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INJURIES TO PLA.NTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Alt. and Exposure — 180 ft., half a mile from the sea, on the side 

 of a valley sloping to E.S.E., the valley running N.N.E. to the sea. 



Rainfall, 1879 — 1st qr., 5-49 ins. ; 2nd qr., 7*34 ins. ; 3rd qi\, 

 13-40 ins. ; 4th qr., 3-97 ins. ; total, 30-20 ins. 



Bate of Onset and Duration of Frost — Dec. 2nd to 7th. 



Min. Temp, and Bate— Dec. 4th, 20°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — None. 



Plants uninjured — Callisthemon lanceolatum,* Cordyline austra- 

 lis,* Dodonaea ericsefolia,* Eryngium pandanifolium,* Escallonia 

 macrantha,* Eucalyptus coriaceus* (?), E. Gunnii, Eugenia apicu- 

 lata,* Fabiana imbricata, Fremontia californica,* Leptospermum sco- 

 parium, Photinia serrulata,* Pittosporum tenuifolium. 



Observations — The winter 1879-80 was so much less severe than 

 that of 1878-79 that it cannot be said that anything that was left 

 alive in the spring of 1879 was injured, notwithstanding the very 

 heavy rainfall in the summer of 1879. Those plants in the fore- 

 going list marked * were injured in 1878-79, when many trees and 

 shrubs were killed, but not in 1879-80. The effects of the heavy 

 summer rainfall were chiefly shown in the miserably deficient crop in 

 1880 of all fruit trees, excepting Cherries. There were no Peaches 

 or Nectarines, very few Apricots or Plums, and, speaking broadly, no 

 Apples or Pears, excepting five never failing varieties, viz. Dutch 

 Mignonne, Lord Suffield, Mannington's Pearmain, Ribston Pippin, 

 and Stunner Pippin. On Espaliers, there were a few of Gansel's Ber- 

 gamot Glou Morceau, Louise Bonne, and Marie Louise, on S.E. walls. 



1. Merioneth — Corwen, Rug. — Mr. Jas. Bennett. 



Gen. Char, of Soil— Very light ; subsoil, gravel. 



Alt. and Exposure — 500 ft. ; exposed to E. 



Rainfall, 1879—32-58 ins., on 157 days. 



Bate of Onset and Buration of Frost — End of Nov. to Feb. 



Min. Temp, and Bate— Jan. 23rd, 6°. 



Plants in jured, 1879-80 — Araucaria imbricata, 2. Artichoke, 

 globe, 1. Broccoli, 1. Laurel, common, 3. 



Observation — None but the most hardy shrubs are grown here. 



1. Montgomery — Welshpool, Powis Castle. — Mr. W. Lee. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — A stiff red loam, on red rock. 

 Alt. and Exposure — 420 ft. ; exposed to S. and E. 



