254 Mr Sadler's Urpnrt nn Open- Air Vrfjtiafinn. 



January 1881 came in with a tliaw, Init the frost set in again on 

 the 5th with 7° of frost. The therniomoter was below freezing 

 \yS\nt on twenty-three mornings, the lowest being on the 10th, IP; 

 12th, 12°; 15th, 8°; 16th, 2"; 17th, 33°; 22n(l, 10°; 24th, 8°; 26th, 

 10°; 27th, 7°. Total for the month 409°. 



February. The thermometer was below freezing point on nineteen 

 mornings ; lowest on the 7th, 12th, and 28th, when the register stood 

 at 18°, 16°, and 20° respectively, with a total for tlie month of 115°. 



j\Iarch. The thermometer was below freezing point on nineteen 

 mornings, with the lowest on the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 22nd, 30th, and 31st, 

 Avlien the register stood at 15°, 9°, 15°, 17°, 17°, and 16°, respec- 

 tively ; total for the month 168°. 



April. The thermometer was below freezing point on fifteen days, 

 lowest on the 1st, 3rd, 4th, and 6th, Avhen the register stood at 22°, 

 22°, 19°, and 20° respectively ; total for the month 98°. 



In May there was frost on five mornings ; lowest on the 10th, 

 when the register stood at 27° ; total for the month 14°. Total for 

 the eight months 1156°. 



Bay Laurels have suffered very much from the frost, many of them 

 being killed to the ground. Portugal Laurels had their last year's 

 shoots killed. Araucarias had theii* last year's growths browned, a 

 number of them killed from 4 to 6 inches, but a great number of the 

 browned points are starting into life. Rhododendron ponticum 

 very little injured, and only on that side exposed to the north 

 wind. Several of the named ones are injured, and four or five 

 killed out of over a hundred varieties. The clumps are a mass of 

 bloom at this date (June 17th), the injured ones marring but little 

 the general effect. Yews have their points browned. Hollies all 

 injured, a number killed to the ground. All winter vegetables 

 killed except a few greens — about one-third of these survived. 



Places in this neighbourhood 200 feet lower down suffered more 

 than up here, having from 2° to 3° more frost. 



From Mr. J. Borthwick, The Gardens, Stobo Castle, Peeblesshire. 



May 21, 1881. 



AVe are distant from the sea 50 miles, with an elevation of 590 

 feet above its level. The lowest temperatures registered here Avere on 

 the 17th and 18th of January, when the thermometer fell to 15° 

 below zero, making 47° of frost. Celery and all our winter vege- 

 tables were killed before the 1st of January. Shrubs at the Garden 

 are very much iujured, but at the Castle, which stands a good many 

 feet higher, they are not so bad. Hollies at the Garden all killed, 

 at the Castle very little injured. Portugal Laurels nearly all killed. 



