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has been continued by the successive lairds. Upper Annan- 

 dale and Moffat to-day can bear comparison with any similar 

 places in broad Scotland. 



Weather and other Notes taken at Jardington 

 during 1912. 



By Mr John Rutherford. 



January. 

 The year came in with a sample of weather which was 

 very encourag-ing, but was too good to last. The first five days 

 were delightful ; fine and mild, with a maximum temperature 

 of about 50 degrees, being 6 or 7 degrees higher than the 

 first week of 191 1. There was beautiful sunshine, with a 

 south-west wind. The fields were fresh and green. The 

 morning" song of the birds was charming, which made one 

 feel that the Spring had come before the Winter was away. 

 The wind then changed to S.E., N.E., and N., and continued 

 principally in those directions till the end of the month. The 

 change of wind was followed by changeable, cold, wintry 

 weather. On the 7th Queensberry and the Moffat hills were 

 covered with snow. We had two inches of snow on the 9th, 

 and about the same on the i8th. It was much heavier in the 

 surrounding districts. There were several days when frost 

 was recorded, but none when it was severe, except that which 

 came on the last four days. Although there were violent 

 storms round our coast, doing a lot of damage, there were 

 none of any consequence here. Snowdrops came into bloom 

 on the 14th. There were a few daisies on the lawn near the 

 end of the month. Highest maximum temperature in the 

 shade, 50 deg. on the ist; lowest maximum, 30 deg. on the 

 30th ; highest minimum reading, 45 deg. on the ist and 13th ; 

 lowest, 18 deg. on the 28th ; lowest on grass, 15 deg. on the 

 7th and 28th. Temperature in the screen 4 feet above the 

 ground, at or below 32 deg. on 18 days ; on the grass, 22 days. 

 Range of barometer between 29.3 and 30.3 inches. 



February. 

 During the first week there was a keen hard frost, with 



