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sidered perfectly frost proof, were so killed that not a stem sprouted 

 in spring. Cedrus Deodara, this is more browned and injured than 

 I ever saw them. Larch plantations, which had been suffering before, 

 are now worse than ever. Wellingtonias suffered as much as the 

 Deodaras. Many fields on light land though planted before Michael- 

 mas were completely ruined by the force of the wind which blew the 

 earth away from the roots, so that the plants died. Five out of 

 seven Wheat-fields on my farm had to be re-sown, and the snow 

 which followed this great storm was in many cases not melted till 

 six weeks afterwards. Willows, many old trees along the course of 

 the Churn had their upper parts killed. On the whole, it may be 

 said, that the winter of 1880-81, though not following so inclement a 

 season as the previous one, was even more serious in its results. 



5. Cirencester, Royal Agr. College. — Mr. H. Miller. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil — Calcareous. 



Alt. and Exposure — 434 ft. ; exposed. 



Rainfall, 1880 — 36-66 ins. ; max., July, 7*15 ins. ; min., Jan., 

 •765 ins. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Frost occurred from Oct. 

 30th to Nov. 4th, min. temp., 25°; Nov. 9th and 10th, min. temp., 

 22° ; Nov. 17th to 23rd, min. temp., 15°; Jan. 6th to 27th, 10°. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Nov. [22nd ?], 15° ; Jan. [22nd ?], 0°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81 — Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurel, common, kd. 

 to grd., 2. Vegetables, all, 1. 



Observations — Roses have stood fairly well ; Dwfs. on Manetti, 

 being much the most fortunate; out of 112, 4 only were lost. 

 Shrubs that have perished were all transplanted last autumn, except- 

 ing Bay Laurel, which stood in a very exposed situation. Common 

 Laurels seemed to have perished, but are breaking and making 

 strong growth. Vegetables, the frost made a clean sweep of them; 

 not one Broccoli, Brussels sprout or Kale, Cottager s or Scotch, 

 escaped ; most of the autumn planted Cabbages perished. The long 

 continued and cutting East wind seemed to complete the terrible 

 disaster. 



6. Falfield, Tortworth Court — Mr. T. Shingles. 



Gen. Char, of Soil — A sandy loam, of Old [New ?] Red Sand- 

 stone formation. 



Alt. and Exposure — 265 ft. ; exposed to S.E. 



Rainfall, 1880— [Berkeley, dist., 5 nis., N. ; alt., 60 ft. ; 30-09 

 ins., on 143 days]. 



