DIVISION XVII. (SCOTLAND) N. E. COUNTIES. 167 



Cotoneaster macrophylla, 1 ; 0. buxifolia, 3. Laurel, Portugal, 2. 

 Eoses, all, 1. 



Observations — In my opinion it was not the intensity of the 

 frost during the winter 1879-80 that was the chief cause of so 

 much damage being done to the plants ; for in the winter, 1878-79, 

 we had a more intense frost and one of a longer duration than that 

 of the winter of 1879-80 j when very little damage was done to 

 plants. It was, in fact, the unripeness of the young wood, caused by 

 the very wet and late summer of 1879, which was the main cause of 

 the damage. 



1. Kincardine — Fordoun, Arbutlmott House. — Mr. J. M. 

 G air us. 



Gfen. Char, of Soil — A black and brown loam ; on a hard, sandy, 

 clay subsoil. 

 Alt. and Exposure — 600 ft. ; aspect, S.E. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Lawrencekirk, dist., 5 ms., S.W. ; alt., 370 ft. j 

 42-43 ins.]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 30th to Dec. 20th. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Dec. 4th, 2° : [Aberdeen, dist., 20 ms., 

 N.E. ; alt., 96 ft. ; Dec. 3rd, 5th, 15°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—4 (1), 3 (2), 2 (3)— Araucaria nribri- 

 cata, 1. Aucuba japonica, 1. Cedrus Deodara, 1, 2, 3. Laurel, 

 Bay, 12 ft., 1. Laurel, Portugal, 3. Roses, Gloire de Dijon, 2 ; 

 H. P.'s, kd. to grd., 2. 



Observation — Roses, the H. P.'s, though killed to within a few 

 inches of the roots, have made the strongest wood last summer that 

 I have ever seen (Dec. 15th, 1880). 



1. Nairn — Nairn, Cawdor Castle. — Mr. J. Maitland. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — Light, on a gravelly subsoil, with sandstone 

 rock below. 



Alt. and Exposure — 220 ft. ; exposed to N. ; 5 ms. from the Ger- 

 man Ocean. 

 Rainfall, 1879—28*37 ins. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — End of Nov. and begin, 

 niog of Dec. ; winter, open afterwards. 



Min. Temp, and Date — End of Nov., for 3 nights, 14° : [Nairn, 

 dist., 4 ms., N.E. ; alt., 84 ft. ; Dec. 3rd, 14°]. 



