DIVISION VII. — N. MIDLAND COUNTIES. 



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Rainfall, 1879— Ht., 1 ft. ; 26-28 ins., on 197 days. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Frost was most severe 

 from Dec. 1st to 18th, and the temp, was 20 times below 20° in Dec. 

 The mean daily max. was 38°- 9 : the mean min., 22°*8. The second 

 period was from Jan. 14th to 31st. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 7th, -5°-8. Jan. 21st, l°-6 ; on 

 grass, 16th, -4°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—29 (1), 30 (2), 13 (3)— Aloysia citrio- 

 dora, 1. Ampelopsis Veitchii, 1. Apricots, 1. Araucaria imbri- 

 cata, 3. Arbutus, 1, 2. Aristolochia Sipho, 2. Artichoke, globe, 2. 

 Asparagus, 1. Aucuba japonica, 1, 2. Berberis Darwinii, 1, 2 ; B. 

 stenophylla, 2. Box, 3. Broccoli, 1. Brussels sprouts, 2. Cab- 

 bages, 3. Carnations, 1. Catalpa syringgefolia, 2. Cauliflowers, 1. 

 Cedrus Deodara, 1. Cotoneaster microphylla, 3. Cryptomeria japo- 

 nica, 3. Cupressus Lawsoniana, 1 ; C. macrocarpa, 1. Daphne 

 Cneorum, 1. Escal Ionia macrantha, 1. Euonymus, 2. Figs, 2. 

 Furze, 2 ; and fl. pi., 1. Holly, 2. Hydrangeas, 2. Hypericum 

 calycinum, 2. Ivy, large plants in some places, 1. Jasminum offi- 

 cinale, 3 ; J. large white flowered, 1. Kale, 1. Laurel, Bay, 2. 

 Laurel, common, kd. to grd., revived, 2 ; Do. var. caucasica, 2 ; Do. 

 Portugal, 1. Laurustinus, 2. Ligustrum japonicum, 1. Lonicera 

 fragrantissima, 2; L. japonica, 2. Magnolia grandiflora, 2. Mul- 

 berry, standard, 3. Myrtle, 1. Nectarines, 3. Oaks, 3. Pasonia 

 Moutaa, 2. Pampas grass, 2. Parsley, 2. Peaches, 3. Picea 

 Pinsapo, 3. Quercus Ilex, kd. to grd., 2. Quince, 1. Eosemary, 1. 

 Roses, climbing and dwfs., on Manetti, (protected with bracken and 

 yew boughs) very few 1 ; both H.P.'s and Teas being kd. to grd., 2 ; 

 Stands., 1 ; a very fine devoniensis and two large Reve d'Or budded 

 above grd., and 1 or 2 Gloire de Dijon, 1. Salisburia, 2. Santolina 

 incana, 1. Sequoia gigantea, 1, 2. Tamarix, 2. Wallflowers, 1. 

 Walnut, 3. Weigela alba, 2. Wistaria sinensis, 3. Yew, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Abies Douglasii, Acacia (pink), Acer Negundo 

 variegata, Almond, Cedrus Deodara (young plants protected by snow), 

 Cornus (silver variegated), Cryptomeria elegans, Irish Ivy (in some 

 places), Liriodendron, Mulberry against a wall, Picea nobilis, P. 

 Nordmanniana, Pinus Cembra, Retinospora, Sequoia gigantea (old 

 tree), Skimmia japonica, Thuja aurea, T. gigantea, Thujopsis 

 borealis. 



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