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5. Spinach, sprouts somewhat injured and "plants in hot beds some- 

 times a total loss." 



6. "Old fashioned boxwood which was never known to be killed by 

 any previous winter." Hollyhocks and roses badly injured, also 

 retinosporas, Colorado blue spruce and young evergreens generally in 

 the nursery rows. 



Bergen County. 



1. Locust elm Crataegus and catalpa slightly injured. 



2. All report harm to peaches and others mention that apple, pear, 

 quinces, plums, and cherries were injured. 



3. Blackberries, raspberries were harmed and one reports injury to 

 strawberries. 



4. Crimson clover was harmed. 



5. Spinach, sprouts, leeks and parsley were injured. 



G. Taxus baccata and Abies Nordmanniana, and boxwood in particu- 

 lar. "Mahonia was killed to six inches of the ground." Other orna- 

 mental plants that sustained injury are: Privet, strawberry shrub, 

 Japan snowball, honeysuckle, forsythia, wegelia, deutzia, mock-orange 

 and retinosporas. 



Morris County. 



One correpsondent remarks that: "The winter of 1874 was as cold 

 as this past winter." 



1. "Maple, beach, sassafras and chestnut slightly; dogwood, huckle- 

 berry and laurel more evidently injured." 



2. "Quince trees upon the low lands were frozen." Peaches both in 

 orchard and nursery. "Peaches in nursery in particular." "Old apple 

 trees somewhat damaged. 



3. Raspberries, blackberries, strawberries. "All small fruit plants 

 more or less injured." 



4. "Wheat suffered somewhat and clover in exposed places." 

 "Wheat and rye." "Rye and wheat killed to a large extent." 



6. "The part of the privet protected by the snow sprouted finely." 

 "Honeysuckle died to the ground and manv roses thought to be hardy 

 have been killed." "Strawberry shrub, bridal wreath, and many kinds 

 of roses." "Box, California privet, English ivy and honeysuckle." 

 "The privet and boxwood hedges were badly frozen." "Evergreens 

 were frozen badly including Norway spruce." "Rose bushes damaged 

 fifty per cent." "Honeysuckle, sweet shrub, creeping ivy and trumpet 

 creeper." 



Warren County. 



1. Maple. 



2. Apple, quince, peach and apricot. "Peach trees in bad condition." 



