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about 8° by the early morning of the gth, rising a little later in 
the day to slightly above freezing, where it remained, with slight 
fluctuations, until the morning of the 12th, when a rather abrupt 
rise carried it to 42°, with a still greater rise the next day to 45°. 
uring the afternoon of the 13th a drop occurred, the tempera- 
the 15th to a maximum of 56° This rise was accompanied by a 
strong wind, while the previous high temperature, recorded on 
the 7th, was not so accompanied. Certain evergreens, which 
will be referred to below, presented no appearance of marked 
injury up to the 14th, passing through the previous warm period 
without noticeable damage. 
At this season the soil is frozen, preventing of course ] a 
of the i and so making it impossible for the plant by this 
means to replenish fom which may occur through the meek At 
both warm periods the sudden and unusually high temperature 
° or 56° in the shade, but of « course higher in the sun) would 
difficulty, as evaporation is much greater then; and on the 15th 
there was such a wind, — continuously from the early 
morning until evening. It was not present on the 7th, and per- 
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Only certain evergreens were affected, and it is our purpose 
here to mention those only. The genus Abies, including the 
