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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1880-81. 



Penstemons, 1. Pinus excelsa, 1. Roses, dwfs., 2; H. P.'s, 2; 

 stands., on common briar, 1. Strawberries, 3. Vines, Sweetwater, 

 2. Wallflowers, 2. Yew, 2. Yucca filamentosa, 1. 



Plants uninjured — Currants and Gooseberries ; Echeveria metal- 

 lica, in most exposed places ; Holly (see below) ; Lavander, four 

 plants; Rhododendrons, the common and better kinds, exposed to 

 E. and N., in clumps ; Wallflowers, only those under W. wall. 



Observations — Apples, those injured are stands., Keswick Codling, 

 Lord Suffield, Manx Codling. Aucubas were kd. to grd. last year ; 

 and the roots with all the summer growth are destroyed this win- 

 ter. Cabbages, and all similar crops, were totally destroyed, although 

 the vegetable garden is sheltered partially by walls. Ivies, of even 

 the commonest kind in the most sheltered places, are all but killed. 

 Hollies, those best sheltered from the N. and E. are killed ; but some 

 standing exposed to all winds have taken very little harm. "Very 

 few out of 200 are left. In the hedges one is killed down, but 

 another 100 yards off is uninjured. Lavander, 24 plants are killed 

 and 4 left untouched. 



2. Derby, Melbourne. — [Locality and name omitted from Rep.]. 



Bate of Onset and Duration of Frost — Oct. 3rd, 1880; May 11th, 

 24°. 



Min. Temps, and Bates— Jan. 16th and 17th, -2° : [Trent Coll., 

 dist., 8 ms., N.E. ; alt., 120 ft, ; Jan. 14th, 1°]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—29 (1), 41 (2), 9 (3)— Abies Douglasii, 2 ; 

 A. excelsa, 2 ; A. Morinda, 2 (all recovering). Ampelopsis Yeitchii, 1. 

 Apples, all stands, (excepting Early Julien, Keswick Codlin and Alfri- 

 ston), 1, 2. Apricots, old trees unprotected, nearly all, 1. Araucaria 

 imbricata, last year's wood dead, 3. Artichoke, globe, 1. Asparagus, 

 many crowns dead, 1, 2. Aucuba japonica, lost leaves but breaking, 2 ; 

 Do. variegata, 2. Berberis Darwinii, 1 ; B. japonica, 2. Biota ori- 

 entals, 3. Borecole, 2. Broccoli, mostly, 1. Brussels sprouts, all 

 which were not covered by snow, Jan. 18th, 1. Box, 3. Cabbages, 

 Cauliflower and Curled Greens, 1. Ceanothus azureus, 1. Cedrus 

 Atlantica, lost most of its leaves, will recover, 2 ; C. Deodara, all, 1. 

 Cherries, 2. Clianthus puniceus, 1. Cotoneaster microphylla, 1. 

 Cryptomeria elegans, 3. Dracaena australis, 1. Echeveria metallica, 

 2. Endive, 1. Escallonia macrantha, 1. Euonymus radicans, 2. 

 Furze, 1. Garrya elliptica, 3. Holly, 2 ; Do. variegated, 2. Hy- 

 pericum Calycinum, 2. Ivy, 2 ; Do. variegated, 2. Jasminum nudi- 



