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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1880-81. 



Reports. 



1. Ealing, Castle Bar.— Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S. 

 Gen. CJiar. of Soil — Stiff London clay. 

 Alt and Exposure— 250 ft. j X.W. 



Rainfall, 1880— [Alt., 134 ft.; ht., 27ft.; 2679 ins., on 163 

 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — [Severe frost began Jan. 

 12th, 25° ; lastiDg till Jan. 26th, 15° (Blaekheath, Regent's Pk.,&c.)]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — [Chiswick, R. H. S. Gard., dist., 3 ms. ; 

 Jan. 17th, 5° : Chelsea, Bot. Gard., dist., 8 ms. ; Jan. 14th and 17th, 

 8° ; 20th, 12°]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—9 (11), 12 (2), 10 (3)— Abies Smithi- 

 ana, 3. Ancnba japonica, 3. Buddleia globosa, fine plant, agst. wall, 

 23 yrs. old, 1. Clematis flammula, 2 ; C. Jackmanni, 3. Colletia 

 crnciata, 1. Edwardsia microphylla, 1. Elaeagnus pungens, 3. Es- 

 callonia rubra, 1. Euonymus japonicus, 1. Hedera colchica, 2. Hy- 

 pericum calycinum, 2. Iberis Tenoreana. 2; T. gibraltica, 1. Laurel, 

 common, 3. Ligustrum ovalifolium, 3. Phygelius capensis, 1. Quer- 

 ent humilis, 3. Moses, Baroness Rothschild, 2. Celine Forestiere, 

 2 ; Climbing devoniensis, 2. Duke of Edinburgh, 2 ; Eliza Boll, 2 ; 

 Indica, 3. Jules Margottin, 3 ; La France, H. P., 2 ; Madame La 

 Charme, 3. Marie Baumann, 1 ; Pierre Xotting, 2 ; Souvenir de 

 Malmaison,2; Xavier Olibo, H. P., 1.— Ruta graveolens, varieg., 

 2. Sedum Sieboldii. 



