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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



to do. Not one single shrub of any kind was killed during those long 

 frosts and very few were injured. It is easily accounted for, as our 

 drainage is so perfect that water is immediately absorbed by the 

 beds of Red sand that lie about 18 inches below the surface. 

 Consequently the roots of all trees, shrubs &c. are warm and dry 

 in winter. Our situation being high and with such perfect drainage, 

 we seldom get too much rain ; therefore we thrive much better in 

 a wet season than in a dry one. Even during the very wet sum- 

 mer of 1879 all vegetation made wonderful progress and with very 

 few exceptions we had but little reason to complain even of that 

 exceptionally wet season. Long continued drought is more detri- 

 mental to all vegetation here than the hardest of winters. 



3. Tring, Drayton-Beauchamp. — Rev. H. H. Crewe. 

 'Gen. Char, of Soil — Stiff clay on the top of chalk. 

 Alt. and Exposure -365 ft. 



Rainfall, 1879- [Aylesbury, dist., 5 ms. ; alt., 280 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 

 39-25 ins., on 181 days]. 



Min. Temp, and Date — [Berkhampstead, dist., 5 ms. ; alt., 370 

 ft.; Dec. 7th, 7°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 40 (1), 1 (2), (3) — Adonis pyrenaica, 

 1. Anemone narcissiflora, 1 ; A. vitifolia, 1. Aster grandiflorus, 1 ; 

 A. sericeus, 1. Barbarea vulgaris, fl. pi., 1. Bellis rotundifolia, 

 ccerulescens, 1. Brugmansia lutea, 1 ; B. sanguinea, after 4 win- 

 ters, 1. Campanula pyramidal is, 1. Cheiranthus sp., 1. Cistus, 

 wiry shrubby sp., 1. Erodium caruifolium, 1. Exochorda grandi- 

 flora, 1. Gaillardia bicola, 1. Gillenia stipulacea, 1. Kniphofia 

 quartiniana, 1. Lathyrus latifolius, albus, 1. Lobelia syphilitica, 1. 

 Malva carapanulata, 1 ; M. lateritia, 1. Mimulus alatus, 2. Oxalis 

 Deppei, 1 ; O. lasiandra, 1. (Enothera anisoloba, 1.; (E. taraxifolia, 

 1. Orobus varius, 1 ; O. albus, 1. Pampas grass, 1. Pastinaca 

 lucida, 1. Rosa berberidifolia, 1. Roses, Tea, 1. Ruta albiflora, 1. 

 Salvia interrupta, 1. Scilla Lilio-Hyacinthus, 1. Teucrium Arduini, 

 1. Trichonema speciosum, 1. Tritoma, all, 1. Veronica, all shrubby 

 species, except V. Traversi, 1. Viola gracilis, 1 ; V. Rothomagensis, 1. 



4. Winslow, Addington Manor, — Mr. T. Mathison. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Generally clay, with patches of gravelly soil, 

 with subsoil of stiff tenaceous clay, holding a great deal of water in 

 spite of drains. 



All. and Exposure — 309 ft. above sea. Open, on the top of a 



