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mentioned gale the biggest and oldest Cedrm Deodara was ruined 

 by a large Silver Fir falling on the top of it. The first flower 

 appeared on the Gooseberry this season on 25th March, while last 

 season it appeared on the 3rd of ]May ; and this is the greatest dif- 

 ference in time of flowering which I have observed in any plant this 

 season. Snowdrops were fully five weeks earlier this spring than 

 last. They began to flower on the 7th of February, while last 

 spring it was the 11th of March before they appeared. Other 

 things were in like proportion. On the 1st of May this season 

 forest trees — such as Beech, Plane, and Lime — were as far. into leaf 

 as they were about the 11th or 12th of the same month last year. 



From Mr George Johxstox, The Gardens, GJamis, Forfarshire. 



May 30, 1882. 



The Gardens are about twelve miles distant from the sea, with an 

 elevation of 125 feet above its level. The soil and subsoil are light 

 and free, and vegetation is early ; but, owing to the Dean (a slow 

 sluggish stream) passing through the grounds, early vegetation is 

 often destroyed by frost, which also appears early in autumn, — in 

 some seasons as early as the beginning of September. The past 

 winter was the mildest which has been experienced during the 

 seventeen years I have been here. The lowest temperatures occurred 

 on the 18th Xovember and 23rd December. The lowest tempera- 

 tures in January were on the 4th and 29th. February was very 

 mild, the lowest temperatures being on the 9th and 25th. On the 

 16th of February flowers of seventeen difl'erent plants were gathered 

 from the open border. 



Report on the East Coast of Arran, Buteshire. 

 From the Rev. David Landsborough, Kilmamoclc. 



The east coast of the island of Arran is peculiarly sheltered. 

 The Goatfell range of mountains on the north-east runs for a 

 distance of 5 mUes north and south parallel to the coast, ascending 

 to the height of nearly 3000 feet (2866). This not merely shelters 

 from the west, but, as nautical men are well aware, as much from 

 the east, the high mountains lifting up the -nlnd, so that places at 

 their foot are almost unaffected by winds blowing from the front. 

 At Lamlash there are mountains, half the height of the Goatfell 

 range, behind, and the Holy Isle, 1030 feet in height, is in front. 

 These circumstances, along with the position of Arran, on the Avest 

 coast of Scotland, render certain spots in it very mild and sheltered. 



