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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



in an amphitheatre of high hills facing E. (R). 



Rainfall, 1879— About 27 or 28 ins. (B) ; 26 ins. (H) ; probably 

 about 30 ins. (R). 



Min. Temps, and Dates— About 2° or 3° (B) ; [Dec. 7th ?] -2° 

 or -3° (H) ; [Above 10° ? (R) : Scarborough, dist., 19 ms. ; alt., 

 115 ft.; Dec. 2nd, 19°-5]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 7 (1), 25 (2), 15 (3)— Acer macro- 

 phyllum, young (B and H), 3 ; A. palmatum, small (H), 3. Ash, 

 many, 1, 2. Aucuba japonica (H), 2. Berberis Darwinii (H), 1, 2. 

 Carya, sp., 2. Cephalotaxus Fortunei (H), 3. Cupressus macro- 

 carpa (H), 1, 2. Dacrydium Franklini, small plants (H), 2. Else- 

 agnus sp., 3. Escallonia macrantha (B), 2 ; (R), 3 or unhurt. 

 Euonymus japonicus, old, 10 ft. (H), 2. Hickory, 1 sp., (B), 2. 

 Holly, 2. Hypericum patulum (H), kd. to grd., 2. Jasminum 

 officinale, on S. wall, 3. Juglans, black American (B and H), 2. 

 Kcelreuteria paniculata (H), 3. Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, common, 

 3. Laurustinus, 2. Lonicera flexuosa, kd. to grd., 2 ; L. fragran- 

 tissima, 15 to 20 yrs., kd. to grd., 2. Nothoclsena Marantse, 1. 

 Oaks, in vale of Pickering, 1, 2 ; (H), 3. Picea Pinsapo, 3. Plane 

 (B and H), 2. Podocarpus andina (H), 2. Quercus Ilex (B), 2, (R) 

 3 or unhurt ; Q. succirubra, 30 ft. (B), 1878-9, 2 ; unhurt, 1879-80. 

 Raphiolepis ovata (H), many, 1. Ribes sanguineum, 2. Hoses — 

 double Ayrshire, Jaune Desprez, and Noisette, 3. " Ruga " and old 

 monthly, kd. to grd., 2. Sophora japonica (H), 3. Taxodium sem- 

 pervirens (H), 3. Walnut (B and H), 2. Wistaria sinensis, 3. 

 Yew, 15 ft. (B), 1, (B and H), 2. 



Plants uninjured — Acer Lobelii, A. macrophyllum, above 10 ft. 

 high (B and H), A. Negundo (B and A), A. platanoides (?) (purple 

 var., B and H), A. sp., from E. States (R), Ampelopsis Veitchii, 

 Araucaria imbricata, Berberis aquifolia, B. asiatica, B. dulcis, B. 

 ilicifolia, B. japonica (all vars.), Bignonia radicans, Buxus balea- 

 ricus, Carya sp., Clematis sp., Cryptomeria elegans, C. japonica, 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana, C. Nutkaensis, Dimorphanthus mandshu. 

 ricus, Escallonia macrantha, Euonymus japonicus, Firs, Fraxinus 

 sp. (from Oregon), F. mandshuricus, Hickory, 3 or 4 sp., 60 to 70 

 yrs. old, 30 ft. high (B), Juniperus excelsa, Bay Laurel, Libocedrus 

 decurrens, Oaks (B), Pines, Quercus Ilex, Q. succirubra, Retinos- 

 pora obtusa, R. pisifera, R. plumosa, Taxodium sempervirens (H), 

 Thuja gigantea and vars., Thujopsis dolabrata, Yew. 



Observations — Araucaria imbricata, as usual, is quite unhurt on 



