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flowering very freely, giving promise of a good crop of 

 berries this year. Early flowering herbaceous and bulbous 

 plants have developed abundance of fruit, particularly Helle- 

 bores, Scillas, and Corydcdis, the capsules of which are 

 already ripe, and contain good seed. The lowest night 

 temperature registered at the garden was 33°, which occurred 

 on the 31st of the month. Other low readings were regis- 

 tered. On the 2nd, 38° ; 14th, 36° ; 27th, 34° ; 28th, 37°. 

 The lowest day temperature was 48°, on the 10th , and the 

 highest, 71°, on the 28th of the mouth. The Eock Garden 

 was quite brilliant during the month ; 365 species and varie- 

 ties came into flower, while a large proportion of those that 

 began to flower during the previous month were still in good 

 condition. 



June. — The past month has been very cold and wet for 

 June, and somewhat disappointing after the good prospect 

 held out in May. 



Rain fell more or less on seventeen days during the 

 month. The lowest night temperature was 35°, which 

 occurred on the 8th ; and the highest, 53°, on the 3rd of the 

 month. The lowest day temperature was 52°, on the 12th ; 

 and the highest, 78°, on the 10th of the mouth. 



Compared with June last year, the night temperature was 

 very nearly the same, but the day readings were very much 

 lower this June. The foliage of most deciduous trees and 

 shrubs is now complete, and remarkably clean and perfect ; 

 insect pests are happily not very abundant. Grass and 

 weeds of all kinds have grown at such a rapid rate that 

 they have been difficult to keep in order. Conifers have 

 made fine clean giowths ; fewer plants have come into flower 

 this month than for any June during several years, in con- 

 sequence of the want of heat and bright sunshine. On the 

 Eock Garden 346 species and varieties came into flower during 

 the month, being 100 less than for the corresponding month 

 last year. The most effective plants in flower were the 

 various New Zealand Veronicas and Olearias, large bushes of 

 which have been completely covered with flowers. Other 

 interesting plants in flower in the Eock Garden were — 



