144 Effects of the Winter of 1878-9, by James Hardy. 



I have enclosed an account of the frost that I kept 

 1878.— Dec, 



13.— 29 de 



grees of fr 



ost at 4.30 p.M 



14.-41 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



15.— 6 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



16.- 7 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



17.-211 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



18.— 5 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



19.— 4 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



20.-26 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



21.-23 



ditto. 



at 7.30 A.M 



22.— 8 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



23.-12 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



24.-15 



ditto. 



at 7 A.M. 



CMllingham Castle Gardens. By Mr Egbert Bowie. 



I regret that I am unable to give you an authentic account of the weather 

 here during the winter, not being in the habit of keeping a regular register. 

 1 may, however, say that we have had nothing to equal it in severity since 

 1855 ; at that time we had 5° more frost on one occasion than at any time 

 diiring the winter just past. The lowest degree at which I saw the ther- 

 mometer this season, was at mid-day on December 14th ; then it was 8° 

 below zero, on an open part of the garden and on the north side of a post, 3 

 feet from the ground. The long continuance of a low temperature was, in 

 my opinion, the cause of the injury done to trees, &c., being greater than 

 usual. No doubt the snow we had at the time of the severest frost was a 

 considerable protection to what was completely covered. I however find 

 that things of a large size are killed quite to the ground, where their tops 

 were above the snow, more particularly in low lying situations ; the same 

 kinds of trees and shrubs in the park, where exposed to the wind from all 

 quarters, have not sustained any injury whatever. 



May 2Zrd, 1879. 



Writing July 3rd, Mr Bowie says : — 



I notice that shrubs and trees of an evergreen habit have generally sus- 

 tained most injury ; more particularly in low and damp situations, and that 

 the same varieties out in the open and higher parts of the park are not 

 materially hurt, at least nothing like so much as they appeared to be three 

 weeks or a month ago ; many oaks of large size were, only a fortnight ago, 

 more like dying than not ; now, however, I am pleased to say it is an excep- 

 tion to see any that are not in (almost) fuU leaf ; and although I have for 

 more than 50 years been pretty well informed in much, very closely con- 

 nected with ChUlingham Park, I have no recollection of having seen it look 

 so well as it does at the present time ; no doubt there are some sad blanks, 

 more especially in and about the Castle, but in time, I hope that from what 

 has been done by way of replacing what had been rendered an eye -sore from 

 the effect of frost, there may not be great reason for regret. 



I was over at Fowberry Tower a, few days ago ; it is only some three or 



