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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Deodara, 1. Cotoneaster, 3. Cratasgus Pyracantha, lost foliage, 3. 

 Daphne Cneorum, 2. Escallonia floribunda, 1. Euonymus japoni- 

 cus, variegatus, 2. Furze, fl. pi., 1. Garrya elliptica, lost foliage, 

 3. Holly, lost much foliage, 3. Ivy, sorts, 3. Jasminum nudiflo- 

 rum, 3. Kale, 3. Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurel, Portugal, 2. Laurus- 

 tinus, 1. Lonicera, 3. Magnolia grandiflora, 1. Menziesia poli- 

 folia, 1. Oaks, 3. Onions, 1. Phillyrea latifolia, 2. Picea Lasio- 

 carpa, 3 ; P. Pinsapo, 3. Plane, 3. Privet, 3. Rhododendrons, 

 lost foliage, 3. Sequoia gigantea, 2 ; S. sempervirens, 2. Veronica, 

 1. Yucca gloriosa, 2. 



Observations — Many plants here suffer much from W. winds, 

 combined with the smoke from chemical works three miles off. 



1. Lancashire — Cartmel, Holker Hall. — Mr. W. Fox. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Light and open ; very stony upon a rocky 

 subsoil. 



Alt. and Exposure — 100 ft. ; open to sea on S. and W. ; the 

 tides running to within three-quarters of a mile from the garden. 



Rainfall, 1879 — 37-43 ins. ; being. a few ins. below the av. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 26th to Dec. 26th. 

 Open weather for 10 days ; when frost recommenced and lasted till 

 the end of Jan. 



Min. Temp, and Date— Dec. 4th, 11° ; Jan. 19th, 15°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 4 (1), 4 (2), 2 (3) — Arbutus Unedo, 

 old, 12 to 14 ft., 2. Catalpa syringaefolia, large tree, last summer's 

 (unripened) growth, 2. Ceanothus azureus, old plant, on wall, with 

 large head above, 1. Desfontainea spinosa, on turf, sheltered, 20 yrs. 

 old, 7 ft., 1. Garrya elliptica, var. macrophylla, on wall, 1. Lau- 

 rel, Bay, 3. Laurustinus, large, 3. Quercus glabra, fine old tree, 2. 

 Stauntonia latifolia, very luxuriant, on wall, 1. Thuja orientalis, 

 fine old tree, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Araucaria imbricata (many plants), Cepha- 

 lotaxus Fortunei (bushy specimen on lawn), Desfontainea spinosa (two 

 plants trained to trellis on wall, 12 yrs. dist. from one mentioned 

 above), Leptospermum lanigerum (on wall), Photinia serrulata (on 

 wall), Quercus glabra (situated on higher ground than the one men- 

 tioned and well sheltered). 



2. Lytham. — Mr. R. Maries. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Sand and a sandy loam. 



