142 Mr. J. Glaisher's Remarks on the Weather 



Aylesbury. J. Dell, Esq., F.R.A.S. 



From the small quantity of rain that has fallen during the 

 last six months, much inconvenience is beginning to be felt 

 from the short supply of water. The large reservoir, which 

 usually contains a sufficient quantity of water to supply the 

 county jail during the summer months, has now only 5 feet 

 in depth, although the usual allowance has been considerably 

 reduced. 



Agricultural report for the quarter ending June 30, 1 850 :- — 



Uckfield. From C. L. Prince, Esq. 



During the first three weeks the weather was for the most 

 part stormy, with a considerable fall of rain ; but the tempe- 

 rature was more equable than is usual at this season of the 

 year, there being a total absence of frost during this period. 

 March having been unusually dry and favourable for agri- 

 cultural labour, the heavy rains of April have been very 

 beneficial to the grain crops. There were slight frosts on 

 several mornings during the last week, but not severe enough 

 materially to injure the progress of vegetation. After the 

 first week in May the weather was seasonable; the warm 

 growing showers which fell at intervals hastened vegetation 

 considerably, and proved very beneficial to all the crops 

 situated on the dry soils in this neighbourhood. A severe 

 frost occurred on the 3rd of May, which in many situations 

 almost entirely destroyed the forward blossom of the cherry, 

 pear, plum, gooseberry, &c. Ice was observed an eighth of 

 an inch in thickness, and the reading of a self-registering 

 thermometer placed on grass was 21°. The temperature 

 during the first three weeks of June was very variable, and 

 the thermometer in the shade ranged from 32° to 84<° ; the 

 extreme range of the month however was 70°, viz. 30° in the 

 morning of the 16th, and 100° in the sun on the 26th. The 

 low temperature just noticed is very unusual for the season ; 

 and had not the fruit been protected by the foliage, it must 

 have been very much injured. Ice was observed early in the 

 morning, and there was a hoar-frost on good radiating sur- 



Stone. The Rev. J. B. Reade, F.R.S., says, "The effect 

 of the frost on June 16 on the clay land in the Vale of Ayles- 

 bury was severely felt. The potatoes were greatly injured, 

 and in some places the kidney beans were completely de- 

 stroyed/' 



Hartwell House. Dr. Lee says, "that on June 16 the po- 

 tatoe tops were much frozen." 



Hartwell Rectory. The Rev. C. Lowndes, F.R.A.S. 



On the night of June 15 the frost was so severe as to damage 

 the potatoe crops very severely on the low grounds. 



