On the Effects of the Winter of 1879-80. 



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List of Plants killed and injured at Blachadder. By Mr Eeid. 



Abies Dougiasi ; much damaged. 



,, Menziesi ; killed. 

 Araucaria imbricata ; killed. 

 Biota aurea ; damaged. 

 Cedrus Atlantica ; killed. 

 ,, Deodora; killed. 

 ,, Libani ; killed. 

 Cryptomeria Japonica ; killed. 



,, elegans; damaged. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana ; much damaged 



,, erecta, viridis ; ,, 

 Ked Cedar (Juniperus Virginiana) ; 



killed. 

 Picea lasiocarpa ; browned. 

 ,, nobilis ; browned. 

 ,, Nordmanniana ; browned. 

 ,, Pinsapo ; killed. 

 Pinus excelsa ; killed. 

 Eetinospora in vars. ; damaged. 

 Wellingtonia gigantea ; kUled. 

 Taxus baccata (English Yew) ; killed 



to ground. 

 Taxus fastigiata (Irish Yew) ; killed. 

 Thujopsis dolabrata ; damaged. 

 Thuja Lobi ; damaged. 

 Ampelopsis in var. ; killed to ground. 

 Aristolochia Sipho ; much damaged. 

 Aucuba Japonica ; killed to ground. 

 Berberis Darwini ; , , 



Buxus, Box tree ; killed. 

 Clematis, in vars. ; killed. 

 Crataegus oxyacantha (Hawthorn) ; 



much damaged. 

 Crataegus Pyracantha (evergreen) ; 



killed. 

 Laburnum in var, ; killed. 



Deutzia crenata, flore-pleno; much 



damaged. 

 Garrya elliptica ; kiUed. 

 Ivy in vars ; killed. 

 Ilex. Holly in var ; all killed. 

 Jasmines in vars ; aU killed. 

 Laurus nobilis ; killed to ground. 

 Ligustrum (Privet) ; all killed to 



ground. 

 Lonicera invars. ; very much damaged 

 Mahonia Japonica ; killed. 

 Siberian Crab [Pyrus baccata) ; much 



damaged. 

 EngUsh Oak {Quercus Robur) ; very 



much damaged. 

 Turkey Oak {Quercus Cerris) ; very 



much damaged. 

 Evergreen Oak {Quercus Ilex) ; killed. 

 Eibes vars. ; killed to ground. 

 Skimmia Japonica ; killed. 

 Spiraea in vars. ; much damaged. 

 Periwinkle ( Vinca) ; much damaged. 

 "Weigelia rosea ; much damaged. 

 Azalea Pontica ; much damaged. 

 Rhododendrons ; killed to ground. 

 Eoses ; killed to ground. 

 Laurel, Portugal {Cerasiis Lusitanica) , 



killed to ground. 

 Laurel, Common {CerasKs Lauro- 



cerasus] ; killed to ground. 

 Apples ; many killed ; all damaged. 

 Pears ; many killed ; all damaged. 

 Peaches ; all kiEed. 

 Plums ; many killed ; all damaged. 

 Cherries ; a few killed ; all damaged. 

 Nectarines; all killed. 



Ay ton Castle Gardens. By Mr William Eobertson. 



We have suffered most dreadfully here from the effects of last winter. All 

 the Bay and Portugal Laurels have been killed to the ground, and a good 

 many kUled outright. Laurestinuses were utterly killed. Yews have 

 suffered very much ; a good many of them killed. Hollies from 20 to 35 and 

 40 feet high, were cut to the ground, and some fine Holly hedges shared the 

 same fate. Wellingtonias were very much scorched, and Araucaria imbri- 

 cata was killed outright. In Peach trees, on a south wall, the wood was 

 killed back to the two-years-old wood. Apricot buds were completely 



