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little. We had a coating of snow which helped to preserve what- 

 ever it rested upon. 



Min. Temps, and Bates— Dec. 3rd, 8° ; 4th and 8th, 9°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — Roses, alone were injured having been 

 newly planted ; the wood was probably not well ripened, owing to 

 the cold sunless summer of 1879. 



4. Kirriemuir, Cortachy Castle. — Mr. "VV. Reid.* 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Thermometer, ht., 3 ft., and protected ; 

 Dec. 3rd, 14°; 4th, 12°; 11th, 16°; Jan. 13tb, 13° ; 14th, 14° ; 

 20th, 20°. Av. temp, of Dec, 27°-5 ; av. temp, of Jan., 30°. 



Observations — Vegetation has suffered very little here. Every 

 thing started away in spring much better than I expected after the 

 preceding wet and sunless summer. Fruit trees &c. promise well. 



1. Perth— Carse of Gowrie. — Mr. P. Loney. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Light and black, on Whinstone rock ; lower 

 grounds are on gravel, with clay in low carse land. 



Alt. and Exposure — 233 ft. ; on the front of the Sidlaw Hills ; 

 S. aspect. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Errol (Fingask Castle), alt., 80 ft. ; ht., 9 ins., 

 30-38 ins.]. 



Min. Temps, and Bates— [Perth, dist., 8 ms. ?, W. ; alt., 34 ft. ; 

 Dec. 4th, 7° : Hallyburton, dist., 8 ms. ?, N. ; alt., 280 ft. ; Dec. 

 3rd, 0°]. 



Observations — Araucarias, Sequoias, and jrare sorts of Coniferse, 

 as well as all kinds of evergreens, grow extremely well here. Com- 

 mon vegetables produced fine crops last season. Potatoes were of 

 first-rate quality and without much disease. 



2. Crieff, Abercairny. — Mr. J. Brown. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — A light friable loam. 



Alt. and Exposure — About 200 ft. ; somewhat sheltered. 

 Rainfall, 1879— [Crieff (Ochtertyre), alt., 325 ft. ; ht., 9 ins. ; 

 38-59 ins.]. 



Bate of Onset and Buration of Frost — Sept. 24th, 30°-5, to Feb. 

 9th, 24°. 



Min. Temps, and Bates— Oct. 28th, 24° ; Nov. 13th, 18° ; Dec. 

 4th, 4°; Jan. 23rd, 18°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — Trees and shrubs suffered scarcely at 



* Report on Temps, during tlie Winter, 1879-80, by J. Sadler, p. 11. 



