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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



the trees above mentioned. Deciduous trees, Beeches, Elms, Oaks and 

 Spanish Chestnuts grow here to very fine timber, although so near 

 the rocky strata. Laurel hedges are very large, and in good health ; 

 not suffered in the slightest degree. Nectarines and Peaches, some 

 of the branches were quite killed, and others had the "curl" very 

 much. The wood did not ripen. Vegetables, of Borecoles, Dickson's 

 is best, then Wheeler's Imperial and Enfield Market ; of Broccolis, 

 Knight's Protecting and Dickson's Late stood the best. 



1. Shropshire — Market Drayton, Buntingsdale. — Mr. H. 

 Coombs. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — A light loam with a dry subsoil of sand and 

 gravel. 



Alt. and Exposure — 276 ft. ; exposed to N. E. and W. 

 Rainfall, 1879—31-68 ins., on 174 days. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 2nd to 5th ; Nov. 

 15th to 23rd ; Dec. 1st to 27th ; Jan. loth to Feb. 2nd, with 

 slight frosts for 11 nights in Feb. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Nov. 2nd and 20th, 18°; Dec. 2nd, 

 14° ; 5th, 13° ; 7th, 10°; Jan. 20th and 27th, 12° ; 28th and 29th, 

 17°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—4 ^1), 1 (2), 2 (3)— Antirrhinums, 1. 

 Apricots, 1. Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurel, common, 3. Myrtle, 2. Pens- 

 temon, 1. Picea Pinsapo, 3. 



Observations — Apples, bore only half a crop and very poor in 

 quality. Pears, very scarce. Plums, very few, excepting Damsons, 

 of which there was a fair crop. Currants, Gooseberries, Raspberries 

 and Strawberries were all plentiful and fairly good in 1880. 



2. Shrewsbury, Atcham. — Mr. G. Pearson. 

 G-en. Char, of Soil — Loam and gravel. 



Alt. and Exposure — Rather low, between the two rivers, Severn 

 and Tern. 



Rainfall, 1879 — [Shrewsbury, dist., 4 ms.; alt., 240 ft. ; ht., 5 ft. 

 6 ins. ; 24-45 ins., on 129 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 20th to Dec. 27th, 

 and Jan. 5th to 30th. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Dec. 4th and 5th, 9°. [Leaton, dist., 

 5 ms., E. ; alt., 266 ft. ; Dec. 4th and Jan. 27th, ll°-9]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—2 (1), 2 (2), 1 (3)— Euonymus japo- 



