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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — A cool loam. 



Main/all — [Knebworth, dist., 2 ms. ; alt., 407 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 

 31-38 ins., on 171 days]. 



Min. Temp, and Bate — [Harpenden, dist., 5 ms. ; Dec. 7th, 5°-2]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—3 (1), 2 (2), 3 (3)— Artichoke, globe, 

 2. Broccoli, all kinds, 1. Celery, 2. Fruit trees of all sorts, 3. 

 Pampas grass, 3. Parsley, 1. Shrubs, 3. Tritoma, 1. 



1. Hunts — Huntington, Godmanchester— Mr. E. W. Hunnybun. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — A stiff blue clay, consisting of deposits of 



alluvium and river gravel in the valley of the Ouse. 

 Rainfall— [Farm Hall, 28-05 ins., on 156 days]. 

 Min. Temp, and Bate — [See No. 2. Houghton, dist., 2 ms.]. 

 Plants injured, 1879-80—26 (1), 33 (2), 11 (3)— Abies Morinda, 



2. Antirrhinums, 1 ; Aralia Sieboldii, 1 ; A. spinosa, 1. Araucaria, 



3. Arbutus, 2. Aucuba, 2, 3. Berberis Darwinii, 2. Buxus bal- 

 earicus, 1. Oatalpa Kaempferi, 2. Cedrus Deodara, 1,2, 3; C. Li- 

 bani, 3. Cephalanthus canadensis, 1, 2. Clematis montana, 1, 2, 3. 

 Colletia spinosa, 1. Cryptomeria elegans, 2. Daphne pontica, 2. 

 Escallonia Ingrami, 1 ; E. macrophylla, 1. Euonymus japonicus, 

 aureus variegatus, 1 ; E. j., macrophyllus, 1 ; E. j. m. aureus, 1 ; 

 E. j. ovatus, aureus marginatus, 1 ; E. radicans, variegatus, 2. 

 Fuchsias, 2. Furze, fl. pi., 2. Garrya elliptica, 2 ; others uninjured. 

 Jasminum officinale, 1, 2, 3. Juglans regia, 3. Kcelreuteria pan- 

 iculata, 2. Laurel, Bay, 2, 3. Laurel, common, young 3 ; and 

 old, 2. L. Portugal, 2, 3. Ligustrum lucidum, 1. Lonicera, 

 evergreen, 1. Paliurus aculeatus, 2. Pampas grass, 2. Peais, 3. 

 Penstemons, 1. Phillyrea, 1, 2. Photinea serrulata, 1. Pinus ex- 

 celsior, 2 ; P. macrocarpa, 1, 2. Quercus Ilex, 1, 2, 3. Rhamnus 

 alaternus, 2. Roses, H. P., 1, 2, 3 ; Tea, 1, 2 ; Marechal Niel, 

 nearly all, 1. Rosemary, 1. Taxodium sempervirens, 3. "Wall- 

 flowers, 1. Yew, two only out of 109, 1. 



Observations — The frost in the Ouse valley is always more in- 

 tense by several degrees than on the uplands about a mile distant, 

 which rise to 100 ft. Many of the plants mentioned above were 

 uninjured on the higher ground. Of the above, those uninjured iu 

 the valley were : — Cedrus Deodara, in one instance ; Deutzia gracilis, 

 and 107 out of 109 Yews planted in the autumn. 



2. Huntingdon, Houghton. —Mr. T. Tilbrook. 



