210 EFFECTS OF THE WINTER OF 1853-4. 



12. Sir Oswald Mosley, Bart., RoUeston, Derbyshire. {G. C. 

 390.) 



Fifteen miles to the north of Rollestou, at Osraaston and 

 Snelstone, in the neighbourhood of Ashbourne, the leaves of the 

 Deodar and Araucaria were not injured in the slightest degree. 

 Many of the plants at Rolleston appear to have suffered more 

 from the continued drought of the spring, than from the severity 

 of the frost, 



13. Badger Hall, Shiffnal, Shropshire. (G. C. 373.) 



On the nights of the 2nd and 3rd of January, the ther- 

 mometer was down to 1° above zero, Fahrenheit. The soil here 

 is sandy, and the situation has been found favourable for semi- 

 hardy plants. — Geo. Cooke. 



14. J. E. Denison,Esq.,M.P., Ossington, Notts. [G. C. 373.) 

 Ossington is ten miles north of Newai'k, three miles from the 



banks of the Trent, on a clay soil, and on an elevation generally 

 at forty feet above water. The thermometer, January 3rd, 1854, 

 was down to zero, perhaps something below it. 



15. Highfield House, Nottiiuiham. {G. C. 253.) 

 Temperature, January 3rd, 4° below zero — on grass 6° below 



zero ; in the valley in the neighbourhood 8° below zero. 

 Probably no part of England has suffered to the extent that we 

 have near here, especially between this place and the Earl of 

 Harrington's and Newark. — E. J. Loiv. 



16. Sir P. de Malpas Grey Egerton, Bart., M.P. Oiilton, 

 Cheshire. {G. C. 373.) 



Lat. 53° 10' N., Long. 2° 30' W. Soil, sandy loam. 

 Thermometer, December 29th, 1853, at eight a.m. 11° Fahr. ; 

 December 30th, at the same hour, 39° Fahr. ; January 2nd, 1854, 

 at eight a.m., 27° Fahr. ; January 3rd, at the same hour, 1^° 

 Fahr. 



17. James Bateman, Esq., Biddulph Grange, Congleton. {G. C. 

 340.) 



Biddulph Grange is about thirty miles in a direct line from 

 the sea, and about three hundred feet above the sea level ; the 

 situation rather exposed, and the climate cold and damp. 



18. A Devonian, South Devon. [G. C. 389.) 



