DIVISION XIII. (SCOTLAND) S. E. COUNTIES. 143 



Rainfall, 1879 — [Wooplaw, alt., 880 ft. ; ht., I ft. ; 30-22 ins., 

 on 199 days]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 3rd, 0° ; 4th, -6° : [Tweed Vine- 

 yard,* Dec. 1st, 22°; 3rd, -4° ; 4th, -10° ; 5th, 30° : Melrose Abbey, 

 dist., 4 ms., E. ; Dec. 4th, -5° : Melrose, alt., 280 ft. ; Dec. 7th, 

 -5°-5], 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 2 (1), 5 (2), 1 (3) — Arbutus, 2. 

 Holly, 3 ; Do. Golden, 1 ; Do. Silver, 2. Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, 

 Portugal, some 20 ft. high, 15 ins. circumf., 2. Laursutinus, 6 ft. 

 high, 20 yrs. old, 1. Roses, kd. to grd., 2. 



Plants uninjured — Broccoli was quite unhurt ; head cut in May, 

 9 ins. in diameter. 



* Oard. Chron. 1879, Yol. xii., p. 765. 

 [Erratum— Mr. Whitton informs me on enquiry, that the temps, recorded in 

 Mr. Sadler's pamphlet are wrong ; and that they should be as follows : — 

 Thermometer in a box, Dec. 3rd, -4° ; 4th, -8° ; 5th, -5°. Black bulb on 

 grass, Dec. 3rd, -7°; 4th, -11° ; 5th, -5°. See bottom of p. 134, Supra; G. H.] 



