546 



JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mean temperature of the air in shade ... ... ... ... 61°.7 



Highest „ „ „ 85°.2 on the 11th 



Lowest „ „ „ 43°.0 „ 8th 



Lowest ,, on the grass 31°.0 „ 8th 



At 1 ft. At 2 ft. At 4 ft. 

 deep. deep. deep. 



Mean temperature of the soil at 9 a.m 63°.4 61°.4 57°.8 



Highest „ „ „ 66°.9 62°.6 58°.4 



Lowest „ „ „ 61°.2 60°.6 55°.9 



Mean relative humidity of the air at 9 a.m. (complete saturation being repre- 

 sented by 100) 73 



Rain fell on 14 days to the total depth of 3*95 ins. 



(Equivalent to about 18| gallons on each square yard of surface in the Gardens.) 

 Heaviest fall on any day 1*20 in. on the 23rd 



August. — Cold and exceptionally wet. The days were, as a rule, 

 about 2 degrees colder, and the nights about 1 degree colder, than is 

 seasonable. On the coldest night the thermometer on the grass fell to 

 34 degrees, or 2 degrees short of the freezing-point. 



The rainfall was exceptionally heavy, being nearly double the average 

 quantity for the month. 



Mean temperature of the air in shade 





60°.3 





Highest ,, ,, ,, 





78°.2 on 



the 8th 



Lowest „ ,, „ 





42°.0 



„ 23rd 



Lowest „ on the grass 





34°.4 



u 7th 





At 1 ft. 



At 2 ft. 



At 4 ft. 





deep. 



deep. 



deep. 



Mean temperature of the soil at 9 a.m. 



61°.8 



61°.0 



58°.8 



Highest ,, ,, „ 



63°.8 



61°.8 



59°.l 



Lowest „ „ ,, 



58°.8 



60°.2 



58°.4 



Mean relative humidity of the air at 9 



a.m. (complete saturation being repre 





sented by 100) 75 



Rain fell on 17 days to the total depth of 4-02 ins. 



(Equivalent to about 19 gallons on each square yard of surface in the Gardens.) 

 Heaviest fall on any day 0'96 in. on the 24th 



September. — Seasonable in temperature and wet. Both the days and 

 nights were, as a rule, of about a seasonable temperature. On the coldest 

 night the thermometer on the grass showed 3 degrees of frost. 



The rainfall was heavy, being more than half an inch in excess of 

 the average quantity for the month. 



Mean temperature of the air in shade 





ss 0 .© 





Highest 





82°.2 on the 2nd 



Lowest ,, „ „ 





34°.9 



„ 17th 



Lowest „ on the grass 





29°.0 



„ 17th 





At 1 ft. 



At 2 ft. 



At 4 ft. 





deep. 



deep. 



deep. 



Mean temperature of the soil at 9 a.m. ... 



59°.2 



59°.4 



58°.4 



Highest ,, ,, 



65°.2 



62°.7 



59°.7 



Lowest „ „ „ 



53°.9 



56°.7 



57°.2 



Mean relative humidity of the air at 9 a.m. 



(complete saturation being repre- 



sented by 100) 







78 



Rain fell on 12 days to the total depth of 







3-14 ins. 



(Equivalent to about 14.} gallons on each square yard of surface in the Gardens.) 

 H« .vicst fall on any day 1-39 i n . on the 4th 



