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rising more than once so high as 56 0 . Notwithstanding this, how- 

 ever, vegetation at Wisley remained apparently quite dormant, 

 and so far as could be seen there was no appreciable movement even 

 in Hellebores — a sluggish condition which appears to have been very 

 general in gardens all over the kingdom. 



February. — The prevalence of warm southerly winds kept the 

 temperature considerably above the average. These warm winds 

 were due to a series of cyclonic disturbances which passed across 



oui western coasts, following an easterly track, and bringing with 

 them a current of warm air which spread all over the kingdom. At 

 the Gardens the thermometer rose to nearly 6o° in the daytime ; 

 whilst at night, owing to terrestrial radiation being checked by cloudy 

 skies, there was but a slight fall, with the result that we had warm 

 nights as well as warm days, and a high temperature for the season 

 all over the kingdom. Both for agricultural and horticultural purposes 

 the weather of the whole month was ideal ; and at its close the 

 " Season " was far ahead of what had to be recorded for the corre- 

 sponding period in the preceding year. In some parts of the kingdom 



