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either to the earliness of some individual bush or to the warm 

 sheltered position. 



The other notes sent in are as follows : 



" It may be noted that at Tincleton one or more wells which 

 had run dry last summer continued dry to January isth, 1899, if 

 not longer." (H. J. M.) 



And the following from Mr. E. S. Rodd : "January, 1898, 

 was one of the driest, finest, and mildest ever known, barely any 

 frost and no snow, and very little rain. The whole winter, from 

 November, 1897, to February, 1898, was one of remarkable 

 mildness and dryness. Grass was growing all the winter. 

 On Monday, February 2ist, a very heavy fall of snow fell in the 

 South of England, and on Tuesday, February 2 2nd, there were 

 from 20 to 24 inches of snow all over the ground, and snow 

 drifts 4 to 8 feet deep in this district. All traffic was impeded for 

 some days. Hard frost prevailed for a few days, too, about this 

 time. This check to vegetation will do good, as vegetation was 

 quite a month in advance of the usual season. A very dry, 

 warm summer ; four months' drought this summer, but enough 

 rain to give us a most^abundant hay and corn harvest. Weather 

 very mild with a good deal of rain and hardly any frost up to 

 December 31, 1898." 



The lists of First Appearances, &c., are appended : 



