130 JOUENAL OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
of October (thus trespassing to the extent of a fortnight upon the winter 
half of the year) — that we begin at last to realise what a pitiful allow- 
ance of rain our plants had to content themselves with during those four 
and a half months, and particularly in those parts of the country where 
the drought was most keenly felt. 
The mean weekly supply for each square yard during the period in 
Fig. 50. 
question, as compared with what may be considered as a seasonable 
quantity in the same four and a half months, was as follows : — 
Eiieland Scotland Ireland British 
X.W. S.W. N.E. B. Mid. S. N. W. E. S. W. loles 
gala. gals. gals. gals. gals. gals. gals. gaU. gals. gals. gals. 
Average for 30 years U 2^ 2^ 2^ 4i 4} 3 U 3J 3i 
In 1898 . . . 2i 2-11 1^ HI 4 3^ 2 3* 3 2.1 
Variation from aver 1 -U -1 -Ij -IJ -li' -J -2 -1 av. -J —1 
age. 
From these figures and the accompanying map and Fig. 50, we learn 
