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484 THE GARDENERS’ CHRONICLE. 
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We have already alluded to the 
P очам publication of the long-delayed 
ee” Frost Report, in which the Rev. 
GEORGE Henstow has tabulated, at the cost of 
much labour and pains, the results of the severe 
winters of 1879-80 and 1880-81; but its import- 
ance necessitates further notice now, and will 
demand frequent reference in future. The Report 
ion of Mr. Erwrs at the 
gardeners in that year, and also in the year fol- 
lowing, and on the information thus acquired the 
presen port is comprises indeed a 
ker pese: amount of detail, and the trees 
so thickly set that, to use a 
xi dir Phrase, " is difficult to see the wo 
Nevertheless, ork of reference the list is 
unsu an “it is well worth taking some 
pains to understand the meaning of the concisely 
arranged, but complex-looking, indexes. The 
ordinary gardener, for instance, has not much 
time or inclination to study meteorology or vege- 
results. Well, here he has them in abundance, 
o know which Broccolis are 
He will find numerous ент 
giving the experience of his colleagues in various 
counties; and so with Poncii. Cabbages, 
a Brussels Sprouts, Potatos, Apricots, 
Peaches tries, and many other ‘plants in 
which hei is specially interested. e evidence is 
not complete nor is it unexceptionable; it could not 
be so; it is only valuable as affording indications 
the value of which must be tested on considera- 
tion of other factors than the mere register of 
the thermometer. For instance, the altitude and 
to the plant and intrinsic to it, have to 
EN de Bev. 
ена Society, vol. viii., ` 
и qug» nager, 
ors, the present record 
stands out as the most miel and useful that 
has been yet issued. It is a credit to the Editor, 
on whom the burden of the work has mainly 
fallen—it is a credit to the Society, whose pub- 
lications during the last few years have been 
such solid and valuable contributions to horti- 
cultural literature as to show th 
S 
some people think, a mere fashionable lounge or 
trade-certificate factory. 
The planter, nn who is planting either for 
ornamental pur or for timber, will find a 
mine of м. information in these pages, 
h 
e apparent inconsistency, of the evidence. 
will not, for instance, be surprised that the 
ouglas Tir should have been injured by a tem 
dm sh of 2? below zero; but that being so, it 
y perhaps strike him as singular that at 
Ws place the tree withstood—l13^, or 45? о 
frost. 
accoun 
it is in these local Mana genie, that the 
Report before us has special value. It would 
not be of much use m à planter, say on the 
East Coast, to know what plants survived the 
winter in the Scilly Islands, but it would be 
important for him to know what species were 
hardy in his own immediate neighbourhood, 
This information is to a large extent supplied in 
the book before us. 
Take, for instance, St. Margaret’s Bay, n 
Dover, a bleak spot—so bleak that seventy үт 
son's Cypress are recorded as having been 
killed, together with 600 Austrian Pines, and 
1000 Scotch Firs—and all this havoc near 
кь 
confirmed by the testimony of Mr. LAWRENCE, 
of Betteshanger, a few miles from St. Margaret's 
Bay, and where we are told that the trees of 
all kinds suffered more from the cold winds о 
May, 1880, than they did from the wet of 1879 
or the frost of 1879-80. Similar testimony is 
given by other observers. A frozen mist is 
spoken of as very inimical to Hollies near Bed- 
ford. In Dumfries half the Roses were killed in 
1879-80, though in the previous winter, 1878-79, 
when the temperature went down to 2° 
was killed. The 
in 1879, 50 inches of rain, and only one month in 
the year (July) 2 frost. In Gloucester- 
shire we find Sir KE Kay и that in 
his opinion the MM s winds and dry weather of 
spring completed the damage done in the past 
а milder and damper spring. M 8 
other jr учы were just touched by the frost 
died eite 
Кош remarks will serve to show 
the nature of the contents of the Frost Re- 
port. What seems Ъз specially wanted 
now is that some one with adequate know- 
ledge of plants and their mode of life and 
with a competent acquaintance with түн ыы 
"шел коте ‚ should go through Mr. [d a 
mine of facts; and by careful collation and core- 
lation evolve a ما‎ eg of plants culti-. 
country, rk 
ме tt MT 
the varied phases and idiosyncrasies of plant life, 
Another thing must forcibly strike those who 
are interested in the Royal Horticultural Society, 
An under-current of discontent prevails because 
it is said the DAT does so little for the pro- 
an 
e Congress, and 
io a less extent by enl diee followed, as well 
as by the Report before 
There being such p dm evidence of the 
every county as a local secretary. They would 
not all work for the Society, but it is obvious 
that some would do so. кеси why should not 
those gardeners, or a select n 
and conferences, be elected as Honorar s50- 
ciates? It would cost the Society nothing, while 
interest manifested in the Society and its work. 
COVENT GARDEN SALES.—Our columns have 
frequently—much too frequently—borne evidence 
of the unsatisfactory nature of the xoc gel 
published in our own and other journals, and of the 
gre 8 many cases obtained P. growers 
for market from “their salesmen. Indeed, we have 
heard o i t wer was even 
dividuals, but merely on syste hich the 
foll cause rs do, but which excites the 
gravest dissatisfaction ong growers in gene ] 
We d that Messrs. 
Sox, reputation is so well known, and who 
hive hitherto confined their business to foreign 
fruits, T makin ing an adva in this respect. 
silo wages vene home-grown hoth 
t outdoor produce, they will, as 
uct public sales on Mondays, 
“30 А.м., in Covent 
obtained can be Pew! d т ir со 
expenses except 
hat 
he has received t 
trim We жт wish that this move of Меззтз. 
R may prove а тое, and see no — ee 
~ pu not beso. Let rs W 
are disposed to part Ta thoj hothouse produit. 
make a trial of this system. 
LALIA ANCEPS ALBA.— Carrying 0 xps 
tion to present our readers with latest plein 
Ri fine varieties of Lelia anceps, we figure OF 
а 
485 (fig. 92) a flower-spike of L. a. alba, from is 
n Scunó 
Sinn exhibited from pER's collecti 
by INE On bof 11 of this yea, 
at the Royal ‘Horticultural века Pe 
This i is a pure white variety, remar remarkably 
ыа 
