334 On the Effects of the Winter of 1879-80. 



Vicinity of HexJiam. By Mr James Hewitt, Hexham. 



Trees destroyed or damaged at Spital, half-a-mile W. by N. 

 from Hexham : — 



Ivy, almost totally ; Peach trees (on walls) very mucli ; Laurels (both. 

 Common and Portugal) and Privets cut down to the ground. Yews very 

 much damaged. Ivy covering the gardener's house— many years old— cut 

 down to the ground. Ivy, which had adorned a very large Oak tree 60 or 

 70 years, totally destroyed. 



At Hexham Cemetery, a mile-and-a-half west of Hexham, one mile from 

 Spital — Hollies, Laurels (both kinds), Privets, and Yews, aU sore damaged. 

 A very fine specimen of the Araucaria imbricata nearly killed, and as brown 

 as a nut even now. 



At Hermitage, half-a-mile direct north from Hexham, destruction general. 

 Out of somewhat over twenty Holly trees adorning the hedgerows, I counted 

 eighteen cut down to the hedgetops. At Beaufront and Sandhoe mansions, 

 2 to 3 miles N.E. from Hexham, the destruction of evergreens nearly com- 

 plete ; and the same at Newton Hall, about six miles eastward, and the same 

 at every place within the same radius. In the town of Hexham some Ivy, 

 covering the walls of a gentleman's residence, which has escaped unscathed 

 during many years, was almost totally destroyed, although under the shelter 

 and protection of large trees. 



Sexham, Nov. 1, 1880, 



Hexham. By Messrs Joseph Eobson & Son, the Nurseries, 



Bank Foot, Hexham. 

 Aucuba Japonica almost destroyed. 

 Bay Laurels bad. 



Do. Rotundifolia, hurt, but not so bad as the above. 



Do. Colchica, do. do. do. 



Do. Caucasica, do. do. do. 



Do. Portugal, badly hurt. 



Do. Common, worse, if anything, but more likely to come again. 

 Hollies of aU kinds, except Aquifolium, verj' bad. 

 Ivies bad. 



Khododendrons very slight. 

 Yews scarcely touched. 

 Common Privet bad. 

 Ovalifolium Privet do. 

 Roses bad. 

 Fruit trees, Peaches, Nectarines, very bad. Apricots scarcely touched. 



,, Pears and Apples, wood much damaged. 

 Plants not damaged: — 

 Eetinosporas— the whole of these have stood without a tinge of frost, 

 notably, plumosa, F. aurea, lepioclada, squamosa, Erieoides, &c. 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana and varieties stood well. 

 Yews all stood well. 

 ArborvitsBs— American, Chinese, and other sorts, good. 



