and Devon and Cornwall Natural History Society. 1 1 
Filipendula, Rosa micrantha, Epilobium angustifolium, Fedia Auri- 
cula, Atropa Belladonna, Orohanche amethystea, and Centunculus 
minimus. He has also collected two remarkable Galia, hybrids 
apparently between Mollugo and verum. These have been de- 
scribed, in the last Report of the Thirsk Botanical Exchange Club, 
from specimens forwarded to that Society by Mr. Briggs. 
Mr. John Merrifield, F.R.A.S., has furnished us with an abstract 
of the Meteorological Register kept at the Navigation School, Gas- 
coigne Place, Plymouth (lat. 50^ 22' 25" N., long. 4^^ 7' 16-5" W.) 
from 1st July, 1865, to 30th June, 1866, which is subjoined. 
J. BROOKING ROWE, 
J. SHELLY, 
Hon. Sees. 
STANDARD BAROMETERS FOR 
SELF-REGISTERING THERMOMETERS 
MEAN LEVEL OF SEA, AT 
(Negretti Sf Zambrds). 
32«' FAHT. 
il 
MONTH. 
S S 3 
Maximum 
Minimum 
Mean 
erag 
perat 
Mon 
Minimu 
for Moni 
03 o 
0) 
for Month. 
for Month. 
for Month. 
H 
> 
< 
> 
< 
1865. 
July 
30.348 
29.799 
29.969 
54.5 
74.3 
64.4 
83 
44 
65.2 
60.7 
August . . 
30.319 
29.427 
29.884 
53.1 
72.8 
62.95 
80 
42 
61.6 
59.0 
September* 
30.447 
29.922 
30.221 
55.4 
72.3 
63.85 
85 
48 
65.3 
62.1 
October . . 
30.089 
29.076 
29.579 
47.1 
62.9 
55 
76 
32 
54.0 
53 
November t 
30.397 
28.840 
29.824 
39.7 
53.8 
46.75 
57.5 
30 
45.9 
45.1 
December J 
30.822 
29.034 
30.205 
40.1 
50.1 
45.1 
58 
25 
44.9 
44.1 
1866. 
January IT 
30.660 
28.808 
29.884 
40.5 
50.6 
45.55 
55 
28 
44.5 
43.8 
February || 
30.331 
28.602 
29.776 
36.5 
49.4 
42.95 
56 
25 
41.9 
40.8 
March § . . 
April 
30.437 
29.005 
29.637 
36.4 
51.4 
43.9 
62 
23 
42.3 
41.5 
30.330 
29.164 
29.845 
42.1 
58.4 
50.25 
68 
31 
50.5 
47.9 
May . . . . 
30.352 
29.558 
29.972 
40.6 
64.1 
52.35 
72 
30 
54.3 
50.3 
June** .. 
30.224 
29.554 
29.926 
51.7 
69.9 
60.8 
93 
42 
62.8 
59 
The observations are made between 8 and 9 a.m. The instruments are 
supplied by the Board of Trade and compared at Kew. 
* Only one day (8th) the barometer stood at less than 30 inches. 
+ Gales on the 22nd and 25th. Latter pai-t of month very stormy. 
t Twice during the month there was a diflference of 1^ inches in 4 days. Highest 
barometer for year on 15th. 
IT Severe gale on 11th. Only two nights the temperature below freezing. 
II On 11th, barometer fell 1 inch in 8 hours, when was also lowest barometer, 
g On 23rd, a gale. Thermometer lowest for year on 3rd. 
** Several days in this month thermometer stood above 80« in shade. 
