8 2 Vegetable Statkks. 



numbers of plants that were not ftiel- 



cc 



<c tered. 





t€ Every thing was now at a ftand ; the 

 Apricot and Peach bloffoms continued tur- 

 gid ; but not being opened, they fuffered 

 very little; the Laurujlinus s fuffered 

 extremely by this laft fevere feafon, efpe- 

 " cially where the fnow had been melted from 

 u their roots. 



" This fnow went off with a violent 



c£ South- weft wind, which was very bleak 



<c and cold ; and where the fun had no ac- 



" cefs, the fnow lay till the 12th of March, 



" at which time we had for fix days very 



cc mild weather, which occafioned our pat- 



4C ting abroad our Carnatioyis^ whereby we 



C£ loft moft of them. The wind continued 



" cold, varying from the South-weft to the 



<< North-weft, and fometimes North-eaft; 



" and upon the 23d day it was very cold, 



" the wind at North-weft and by North; 



" in the evening the fun was clouded, and 



<< the wind abated, the Mercury in the Ba- 



" rometer fell at night; at two o' clock the 



<c next morning a violent hurricane at 



" North-eaft brought a fnow in many 



" places, 6, 10, and 12 feet deep, with a 



" moft piercing cold; the fnow continued 



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