Effects of Winter 1881-82. 

 Lotcest Temperatures. Rainfall. 



From Mr Angus Macdoxald, The Gardens, Balmacaan, Ghni 

 Urquliart, Inverness-shire. 



Last winter Avas the most favourable for open-air - vegetation 

 ■which I have seen in Glen Urquhart for over thirty years. Some 

 herbaceous border plants bloomed in January. Scarlet Ehodo- 

 dendrons were in full bloom in February. We were visited, how- 

 ever, by frosts in May and June, which told very much on fruit 

 blossoms and tender plants. 



From Mr. I). ^^Ielville, The Gardens, Dunrohin Castle, 

 Sii therlandshire. 



The winter of 1881-82 was exceptionally mild and favourable. 

 "We had a few days' frost between the 10th and 23rd of December, 

 with an occasional thaw between. There was just sufficient ice to 

 fill ice-houses and stores and alford a feAV days' curling. Fresh 

 Avinds set in on the 24th, Little more frost was experienced 

 during the winter, with the exception of the nights of the 15th and 

 16th February. 



The lowest reading during the winter was 23° on the 16th 

 February. The thermometer stood at 32° or below it on 37 

 occasions during the winter, compared with 107 in 1880-81. 



The prevailing winds during the winter were westerly up to the 

 end of February, During ^Mnrch and April east winds were most 

 prevalent. 



I observed little or no damage to plants caused by frost during 

 the winter. Our only losses Avere standard Eoses, of which a good 

 few succumbed. I think the unripe wood, and drying east winds 

 in spring, had more to do with this than frost. 



The following plants, among others, stood the winter un- 

 protected : — Phormium tenax, Veronica Andersonii, Eidalia 

 japonica, Aralia Sieholdii, Escallonia macrantha, Arnndo con- 

 sjricua, Salisburia adiardifolia, Garrya elliptica, TritoniaSj Aucubas, 

 Japanese Acers, and Sweet Bay. 



