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2 ft. ; 37-32 ins. Jan. 1881, dry and frosty till 17th, then 

 very stormy; immense snow drifts on 18th; gentle thaw on 27th. 

 Min. temps., Wilton, alt., 180 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, 2°-5 : Compton Bas- 

 sett, alt., 400 ft.; Jan.. 15th, 3°: Holt, alt., 120 ft.; Jan. 17th, 

 5°-5 : Marlborough, alt., 472 ft. ; Jan. 15th, 6°-9. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 46 (1), 41 (2), 34 (3), total at 1 

 place. 



Reports. 



1. Cornwall — Probus, Lamorran — Hon. and Rev. J. T. Boscawen. 

 Gren. Char, of Soil — Very cold, on a slate and clay subsoil in 

 places. 



Alt. and Exposure — 120 ft., not exposed, the valley being shaped 

 like a cup on S. side. 



Rainfall, 1880 — [Truro, dist., 4 ms. ; alt., 56 ft. ; ht., 40 ft. ; 

 38-09 ins., on 178 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Jan. 8th, 27° ; to 26th, 

 18° ; and 27th, 31°. Great snow-fall on 18th, temp., 28° (Pentille 

 Castle). 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Jan. 15th, 13°; 21st, 12° (Pentille 

 Castle). 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 18 (1), 5 (2), 4 (3)— Arbutus procera, 

 1 ; A. Unedo, 1. Ceanothus americanus, 1 ; C. dentatus, 1 ; C. gran- 

 diflorus, 1. Cedrus Deodara, 3; C. Libani, 3. Cupressus torulosa, 

 1. Dracaena australis, kd. to grd., 2. Embothrium coccineum, 1. 

 Escallonia, in open, 1. Eucalyptus globulus, 1. Euonymus euro- 

 paBus, 1. Fitzroya patagonica, 1. Fourcroya longseva, 1. Fuchsia 

 coccinea, kd. to grd., 2. Gunnera scabra, 1. Hydrangea Hortensea, 

 1, kd. to grd., 2. Laurel, Bay, 2, 3. Laurel, common, 3. Laurus- 

 tinus, kd. to grd., 2. Pittosporum Tobira, 1. Ruscus aculeatus, 1. 

 Veronica salicifolia, 1. 



Plants uninjured — Abies Douglasii, Ampelopsis Veitchii, Apricots, 

 Aralia Sieboldii, Araucaria imbricata, Arbutus Andrachne, Globe 

 Artichoke, Arundo conspicua, A. donax, Aucuba japonica, A. j. varie- 

 gata, Azalea indica, Bambusa Fortunei, Benthamia fragifera (large 

 trees cut, one and a-half ms. distant), Berberidopsis corallina, Ber- 



