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range to Behring’s .Straits, the islands of the Arctic Sea and 
Greenland. The beautiful Parnassia palustris, L., occurs through¬ 
out Canada as far north as the arctic circle, and on swamps 
on the Rocky Mountains ; frequent also in British Columbia. 
Ludioigia palustris, L., is very common in ditches and dried-up ponds 
throughout Ontario, and over a wide range in Canada. Linnaa borealis, 
L., a very rare northern plant in Britain, is very abundant in cool 
mossy woods from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Vaccinium uliginosum , V. 
Myrtillus , V. Vitis-Idcea, V. Oxycoccos, Arctostaphylos alpina, A. Uva-Ursi , 
and Loiseleuria procumbens are all abundant and widely spread, whilst 
the whole of the Ericas are absent, and our common Calluna vulgaris 
is confined to a very limited district on the east coast of Newfoundland. 
Space will not allow of a further notice of these plants, enough having 
been given to show that whilst this work will be invaluable to the 
Canadian botanist it has also many points of interest to British 
botanists, and is a valuable addition to our knowledge of geographical 
botany. j. E. B. 
METEOROLOGICAL NOTES.— February, 1887. 
The mean of atmospheric pressure was above the average. The 
barometer rose, from the commencement of the month, to 30-767 
inches on the 8tla, its highest point, after which it fluctuated down¬ 
wards till the 24th, and again rose rapidly. Temperature was slightly 
below the average. A few warm days were experienced at the begin¬ 
ning and end of the month. The highest readings were :—58-1° at 
Loughborough, on the 27th and 28th ; 55-8° at Southwell, 55-6° at 
Hodsock Priory, 55-0° at Henley-in-Arden, and 54-3° at Coston Rectory, 
on the 27tli ; and 53-5° atBinley Vicarage (Coventry), on the 25th. In 
the rays of the sun, 103-8° at Hodsock, and 103-3 3 at Loughborough, 
on the 28th. The lowest minima were :—16*5° at Coston, on the 17th ; 
20-2° at Southwell, on the 8tli; 20-6° at Hodsock, on the 9tli ; 21-0° at 
Henley, 21-8° at Binley, and 22-3° at Loughborough, on the 17tli. On 
the grass, the thermometer recorded a minimum of 13-3° at Hodsock, 
on the 9th ; 18-0° at Southwell, on the 8th; and 19-6° at Loughborough, 
on the 17th. The amount of rain-fall was decidedly below the average, 
though more than in February, 1885, and varied from 0-67 of an inch 
at Binley, to 0*52 of an inch at Southwell; the number of “ rainy 
days ” not exceeding 8. Sunshine was considerably in excess of the 
average for the month. A lunar halo was observed at Loughborough, 
on the 4th. The dry, frosty air was particularly favourable to 
agricultural operations. Wm. Berridge, F.R. Met. Soc. 
12, Victoria Street, Loughborough. 
The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine for March contains a note 
from a well-known local entomologist, Mr. W. G. Blatcli. “ On 
Christmas day last one of my sons found a small beetle walking on the 
outside of an orange in my house at Small Heath, Birmingham. Being 
in some uncertainty as to the species, I sent it to the Rev. A. Matthews, 
who pronounced it to be Sacium pusilluvi.” 
Owing to the Pressure on our space we are compelled to postpone 
the promised descriptions of Mr. Bolton’s new rotifers, mentioned last 
month, until our next number. 
