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standards and dwarfs, have not yet recovered. Gloire de Dijon, 

 injured less than others ; Marechal Niel has made very eccentric 

 growth. Vines, early houses very inferior ; showing great weakness 

 from loss of root action : later houses have ripened well ; Muscats 

 very weak. All Vines show debility from absence of solar heat to 

 ripen wood. "Walnuts have no fruit, but did not receive so much 

 injury to wood as is usual after severe frosts (Oct. 20th, 1880). 



4. Norwich, Carrow House. — Mr. H. Jones. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Calcareous and sandy. 



Alt. and Exposure — 20 ft. to 50 ft. ; Easterly and N. 



Rainfall, 1879—31-59 ins. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Dec. 7th to Feb. 5th, 

 1880, with only 12 days intermission. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 25th [2nd or 7th ?], 6° ; [Jan. 

 28th, 19° ; Costessy, dist., 4 ms. ; Dec. 2nd, 4°; 7th, 3°-5]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—14 (1), 19 (2), 6 (3)— Abies orientalis, 

 2 ; A. Smithiana, 2. Arundo Donax, 1. Aucuba, 3. Buddlea glo- 

 bosa, 1. Cedrus Deodara, 2; C. Libani, 2. Cotoneaster, 3. Cryp- 

 tomeria elegans, 1. Cupressus erecta, viridis, 2 ; C. Lawsoniana, 

 gracilis, 1 ; C. macrocarpa, 2. Cytisus Laburnum, new golden, 3. 

 Elaeagnus argentea, 1. Euonymus japonicus, 2 ; variegatus, 1 ; E. 

 radicans, var., 2. Fraxinus Xanthoxyloides, 2. Holly, variegated, 

 3. Ivy, common and Irish, 2. Laurel, common, 3 ; L. Portugal, 3. 

 Leptospermum lanigerum, 1. Ligustrum coriaceum, 1 ; L. japon- 

 icum'2; L. jap. ovalifolium, 2. Liquidambar, 1. Osmanthus ilici- 

 folius variegatus, 3. Pampas grass, 2. Pears, in some nearly all 

 spurs dead, except at top of trees, 2. Phillvrea, 2. Picea Pinsapo, 

 2. Quercus Ilex, 2. Rhamnus hybrida, 2. Rhus laeiniata, 1. 

 Robinia umbraculifera, 2. Roses, dwarfs, 5 p. c. ; standards, 15 

 p. c. ; Tea, including Gloire de Dijon, all, 1. Syringa alba, gran- 

 diflora (new), 1. Taxodium sempervirens, 2. Veronicas, 1. 



Plants uninjured — Cephalotaxus Fortunei, Chinese Juniper, Os- 

 manthus ilicifolius, Retinospora pisifera, R. obtusa, R. obtusa aivrea, 

 R. plumosa, Salisburia adiantifolia, Thujopsis dolabrata, T. lastevi- 

 rens, T. Standishii. 



1. Suffolk — Bury St. Edmund's, Barton Hall. — Sir C. J. F. 

 Bunbury, Bart. 



G-en. Char, of So //—^Gravel and clay much mixed, with a large 

 proportion of chalk rubble. 



