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away with the cutting of the timber which he planted, a new Bar- 
gally has at least taken its place. The house has in recent times 
been enlarged and a new approach made to it. The garden, one 
of the features of the property, speaks for itself, and is an object 
of great beauty and interest. Most of the woods in the vicinity 
are copse-wood, cut over at intervals of fifteen years or so, but fine 
trees are always left standing. Mr G. M. Stewart, in October, 
1917, made the following measurements of trees at Bargally, giving 
the circumference three feet above the ground : — 
2 Beeches—16 ft. 8 in. and 14 ft. 6 in. 
2 Spanish Chestnuts—-12 ft. 10 in. and 12 ft. 9 in. 
2 Horse Chestnuts—12 ft. 10 in. and 10 ft. 9 in. 
2 Auraucarias Imbricata—7 ft. 7 in. and 7 ft. 
1 Pinus Insignis—13 ft 2 in. 
1 Wellingtonia—13 ft. 6 in. 
With the exception of the beeches, the above were probably all 
planted after Andrew Heron’s time. 
22nd March, 1918. 
(Cinaiiconein— Mike WS AN. IBDN, Wolee 
Weather and Other Notes taken at Jardington during 1917. 
By J]. RuTHERFORD. 
JANUARY. 
The mild weather of the closing days of 1916 was con- 
tinued during the first three days of the New Year, the 
daily mean temperature being 51.7 deg. From the 3rd there 
was continued mild frost till the end of the month. The daily 
mean temperature was 33.92 deg., which was about 5.5 deg. 
lower than the mean of the preceding six years. It is note- 
worthy that the low temperature was not the result of any 
intensely cold period, but of a continued moderate cold. 
There was a slight fall of snow on four days. There were 
16 days on which no rain fell, as compared with four in 
January, 1916. Total rainfall, 1.58 in.; that of January, 
1916, being 5.09. The rainfall of this month was one of the 
three lowest records for January during the last 23 years. 
The wind was principally from an easterly direction, which is 
