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of the evergreens. In the neighbourhood of Worksop the cold 

 was still more severe ; the thermometer having stood at Osberlon, 

 the residence of G. S. Foljambe, Esq., at 2° below zero. 



But although the frost, making all allowance for errors in instru- 

 ments, was thus severe in some places, it appears, as might be 

 expected, that it was far less intense in the western and southern 

 parts of the island. 



At Brenchley, near Lamberhurst, in Kent, whence some 

 returns have been furnished by Mr. Hooker, the amount of frost 

 was not ascertained, but he states that he examined his thermo- 

 meter nightly after IIP. M., and never found it below 14° above 

 zero. Mr. Hooker's nursery is situated on a gentle slope to the 

 north, with a slight valley running through the middle of it from 

 south-west to north-east. On each side of this valley the land 

 rises gradually, and is always inclined to be rather damp for some 

 distance up the rising ground ; in some few parts the damp extends 

 to the highest opposite grounds. In these places the frost was 

 most destructive. 



At Arundel Castle, in Sussex, the residence of the Duke of 

 Norfolk, the thermometer fell to 9°, according to Mr. Robert 

 Wilson, but it stood for several weeks between 12° and 20 . The 

 snow, which fell occasionally, never exceeded the depth of from 

 3 to 4 inches, and did not remain on the ground longer than a 

 week or ten days. Near Worthing the temperature on the morn- 

 ing of the 20th was as low as 2° above zero. 



At Carclew, in Cornwall, the seat of Sir Charles Lemon, Bart., 

 no register of the weather was preserved, but Mr. Booth states, that 

 as far as he recollects, the thermometer against a north wall in 

 the garden did not fall lower than 12° above zero. The depth of 

 frost in the ground did not exceed seven inches. The weather, 

 previously to the great frost, was unusually dry. 



