DIVISION XII. — (scotla.nd) s. counties. 



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Dec. 5th, 12 p.m., -1° ; temp, then rose to 30°, followed by 9 

 ins. of snow. At Ancrum House, (list., 1 m. ; Dec. 4th, -10° : Kirk- 

 lands, -16°: Nr. R. Teviot, -16°: Crailing, dist., 4 ms, E. ; Dec. 

 4th, -18° : Ormiston, dist., 4 ms., K ; Dec. 4th, -18°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—32 (1), 27 (2), 1 (3)— Apples, stands., 



1, 2. Apricots (still dying back, Aug. 2nd, 1880), 2. Araucaria, 1, 



2. Arundo conspicua, 1, 2. Aucubas, 1, 2. Berberis Darwinii, 1 ; 

 B. Simonsii, 1,2; two other vars., 1, 2. Box, tree, 1, 2. Broom, 

 1, 2 ; Cedrus Deodara, 1, 2. Cistus, 1, 2. Clematis, on walls, 

 slightly protected at base, 1, 2. Crataegus Oxyacantha, pink, fl. pi., 

 2 ; C. Pyracantha, 1. Desfontainea spinosa, 1. Escallonia macrantha, 

 on wall and well covered, 1. Figs, on wall and well covered, 1, 2. 

 G-arrya elliptica, 1. Hollies, all kinds, green and variegated, 1 ; only 

 two alive, 2. Ivies, various kinds, 1, 2. Laurel, Bay, 2 Laurel, 

 Portugal, 2. Laurustinus, 1. Magnolia grandiflora, well covered, 

 on wall, 1, 2. Oaks, from 30, 40 to 150 yrs. old, 2. Osmanthus 

 ilicifolius, 1. Pampas grass, 1. Pears, stands., 1, 2. Privet, 1, 2. 

 Raphiolepis ovata, 1. Rhododendrons, hybs. and ponticum, 1, 2. 

 Roses, on walls, 1. Santolina, 1. Sequoia gigantea, 1, 2. Vines, 

 very old kinds, 1, 2. Walnut, 2. Yew, common, 1,2; Do. Irish, 3. 



Plants uninjured — All herbaceous plants, owing to the depth of 

 snow upon them. 



2. Kelso.— Mr. W. B. Boyd. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Of a light, gravelly nature ; very few places 

 being on a clay subsoil. 



Alt. and Exposure— -150 to 200 ft. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Springwood Park, alt., 130 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 24*92 

 ins., on 219 days]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Dec. 3rd and 4th, -18° : [See Meteor. 

 Obs. p. 126 and Rep., No. 1, for temps, at Mt. Teviot, dist., 8 ms.,S. ; 

 and Crailing, dist., 6 ms., S. : Milne-Graden, dist., 10 ms., N.E. ; 

 alt., 103 ft.; Dec. 4th, -3°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 20 (1), 27 (2), (3)— Acer Pseudo- 

 Platanus (Sycamore), 2. Ampelopsis, all (except A. Veitchii), 2. 

 Apples, nearly all, 1. Apricots, on walls, 1. Araucaria imbricata, 

 1. Ash, 2. Aucuba japonica, 2. Beech hedges, 2. Berberis Dar- 

 winii, 2 ; B. dulcis, 2. Box, tree, 1. Bramble, variegated, 2. 

 Cedrus Deodara, 1. Chestnut, Spanish, 1. Clematis Jackmanni, 2; 

 Oi viticella, 2, Crataegus, "evergreen Thorn," 2, Cytinup Labur* 



