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damaged (Hargrave). Min. rainfall, Northampton (Little Hough- 

 ton), ht., 2 ft. 4 ins. ; 30 22 ins., on 158 days : max., Thorpe Man- 

 deville, alt., 555 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 36-25 ins., on 162 days. Min. temps., 

 King's Sutton, Jan. 21st, -3° : Floore, alt., 300 ft. ; Jan. 21st, -1° : 

 Northampton, alt., 253 ft. ; Jan. 19th, 8°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—42 (1), 51 (2), 24 (3), total at 5 places. 



Oxon. Year, wetter than 4 preceding, but with 5 fine weeks in 

 Aug. and Sept. (Banbury). Hard frost from Jan. 7th, 1881, to 27th 

 (Oxford). Min. rainfall, Oxford, alt., 186 ft.; ht., lft.; 3004 ins., 

 on 169 days: max., Stonor Pk., alt., 400 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 4071 ins., 

 on 176 days. Min. temps., Wootton, Jan. 22nd, -5° ; Oxford, alt., 

 210 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 7° : Banbury, alt., 343 ft. ; Jan. 15th, 7° : 

 Wroxton, alt., 197 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 8°-5. 



Reports. 



1. Bucks — Bletchley, Brickhill Manor. — Mr. G. Bloxham. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — Light, shallow and very sandy, resting upon 

 the New Red Sandstone rock. 



Alt. and Exposure — Nearly 300 ft., much exposed to S.W., shel- 

 tered on N. and N.E. 



Rainfall, 1880— [Newport Pagnell, dist., 6 ms., N., 30-50 ins.]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — The winter months were 

 generally fine and mild with an occasional frost ; Nov. 20th, 26° ; 

 21st, 21° ; 22nd, 15°; on 23rd, 40°; the next frost being on Dec. 

 25th, 24° ; 26th, 23° ; on 28th, temp, rose to 45° at 10 p.m. Snow 

 fell on 27th, 28th and 30th; on 31st temp, fell to 28°. Up to 

 this date every thing appeared to be uiiinjured. On Jan. 1st, 

 1881, the temp, was 27°. Winter set in on Jan. 12th, temp. 20°, 

 and continued with unusual severity until the 27th ; when the temp, 

 rose to 36° and a general thaw set in. 



Min. Temp, and Date- Jan. 22nd, 1°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 4 (1), 10 (2), 15 (3)— Apricots, 3. 

 Artichoke, globe, 2. Borecole, 3. Broccoli, Carter's late White, 

 Cooling's Matchless, Leamington, Penzance Early White and Yeitch's 

 Spring White, all, 1. Brussels sprouts, 2. Cedrus Deodara, 3. Cel- 

 ery, 2. Cherries, Bigarreau, Frogmore early, May Duke, 2. Cra- 

 taegus oxyacantha, fl. pi., 3 ; C. Pyracantha, 3. Cryptomeria elegans, 



