DIVISION II. S. E. COUNTIES. 



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Plants uninjured — Camellias, &c. 



4. Midhurst, Chithurst House. — Capt. H. King. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — (A) old garden soil ; (B) stiff loam ; (C) 

 light sandy loam. Hythe beds of Lower Greensand. 



A lt. and Exposure — (A) at foot of slope by Kiver Rother, 110 ft. ; 

 (B) on S. slope, 160 ft. ; (C) on N. escarpment in a gully exposed to 

 N., 170 to 230 ft. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Lynch, dist., 4 ms. ; alt., 160 ? ft. ; ht., 6 ins. ; 

 44-14 ins., on 125 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 14th to Dec. 28th ; 

 Jan. 7th to Feb. 2nd. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 17th, 15° ; Jan. 20th, 17°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—6 (1), 8 (2), 12 (3)— Arbutus Unedo, 

 2 (B). Buddlea Lindleyana, 2 (B). Ceanothus divaricatus, 2 (B). 

 Cerasus ilicifolia, 2 (B). Desfontainea spinosa, 1 (A). Elseagnus 

 reflexa, (3) B. Eugenia Ugni, 1 (B). Euonymus japonicus, 2 (B). 

 E. jap. variegatus, 1 (B). Erica mediterranea, 3 (C). E. codonodes, 

 2 (C). Escallonia macrantha, 3 (B). Gleditschia triacanthos, 3 (B). 

 Ilex latifolia, 3 (A). Laurel, Bay, 3 (B). Libocedrus Chilensis, 3 

 (B) ; L. Doniana, 1 (B). Myrtles, 2 (B). Olearia Haastii, 3. 

 Passiflora coerulea, 2 (B). Picea Pinsapo, 3 (B). Podocarpus 

 andina, 3 (C) ; P. Chinensis, 1 (C). Solanum jasminoides, 1 (B) in 

 1878-9 on wall. Spartium junceum, 3 (B). Stauntonia latifolia, 2 

 (A). Taxodium sinense, 3 (B). Viburnum Sieboldii, 1 (B). 



Plants uninjured — Akebia quinata ; Arbutus Unedo, old bushes ; 

 Desfontainea spinosa, on stiff loam (B) ; Erica codonodes, on stiff 

 loam (B) ; Eurybia ilicifolia ; Osmanthus ilicifolius ; Photinia serru- 

 lata ; Picea Pinsapo, on light sandy soil ; Podocarpus Chinensis, at 

 higher level. 



5. Uckfield, Buxted Park. — Mr. H. Prinsep. 

 Gren. Char, of Soil — Heavy loam. 



Alt. and Exposure — 193 ft. ; exposed on all sides. 



Rainfall, 1879— Ht., 10 ins. ; 33-59 ins., on 178 days. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost— Nov. 20th till Feb. 6th. 

 Four nights only above 32°. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dee. 7th, 6°-4 ; Jan. 29th, 8°. [temps, 

 too low ?. See No. 6. Dec. 2nd, 13°. Hayward's Heath, dist., 9 

 ms. ; Dec. 17th, 16°-3]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—18 (1), 10 (2), 11 (3)— Acanthus, 1. 

 Acer Negundo, variegatum, 3. Aloysia citriodora, 1. Artichoke, globe, 



