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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1879-80. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — End of Nov. to middle 

 of Feb. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Jan. 22nd, 16°- 7 [Warrington, dist., 

 10 ms., N.E. ; alt., 191 ft. ; Dec. 4th, 12° (with hard frost from 1st 

 to 13th) ; Jan. 20th, 13° : Donaghadee, dist., 45 ms, E. (on coast) ; 

 alt., 37ft. ; Dec. 5th, 20°]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 13 (1), 8 (2), 4 (3) — Agapanthus 

 umbellatus, 3. Apples, Golden Pippin and Ripston in wet soils, as 

 well as all old trees, 2. Arbutus, of sorts in any soil, 2. Aucuba 

 japonica, 3. Berberis Darwinii, in wet soil, 1. Broccoli, Snow's 

 Winter and Walcheren, 1 ; Snow's Winter and Backhouslake, 2 ; 

 Sutton's late Queen, 3. Cotoneaster microphylla, 2. Erica alba, 

 2 ; E. australis, 1. Euonymus japonicus, all vars., unprotected, 

 1. Fuchsia coccinea, 1. Jasminum multiflorum, 1. Laurel, Por- 

 tugal, in warm situation and loose soil, 2. Laurustinus, in wet clay, 

 1 ; drained, 2 ; light soil and sheltered from N., 3. Leycesteria for- 

 mosa, wet clay soil, 1. Lobelia cardinalis, 1. Lonicera, aureo-reti- 

 culata, 1. Pernettya mucronata, cold wet soil, 1. Roses, nearly all 



H. P., 2. Veronicas, shrubby, 1. Wallflower, 1. 



Plants uninjured — Coniferae of every kind with one exception. 

 2. Armagh, Palace. — Mr. T. Sheasby. 



Gen. CJiar. of Soil — A rich and rather heavy or strong loam, on 

 a subsoil of clay. 



Alt. and Exposure — Kitchen garden very low and badly drained, 

 but well sheltered ; pleasure grounds are much higher. 



Rainfall, 1879— [Armagh Obs., alt., 208 ft.; ht., 1 ft. 7 ins.; 

 32-27 ins., on 202 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Nov. 24th to Dec. 25th 

 [5th ?] ; Jan. 13th to 27th. 



Min. Temp, and Date— Dec. 4th, 8° [Armagh, alt., 206 ft. ; 

 Dec. 2nd, 17°-6]. 



Plants injured, 1879-80 — 8 (1), 3 (2), 1 (3) — Aucuba japonica, 



I, 2. Broccoli, 1. Cabbage, 1. Fig, 1, 2. Laurel, Bay, 1. Lau- 

 rel, common, 3. Laurustinus, 1. Pampas grass, 1. Roses, chiefly 

 stands., 1, others, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Conifers, stood remarkably well. 



Observations — The late spring and wet summer of 1879 were very 

 unfavourable for fruit trees. Apples and Pears were a total failure 

 in 1880 ; having scarcely any bloom. 



