146 WEATHER AND NATURE NOTES. 
we could not help being charmed with our natural surround- 
ing and exclaiming, ‘‘ What a beautiful world in which we 
have been privileged to spend our probationary course !’’ and 
wondering what kind of conditions will prevail in the life 
which is to come. 
Cuckoo Flower came into bloom on the 8th; “‘ Blen- 
heim ’’ Apple on the roth; Garden Strawberry on the 15th; 
Wild Hyacinth on the 17th; Eyebright on the 17th; Chestnut 
on the 19th; Hawthorn on the 27th. 
We had an unusual number of Bumble Bees (Bombus 
terristris) and an extraordinary large number of Queen Wasps 
(Vespa vulgaris), which were very annoying, and people were 
looking forward with some alarm as to what extent the 
nuisance might reach in the summer and autumn if everyone 
was fertile and became the parent of a family of wasps. But 
during June and July they gradually decreased in number, 
and by the end of July there was hardly a wasp to be seen. 
What became of them I do not know, but during the summer 
and autumn there were very few nests about here. This 
singular occurrence of such a large number of Queen Wasps 
in the spring, and followed by few nests, has been noted in 
some previous years. The great number that had hibernated 
and survived the winter had either been unfertile, or weather 
conditions had been unfavourable for the development of the 
eggs and the production of young. 
JUNE. 
Rain fell cvery day till the 11th. From the 16th till the 
21st the weather was rather cold and unseasonable, and on 
the night of the 13th there was some frost on the grass. 
Turnips came away rather slowly after sowing, but were 
ready for hoeing about the usual time under favourable 
weather conditions. Corn gave promise of being a good 
crop. There was a good deal of thunder, which no doubt 
had a beneficial influence on vegetable growth. The flowers 
of the month came into bloom about their usual time—Ox-eye 
Daisy on the 6th: Herb Bennet came into bloom on the 11th; 
Wild Rose on the 14th; Harebell on the 23rd. 
