, on the 22nd. 

 On the rock-garden forty-eight species came into flower 

 during September, amongst which were Aster spectabilis, 

 Campanula fragilis, Oolchicumi speciosum maximum, Cyclamen 

 europceum, Gladiolus Saundersii, Gentiana asclepiadea alba, 

 Helleborus altifolius, Ligularia, Hodgsoni, Lobelia fulgens, 

 Spircea Bumaldce, Veronica longifolia suhsessilis. Seeds of 

 herbaceous and alpine plants have not ripened well, and 

 a poor crop has been gatliered. 



()c^o5cr.— Remarkably fine and dry weather charaiiterised 

 this month. Frost set in at the beginning of it, later than 

 usual, and not very severe. The thermometer was at or 

 Ijelow the freezing-point on six nights, indicating collectively 

 only 9° of frost as against 31° during October 1887. The 

 lowest readings were on the 2nd, 29°; 3rd, 31°; 5th, 29°; 

 7th, 32°; 14th, 30°. The lowest day temperature was 48°, 

 on the 6tli ; and the highest 68°, on the 27th. Dahlias, 

 Pelargoniums, and other tender ])lants were injured by frost 

 on the 2nd, but not sufficiently so to prevent tlieni Howering, 

 which they are still doing in the open ground. Autumnal 

 tints on deciduous trees and slirubs were late in showing; 



