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INJURIES TO PLANTS, "WINTER, 1880-81. 



3. Strawberries, Dr. Hogg and Carolina, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Broccolis, Adam's Early White (one-half), 

 Leamington, Penzance (one-half), Veitch's Welcome, Strawberries, 

 Vicomtesse Hericart de Thury, President, Sir Charles Napier, Elea- 

 nor and Rivers' Eliza stood the winter well. 



3. Wdiborne Minster, Canford. — Mr. W. Hinds. 



Gen. Char, of Soil. — Light with chalk on a gravelly subsoil. 

 Herbaceous garden well and naturally drained. 



Alt. and Exposure — Lying low and well sheltered. 



Rainfall, 1880— [Chalbury, alt., 338 ft. ; ht., 2 ft. ; 30-57 ins., 

 on 154 days]. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — [Cold intense and snow 

 deep (Langton Herring, dist., 25 ms., S.W.)]. The action of the 

 frost itself and the piercing E. winds which accompanied it during 

 part of the month of Jan., had a very disastrous effect upon all ten- 

 der vegetation ; and had it not been for the fine summer and autumn 

 of 1880, the mortality among all kinds of trees and plants would 

 have been vastly more. As it is many deaths have occurred during 

 the past two months through the deadly effect of the parching winds 

 which seem to have sapped all vitality out of plants and shrubs that 

 were crippled by the frost. 



Min. Temps, and Dates — Jan. 23rd, 2° [Bournemouth, dist., 5 

 ms., S.E. ; alt., 134 ft. ; Jan. 22nd, ll°-2]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—44 (1), 24 (2), 34 (3)— Adonis vernalis, 

 1. Alstroemeria, 1. Anchusa italica, 1. Anemone japonica, 1; A. 

 Pulsatilla, 1. Apples, 3. Apricots, 2. Armeria, Plantaginet, major, 

 1. Artichoke, globe. 3. Arundo conspicua, 2. Asparagus, 2. Ben- 

 thamia fragifera, 1, 2, Berberis Darwinii, 2, 3. Borecole, 1. Broc- 

 coli, 1. Brussels sprouts, 1. Cabbages, 2. Calandrina umbellata, 

 1. Camellias. 3. Ceanothus americanus, 3. Chimonanthus fragrans, 

 3. Chrysanthemums, sum. flowering, 1. Clianthus puniceus, 1. Co- 

 toneaster microphylla, 3. Crataegus oxyacantha, fl. pi, 3. Crypto- 

 meria elegans, 3. Cyclamen, several vars. of hardy sorts, 1. Daphne 

 collina, 3. Deutzia scabra, 3. Dracaena australis, 2. Endive, 1. 

 Epimedium pulchellum, 1. Erica, 3. Escallonia Ingrami, 2. Euo- 

 nymus europaeus, 2. Fabiana imbricata, 2. Furze, 3. Galax 

 aphylla, 1. Garry a elliptica, 3. Gentiana acaulis, 1 ; G. verna, 1. 

 Gooseberries, 3. Habrothamnus, 2. Hesperis matronalis, fl. pi. 

 alba, 1. Holly, variegated, 3. Hydrangea arborescens, 3. Iberis 



