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INJURIES TO PLANT8, WINTER, 1880-81. 



been of the Asparagus failing for the last three years. In the 

 Rose garden here (in beds on the grass) there are the following 

 damages, on seedling Briars— Alfred Colomb, 8; Baroness Roths- 

 child, 2; Captain Christy, 2 ; Charles Lefebvre, IS; Citienne Levet, 

 3: Fracoise Michelon, 3 ; General Jaequeminot, 8 ; Horace Vernet, 

 2 ; John Hopper, 3 ; La France, 2 j Louis Van Houtte, 2. Marie 

 Bauman, 2 ; Marquise de Castellaine, 3 ; Seuateur Vaisse, 3. 



1. Lancashire — Cartmel, Holker Hall. — Mr. W. Fox. 

 Gen. Char, of Soil— Light and open ; very stony upon a rocky 

 subsoil. 



Alt. and Exposure — 100 ft. ; open to sea on S. and W. ; tides 

 within three-quarters of a mile. 

 Rainfall, 1880—39-46 ins. 



Date of Onset and Duration of Frost — Frost between 18th and 

 31st of Oct., 10 nights ; Nov. 1st and 22nd, 15 nights ; in Dec, 19 

 nights; Jan. 4th to 26th. In Feb., 20 nights ; and in March 18 

 nights. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Oct. 21st, 20° ; Nov. 20th, 19° ; Dec. 

 30th, 20° ; Jan. 15th and 25th, 8° \ Feb. 28th, 19° 5 March 1st and 

 29th, 17°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81— -9 (1), 22 (2), (3)-Arundo Donax, 

 1. Catalpa syringrefolia, 2. Desfontainea spinosa, 1. Ehcagnus 

 argentea, 1. Erica mediterranea, 2. Eugenia Ugni, 1. Griselinia 

 littoralis, 2. Hydrangea quercifolia, 2. Leptospermum lanigerum, 2. 

 Ligustrum lucidum, 2. Lonicera japonica, 2. Paulownia imperialis, 

 3. Peaches, Bellegarde, 3. Photinia serrulata, 2. Quercus glabra 

 (very exposed), 2. Rhododendrons, scarlet hyb., 2. Roses, stands, 

 on common briar, 2. Taxodium distichum, 2. 



Plants uninjured— Abies Morinda, Ampelopsis Veitchii, Biota 

 or., Cephalotaxus Fortunei (sheltered), Cercis siliquastrum, Chimouan- 

 thus fragraus, Clematis Jackmanni, C. montana, Cotoneaster micro- 

 phylla, C. Simonsii, Cryptomeria elegans, C. japonica, Cupressus 

 borealis, C. Lambertiana, C. Lawsoniana, C. macrocarpa, Deutzia 

 scabra, Fitzroya patagonica, Forsythia viridissima, Fuchsia Riccar- 

 toni, Halesia tetraptera, Hibiscus syriaeus, Jasminum uudiflorum, 

 Juglans regia, Kalmia latifolia, Leveesteria formosa, Liquidambar 

 styraciflua, Picea cephalonica, P. graudis, P. Nordinanniana, P. 

 Pinsapo, Pinus excelsa, Pyrus japonica, lietinospora, Roses, dwfs. 



