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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1880-81. 



EDdive, 1. Lettuce, hardy green and all the year round, 1. Onions, 

 winter, 3. Parsley, 3. Penstemons, 1. Yucca gloriosa, 3. 



Observations — All shrubs stood well in this locality, owing to the 

 wood being quite ripe before the frost came ; Fruit trees quite un- 

 injured and laden with bloom (May 27th, 1881). 



1. Roxburgh — St. Boswell's, Mertoun House. — Mr. W. Fowler. 



Gen. Char, of Soil; Alt., &c. [See p. 130.] 

 Rainfall 1880— 3V86 ins. 



Bate of Onset and Duration of Frost— Oct. 3rd, 29°; Jan. 1881, 

 frost on 27 days ; seven times below 0°. 



Min. Temps, and Dates— Jan. 17th, -10°; 18th, -4°; 26th, -8°; 

 27th, -7° 5 : [Melrose, dist., 4 ms. ; alt., 280 ft. ; Jan. 17th, -10°]. 



Plants injured, 1880-81—39 (1), 19 (2), 8 (3)— Ampelopsis he- 

 deracea, 3 ; A. Veitchii, 3. Apples, 2. Apricots, 3. Araucaria, 1. 

 Arbutus Unedo, 1. Artichoke, globe, 1. Aucuba japonica, 2. Aza- 

 lea amaena, 1. Bambusa Fortunei, 2. Berberis Darwinii, 3 ; B. 

 japonica, 1. Broccoli, 2. Box, 1. Buxus balearica, 1. Cauliflower, 

 2. Ceanothus azureus, 1 ; C. dentatus, 1 ; C. grandiflorus, 1. Cedrus 

 Atlantica, 2 ; C. Deodara, 1 ; C. Libani, 2. Chamaerops Fortunei, 

 1. Clematis Jackmanni, 2. Colutea arborescens, 1. Cotoneaster 

 microphylla, 2. Crataegus Pyracantha, 3. Cryptomeria elegans, 2. 

 Daphne Mezereum, 1. Erica, dwf. sorts, 2. Escallonia macrantha, 

 1. Eugenia Ugni, 1. Euonymus jap., 1. Fabiana imbricata, 1. 

 Forsythia elegans, 1. Fremontia californica, 1. Furze, 3. Garry a 

 elliptiea, 1. Holly, 2 ; Do. varieg., 2. Ivy, 2. Jasminum officinale, 

 1. Laurel, Bay, 1. Laurel, com., 1 ; Do. Port., 1. Nectarines, 3. Pam- 

 pas grass, 2. Peaches, 2. Penstemons, 1. Phormium tenax, 1. Pinus 

 austriaca, 2. Rhododendron ponticum, all, 1 or 2. Roses, dwfs., 1 ; 

 H. P.'s, 1; stands.. 1; Teas, 1. Tritoma uvaria, 1. Veronica 

 Andersoni, 1 ; V. salicifolia, 1. Wallflowers, 1. Yew, many, 1 or 

 2 ; Do., most, 3. Yucca aloifolia, 1 ; Y. filamentosa, 1 ; Y. glo- 

 riosa, 1. 



Plants uninjured — Pinus, newer vars. ; Rhododendron hybs. ; 

 Yew, vars., adpressa, Dovastonii, and elegantissina. 



Observations — The injury is probably not altogether due to the 

 severity of the winter, but to the fact that plants had never tho- 

 roughly recovered from the two previous winters as well as the 

 three last summers; the injuries being especially in low lying dis- 

 tricts, where all plants making late aut. growth suffered severely. 



