DIVISION XVIII. (SCOT.) N. W. COUNTIES. 



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Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Dec. 3rd, "23° of frost" 

 [9° ?], with slight intermission till end of March. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—2 (1), 6 (3)— Apples, 3. Broccoli, 

 William's Alexandra, 1. Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurel, common, 3; Do. 

 Portugal, 3. Pears, 3. Plums, 3. Strawberries, 3. 



2. Dingwall, Tulloch Castle.— Mr. G. McKinlay. 



Gren. Char, of Soil — Clay, on a subsoil of cold clay ; rotten rock 

 with alluvial deposit occur in the lower grounds. 

 Alt. and Exposure — 300 ft. ; exposed to S. 



Rainfall, 1879— Excessive [ ? : Dingwall, alt., 3 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 1 

 in. ; 20-01 ins.]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 27th to March 2nd. 

 The gardens have a very fine exposure, and being on a rather steep 

 incline, the frost did not affect us quite so much as some other 

 parts of Rosshire ; but the previous summer wood of fruit trees 

 suffered much, being cut back to within five or six inches of the 

 winter pruning of 1878. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 3rd, 25°, [7° ? ] : [Beauly, dist., 

 9 ms., S. ; alt., 125 ft. ; Dec. 2nd, 11°]. 



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

 Cauliflowers, 1. Cupressus horizontalis, 1, 3. Escallonia macrantha 

 (struck by lightning ?), 2, 3. Roses, 1, 2, 3. 



Plants uninjured— Cotoneaster, Leycesteria formosa, Magnolia 

 grandiflora, and all hybrid Rhododendrons. 



3. Kilmuir, Balmagowan Castle. — Mr. T. Urquhart. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — A sandy loam. 



Alt. and Exposure — 300 ft. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Ardross Castle, dist., 5 ms., W. ; alt., 450 ft. ; 

 ht., 1 ft. ; 34-55 ins., on 190 days]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Ardross Castle, Dec. 3rd, "23° of 

 frost" [9° ?]. 



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

 weeping, growth of 1879 only kd., in shaded place, 3. Elasagnus, 

 3. Laurel, Bay, 3. Peaches, 1, 2. Roses, sorts, especially Teas on 

 walls, 1. Taxodium sempervirens, 2. Weigela, 3. Willow, weep- 

 ing (see Ash), 3. 



Plants uninjured — Roses, Climbing devoniensis, and Gloire de 

 Dijon. 



