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Bemarkable Weather. 



to the great cold of the 1st of June, 1864, in the neighbour- 

 hood of Nottingham (at 4 feet elevation), viz. : — 



Highfield House Observatory, greatest cold 30'5 



Beeston Observatory ... „ 28 - 5 



Lenton Grove (Mr. Samuel Morley),, . 27*5 



Highfield House, greatest cold on grass . 23 - 2 



Beeston ... „ „ . 23*3 



This frost was much more severe in the valley a quarter of 



a mile from both Highfield House and Beeston, Mr. Morley's 



instruments being half-way between these two observatories. 



The damage done at Highfield House is confined to the 

 leaves of gourds and partial destruction of leaves of potatoes, 

 and French and Kidney beans. At Mr. Morley's, young shoots 

 of hollies and walnuts were killed, and more damage done to 

 beans and potatoes. At Beeston, except in sheltered places, 

 the potatoes and beans were cut to the ground ; young shoots 

 of ash trees killed, as well the small branches of Rose Gloire de 

 Dijon, Polygonum Sieboldtii, Rhododendrons, and partial 

 damage to the bloom of strawberries and the fruit of apples, 

 pears, and gooseberries. Much greater damage was done six 

 miles north of this place, at Basford and Bulwell, and where 

 the thermometer must have been considerably lower. Here in 

 every direction beans and potatoes were killed to the ground, 

 every leaf of the walnut destroyed ; nearly all the apples, pears, 

 plums, nuts, and gooseberries, the young shoots of hollies, and 

 even those of the English oak. 



In referring to the same records of the Royal Society and 

 Royal Observatory as examined by Mr. Glaisher, wo obtain the 

 following as the coldest years in June : — 



1797 

 1802 

 1841 

 1848 

 1849 

 1850 

 1851 

 1853 

 1855 

 1857 



greatest cold, 40*0 



» 40-0 



„ 40-3 



„ 38-7 



„ 38-C 



„ 36-2 



„ 38-5 



„ 39-9 



„ 39-3 



„ 38-8 



My own observations at Highfield Houso giving — 



1843 

 1848 

 1849 

 1850 

 1851 



greatest cold, 40*0 



„ 40-1 



„ „ 35'3 



„ 35-1 



„ 38-0 



