CLIMATOLOG'^. 



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Trees and Shrubs killed and injured in Severe Winters. — The 

 following data relative to the North Riding are extracted from 

 the Report of the Effect on Trees and Shrubs of the Exception- 

 ally Severe Winters of 1879-80 and 1880-81, recently edited by 

 the Rev. G. Henslow for the Royal Horticultural Society. 



In 1879-80 minimum temperatures were registered as follows : 



Place. 



Altitude 



above sea-level, 



in feet. 



Minimum 

 temperature. 



Bedale 



151 



55 



50 



2S0 



660 



"5 



— 9'o 



—4-5 



— 20 



I 



27 



19-5 



York 





Whitwell Hall 









In 1880-81 they were as follows 



Place. 



Aysgarth 



Whorl ton 



Whitwell Hall 

 York 



East Lay ton .. 

 Scarborough .. 



Altitude 



above sea-level 



in feet. 



660 

 142 

 280 

 55 

 113 

 161 



Minimum 

 temperature. 



-2-8 



-I'D 



ro 

 10 



I'O 



77 



In 1879-80 the following trees and shrubs were killed and 

 severely injured : 



At Hildenlcy (Sir C. W. Strickland), alt. 250 feet, garden with 

 a southern exposure. Killed — Berbcris Darwinii, Cupressus 

 macrocarpa, Raphiolepis ovata. Injured — Aucuba japonica, 

 Euonymus Japonicus, Hypericum patulu?n, Juglans regia, Yew, 

 Walnut, Flatanus, Dacrydium Franklinii. 



July 1888. 



