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The above will sufficiently illustrate the effects of the frosts in two severe 

 winters. 



It is worthy of remark that instead of the cold killing the slugs and various 

 pests of plants, they were never known so numerous. Many hardy plants, in pots, 

 were killed, such as Ivy, Pteris aquilina, &c, when they escaped if plunged in the 

 ground. 





5. The rarer Birds occurring in South and West Yorkshire. By T, Lister. 



