DIVISION HI. — S. MIDLAND COUNTIES. 



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Garrya had many branches killed back. The shrubs required cut- 

 ting rather more than half way back. The Pampas grass had all the 

 leaves completely killed, the shoots surviving only in part. 



2. Cambridge, Pampisford. — Mr. T. Morley. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — A stiff loam mixed with chalk and gravel. 



Alt. and Exposure — W., N. and E., but not so much on S. 



Rainfall— -29 '*97 ins. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 3rd to Jan. 1880. 

 Min. Temp, and Date— Dec. 7th, 1°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—21 (1), 19 (2), 13 (3)— Arbutus, 1. Big- 

 nonia grandiflora, 2. Cistus ladaniferus, 1. Conifers— Abies Men- 

 ziesii (Sitchensis), 3. Cedrus Deodara, argentea, 1 ; CD. crassifolia, 

 3 ; CD. verticillata, glauca, 3 ; CD. viridis, 2. Cupressus Cor- 

 neyana, 1 ; C Goveniana, 1 ; C G. glaucescens, 1 ; C Knightiana 

 (elegans), 1 ; 0. Lawsoniana, alba, spica, pendula, 3 ; C Lusitanica, 

 1 ; C macrocarpa, 1 ; CM. Crippsii, 1 ; C thurifera (Uhdenea), 

 2 ; C Whitleyana, 1. Libocedrus chilensis, 1 ; L. viridis, 1. Picea 

 bracteata, 2 ; P. firma, 3 ; P. Numidica, 3 ; P. Pinsapo, 3 ; P. P. 

 variegata, 3. Pinus Benthamiana (Sinclairii), 1 ; P. Brutea, 1 ; P. 

 Don Pedri, 1 ; P. excelsa, 3 ; P. Halepensis, 1 ; P. Hartwegii, 2 ; 

 P. insignis, 1; P. Lambertiana, 3; Podocarpus andina, 1. Retinos- 

 pora ericoides, 1 ; R. juniperoides (dubia), 1. Sequoia gigantea, 

 variegata, 3 ; S. sempervirens, 3 ; S. s. alba spica, 3. — Fitzroya 

 patagonica, 2. Garrya elliptica, 2. Laurel, common, 2. Laurusti- 

 nus, 2. Photinia serrulata, 2. Quercus Suber, 2. 



1. Hertfordshire — Cheshunt. — Mr. G. Paul. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Alluvial loam or " Brick earth." 



Alt. and Exposure — 60 to 75 ft. ; valley fairly wooded. 



Rainfall, 1879 — [Waltham Abbey, Gunpowder Fac, dist., 2 ms. ; 

 alt., 82 ft. ; ht., 4 ft. ; 28*83 ins., on 121 days]. 



Min. Temp, and Date— [Dec. 7th (?) ], 2°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—14 (1), 19 (2), 11 (3)— Apples, young 

 nursery standards, 3 (stems in some cases were cankered in succeeding 

 season). Aralia spinosa, 2. Artichokes, globe, 1, 2. Asparagus, 2. 

 Azara microphylla, 2. Bambusa, 2. Cistus ladaniferus, 3. Colletia 

 ferox, 2, 3. Conifers — Arthrotaxis laxifolia, 1. Cedrus Deodara, 1, 

 2, 3, some unhurt. Cupressus macrocarpa, 1. Dacrydium sp., 1. 



