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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTUBE AND COTTAGE GAKDENEB. 



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it advisable to name this, as some might be deterred from 

 eultivating Passiflora laurifolia if they were obliged to grow 

 other kinds for the pollen. — J. Jones, Ganlener, lioothhtj Hou-fe, 

 near Lincoln. 



THE INTENSE COLD AND ITS CONSEQUENCES. 



Nemagh, Irehnd. — On the night of the ind, the thermo- 

 meter registered V below zero, and on the 3rd it again fell 

 to zero. Such a degree of cold has never, I believe, been 

 heard of in Ireland, even within the memory of our venerable 

 friend, " the oldest inhabitant." My thermometer was pro- 

 nounced incorrect, as "that was a degree of Canadian cold 

 never experienced in England or Ireland." This I was slow to 

 believe, as the instrument was procured from a well-kuown 

 maker. The fact was, that I put it on a stand about 1 foot 

 from the ground, out on the grass away from all shelter, thereby 

 testing the real temperature more accurately than some of my 

 disbelieving friends, whose thermometers were hung on a wall 

 outside their windows. From what I have read in " the 

 Journal," and daily papers since then, I think I may feel 

 certain that my thermometer is correct. As to the effects on 

 vegetation in my own garden, as far as they are yet appa- 

 rent, almost all the vegetables, including a fine crop of early 

 BroccoU, Savoy and other Cabbages, in different stages, are 

 either destroyed or severely injured ; and the damage done 

 in frames which were thought to have been securely protecte.l, 

 is too melancholy to record. — C. 



BiRROw-os-HusrEER, Li.NcoLNSHiRE. — The temperature as 

 taken here by a Negretti & Zambra's thermometer, suspended 

 in an exposed quarter of the kitchen garden, the aspect, north, 

 was as follows : — 



Evergreens do not seem to have snfiered her e at present (l-Sth). 

 It has not been so cold here by 12° as it was on Christmas 

 morning six years ago. The thermometer then fell to '6i' 

 below freezing. Aucuba, common Laurel, Portugal Laurel, 

 Bays, Cedrus deodara, and Araucaria imbricata were then killed 

 down to the suow-Une. — The Gardener, Grove Howse. 



WiCKHAM Market, &jffole. — On the lith, the thermometer 

 was down to 9^, being :i3' below freezing. 



Cambkidue. — At Gonville Nurseries the lowest temperatures 

 occurred on the 2nd and Ith, when the thermometer fell to 8°. 

 — J. J. Chatee. 



Winchester. — Near the Cathedral, on the Ith, the ther- 

 mometer fell to i". — J. Newberry. 



Oakham, Eutland. — The lowest temperature registered here, 

 occurred on the night of the -ith, when it was 9°. — G. B., 

 Barley Thorpe Gardens. 



Hanworih, Norfolk. — During the night of the 4th inst., the 

 thermometer, on a north wall, 4 feet from the ground, fell to 

 10^. — E. Sendall, Barningham. 



Laverstoke House, Hants. — One of Negretti it Zambra's 

 registering thermometers hanging in an open situation on a 

 wall in the garden, about 2 feet (J inches from the ground, in- 

 dicated on the morning of the ith inst., 31° of frost, or 1° 

 above zero ; and on the 5th, 26° of frost, or 6° above zero. 

 Much damage seems to be done to the shrubs. Laurels are 

 very much scorched. Of Laurustinus the tops have been 

 kUied down to the snow-line ; Arbutus and Garrya the same. 

 Of the hitherto-considered hardy Brussels Sprouts and Sprout- 

 ing Broccoli, about one-third has been very much injmed, if 

 not killed. The other sorts of Broccoli appear all right, 

 owing, no doubt, to their being laid close to the ground, con- 

 sequently they were better covered with snow. I was very 

 much surprised at your registered temperatures being so much 

 lower than ours, as usually we do not vary more than 2°. We 

 are on a cold part of the Hampshire Downs. — John At. t .iston, 

 The Gardens. 



Liverpool. — The lowest temperature on the night of the 

 4th was 12°, or 20° below freezing point, with a dense fog. 

 The thermometer was self-registering, 3 feet from the ground, 

 and in an open situation. The height here above the sea level 

 is 147 feet.— W. Biggs, Sandfield Park. 



Brigg, Lincolnshire. — On Wednesday morning, the 2nd, 

 my thermometers (Negretti & Zambra's), registered 3.5'', and on 

 Saturday T — that is, of course, above zero. Several standard 

 and dwarf Boses appear killed, as in 1860 — namely, tuch kinds 



as Lord Clyde, King's Acrs, Madame Vidot, Pierre Notting, 

 and several others. — J. B., Bracken Hill. 



Yorkshire. — " A correspondent informs us that the frosthas 

 killed two thousand of his standard Eose trees. One of Negretti 

 and Zambra's thermometers registured on two evenings o" 

 below zero. The same amount of frost killed l.'iOO Eose trees 

 in 18C0. He says his Eoses budded on the Manetti stock are 

 safe, and aUve for about 4 inches above the soil, the cover of 

 snow having saved them. These will .shoot up vigorously from 

 below in the spring. He adds : — ' No doubt you will hc^ of 

 many other rosarians having their hopes blighted for the 

 ensuing summer.' " — Yorkshire Post. 



Armagh, lREL.iND. — During the past week we have been 

 visited by one of the most severe frosts that have occurred in 

 this locality for half a century, making sad havoc among vege- 

 tables and shrubs. The thermometer, one of Casella'a re- 

 gistering, on the nights of the 2nd and 3rd was 1° below zero. 

 Broccoli, Brussels Sprouts, Scotch Kale, and, in fact, every- 

 thing that was not covered with snow, were totally destroyed. 

 Eoses, Laurustinus, and Bays were quite killed. Kliododen- 

 drons. Evergreen Oaks, common and Portugal Laurels were 

 very much blackened, and there are numbers of other shrubs 

 which I fear will never recover. — E. Welch, Palace Gardfm. 



Haddington, East Lothian. — As suggested by you at the 

 close of the year, I had intended to note down and send to you 

 the names and times of flowering of plants in my garden 

 during this month. I noted thnt on the 29th December the 

 Winter Aconite was in bloom and Snowdrops peeping through 

 I the ground ; but on the 31st it began to snow, and on the 

 1st inst. an intense frost set in, and since then we have had 

 four or five distinct falls of snow, with severe frost intervening. 

 On the 1st the thermometer in my garden at 11 p.m. stood at 

 5°, on the 3rd at 9°. There was a short interval of thaw on 

 the 8th. but since then snow and frost have succeeded each 

 other. I have not been able to inspect my garden minutely, 

 j but I anticipate there will be more plants killed or injured by 

 i frost than in any season since 1860-61. I am afraid the Tea- 

 scented Eoses will be cut to the ground. Lonicera aureo-reti- 

 culata seems quite lifeless. It will be impossible to ascertain 

 the extent of injury to fruit trees till spring has set in, but 

 I am much afraid that the buds of mj' Almond trees have been 

 destroyed, and am even doubtful of the Apricots. A fine 

 quarter of Broccoli, which was producing beautiful heads daily 

 before the storm, seems reduced to pulp. I look forward to 

 see traces of great destruction when the storm abates. — JoHS 

 Ferme. 



Hat, Herefordshire. — My thermometer (Negretti & Zam- 

 bra's), which marked 7° on the night of Jannary 3rd, the next 

 night marked 3° higher — namely, 10°, and last Monday night 

 (14th), it fell to 3J° above zero.-^F. F., Brook House. 



North W.ales, Corwen. — We are much exposed to the north 

 and north-east, lying low on a gravelly subsoil. The thermo- 

 I meter, hung against the house and facing S.E., registered 3** 

 above zero on the 4th inst. Arbor Yit;e looks much cut np, 

 but Portugal Laurels and Holly are not in the least damaged. 

 I Eoses look much cut up. They are trained to a v/ooden fence 

 I facing south-east, and have some thick branches of Spruce Fir 

 stuck in the ground in front of them, which I find answers 

 I better than anything I have tried. Due de Eohan, much 

 : injured; Comtesse deChabrillant, dead, I fear; Celme Forestier, 

 I nearly dead ; Mrs. Bosanquet, nearly dead ; Duchess of Nor- 

 folk, dead. Baronne de Heckeren, Lord Clyde, Madame Boutin, 

 and Celine Forestier, as standards in the open ground, nearly 

 dead. Eoses doing well on a S.E. trellis — Gloire de Dijon, 

 Admiral Nelson, Souvenir de la Reine d'Angleterre, Madame 

 Domage, Souvenir de Leveson Gower, Monsieur de Montigny, 

 John Hopper, La Eeine, Mrs. Standish, General Jacqueminot, 

 General Washington, Madame Yidot. I have many more Rose 

 trees, but could not take account of them, they being covered 

 with snow. — T. Elcome, Ehiiij Gardens. 



Bedale, Y^orkshire. — The lowest temperature registered here 

 was .5° below zero, or 37° of frost. On the evening of the 1st of 

 January the ground was covered with 6 inches deep of snow, 

 and with continual additions it has since remained at that 

 depth. The frost has averaged 15° in the night and 4° during 

 the day continually. It appears rather giving way this morn- 

 ing (lythl, as the lowest temperature during the night was 

 only 5° below freezing. Negretti .t Zambra's thermometers 

 are used. Common Laurels, Sweet Bays, and Laurustinuses 

 are quite killed to the snow line, and many Eoses appear kUIed 

 and others much cut ; Celine Forestier and Triomphe de 

 Kennes are quite dead. I daresay many other plants are dead>. 



