380 Effects of Winter 1881-82. 



We are close to the sea here, and well sheltered from the north 

 winds, which accounts for the comparative mildness of the climate. 



2. In the Middle of Scotland. 

 From Mr John Robb, Drarnmond CastJc Gardens, PeHhsIiire. 



August 10, 1882. 

 Last winter passed away almost free of frost. I have no casual- 

 ties to report, with the exception of a few dwarf H. P. Eoses, 

 which got a little singed on April 16, which was the severest night 

 we had ; but they soon got all right again. 



From Mr William S. Bisset, Moncreiffe Gardens, Perthsliire. 



August 9, 1882. 

 The winter of 1881-82 compared very favourably with the two 

 previous ones in this district. The only frost to speak of prevailed 

 between the 15th and 23rd of December. The months of January 

 and February were extremely mild, more especially between the 

 16th and 23rd of January. On the 4th of January I pulled flowers 

 of Hepaticas and Pgrus japoniea ; on the 16th, Snowdrops, Rhodo- 

 dendron Nohleanum, Rihes sanguineum, Hellebore, and Aconite ; and 

 on February 6th, a twig of Thorn, in full leaf, from a hedge near 

 the Bridge of Earn. On January 6th we had a most violent storm 

 of wind, which proved more disastrous than any that has occurred 

 during the last thirty years. Trees were uprooted which had with- 

 stood the blasts of hundreds of years, while in plantations of from 

 fifty to sixty years' growth acres were entirely levelled with the 

 ground. From the 20th March to the middle of April cold east 

 winds and frosty nights prevailed, which to a certain extent 

 damaged the blossom of fruit trees ; although, in my opinion, the 

 deficiency in the fruit crop results more from the un ripened con- 

 dition of the young wood, owing to the previous bad summer and 

 autumn. 



From Mr John Fortune, The Gardens, Blairadam, Kinross-shire. 



August 1, 1882. 

 The winter of 1881-82 will long be remembered, owing to the 

 disastrous gales of wind which swept across the country. A great 

 deal of damage was done here to old trees, hundreds of which were 

 levelled witli the ground. Three separate gales occurred during the 

 winter, viz., on the Hth October from 'H., on the 22nd N"ovember 

 from S.W., and on 6th January from W.S.W. In the last- 



