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I have since examined the peacli, clieny, pear and apple trees, and I find all 

 my frars fully confirmed. 



The peacli buds are all killed ; also all tlie young growth of wood; and tliere 

 is a strong probability that the trees are killed down to the ground. 



Of the cherry trees, the fruit buds are all killed ; also the twigs of last year's 

 growth, and many of the leaf buds, appear to be injured, or destroyed. 



The fruit buds of the pears are destroyed ; and the young twigs and many of 

 the leaf buds are injured 



The buds of the' apple trees have a sickly appearance, and some of them are 

 certainly killed. 



I am not yet satisfied as to the extent of injury done to raspberries and black- 

 berries. But the question of our crop of the large fruits in this section for the 

 coming season is, I think, settled — we shall have no peaches, pears or cherries, 

 but we may have some apples if they are not destroyed hereafter. 

 I am, very truly, yours, 



M. G. WILLIAMS. 



D. B. PlERSON, Esq., 



President Cincinnati Hurticultural Society. 



Kbn'TUCKY. — Mr. William Johnson, of Bardsfown, writes: "On the night of 

 December 31 it turned suddenly cold; the thermometer suddenly smdi. upwards 

 of 50 degrees that night; and "next morning at 8 o'clock, it stood at 8 degrees 

 below zero. I have examined some few peach buds on my place, and so far 

 have found none that are alive." 



From Cynthiana, Mr. J. Q. Ward says: "On the 31st of December we 

 had a very warm day, with moderate rain. That night within the space of 

 twelve hours the thermometer fell 54 degrees, and during the 1st, and for two 

 weeks continually, it was from 10 degrees below to 15 degrees above zero. The 

 most remarkable spell of weather ever witnessed in this latitude." 



In former reports, notice was particularly made of the difference between the 

 climate of the Mississippi valley and east of the mountains. The same differ- 

 ence is again to be seen in the cold of the 1st of January. We have just seen 

 that in Kentucky it was 8 and 10 degrees below zero. But in Massachusetts 

 it was as follows, although so much further north: 



Massachusetts. — Mr. Cbs. Beck, of Milton, states that the thermometer 

 was highest on the 1st and i;5th of January, at 50 degrees, and lowest on the 

 2d and 7th, at 2 degrees. 



Pennsylvama. — At Marietta, Mr. H. M. Eugle kindly sends a record of 

 the month of January, from which it appears that the lowest degree was on the 

 7th, being 1 above zero. On the 1st it was 54; on the 2d, 3 degrees above. 



At Easton, Northampton county, from a nicely drawn diagram of the month 

 of January, by Mr. Clemens, we see that the coldest day was the 2d, when the 

 thermometer fell to 8 degrees above zero. 



It will be seen that a snow-storm accompanied this remarkable change of 

 weather, and hence the crops of wheat, rye, and barley have escaped injury. 



The January cold in Europe. 



Both papers and letter-writers from Europe mention the unusual cold experi- 

 enced in the first part of January. Mr. Davisson, American consul at Bordeaux, 

 in the south of France, writes thus: "Floriculture is brought to perfection here, 

 but the climate is well adapted to it. Roses bloom all winter in the open air, 

 except now, for we are having tlie first really cold spell and freeze for twelve 

 years." In Englo,nd the plough was stopped for three or four days — a most un- 

 usual circumstance. At Franhfort-on-the-Main, the cold is alluded to as being 

 imusually severe. Indeed the north pole seems to have spread itself out in 

 every direction. 



