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on the hill sides or moors, such as Scuvifraga stdlaris 

 or Caltha palustris, but in June is the beginning of the 

 real flowerinsr time. 



Europe is almost annually visited on or about the 

 16th, 17th, and 18th of May by a short cold period. The 

 Continent feels its effect more than Britain, but Britain 

 is far from being beyond the spell of these " ice-saints." 

 To its effect on the flowering of plants one writer has 

 already called attention. It may possibly have something 

 to do with these curves here produced, but we can offer 

 no more than the bare suggestion. 



