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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Nov. 29th, 18° ; 30th, 14° ; Dec. 1st, 12° ; 2nd, 25° ; 3rd, 15° ; 

 4th and 5th, 10° ; 6th, -8°].* 



Min. Temps, and Dates — [Dec. 4th ?], about 1°: [Dalston, alt., 

 164 ft. ; dist., 5 ms. [?], S. ; Dec. 4th, 4°-5 : Scaleby, alt., 111ft.; 

 dist., 6 ms. (?), N.E. ; Dec. 4th, 3° 0]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—8 (1), 1 (2), 2 (3)— Aucuba japonica, 

 2. Buddlea globosa, 1. Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurel, common, 3; Do. 

 Portugal, 3. Vegetables, Beet (White), Broccoli, Cabbage, Celery, 

 Lettuce (hardy green), Spinach, nearly all, 1. 



Observations — Fruit in 1880 ; Apples and Pears, very few but 

 good ; Currants, Gooseberries, Plums (on walls), Raspberries and 

 Strawberries, good crops. 



2. Carlisle, Rose Castle. — Mr. S. Foster. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Strong and loamy. 



Alt. and Exposure — 114 ft. 



Rainfall, 1879—29-33 ins., on 172 days. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Sept., 5 nights of frost j 

 in Oct., 15 ; Nov., 21 ; Dec, 29 ; Jan., 22. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— [Carlisle, Dec. 3rd, 4°4; 4th, l°-5 ; 

 Jan. 20th, 15° 3: Scaleby, dist., 5 ms., N. ; alt., Ill ft. ; Dec. 4th, 

 3°: Dalston, dist., 4 ms., S. ; alt., 164 ft. ; Dec. 4th, 4°-5 : Alston, 

 dist., 20 ms., S.E. ; alt., 1145 ft. ; Dec. 4th, -4°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 37 (1), 16 (2), 12 (3)— Acacia [Robi- 

 nia pseudacacia ?], 2. Ailanthus glandulosus, 1. Aralia japonica, 1. 

 Araucaria, 2. Arbutus procera, 1. Artichoke, globe, 1. Aucuba, 2. 

 Azara microphylla, 1. Berberis Darwinii, 3. Biota orientalis, 3. 

 Broccoli, 1. Brussels sprouts, 3. Buddlea globosa, 1. Bupleurum 

 fruticosum, 1. Buxus balearicus, 1. Cabbage, Savoys, 3. Capri- 

 folium flexuosum, 1. Catalpa syringaefolia, 1. Ceanothus azureus, 

 1. Cedrus Deodara, 3. Celery, 1. Cercis siliquastrum, 1. Chimo- 

 nanthus fragrans, 1. Cistus ladaniferus, I, Cupressus Lambertiana, 



1. Dimorphanthus mandshuricus, 1. Escallonia Ingrami, 1 • E. ma- 

 crantha, 1. Eugenia apiculata, 3. Euonymus japonicus, 1. Eu- 

 rybia argophylla, 1. Fabiana imbricata, 1. Furze, 1. Garry a 

 elliptica, 1. Griselinia littoralis, 1. Halesia tetraptera, 1. Hollies, 



2. Kcelreuteria paniculata, 1. Laurel, Bay, 1, 2. Laurel, com- 

 mon, 1, 2. Laurustinus, 1, 2. Leycesteria formosa, 1. Negundo 



Jl. ofHort. 1879, p. 464. 



