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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL .SOCIETY. 



the total possible amount for the year, and generally speaking there was 

 more sunshine in March than there was in June. The mean temperature 

 for the year was 49*1, which was only half a degree below the average, and 

 the range of the thermometer was from 21° to 78°. There was very little 

 snow at any time throughout the year. 



The principal features of the year as regards temperature and rainfall 

 are shown in the accompanying diagrams, figs. 94 and 95. 



Fig. 94 shows graphically the departures from the average of the 

 monthly means of temperature and falls of rain. As regards the first 

 element, it will be seen that the year was generally cold right up to 

 August, March being the only month in which the monthly mean 

 exceeded the average to any noticeable extent. In the lower part of the 

 diagram, April and October are shown to be the only months in which 

 the total rainfall greatly exceeded the average, the departure amounting ! 

 in each case to about two inches ; in both August and December there 

 was an excess of about one inch. 



Fig. 95 exhibits the annual march of temperature, and shows the 

 departure from the average of the mean for each month. The range of 

 temperature is shown to have been small, and the near approach to each 

 other of the curves of mean daily temperature and of the maximum and 

 minimum temperatures agrees with the persistently cool character of the 

 year, which was its most noticeable feature. 



