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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1880-81. 



max., Alstonfield, alt., 910 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. ; 44-71 ins., on 148 days. 

 Jan. 1881, frost during the month; with temp, below 32° for 3 

 weeks (Abney Hall). 



Warwick. Rainfall, 36-68 ins., or 13-5 ins., above av., viz., 23 

 ins. (Rugby). Weather dry to July : July, Sept. and Oct., very wet 

 (Coventry). Min. rainfall, Stratford-on-Avon, alt., 123 ft ; ht., 8 

 ins. ; 29-75 ins. : max., Rugby, alt., 383 ft. ; ht., 1 ft. 3 ins. ; 36-68 

 ins., on 167 days. Min. temps., Jan. 1881, Stockton, Jan. 21st, 3° : 

 Warwick, Jan. 20th, and Charlcote 21st, 4°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—60 (1), 72 (2), 39 (3), total at 3 places. 



Reports. 



1. Gloucestershire — Berkeley, The Chantry. — Rev. J. L. 

 Stackhouse. 



Rainfall, 1880— [Berkeley (Salter St.), alt., 60 ft.; ht., 8 ft.; 

 30-09 ins., on 143 days]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — 5 (1), 12 (2), 10 (3)— Ampelopsis 

 Veitchii, 3. Arbutus Unedo, 3. Aucuba japonica, variegata, 2. Bam- 

 busa Fortunei, 2. Borecole, 1. Broccoli, 1. Brussels sprouts, 1. 

 Cabbages, 1. Ceanothus azureus, 3. Chimonanthus fragrans, 3. 

 Daphne Laureola, 3. Dicentra spectabilis, 3. Escallonia macrantha, 

 2. Figs, 2. Kale, 2. Laurel, Bay, 2. Laurel, common, 2 ; Do. 

 Portugal, 2. Laurustinus, 2. Lilium lancifolium, 3. Magnolia 

 grandiflora, 3. Myrtles, 1. Pampas grass (scarcely survived last 2 

 winters), 2. Passiflora coerulea, 2. Phormium tenax (suffered much 

 more in 1879-80, quite kd. to grd.), 3. Quercus Ilex, 2. Seaforthia 

 elegans, much injured by previous autumns, always removed into the 

 house for the winter, lost its beauty in 1879. Wallflowers, 3. 



Plants uninjured — Almond, Apricots, Asparagus (better than for 

 two years), Box, Carnations, Cistus ladaniferus, Clematis J ackmanni, 

 C. montana, Crataegus Pyracantha, Crinum Capense, Currants, Cyti- 

 sus Laburnum, erica carnea, Euonymus radicans, Gooseberries, Holly, 

 Do. variegated, Hyacinths, Hydrangea japonica, Hypericum Calyci- 

 num, Ivy, Jasminum nudiflorum, Lilac, Lonicera japonica, Necta- 

 rines, Onions (winter), Parsley, stood the wiDter better than usual, 



