DIVISION XI. — WALES AND MONMOUTH. 



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17th to 21st; Jan. 4th to 27th; Feb. 21st to March 3rd. 



Min. Temp, and Date— Jan. 22nd, 6° [Cardiff, alt., 43 ft. ; Jan. 

 23rd, 13°-4]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—19 (1), 31 (2), 30 (3)— Almond, 3. 

 Ampelopsis Veitchii, young, 3. Arbutus Andrachne, 1. A. Unedo, 



2. Arundo conspicua, 2. Benthamia fragifera, 1. Berberidopsis 

 corallina, 1. Biota occidentalis, 1, 2, 3. Camellias, 2. Cedrus At- 

 lantica, 2 ; C. Deodara, 2, 3. Crataegus Pyracantha, 3. Cupressus 

 Lambertiana, 3 ; C. macrocarpa, 3 ; C. sempervirens, 2. Deutzia 

 scabra, 3. Escallonia rubra, 2. Euonymus europseus, 3 ; E. japonicus, 

 1 ; E. radicans, 3. Fuchsia Riccartoni, 2. Hibiscus syriacus, 3. 

 Hydrangea arborescens, 1,2 ; H. Hortensia, 2 ; H. japonica, 2. Let- 

 tuce, standard, 3. Ligustrum lucidum, 1. Picea cephalonica, by 

 April frosts only, 3 ; P. lasiocarpa, 2 ; P. Nordmanniana, 3. Pinus 

 insignis, 2, 3 ; P. pinea, 2. Pyrus japonica, 3. Quercus Ilex, 3 ; 

 Q. Suber, 3. Raphiolepis ovata, 3. Rhus glabra, laciniata, 1. Roses, 

 stands, on briars, 1, 2, 3 ; Teas on briars, 2, 3. Ruscus aculeatus, 



3. Sequoia sempervirens, 2. Skimmia japonica, 3. Taxodium dis- 

 tichum, 2. Veronica Andersoni, 1 ; V. salicifolia, 1. Yucca filamen- 

 tosa, 3; Y. gloriosa, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Acacia nervosa (?), Bellium bellidioides, 

 Bellis (minima ?) from Corsica, Desmodium pendulifolium, Platy- 

 crater arguta, Richardia sethiopica in a brook frozen over for some 

 time, Selaginella Kroussiana, Wistaria sinensis growing against a 

 warm wall. 



Observations — Myrtles reported as much injured are on walls of 

 houses ; all others were killed in 1879-80 ; Platanus orientalis (true 

 Plane), noted as slightly injured, is only hurt to the extent of one or 

 two buds at the extremity of each twig on several trees. P. occiden- 

 talis is uninjured. 



1. Pembroke — Llechryd, Castle Malgwyn. — Mr. J. Howard. 

 [See p. 124.] 



Rainfall, 1880—43-97 ins., on 167 days. 



Bate of Onset and Duration of Frost — Jan. 6th, 11°, to 26th. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Jan. 19th, 10°; 20th, -10°; 21st, -5°. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—21 (1), 32 (2)— Aloysia citriodora, 1. 

 Araucaria imbricata, large cone-bearing tree, 2. Arbutus Andrachne, 

 1. Artichoke, globe, 2. Arundo conspicua, 2. Borecole (excepting As- 



