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22nd, with deep snow; Jan. 19th till 28th, with slight frosts at 

 intervals, during the remainder of the winter. 



Min. Temps, and Bates — Dec. 5th and Jan. 22nd, 7°: [Caer- 

 marthen, dist., 24 ms-., E. ; alt., 188 ft.; Dec. 5th, 17°'9; Jan. 

 22nd, 15°-7: Haverfordwest, dist., 7 ms., W. ; Dec. 5th, 11°; Jan. 

 21st, 15°-1]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—5 (1), 9 (2), 10 (3)— Aralia Sieboldii, 

 2. Aucuba japonica, 3. Berberis Darwinii, where shaded, 2 ; B. 

 vulgaris, 3. Blackberry, used as cover in woods, 1. Broccoli, 2. 

 Camellias, 2. Cedrus Deodara, 2. Escallonia rubra, 3. Figs, 2. 

 Furze, all the old plants, esp. in damp places, 1. Gleditschia tria- 

 canthos, 3. Larch, young plantations, 2 ; old, 3. Laurel, Bay, 

 breaking again strongly, 2. Laurel, common, 3. Laurustinus, 1. 

 Ligustrum vulgare, ovalifolium, 3. Mahonia Bealii, 1. Myrtus 

 communis, latifolia and microphylla, 2. Olea ilicifolia, 3. Quercus 

 Ilex, young plants near or under trees, 3. Raphiolepis ovata, 3. 

 Sequoia gigantea, in shade, 1. 



Plants uninjured — Azara microphylla, Berberis stenophylla, Ca- 

 mellias (near coast), Cistus ladamferus, Coni/eros — Abies Douglasii, 

 Araucaria imbricata, Cedrus atlantica, C. Deodara (a few of the 

 slowest growing and handsomest specimens), C. Libani, Cryptomeria 

 japonica, Cupressus Lawsoniana, C. Lambertiana, C. nutkaensis, 

 Juniperus Bedfordiana, J. chinensis, Picea nobilis, P. Nordman- 

 niana, P. excelsa and others, Retinospora obtusa, R. plumosa, R. 

 squarrosa and others, Sequoia gigantea (in exposed places, very 

 healthy), Thuja occidentalis and several others, — Daphne collina, 

 Figs (near the sea), Griselinia littoralis, Ligustrum japonicum, Olea- 

 ria Haastii, Paeonia moutan, Quercus Ilex (young and old trees 

 where fully exposed to sun and air), Vegetables (excepting Broc- 

 coli) fairly good. 



Observations — Trees and shrubs which are planted in a deep rich 

 soil make very succulent growth, which does not ripen in a cold 

 wet summer like that of 1879 ; consequently they are killed by 

 the frost. Those planted in full sun are extremely healthy. The 

 destruction of young Larches appears to be the greatest loss sustained 

 in this district; upwards of a million having been killed in the 

 neighbourhood. Taken as a whole the ornamental plantations and 

 pleasure grounds in this district have not suffered much, in fact, 

 very little. 



