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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Dec. 2nd and 5th, half-inch thick. A heavy Easterly gale blew on 

 the 4th, followed by intense frost. N. or E. winds prevailed till 26th. 

 In January, 1880, cold E. and N. E. winds prevailed from 6th to 

 28th. Frost occurred on 12 nights in air, and 20 on grass. 4 inches 

 of snow fell on 13th ; gone by 17th. Weather generally dull, gloomy 

 and misty. Vegetation was much burnt by the frosts. Lowest 

 temp, of earth at 9 a.m. in winter of 1879-80 was 33°-7 on Jan. 28th 

 at 6 ins. below surface ; 35°-0 on Jan. 29th at 12 ins. below surface. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 13th, 22°-8 ; Dec. 17th, 13°*7, 

 on grass : Jan. 28th, 1880, 21°-9 in shade. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 2 (1), 2 (2), 5 (3)— Erica mediter- 

 ranea, cut where exposed to E. winds, 3 ; but not much injured in 

 1878-9. Eucalyptus globulus, 1 in 1878-9 ; that winter having been 

 severer than that of 1879-80, owing to the continued Easterly winds 

 in Jan. Laurel, Bay, 3. Laurel, common, 3. Melianthus major, 

 cut to grd., 2. Thuja sp., 3. Veronicas, tender sorts, 1 ; others, 2, 3. 



Plants uninjured — Garrya elliptica, Picea nobilis, Taxodium. 



1. Dorset — Beaminster, Parnham House. — Mr. J. Mullins. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — A sandy loam on limestone. 

 Alt. and Exposure— About 300 to 400 ft. 

 Rainfall, 1879—44-56 ins. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 30th to Dec. 10th. 

 Min. Temp, and Date— [Dec. 4th, 15°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—12 (1), 17 (2), 15 (3)— Aloysia citrio- 

 dora, 15 yrs. old, 1. Aralia Sieboldii, 3. Bambusa gracilis, 2 ; B. 

 nigra, 2. Broccolis, Adams, early, 1. Cattell's Eclipse, 1; Chap- 

 pie's Cream, 1 ; Early purple, 1 ; Elletson's Mammoth, 2 ; Welcome, 

 2. — Calycanthus floridus, fir. buds lost, 3. Camellias, fir. buds lost, 3. 

 Chrysanthemum, sorts, 2. Colletia Bictoniensis, 3. Cupressus 

 Knightiana, 3. Cytisus tomentosus, 2. Endive, Batavian, 1. Es- 

 callonia macrantha, 3. Eschscholtzias, 1. Eucalyptus, 7 yrs. old, 

 twice partially injured, 1. Euonymus, gold and silver, 3. Eurybia 

 ilicifolia, 2. Fuchsia gracilis, large and old in open grd., 2. Hollies, 

 lost foliage, 3. Kale, sea, 1. Laurel, Bay, 3. Laurustinus, 3. Let- 

 tuce, Hammersmith, 2. Magnolia conspicua, fir. buds lost, 3 ; M. 

 grandiflora, all summer growth kd., 2. Marigolds, in pots, 1. Myr- 

 tle, 2. Olea sylvatica, 2. Pampas grass, 3. Paulownia imperialis, 

 1. Phormium tenax, 3. Roses, sorts, 1, 2, 3. Silene compacta, 1. 



