180 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Tables Recording the Temperature of Soil, and Atmosphere taken 

 Simultaneously. 



Soil temperature taken 4 inches beneath loamy soil at base of bulb at 

 8 a.m. weekly. 



Atmosphere temperature at 12 inches above soil, north-west aspect, at the average 



height of bloom. 



Average temperature 

 per month. 



Temperature of soil. 



. Notes. 



Temperature of 

 atmosphere. 



1st. 



Weeks. 

 2nd. 3rd. 



4th. 



1st. 



Weeks. 

 2nd. 3rd. 



4th. 



August, 55° . 



55 



55 



58 



54 



Wet and cold 



64 



62 



63 



60 



September, 52° 



57 



50 



51 



50 





62 



49 



53 



50 



October. 47° . 



48 



50 



45 



46 





50 



55 



47 



47 



November, 43° 



45 



47 



36 



44 





49 



51 



39 



49 



December, 38° 



36 



32 



42 



43 





35 



34 



45 



46 



January, 36° . 



39 



34 



32 



40 



Sharp frosts 



45 



33 



35 



45 



February, 41° 



41 



44 



38 



43 



Rain after long drought 



44 



46 



39 



49 



March, 41° . 



39 



39 



40 



45 



43 



43 



49 



52 



April, 40° 



46 



36 



40 



40 





47 



46 



50 



47 



May . 





















June 





















July . 





















