DIVISION VTI. N. MIDLAND COUNTIES. 



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Min. Temps, and Bates— Dec. 2nd, 0° ; Dec. 7th, 2° : [Birstal, 

 dist., 3 ms. ; alt., 250 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 10° : Leicester, dist., 4 ms. ; 

 alt., 237 ft. ; Dec. 2nd, 3° ; 7th, 4°3 ; Jan. 20th, 18°6 ; 29th, 17°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80— 12 (1), 9 (2), 4 (3)— Aucubas, 1, 2. 

 Clematis montana, trained on arches, 1. Hollies, many, 2, 3. Honey- 

 suckle, trd. to arches, 1, 2, 3. Laurel, Bay, cut to grd., 2. Laurel, 

 common, cut to grd., 2 ; Do. Portugal, many 20 ft. high, 20 to 27 ft. 

 diam., 1, 2, 3. Lavander, large old plants, many, 1, 2. Rosemary, 

 old plant, 1. Roses — Belle Lyonnaise (climber), 1, 2 ; Briars for 

 budding, 65 p. c, 1 • 45 p. c, kd. to grd., 2 : Celine Forestiere, 1, 2. 

 Cheshunt Hyb. (climber), 1,2; Dwfs., all wrapped up in long stable 

 litter (25) 1, (9) 2, (955) 3 ; Gloire de Dijon, (10) 1, (5) 2 ; Mare- 

 chal Niel (2^) 1, 2 (see below) ; Niphetos (climbers), 1, 2 ; Reve 

 d'Or, (5) from 10 to 15 ft. high, 1 ; Standards, (420) 1, (113) 2, 

 (320) 3. Sages, nearly all, 1. Thyme, a large bed of old plants, 

 nearly all, 1. Wallflowers, 1. 



Observations — Hollies, 78 had to be cut down; most of them have 

 broken out again nicely. Roses. Marechal Xiel, 29 killed, nearly all 

 on walls ; they were all covered with straw and a thick mulching ol 

 long manure. Those not killed were cut to grd., but have since 

 grown well (Jan. 7th, 1881). 



4. Leicester, Birstal Hill.— F. T. Mott, Esq., F.R G.S. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Good, a rather stiff loam ; subsoil, Boulder 

 drift-clay with pockets of sand. 



Alt. and Exposure — About 250 ft. Surface nearly flat, being a 

 table-land about 70 ft. above the river valley, with a very slight slope 

 to N. E. The garden is partially protected on N. by the house 

 and some tall Elm trees. 



Rainfall, 1879 — Average yearly Rainfall is about 28 inches : 

 [Leicester, Mus., alt., 238 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 27*65 ins., on 210 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Began Nov. 13th ; about 

 22° ; then snow, frost and thaw alternately, till Dec. 1st ; when a 

 frost with temp, below 20° set in for a week. Then, snow, frost and 

 thaw, again, alternately, till Jan. 18th, 1880, when there was another 

 fortnight of hard frost, followed by 6 weeks of dull raw weather. 



Min. Temp, and Date — Dec. 2nd to 7th, every morning at 

 8-30 a.m., 10° [See (3) Barkby, dist., 3 ms. ; Leicester, dist,, 2 ms.]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 3 (1), 11 (2), 13 (3) — Ampelopsis 

 Yeitchii, 3. Aucuba, 2. Berberis Darwinii, 2 ; B. dulcis, 3. Biota 



