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Effects of the Winter of 1837-8 



20th of January, when, at 8 o'clock in the morning, Fahrenheit's 

 thermometer stood at 1° above zero. Three thermometers in 

 different situations, two in the Oxford Garden, and one in St. 

 Clement's, at the same hour indicated the same degree of cold. 

 The preceding night, at 9 o'clock, and also at 1 1 o'clock, it 

 stood at 8° above zero. 



Names and Remarks. 



Magnoli&cese 

 Magnblw conspicua 

 purpdrea 



Cistdcets. 

 Cistus vaginatus 

 scabrbsus 



'Lind.cecc. 

 Llmxxa arbbreum 



Malvacete. 

 Lavatern O'lbia 



ditto - - - 



ZygophyllciceiE. 

 Melianthus ma\ior, an old 

 established patch 



Xanthoxylacece. 

 Xanthoxylum /raxineum 



Coriaicece. 

 Coriaria wzyrtifblia, an old 

 established patch 



'Rhamnhcete. 

 Paliuxus aculeatus 

 iJhamnus latifblius 



Homalindcece. 

 ^ristoteh'a Mdcqui 

 ditto - 



Legmnin&cece. 

 Piptanthus nepalensis - 

 Edwardsza grandiflbra - 

 Cf tisus scopfirius - 



purpureus, a worked 

 plant 



ditto, not worked 



multiflbrus 



ditto 

 Clianthus punfceus 



Tlosacete. 



Ce>asus lusitanica, pos- 

 sibly sickly previously, 

 but unnoticed 



Others of the same species 



C. L,auroct5rasu6, many 

 plants, most of them 

 old, have suffered in 

 different degrees. 

 Some - 

 Others 



Spiraea oblongifblia 



iKbsa bracteata, now just 

 breaking below the soil 



R. microphjrlla 

 semperflbrens 



Several other plants of the 

 same species,in different 

 situations, have suffered 

 in the same degree. 



.Rbsa ? semperflbrens, or 

 Champney's cluster 



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S.W.b. 



S.W. b, 



S.E. b. 



S.W.b. 



W. w. 



N.W. w. 

 S.W. w. 

 S.W. w. 



6 S.E. w. 



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