mie EFFECTS OF THE SEVERE WINTER OF 1860-1, UPON 
couraged. P. Brunoniana nearly killed, P. morinda all much 
shaken and unable to make growth this summer; but have 
formed buds from which to sprout next spring. Douglass pines, 
forty to fifty feet high, and girting between five and six feet, not 
in the slightest degree injured; Cembra pines of course not hurt, 
and bearing ripe cones this year. P. nobilis, fifteen feet high, a 
seedling plant, not in the least degree injured. LP. cephalonica 
and pinsapo, not injured. Laurustinus, Phillirea, Alaturnus, and 
fudas, were killed tothe ground, but coming up strong. Camel- 
lias, some killed down and sprouting again, some unhurt. Mag- 
nolias, of which here are ten or eleven kinds, all safe. Cedar of 
Goa, twelve feet high, killed outright. Palm of Chusan in.China, 
(Chamerops excelsa), not hurt, Clerodendron fetidum unhurt, 
Benthamia fragifera half killed, Catalpas* unhurt, Olive of Nikita, 
kailled to the ground but springing. Buxus Balearica hard held, 
one killed to the ground, another only half hlled. Gum Cistus, 
where not covered with snow nearly killed, Common and Portugal 
Laurels unhurt, Thuia filiformis killed, other Thuias unhurt, 
Escallonia macrantha, covered with snow, unhurt.” 
The following is an extract from the register kept by the gar- 
dener at Belsay:— 
The frost began on the night of the 13th December, when the Ther- 
mometer fell to 30°: 
Onithe | WAH 0h acisesenccscne sesseceseasceus ceeresntaeaeeesuecnees 34° 
POE ER eset Ge an ont 2, oe ac ee oe Sil 
= Sd dene R ANA Seer IS ABSRSH GoneneCHocebd scbociccuxtceocon0sad 27 
5 on LTC Soca oa aee et ee  pca tee Dae oe ake 30 
LE (BG tat Abel erst at eek RNA aL ee ee Se 23 
When the snow began, and covered the ground 16 inches deep, and about 
this depth of Snow was maintained throughout the frost. 
Onvthe [9thsto).....-- yas dsuseasseneccaurcersscecoascnetesnease - 21° 
3 DO GHA S ccssasteswsscecseveccdeescdacscrowseesec ie eucccee 24 
Hs DSL Tah cecccsnstscctoscecderessacesersecnescccveccccsesnes 25 
3 DONG. eccaessenetadecs cies cote Gcenccessinoecesa” caesar +024 
ee DOr Opt Me ectetas en calcesessaoee seek svesiccerdenonetsemens 14 
MAS seve: ¢ DAth yi vaatesoeeacanactaseendssatelase's cevticae desu awacentsle 10 
és DUD, a aa becdhe yanceease wav ace eseledeicbe dels marcaenceanels 12 
f QO th a We, sah ec cat acess ecencatonremaneene saaseasies 15 
* At Crediton (Devon), Catalpas were all killed, as also in Norfolk and Suffolk.—Rey. J 
F. Bigge. 
