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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



ceptions) round about this neighbourhood trees and shrubs have 

 escaped wonderfully. 



3. Borrowash, Elvaston Castle.*—" T. B." 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — Moist. 



Alt. and Exposure— [200 ? ft. : Trent Coll., dist., 4 ms. ; alt., 120 

 ft.] ; air, moist. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Spondon, dist., 2 ms. ; alt., 262 ft. ; ht., 7 ins. ; 

 31-58 ins., on 191 days]. 



Min. Temp, and Date— [Dec. 7th ?] about -10° [too low ? Trent 

 Coll., alt., 120 ft.; dist., 4 ms. ; -3°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—7 (1), 7 (2), 7 (3)— Abies Douglasii, 3. 

 Araucaria imbricata, 2, 3. Cedrus Deodara, lost leaves, 3 ; C. Libani, 

 do., 3. Furze, single and fl. pi., kd. to grd, 2. Hollies, green, gold 

 and silver vars., Cunninghamii, Queen, maderensis, Milkmaid, many 

 20 ft. high, many, 1, 2. Juniperus chinensis, female, 2 (male, un- 

 hurt). Laurel, Portugal, 50 yrs. old, and clipped hedges, all, 1. 

 Menziesias, 1. Mulberry, 40 yrs. old, 1. Picea Pinsapo, 3. Pinus 

 Coulteri, 2 ; P. insignis, 19 yrs., all, 1 ; P. macrocarpa, rather more 

 than P. Coulteri, 2. Sequoia gigantea, one 8 ft. in girth, 1, 2, 3. 

 Walnuts, 40 yrs. old, 1. Yew, 3. 



4. Borrowash, Manor House. — Mr. G. H. Wright. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — A shallow brown loam, with gravel subsoil. 



Rainfall, 1879 — [Spondon, dist., 1£ ms. ; alt., 262 ft. ; ht., 7 ins. ; 

 31-58 ins., on 191 days]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — [Trent Coll., dist., 4 ms. ; alt., 120 ft. ; 

 Dec. 6th, -3° : Belper, dist., 9 ms., N. ; alt., 354 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 4°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80— 17 (1), 17 (2), 9 (3)— Abies Dou- 

 glasii, 3. Arbutus Unedo, 1. Aucuba japonica, 2. Berberis Dar- 

 winii, in damp situation, 1 ; elsewhere, 2. Ceanothus azureus, 1. 

 Cedrus atlantica, in shade, 1 ; C. Deodara, 3. Cistus ladaniferus, 1. 

 Cotoneaster microphylla, 3. Cryptomeria elegans, 2. Cupressus 

 Lawsoniana, where shaded, 3; C. L. alba spica, 3 ; C. macrocarpa, 1. 

 Cytisus albus, 1 ; C. purpureus, damp place, 2. Daphne indica, 

 rubra, 2. Euonymus japonicus, ovatus aureus, on S. wall, 1. Furze, 

 fl. pi., 1. Garrya elliptica, on E. wall, 2. Hollies, vars., especially 

 where shaded, 3. Jasminum nudiflorum, in S. aspect, 1. Laurel, 

 common, 1, 2, 3 ; Do., colchica, 1, 2, 3 ; L. Portugal, 1, 2 ; all 



* From The Gard. Chron., 1880, p. 748. 



