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INJURIES TO PLANT?, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Observations — I think the injury to plants was more owing to the 

 low temperature of the summer months and to the unripe state of 

 the wood, than to the actual severity of the frost. Apart from 

 the severe frost in Dec., we had an exceptionatly open winter. 



2. Forres, Dunphail. - Mr. D. Myers. 

 Ge?i. Char, of Soil — Sandy loam. 



Alt. and Exposure — 475 ft. : exposed to S.W. 

 Rainfall, 1879- [Nairn, dist,, 10 ms., W.; alt., 60 ft. ; 23-08 

 ins.]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — From Dec. 3rd to 6th, 

 each night, 3°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 —19 (1), 12 (2), 5 (3)— Araucaria, 1. 

 Aucuba japonica, 1 ; A. j. longifolia, 1 ; A. j. macrophylla, 3; A. j. 

 picta, 1 ; A. j. vera, 2. Berberis Darwinii, 3 ; B. Jamesonii, 1 ; B. 

 Newberti, 3. Ceanothus azureus, 1 ; C, Gloire de Versailles, 1. 

 Cryptomeria japonica, 1; C. Lobbii, 2. Cupressus torulosa, 1. Cy- 

 tisus, white Portugal Broom, 1. Escallonia Ingrami, 2 ; E. macran- 

 tha, 2; E. rubra, 1. Eugenia Ugni, 1. Euonymus, three vars., 1. 

 Fitzroya patagonica, 1. Furze, fl. pi., 1. Garrya elliptica, 2. Lau- 

 rel, Bay, 1 , 2. Laurustinus, 2. Picca bracteata, 3 ; P. cephalonica, 

 1 ; P. grandis, 2 ; P. Pinsapo, 3 ; P. Webbiana, 2. Pinus argentea, 

 2. Roses, budded on Manetti, 2 ; dwarfs on own roots, 2 ; stands., 

 1. Taxodium distichum, 3 ; T. semper virens, 1. 



Observations — Vegetables of 1879 were generally very inferior, 

 Broccolis, Brussel sprouts and Cauliflowers being entirely useless. 

 Fruit was very plentiful but never came to perfection. The wood of 

 1879 not having ripened, Apples, Pears and Plums failed in 1880. 

 Small fruit, however, e.g. Currants, Gooseberries and Strawberries, 

 have been very fine this year. 



3. Inveraven, Ballindalloch Castle.— Mr. D. Rose. 



Gen. Char, of Soil -A medium loam on a gravelly subsoil. 



Alt. and Exposure — 530 ft. ; exposed to S.W. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Grantown, dist., 10 ms , S.W. ; alt., 712 ft.; 

 27-75 ins., on 163 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — End of Nov. ; continued 

 on into Dec. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — [Dec. 2nd or 3rd ?], -4° : [Dunphail, 

 dist., 14 ms., N.W.; alt., 475 ft. ; Dec. 3rd, 3°]. 



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



