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INJURIES TO PLANTS, "WINTER, 1879-80. 



only slightly injured, but in 1879 was cut down to the ground. At 

 Old Warden, Bay Laurels near the hall were killed to the ground, 

 whereas near the church, within a short distance, but at a somewhat 

 higher elevation, they were uninjured : near Bedford, the effect of a 

 rise of only a few feet was especially noticeable on the common Lau- 

 rel. Similar results were also noticeable with Hollies in Bedford ; 

 the foliage of which in the lower part of the town was quite killed ; 

 whereas in the higher parts it remained green through the year. 

 Fruit Trees — In the young wood, especially of the gross growing 

 Pears, the pith was found to have become browned. In all such 

 cases of Pears as well as of nearly all Cherries and Plums, the grafts 

 had been inefficiently made last spring. Roses (at Girtford) — The 

 old wood of most of the H. P.'s was much injured, also that of the 

 wild Dog-rose, the pith of many stocks of the latter being brown 

 right down to the ground line, even where the outer bark appeared 

 healthy and the wood well ripened. [See report by Mr. Noble, p. 

 15, and by Mr. Hogg, p. 17.] The effects of the frost are still 

 apparent (Nov. 1880) ; branches continuing to die off the H. P.'s. 

 Noticeable exceptions, however, are Baroness Rothschild, Edward 

 Morren, Emily Laxton, John Hopper and Julius Margottin; but 

 Cristata, Souvenir de la Malmaison, various Summer Roses, and 

 Village Maid were much injured. Of Teas and Noisettes, injured, 

 were, Cloth of Gold, 1 ; Marie Van Houtte, 1, 2 ; and Niphetos, 1, 

 2. All the dormant buds of the above varieties, whether standards 

 or dwarfs, were killed, and nearly all those worked with. Marechal 

 Niel, 1, 2 ; Souvenir d'Elise, 1, 2 ; many older plants of all the above 

 varieties under shelter of fences were either entirely killed or killed 

 to the ground line. The following were only slightly or partially 

 injured — Catherine Mermet, Celine Forestiere, Fortune's White, 

 Fortune's Yellow, Homere, Madame Margottin, Madame St. Jamain, 

 Souvenir de Paul Neyron, Triomphe de Rennis, Belles Lyonnaise and 

 Souvenir d'un Ami appear to be very hardy Tea-roses. The fol- 

 lowing appear to be as hardy as the best of the H. P.'s, and even 

 as the Dog-rose. They were in many cases quite unprotected and 

 withstood the frost, both on light and strong land — Bouquet d'Or, 

 Gloire de Dijon, Madame Berard, Madame de Vatry, Marechal Bri- 

 geaud and Marie Guillot. 



