uG6 Mr Robert Bulleii on Vegetation in the 



triloba were in bloom at the end of the month. The 

 balsam Poplar, also some Loniceras, are in full leaf. 



March. 



During the month the thermometer was at or below the 

 freezing-point on four occasions, the lowest reading being 

 during the night of the 21st, falling to 28°. Cold winds, 

 with occasional hailstorms were, however, more the cause 

 of the low temperature than actual frost. 



April. 



The thermometer was at the freezing-point on four 

 occasions, and below only twice, on the 9th and 15th. 



During the earlier part of the month vegetation made 

 little progress, owing to the cold winds which prevailed. 

 The leaves of the more tender herbaceous plants, as also 

 those of several deciduous trees and shrubs, were slightly 

 injured by the frost on the night of the 15th inst. As 

 frost has not been experienced since that date, no ill effects 

 are observable, the leafage of most trees being at least 

 three weeks in advance of the last two seasons. 



May. 



No frost has been recorded during the month. The lowest 

 temperatures being on the following dates : — 1st, 33° ; 2nd, 

 35° ; 9th, 34° ; 14th, 34°. The highest on the 17th, 18th, 19th. 

 and 20th, when the average was 69°. 



The weather generally has been unfavourable to the 

 growth of the more tender of what are commonly called 

 hardy plants. 



Common trees and plants of a perennial nature have 

 generally continued to grow with considerable vigour. 

 The cold winds which prevailed during the early part of 

 the month were succeeded by twelve parching days, and 

 comparatively cold nights, retarding late-leafing trees, as 

 well as annuals. 



A total of twenty-three dry days were recorded for the 

 month. 



