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INJURIES TO PLANTS, AYIXTER, 1879-80. 



Alt. and Exposure — 50 ft., surrounded by marsh land and much 

 exposed to X. E. and S. "W. 



Rainfall — [Pevensey, dist., 3 ms. ; ht., lfl. ; 30-31ins., on 174 days]. 



Bate of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 19th till Feb. 4th, 

 with slight thaw on Dec. 13th and 23rd, and on Jan. 17th. 



Min. Temp, and Date— Jan. 21st, 9° [too low ?. Dec. 17th, 19°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—7 (1), 23 (2), 3 (3)— Aloysia citrio- 

 dora, 1. Artichokes, globe, 2. Aucuba japonica, 2. Berberis Dar- 

 winii, 2. Broccoli, 1, 2, all destroyed excepting Veitch's self-pro- 

 tecting. Buddlea globosa, 2. Camellias. 2. Cauliflower, autumn, 



1. Ceanothus azureus, 1. Celery, 2. Coprosma Baueriana, kd. to 

 grd., 2. Escallonia macrantha, 2 ; E. rubra, 2. Eucalyptus globu- 

 lus, 1. Euonymus japonicus, 2 ; E. jap. aureus, 3 ; E. jap. argenteus, 



2. Fuchsias, 1. Hollies, sorts, 3. Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, common, 

 2. L. Portugal, 2. Laurustinus, 2. Libonia floribunda, 2. Mag- 

 nolia grandiflora, exoniensis, 1. Onions, 2. Pampas grass, 2. Picea 

 Pinsapo, 2. Pinus insignis, 2. Potatoes, 2. Sequoia gigantea, 2. 

 Ulmus montana, 2. Yucca gloriosa, 2. 



2. E. Grinstead, Forest Row. — Mr. H. J. Slack. 



Alt. and Exposure — 407 ft. above sea and 20 to 30 ft. more or 

 less, on N. slope of Ashdown Forest range. 



Rainfall, 1879— Alt., 386 ft. ; ht., 3 ft. 7 ins. ; 33-53 ins. 



Min. Temp, and Date — [Crowborough Beacon, dist., 6 ms. ; alt., 

 776 ft. ; Dec. 17th, 17°-6]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 5 (1), 7 (2), 6 (3) — Arbutus, to 

 grd., 2. Berberis Darwinii, 2. Cercis siliquastrum, 3. Chaniserops 

 Fortunei, not sheltered, 1 ; sheltered, 3. Desfontainea spinosa, 3. 

 Deutzia gracilis, 3. Eucalyptus globulus, 1. Eugenia Ugni, 2. 

 Euonymus, 2. Irises, 1, 2. Laurel, Bay, broad and narrow, where 

 exposed to winds, 3. Laurel, common, 3 ; L. Portugal, 2. Laurus- 

 timus, 3. Lilies, 1, 2. Pinus insignis, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Araucaria imbricata, Cryptomeria elegans, 

 Leycesteria formosa, Picea Pinsapo, Retinospora obtusa, R. pisifera. 



3. Horsham, Newells. — Mr. C. S. Dickins. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — Light. 



Alt. and Exposure— -340 ft. S. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Leonardslee, alt., 273 ft. ; ht,, 1 ft. 6 ins. ; 

 36-50 ins.]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 1 (1), 2 (2), 2 (3)— Camellia, only 

 one, 1. Euonymus, 3. Fuchsia, 2. Myrtle, 2. Picea Pinsapo, 3. 



