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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



above av. of 19 yrs. (Bath). Min. rainfall, Taunton, alt., 120 ft. (?) ; 

 ht., 1 ft. 4 ins. ; 27-77 ins., on 155 days. Max., Exford, alt., 905 ft. ; 

 ht., 1 ft. ; 55-02 ins., on 244 days. Min. temps., Mells, Dec. 

 6th [2nd ?], 10°-5 : Bath and Downside, alt., 592 ft. ; Dec. 2nd, 

 12°-6 : Bridgewater, 19° : Kilmington, 20°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—18 (1), 32(2), 31 (3), total at 4 places. 



Wiltshire. Rainfall, at 9 stations, above av. of 10 yrs. ; at 17 

 above that of 1879 ; but at 4 below it. 8 months very wet ; March, 

 Oct., Nov. and Dec, very dry (Steeple Ashton, Holt, &c). Min. 

 rainfall, Steeple Ashton, alt., 240 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 31-04 ins., on 207 

 days : max., Corsham, alt., 350 (?) ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 41-70 ins., on 210 

 days. Min. temps.— Salisbury, alt., 186 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 10° : Holt, 

 alt., 120 ft. ; Dec. 2nd, 12°-2 : Calne, Dec. 7th, 13°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—4 (1), 4 (2), total at 1 place. 



Reports. 



1 . Cornwall — Camborne, Tehidy Park. — Mr. James Davies. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Surface, a rich loam, but with very shallow 

 subsoil, a poor shaly stone mixed with mineral, and abounding in 

 spar. 



Alt. and Exposure— 160 ft., 203 ft., and 277 ft., at different levels. 

 Rainfall, 1879 — 45 ins. 



Min. Temp, and Date— [Dec. 2nd ?] 21° [Truro, dist., 10 ms. ; 

 Dec. 2nd, 17°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80— 10 (1), 8(2), 16 (3)— Acer palraatum, 

 3 ; A. polymorphum, atropurpureum, by cutting winds, 3. Akebia 

 quinata, 1. Apples, 2. Aralia Sieboldii, 1. Arbutus Andrachne, 

 3. Berberidopsis corallina, 1. Cupressus Lawsoniana, aurea, varie- 

 gata, 3. Dracaena erythrorachis, 2. Eleagnus argentea, 3 ; E. pun- 

 gens, variegata, 3. Embothrium coccineum, 2. Escallonia monte- 

 vidensis, 2. Eucalyptus globulus, 1. Eugenia Ugni, 3 ; E. U. 

 variegata, 1. Eurya latifolia, variegata, 3. Grevillia rosmarinifolia, 

 1. Gunnera scabra, 1. Hydrangea Otaksa, 3. Ligustrum japoni- 

 cum, 3. Liquidambar styraciflua, 3. Melianthus major, 1. Myr- 

 tus apiculata, 2. Nandina domestica, 2. Ozothamnus thyrsoides, 1. 

 Peaches, 3. Phormium tenax, Colensoi, 3 ; P. t. variegatum, 3. Pho- 

 tinia serrulata, 3. Pittosporum Tobira, 2 ; P. T. variegatum, 1. 

 Retinospora pisifera, aurea, 3. Rhus glabra, laciniata, 1. Sequoia 

 sempervirens, variegata, slowly recovering, 2. Thea Bohea, 2. 



