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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Alt. and Exposure — 96 ft. ; exposed to E. and W. winds. 



Rainfall, 1879— Ht., 3 ft. 6 ins. ; 24-16 ins., on 164 days. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — [Frost very severe first 

 wk. of Dec. and end of Jan., in Lincolnshire]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — [Lincoln, disk, 10 ms., S. E. ; alt., 

 25 ft. ; Dec. 2nd, 5° ; 3rd, 9° ; 4th and 5th, 7° ; 6th, 9° ; 7th, 0° : 

 Osberton, disk, 12 ms., W. ; Dec. 7th, -5° : Kelstern, dist., 22 ms., 

 E. ; alt., 388 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 5°-8 ; Jan. 29th, 16°-9]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—4 (1), 7 (2), 5 (3)— Apples, 2. Apri- 

 cots, 3. Asparagus, 2. Box, 3. Broccoli, 1. Cabbages, Savoy &c, 

 1. Cauliflower, 1. Holly, 3; Do. variegated, 2. Ivy, 2. Laurel, 

 common, 2 ; Do. Portugal, 2. Oaks, 3. Peaches, 2. Roses, Stands., 

 1. Sequoia gigantea, 3. 



2. Grimsby. — Mr. J. M. Lundie. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Very heavy and clayey, but in a few places 

 light and loamy. 



Alt. and Exposure - 100 ft., rising to 300 ft., in the wolds, 9 ms. 

 dist. from the coast. Bleak and exposed to cutting E. winds. 



Rainfall, 1879— 18-5 ins. [Aylesby, dist., 4 ms., W. ; ht., 

 2 ft. ; 27.22 ins., on 199 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — From end of Nov. lasting, 

 with intervals, for two months. [Dec. was cold and dry till close, 

 when it became mild and moist]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — [Dec. 7th ?] 8° : [Kelstern, dist., 8 ms. 

 ?, S. ; alt., 388 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 5°-8 ; Jan. 29th, 16°9 : Killingholme, 

 dist., 8 ms., N.; alt., 60 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 10°-5; Jan. 29th, 21°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 15 (1), 5 (2), 5 (3) - Bulbous 

 plants, rotted through, by wet of 1879 ; Crocus, 10 p. c, 1 ; Hya- 

 cinths, 20 p. c, 1 ; Lilies, Narcissi and Snowdrops, 5 p. c, 1 ; Tu- 

 lips, 30 p. c, 1 ; and 5 p. c, 3. Cereals, Barley, Wheat, Oats and 

 field crops, 40 p. c, 1 ; in some cases had to be resown on account 

 of the wet and frost. Flowers — These did not suffer much from 

 frost, but blossomed poorly on account of the wet. Fruit trees — 

 Apples, Currants, Gooseberries, Pears and Plums did poorly from 

 wet ; also damaged by hail and frost in the spring during blos- 

 soming, 5 p. c, 3. Forest trees — Alder, Ash, Beech, Birch, Chest- 

 nut, Elm, Fur, Hazel, Oak, Plane, Sycamore, Willow, Yew, did not 

 on the whole suffer, but a few young saplings were killed. Roses, 

 of common, fancy and variegated sorts, 60 p. c, 1 ; 10 p. c, 2 ; suf- 



