2M2 Mr Sadler's Report on Opcn-Air Veyeiation. 



month were on the 1st, 40'; 2d, 44°; 7th, 45° ; 16th, 43° ; 2l8t, 

 42°; 28th, 38°; 29th, 42°. The injurious effects of last winter 

 u])on vegetation was now very obvious, many plants that produced 

 young shoots in spring and gave promise of continued growth 

 having succumbed. Owing to the unfavourable nature of the last 

 five seasons, vegetation generally has shown a marked deterioration 

 in many parts of Scotland, especially in exj^osed situations. Since 

 last month 77 species and varieties of plants have flowered in the 

 Eock Garden, making a total of 561, compared with 701 at the 

 corresponding period of last year. 



Amongst those in flower were : — 



Saxifraga platypetala. 

 Ajuga pyramidalis. 

 Epipactis palustris. 

 Astilbe japonica. 

 Morina Wallichi. 

 Sisyrinchum coelestinum. 

 Spiraea palmata. 



Lilium longiflorum. 



„ auratum. 



„ chaixi. 

 Orobanche rubra. 

 Meconopsis A¥allichi. 

 Tritelia Murrayana. 

 Allium M'Nabianum. 



II. Eecord of some op the Plants Killed or Injured during 

 THE Winter op 1880-81 at the Royal Botanic Garden, 

 Edinburgh. 



1. Killed or greatly injured. 



Arbutus Unedo. 



Picea bracteata. 

 Viburnum Tinus. 

 Cupressus macrocarpa. 

 Libocedrus chilensis. 

 Veronica Andersoni. 



„ salicifolia. 



„ Traversi. 

 Quercus Ilex. 



„ Suber. 

 Laurus nobilis. 

 Catalpa syringaefolia. 

 Lavatera arborea. 

 Linum perennc. 

 Anemone pectinata. 

 „ scorpioides. 



„ palmata. 



Benthamia fragifera. 

 Chamaepuce CasabonjB. 

 Cheiranthus Cheiri. 



„ longifolius. 



Stoba3a purpurea. 

 Matthiola (Stocks). 

 Convolvulus mauritanicus. 

 Artichoke, globe. 

 Ar en aria grandiflora. 

 Loiseleuria procumbens. 

 Chamicbatia foliolosa. 

 Prunus laurocerasus. 

 Garrya elliptica. 

 Draba chamajjasme. 

 Galax aphylla. 

 Phlox aristata. 

 Phillyrea angustifolia. 



