DIVISION XX. (IRELAND) MUNSTER. 



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Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Severe frost commenced 

 about the middle of Dec, and lasted three weeks.* 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 7 (1), 1 (2), 1 (3)— Araucaria, 1 ; 

 Broccoli, 1. Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurustinus, 1. Myrtles, on S.E. wall, 

 1. Quercus Ilex, 3. Roses, Banksian, on S.E. wall, 1 ; Stands., 1, 2. 



Observations — Subsequent to the frost in Dec, it was a very mild 

 winter with much rain all through the following spring. 



2. Newmarket Fergus, Dromoland Castle. — Mr. W. Wilson. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Damp, with a loamy surface, on a limestone 

 subsoil. 



Alt. and Exposure — Near the sea-level. 



Rainfall, 1879 — Almost continuous from May to mid. of Aug. ; 

 and then at intervals during the autumn. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 4 (1), 4 (2)— Arbutus, 1, 2. Laurel, 

 Bay, 1, 2. Laurustinus, 1, 2. Phormium tenax, 1, 2. 



Observations — The injury done to plants in this locality was 

 immense. Owing to the continued rain during the summer and aut. 

 of 1879, fruit trees did not ripen their wood. Much of the wood of 

 Nectarines and Peaches died back during the spring and summer 

 of 1880, as the sap was rising. 



1. Cork — Queenstown. — Mr. W. Osborne. 



G-en. Char, of Soil — Marly, with part on limestone. 



Alt. and Exposure — 30 ft. ; suffers most from W. winds. 



Rainfall, 1879 — 41-22 ins. ; 14 wet days in May j 21 in June ; 

 20 in July ; 17 in Aug. ; and 14 in Sept. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Dec. 1st, 25°, for 11 

 days ; after which period there was but little hard frost. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Dec. 2nd, 15° ; 5th, 16°. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—3 (1), 16 (2), 14 (3)— Acacia affinis, 

 3. Araucaria excelsa, 1. Arundo conspicua, 3; A. Donax, 2. Ben- 

 thamia fragifera, 3. Camellia, 3. Chamserops humilis, 3. Cineraria 

 argophylla, 2. Clianthus puniceus, 3. Colletia cruciata, 2. Era- 

 bothrium coccineum, 2. Eucalyptus globulus, 1. Eugenia Ugni, 2. 

 Euonymus japonicus, 2 j E. j. varieg., 2. Fabiana imbricata, 3. 



* [No other recorded temps, correspond with this Obs. The Dates of min. 

 temps, for all Ireland, are from Dec. 2nd to 5th. G. H.] 



