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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1880-81. 



Rainfall, 1880— [Warminster, dist., 3 ms. ; alt., 450 ft. ; ht., 2 

 ft.; 37-32 ins.]. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— [Holt, dist., 12 ms., N. ; alt., 120 ft. ; 

 Jan. 17th, 5°-5]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—24 (1), 21 (2), 15 (3)— Arbntus, 1, 2, 

 3. Aralia japonica, 1. Arundo conspicua, many, I. Azara micro- 

 phylla, 1. Box, old, trained plants, by lake and exposed to winds, 2. 

 Buddleia globosa, 1. Bupleurum fruticosum, 1. Catalpa seringae- 

 folia, 1879-80, 2 ; 1. Ceanothns, all sorts, 2, 3. Conifers — Arau- 

 caria imbricata, 1. Arthrotaxus laxifolia, 2, 3. Biota elegantissima, 

 2, 3 ; B. semper-aurescens, 2, 3. Cryptomeria elegans, scarcely, 3. 

 Dacrydium Franklini, 2, 3. Fitzroya patagonica, 2, 3. Podocarpus 

 andina, 1. Retinospora decussata, 1, 2. Taxodium sempervirens, 

 alba spica, 2, 3. Thuja Vervseneana, 2, 3. Widdringtonia cupres- 

 soides, 2, 3. — Escallonia Ingrami, cut back, 2 ; E. macrantha, cut 

 back, 2. Euonymus japonicus, green and vars., 1. Furze, fl. pi., 1. 

 Griselinia littoralis, fine bushes, in open, 1. Hydrangea paniculata, 

 1. Idesia, 1. Iudigofera Dosua, 1. Ivy, on walls, cut by wind, 2. 

 Jasminum, sorts, 2, 3. Laurel, common, old bushes, kd. to grd., 2; 

 elsewhere, shrubs, 40 ft. high, free from draught and damp, 3 ; L. 

 Portugal, 3. Laurustinus, in damp places, exposed to cutting winds, 

 a few cut back, 2. Leycesteria formosa, in low places, kd. to grd., 2 ; 

 higher ground, 3. Menziesia polifolia, 1. Olea ilicifolia, 1. Pampas 

 grass, many, 1. Photinia serrulata, 1. Poplar, Lombardy, many, 1. 

 Raphiolepis ovata, 1. Roses, young wood, cut, 2. Stauntonia, 13 

 yrs. old, 1. Viburnum Awafurki, 1. Xanthoceras, sorbifolia, 2. 



Observations — Deciduous forest and ornamental trees have not 

 suffered much, as a rule, with the exception of Lombardy Poplars, 

 many fine specimens being quite dead, and others are pitiable objects, 

 fine trees that have adorned the landscape for nearly a century, some 

 of them from 80 ft. to 100 ft. high. Flowering trees and shrubs 

 never presented so beautiful a sight. Thorns (white, pink and scarlet), 

 Bird Cherries, Laburnum, Lilacs, Brooms, Azaleas, Pyrus, and Bar- 

 berries, each tree and shrub seems weighed down with clouds of 

 bloom (June 4th, 1880). 



