DIVISION III. — S. MIDLAND COUNTIES. 



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Date of Onset and Duration of Frost— Dec. 18th to Feb. 2nd. 

 Min. Temp, and Date— Dec. 7th, 8°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—6 (1), 8 (2), 2 (3)— Abies Douglasii, 

 3. Broccoli, all early vars., 1 ; late vars., 2 ; purple sproutings, 1. 

 Cryptomeria japonica, 3. Hydrangea, 1. Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, 

 common, 2. Laurustinus, 1. Pampas grass, 2. Parsley, 1. Picea 

 Pinsapo, 2, Eoses, Tea, 1 ; many others, 2. Thuja aurea, 2. Vege- 

 tables, all kinds, 2. 



4. Towcester, Canons Ashby. — Sir H. Dryden. 

 Alt. and Exposure — About 400 ft. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Thorpe Mandeville, dist., 5 ms. ; alt., 580 ft. ; 

 ht., 1 ft. ; 33-52 ins., on 172 days]. 



Min. Temp, and Date — [Fawsley, dist., 4 ms. ; Dec. 7th, 10°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—2 (1), 4 (2), 3 (3)— Apples, on walls, 

 bore no fruit, 3. Cedrus Libani, 2. Hyacinths, bulbs in 1879, did 

 not attain usual size ; falling off of flower-spikes to 80 p. c. in 1880. 

 Limes, failing for some years, 2. Pampas grass, 2. Poplars, Black, 

 3; Do., Lombardy, many from unmatured wood, 1; all others, 

 2, 3 : but the killing did not become evident till the leaves of other 

 trees were well out. Eoses, Standards, 20 p. c, 1. 



Observation — Many Lombardy Poplars, but not the Black Italian, 

 died in 1880, in consequence, I presume, of the hard winter following 

 an immature ripening of the wood. The same thing happened about 

 20 years ago. The Ash throve less than usual and was very late. 



5. Wansford, Thornhaugh. — Eev. J. Jenkyns. 

 G-en. Char, of Soil — Oolite, clayey but not heavy. 

 Alt. and Exposure — Close to a small stream. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Easton, dist., 5 ms. ; alt., 200 ? ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 

 25-31 ins., on 189 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Dec. 1st on and off till 

 Feb. 1st. 



Min. Temp, and Date — Dec. 5th— 6th, nearly down to 0°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—8 (1), 13 (2), 2 (3)— Abies Douglasii, 

 1. Apple, 2. Arbutus, 2. Aucuba, 2. Cercis siliquastrum, 2. 

 Cupressus macrocarpa, 1. Furze, fl. pi., 1. Holly, 2. Ivy, 2. 

 Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, common, 1 ; Do., Portugal, 2. Laurus- 

 tinus, all, 1. Leycesteria, 2. Ligustrum ovalifolium, 2. Honey- 

 suckle, variegated, 1, 2. Myrtle, 1. Pinus Austriaca, 3 ; P. insig- 

 nis, 1. Roses , 1, 2, 3 — Banksean, 1 ; Devoniensis, 1 ; Macartney, 



