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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1880-81. 



there was no very severe cold ; the lowest temperature being 27° on 

 26th, Rainfall, 3-25 ins. Mean. temp, from 1st to 12th was 30° 8 ; 

 from 13th to 26th, 13°-6 ; from 27th to 31st, 31°1. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — The lowest temps, appear to have oc- 

 curred only between the 13th and 26th. On grass, Jan. 22nd, 

 14°-5 : at depth of 1 ft., Jan. 22nd, 24°; at 2 ft., Jan. 23rd— 29th, 

 33 0, 5 : min. temp, in air, Jan. 21st, 5°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—15 (1), 27 (2), 13 (3)— Abies Doug- 

 lasii, 3. Aralia Sieboldii, 2. Arundo conspicua, 2 ; A. Donax, 2. 

 Aucuba japonica, variegata, 2. Berberis Darwinii, 2 ; B. japonica, 

 3. Borecole, 1. Broccoli, 1. Brussels sprouts, 2. Buddleia globosa, 



1. Buxus balearica, 1. Catalpa syriogaefolia, old tree, 2. Cedrus 

 Deodara, 2, in 1879-80, 1. Cercis siliquastrum, 3. Chamaerops ex- 

 celsa, protected, 1. Colletia ferox, 1. Cotoneaster microphylla, 2, 

 in 1879-80, 1. Cupressus sempervirens, 1. Dracaena australis, 2. 

 Escallonia Ingrami, 2 ; E. macrantha, 1 ; E. montevidensis, 2 ; E. 

 rubra, 1. Eucalyptus globulus, 1. Eugenia Ugni, 1. Euonymus 

 japonicus, 2. Fuchsia gracilis, 2 ; F. Riccartoni, 2. Furze, 2 ; Do. 

 fl. pi., 2. Garrya elliptica, 2. Gunnera scabra, 3. Hydrangea Hor- 

 tensea, 2. Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, common, var Colchica, 2 ; var. 

 Caucasica, 3 ; L. Portugal, only one or two plants, 2. Laurustinus, 



2. Leycesteria formosa, 1. Maclura aurantiaca, 3. Paulownia im- 

 perialis, 3. Phillyrea angustifolia, 1 ; P. media, 3. Quercus Ilex, 3. 

 Rhus glabra, 3. Ribes speciosa, 2. Ruscus aculeatus, 3. Spartium 

 junceum, 3. Taxodium distichum, 3. Veronica salicifolia, 1. 



Plants uninjured — Ampelopsis hederacea, A. Veitchii, Araucaria 

 imbricata, Asparagus, Berberis vulgaris, Biota orientalis, Brussels 

 sprouts (alone of Brassica family in private garden ; all others, Cab- 

 bages, Borecole, Broccoli and Cauliflower having been killed), Cas- 

 tanea vesca, Catalpa syringaefolia, young plant, Cedrus atlantica, C. 

 Deodara, two plants only, Cephalotaxus Fortunei, Cistus ladaniferus, 

 Clematis montana, Crataegus oxyacantha, fl. pi. ; C. Pyracantha, 

 Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus Lawsoniana, Cytisus Laburnum ; C. 

 scoparius, Deutzia scabra, Ecremocarpus scaber protected below by 

 snow, Elm, Euonymus europaeus, E. radicans, Gleditschia horrida, 

 G. inermis, G. triacanthos, Hydrangea arborescens, Larix europaea, 

 Ligustrum vulgare, Lilac, Liquidambar styraciflua, Medlar, Negundo 

 fraxinifolia, Parsley, Picea amabilis, P. Nordmanniana, P. Pinsapo, 

 Pinus excelsa, P. Laricio, P. sylvestris, Platanus orientalis, Podo- 



