234 Mr Sadler's Beport on Open-Air Vegetation. 



Tussilago alba, 



Scilla praecox, 



Crocus vernus, 



Sisyrinchium grandiflorum album, 



Aubrietia grandiflora, 



Scilla sibixica, 



Sisyrincbium grandiflorum, 



Draba aizoides, 



Dapbne Mezereum, 



Scilla bifolia, 



Tussilago nivea, 



Bulbocodium vernum, 



Arabis albida, 



Iberis gibraltarica, . 



Scilla bifolia alba, . 



„ taurica. 

 Rhododendron JSTobleanum, 

 Narcissus pumilus, 

 Orobus vernus, 

 Iris reticulata, 

 Erythronium Dens canis, 

 Symplocarpus foetidus, . 

 Mandragora officinalis, . 

 Ribes sanguineum, 

 Corydalis solida, 

 Symphytum caucasicum . 

 Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus, 

 Hyoscyamus scopolia, 

 Fritillaria imperialis, 

 Adonis vernalis, 



IV. Extracts from Correspondents as to the Effects of the 

 Winter of 1880-81 in different parts of Scotland. 



1. From, the North of Scotland. 



From Mr. Thos. M'Donald, Tlie Gardens, Balfour Castle, 

 Kirkwall, OrTiney. 



June 3, 1881. 



The garden and grounds of Balfour Castle are situated on a light 



clayey soil, about 600 yards from, and 50 feet above, the sea, with 



an exposure to the south. The most severe months are March and 



April, when we are visited by gales from the south and south-east. 



