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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Kent. Very cold, not one warm week ; snow fell in 8 months. 

 Very wet Feb., April, May, June and Aug. ; Oct., Nov., and Dec, very 

 dry (Ramsgate, Bromley, and Tenterden). Rainfall, during 2nd and 

 3rd quarters nearly double the average (Erith). Min. Rainfall, 

 Sittingbourne, alt., 38 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 1 in. j 22-43 ins. : max., Hythe, 

 alt., 608 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 43-67 ins. Greenwich Obs., alt., 155 ft. ; 

 lit., 5 ins. ; 31-36 ins., on 185 days ; or 6-20 ins. above mean, 

 of 30 yrs., 25-06 ins. Harvest, especially pea crop, spoilt by wet 

 in August (Benenden). Corn crops, hay, and wall-fruit all very 

 bad (Selling). Fruits small and deficient in flavour (Canterbury). 

 Potato crop spoiled, but grass land extraordinarily productive 

 (Ramsgate). Shrubs short of fruit from the non-ripening of the 

 wood (Sandwich, Southwood, &c). Temp, of every month was below 

 the av. of 60 yrs. ; Dec. being 7°-4 below it. Min. Temp., Eltham, 

 alt., 80 ft.; Dec. 2nd, 7°*7. The period of very severe cold weather, 

 which set in on Nov. 20, continued till Dec. 27th (38 days). The 

 mean temp, was 31°-1, being 9°-7 below the mean of 60 yrs. (Black- 

 heath).* 



Plants injured, 1879-80—51 (1), 60 (2), 20 (3), total at 9 places. 



Surrey. Rainfall, remarkable for extreme variations; March 

 and Oct. had smallest for 20 yrs. ; 3rd quarter of the year 

 had highest for 20 years, and the last quarter, the lowest (Croydon). 

 Min. rainfall, Croydon, [alt., ?] ; ht., 3 ft. ; 28-39 ins., on 179 days ; 

 max., Titsey, alt., 870 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 46-28 ins., on 166 days. Min. 

 temp., Isleworth, alt., 68 ft. ; Dec. 7th, ll°-5. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—77 (1), 51,(2), 61 (3), total at 7 places. 



Sussex. Rainfall. The wet weather lasted from the end of 

 March to the end of August, 108 days, with 19-62 ins. of rain. In 

 the rest of the year there were 91 wet days and 12-64 ins. (Hayward's 

 Heath) ; 4-56 ins. above av, of 23 yrs. (Maresfield) ; 1*70 ins. above 

 av. of 20 yrs. (Glynde Place) ; 4-44 ins. above the av. of 10 yrs. (Wor- 

 thing). Min. rainfall, Brighton (W. Pier Head), 19-30 ins. ; max., 

 Chichester, alt., 300 ? ft., 46-85 ins. Min. Temp., Hayward's 

 Heath, alt. 250 ft.; Dec. 7th, 16°-3. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—42 (1), 54 (2), 37 (3), told at 6 places. 



* Mr. Glaisher, in Gardeners' Chron., Jan. 3rd, 1880, p. 23. 



