DIVISION III. — S. MIDLAND COUNTIES. 



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ridge, sloping gently away to S., also to X. and W. 



Rainfall, 1879— Alt., 309 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 30-83 ins., on 180 days ; 

 or 1-36 ins. above the av. of previous 5 yrs. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 20 until Dec. 27. 

 Frost every night except two. On 14th, 15th and 16th, temp, was 23°, 

 19°, 20°, respectively ; then a few nights open. After Dec. 27 no 

 very low temp, occurred until Jan. 26th, when five nights of sharp 

 frost occurred. 



Miu. Temp, and Date — Dec. 7th, 5°, by shaded thermometer ; 0° 

 on the grass. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—15 (1), 3 (2), 1 (3)— Arbutus Unedo, 

 1,2. Cercis siliquastrum, 2. Cistus ladaniferus, 1. Cupressus ma- 

 crocarpa, 3. Escallonia niacrantha, 1. Griselinia littoralis, 1. Hy- 

 pericum nepalense, 1. Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurustinus, 1. Ligus- 

 trum coriaceum, 1. Maclura aurantiaca, 2. Osmanthus aquifolius, 

 1. Pampas grass, 1. Pinus insignis, 1. Podocarpus andina, 1. 

 Quercus Ilex, 1. Raphiolepis ovata, 1. Tritoma uvaria, 1. 



Observations — Trees and shrubs have especially suffered. Escal- 

 lonia macrantha, excepting two or three on walls which were how- 

 ever much injured, were all killed in the winter of 1878. Every 

 plant of Griselinia littoralis was also killed by the winter of 1878. 

 Bay Laurels, every one, young and old, were killed. Laurustinus, 

 nearly every specimen being a fine large plant, all were killed. Of 

 Pinus insignis every tree from 3 to 10 ft. perished. Of Quercus Ilex, 

 while all were very much injured, many young plants, 10 yrs. old, and 

 8 to 10 ft., were killed. Peaches here appear to have been failing 

 for two or three years, but I think more owing to the want of 

 sun and the large rainfall than to the intense frost. The trees and 

 shrubs generally were in a very bad condition from the same cause 

 for resisting the intense frost of the winter of 1879-80. 



1. Cambridgeshire — Cambridge, Botanic Gardens. — Mr. R. 

 Irwin Lynch. 



Gren. Char, of Soil — Light, on gravel. 



Alt. and Exposure — [About 50 ft. ?] Protected by houses and 

 trees on N. Ground sloping to W. Country moderately open. 

 Rainfall, 1879 — 28-68 ins. Annual mean being about 22-5 ins. 

 Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Dec. 2nd, 20°. 

 Min. Temp, and Date — Dec. 7th, -1°. 



