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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



nicus, variegated, 1. Garry a elliptica, 1. Holly, common, 2 ; Do., 

 variegated. 1. Ivy, 2. Laurel, Bay, kd. to grd., 2. Laurel, com- 

 mon, 40 ft. by 20 ft., 1, 2 ; Do. Portugal, 1, 2. Laurustinus, 1, 2. 

 Lavander, 1. Ligustrum vulgare, 2 ; L. v. ovalifolium, 1. Loni- 

 cera brachypoda, aureo-reticulata, 1. Magnolia, 1. Pampas grass, 

 2. Pears, 2. Phillyrea angustifolia, 2 ; P. latifolia, 2. Plums, 2. 

 Quercus Ilex, fine trees, 100 yrs., 50 ft., 1 ; Q. Suber, 2. Taxodium 

 sempervirens, 3. Walnut, no fruit, 1880, 2. Yew, 40 ft., 1, 2, 3. 



Observations — Fruit trees, bore very little fruit. Hollies, the 

 destruction amongst these and other trees and shrubs was greatest 

 where they were most sheltered and the ground moist ; of the com- 

 mon Green Hollies, those laden with berries were killed but those 

 without berries did not seem to be quite destroyed though very much 

 injured ; the variegated specimens killed were 40 ft. high. 



1. Nottinghamshire — Newark, Coddington Hall. — Mr. W. 

 Maher. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Variable, from a light sandy loam to stiff 

 clay with a gravelly subsoil. 



Alt. and Exposure — About 120 ft. ; on the top of a hill exposed 

 to N.E. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Oxton, dist., 12 ms., W. ; ht., 9 ins. ; 31-10 

 ins.]. 



Mm. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 12th [7th ?] -1° [Highfield, Not- 

 tingham, dist., 18 ms., S.W. ; Dec. 7th. ht., 4 ft. ; -2°-3 ; on snow, 

 -5°-3 : Ollerton, dist., 13 ms., N.W. ; alt., 175 ft. ? ; Dec. 7th, -2°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—5 (1), 6 (2), 1 (3)— Araucaria imbri- 

 cata, 1. Berberis Darwinii, 1. Broccolis — Adam's early White, 

 Cattell's Eclipse, Knight's Protecting, Leamington, all, 1. Figs, 2. 

 Holly, 2. Laurel, Bay, kd. to grd., 2. Laurel, common, kd. to grd., 

 2 ; Do. Portugal, kd. to grd., 2. Laurustinus, 1. Roses, Stands., 

 most of them, 1, 2. Yew, 3. 



Observations — The Laurels, Bay, common and Portugal, are 

 springing again from the ground. 



2. Worksop, Hodsock Priory. — H. Mellish, Esq. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — Red Sandstone. 



Alt. and Exposure — 53 ft. ; the garden is a good deal surrounded 

 by wood. It has two small ponds and various streams in and around 

 it. 



