DIVISION XL— ANGLESEA, WALES AND MONMOUTH. 121 



Rainfall, 1879— 33-8 ins. 



Bate of Onset and Duration of Frost— -Oct. 16th, 23°, to Dec. 

 26th ; Jan. 18th, 23°, to Feb. 22nd ; March 18th to May 2nd, 24°. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 3rd, Jan. 20th and 27th, 12°: 

 [Churchstoke, disk, 7 ms., S.E. ; alt., 549 ft. ; Dec. 2nd, 15°-2 ; Jan. 

 20th, 13°-2]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — Vegetables alone suffered very severely ; 

 the garden being exposed to the E. winds, Broccolis, Cabbages, 

 and Greens were all killed. 



Plants uninjured — Conifers, choice kinds, and deciduous trees and 

 shrubs very much exposed, such as Araucarias, Abies, sp., Biotas, 

 Cedrus, sp., Cryptomeria, Cupressus, sp., Retinosporas, &c. ; Flowers 

 and Herbaceous plants, none have suffered ; Lapageria rosea, planted 

 agst. S.E. wall, on June 1st, 1879, bore fine firs, in Sept. ; made 

 excellent growth, 1880 ; and would have flrd. in Oct. had not frost 

 set in so early (with 23°) and continued throughout the month. 



1. S. Wales — Caermarthen, Whitland, Maesgwynne. — Mr. T. 

 Higgins. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — A loamy clay on a cold subsoil of clayey 

 marl. 



Alt. and Exposure — About 200 ft. ; exposed to wind from the 

 Irish Channel. 



Rainfall, 1879 — [Caermarthen, dist., 12 ms., E. ; alt., 92 ft.; 

 ht., 6 ins. ; 50-12 ins., on 225 days]. 



Min. Temps, and Bates — [Caermarthen, alt., 188 ft. ; Dec. 5th, 

 17°-9 ; Jan. 22nd, 15°-7: Haverfordwest, dist., 15 ms., W. ; alt., 

 95 ft. (?) ; Dec. 5th, 11°; Jan. 21st, 15°-1]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—3 (1), 7 (2), 4 (3)— Apples, 2. Aralia 

 Sieboldii, 1. Asparagus, 50 p. c, 1, others 2. Aucuba japonica, 2. 

 Hydrangeas, 1. Laurustinus, exposed, 2 ; sheltered, 3. Peaches, 2. 

 Pears, 2. Rhododendron ponticum, 3 ; R. hybs., 3. Vegetables, all 

 kinds, 3. Veronicas, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Broccoli, in most exposed part of garden, 

 walled on all sides, finest crop ; Cabbages, all sorts stood well ; Cher- 

 ries, av. crop, 1880 ; Confers, not one injured ; Currants, av. crop., 

 1880 ; Gooseberries, never better crop, bushes laden to grd., 1880. 



Observations — Apples, Peaches and Pears bore no fruit in 1880: 

 the summer growth dying back, 3 to 5 ins., to the more matured 



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