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Observations — Fruit trees, Apples made very poor and immature 

 wood, and bore a very poor crop in 1880. Pears did very well and 

 bore a good crop of fine flavour. Peaches cast their leaves before 

 the fruit was gathered; but the autumn of 1879 being fine they shot 

 out leaves at all their extremities which restored circulation and the 

 wood ripened fairly. This saved the trees which gave a moderate 

 crop of fruit in 1880. 



2. Penzance. — Mr. W. Roberts. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — "Killas " # with subsoil of killas and granite. 



Alt. and Exposure-- Half a mile from the sea, exposed to most 

 winds ; partly shaded by trees. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Alt., 94 ft. ; ht., 3 ft. ; 50'7 ins., on 257 days]. 



Bate of Onset and Duration of Frost — Duration was never more 

 than a day or two. 



Mm. Temps, and Dates — [Helston, dist., 10 ms. ; alt., 160 ft. ; 

 Dec. 1st., 25° : Falmouth, dist., 19 ms, ; alt., 200 ft. ; Dec. 5th, 

 27°-7], Jan. 17th, 31°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—0 (1), 5 (2), 8 (3)-Aralia Sieboldii, 

 3. Aster argophyllus, 3. Camellias, 3. Chamasrops oxyacantha, 

 2. Fabiana imbricata, flrs. rotted prematurely in bud, 3. Fatsia 

 papyrifera, 2. Hedychium flavum, 2. Musa Ensete, 3. Peaches, 2. 

 Richardia sethiopica, flrs. rotted before maturing, 3. Roses, 3. Sea- 

 forthia elegans, 2. Vegetables, garden, 3. 



Plants uninjured, 1879-80 — Aralia heterophylla, Colletia horrida, 

 Desforitainea spinosa, Dracgena australis, Embothrium coccineum, 

 Eucalyptus globulus, Eulalia japonica zebrina, Fabiana imbricata, 

 Garrya elliptica, Iberis gibraltarica, Leycesteria formosa, Lilium 

 giganteum (7 ft.), Maurandya Barclayana, Nandina domestica, Phor- 

 mium tenax, Veitchii. 



Plants injured, winter, 1878-9 — {Min. temp., Jan. 11th, 1879, 

 26°) — Calceolarias, 2. Fourcroya longseva, 1. Mesembryanthemum 

 crystallinum, 3. Musa Ensete, 1. Pelargonium, zonal vars., 1. Pri- 

 mula japonica, 2. Roses, 3. 



Plants uninjured, 1878-9 — Cassia corymbosa, Coprosma, Four- 

 croya longseva (rather more protected). 



Observations — Nothing was killed, winter 1879-80. The injury 

 was seen in the shyness of blossoming of Camellias [see Report from 

 Poole, Dorset], Hawthorns, Hedychium and Roses. Peach trees are 



* [Killas is the Cornish name for clay-slate.] 



