DIVISION XXI. — (ibeland) leinstek. 



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Rainfall, 1879 — 24-42 ins., on 118 days ; max., 20 ins., July ; 

 min., 3 ins., Jan. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost— Nov. 28th till Feb. 16th ; 

 temp, above 32° on 26 days; ice, 11*5 ins. thick. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Jan. 22nd, 8° [Portarlington, dist., 25 

 ms., S.E. ; Dec. 4th, 12° ; Jan. 6th, 21°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80—6 (1), 2 (2), 4 (3)— Artichoke, globe, 

 1. Aucuba, variegated, 2. Broccoli, e.g. Leamington, Snow's, &c, 



1. Calycanthus floridus, 1. Escallonia macrantha, large plant on 

 rockery, 1, on wall, S.E. asp., 3. Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, common, 

 kd. to grd., 2. Laurustinus, kd. to grd., 2. Parsley, 1. Phormium 

 Colensoi, ?, variegated, 3 • P. tenax (1878-79), 1. Roses, stand- 

 ards, 3. 



Plants uninjured — Conifers, including Abies sp., Cedars, Cupres- 

 sus sp., Pines, Thujas and Sequoias ; Roses, dwfs. 



1. Kilkenny — Stoneyford, Inisnag. — Rev. J. Graves. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — A warm, light limestone soil. 

 Alt. and Exposure — 224 ft. ; exposed to S. 

 Rainfall, 1879— Alt., 125 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 31-70 ins. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Three weeks, end of Nov. 

 and beginning of Dec. 

 Min. Temp, and Date— -Dec. [5th ?], 2°. 



Plants injured, 1878-79 and 1879-80—6 (1), 8 (2), 2 (3)— Beech, 

 copper, died in spring, 1880, 1. Broccoli,1878-9,* 1. Buxus balearica, 

 d. in spring 1880, 1. Escallonia macrophylla, 1878-9, 2. Fig, 1878-9, 



2. Furze, 1878-9, 2. Hawthorn, no flowers in 1880, 3. Laurel, 

 Bay, 1878-9, 2. Laurel, common, 1878-9, 3. Laurustinus, acute 

 and round leafed, 1878-9, 2. Lonicera, evergreen and varieg., 1878- 

 9, 2. Myrtle, 1878-9, 2. Poplar, Lombardy, 1878-9, 2. Roses 

 (worked), died in spring, 1880, 1. Thuja, d. in sp., 1880, 1. Vero- 

 nica, 1878-9, 1. 



Observations — Laurustinus, many were 25 yrs. old, and never 

 injured before 1878. The round leafed variety seemed to stand the 

 frost better than the acute-leafed, all of which were killed to the 

 ground in 1878. 



2. Kilkenny. — Mr. J. G. Robertson. 



* The winter of 1878-9 began 3 weeks before Christmas, the min. temp, 

 being on Dec. 24th, 6°. 



