8© Vegetable Statich. 



" And in Scotland the froft and fnow did 

 " great damage, fome of the' particulars of 

 11 which I fhall tranfcribe from a letter* 

 li which I received from a gentleman living 

 <c near 'Edinburgh who is a curious ob- 

 " ferver. 



cc About the 20th of November ', he fays, 

 " they had much fnow, which lay ten days, 

 <c and then went off very pleafantly without 

 " rain ; and from that time till the middle 

 <c of December, we had very good winter 

 <c weather, when a great fnow fell, which 

 u was attended with a ftorm from the North- 

 cc eaft; which fnow lay very thick upon the 

 ground till the 12th day of January, du- 

 ring which time there was a very intenfe 

 " froft: After which the cold abated, and 

 u the fnow went off gradually ; and about 

 " the end of January, I obferved in my 

 " green- houfe the flowers and young fhoots 

 of the Orange and other exotick trees did 

 begin to appear, and all of them began to 

 prepare for vegetation. In the open ground 

 c< we had Spring Cyclamens, Primrofes, Win- 

 " ter Aconites, Snowdrops, Hellebores, Poly- 

 " anthuss, Glajlenbury Thorn, Winter Hya- 

 " cinthsy and Mezereons in flower. 



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