NOTES ON THE WINTER OF 1895 IN THE ISLE OF WIGHT. 
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F.R.Met.S., of Totland Bay, Isle of Wight: On January 11, 
1895, the thermometer fell to 19° Fahr. : this is, with one 
exception, the lowest temperature recorded during the past 
nine years, and that was on January 5, 1894, when the ther- 
mometer fell to 14° Fahr. Snow fell on five days, and fog 
was present on two days. Rain fell on fifteen days in January, 
which was under the average (16*4 days), though the rainfall 
(3*42 inches) was above the average (2*19 inches). The month 
of February was more remarkable. Mr. Dover says : " The 
temperature has not been up to the average warmth of a 
February day on any single day of the month." On February 6 
the temperature never rose above 24° Fahr. ; and on the night 
of February 9 the thermometer fell to 16°'2. During January 
and February there were twenty-seven frosty nights consecutively ; 
no records of a similar occurrence can be found. There were 
two foggy days, four wet days, which was considerably under 
the average (13), and the rainfall ("10 inch) was below the 
average (1*52 inch) for the month of February. 
The following are particulars I have been able to obtain 
from other parts of the island. Steephill Castle, Ventnor, which 
is situated from 100 to 130 feet above the sea level, with a 
southern slope towards the sea, had many of its trees and shrubs 
more or less injured during the past winter. The lowest 
temperature recorded by Mr. R. Scott, the gardener, was ] 8° 
Fahr. some time during the month of February. The only plant 
killed was a Collctia Jiorrida, but Podocarpus chilensis, Sweet 
Bays, Laurestinus, Benthamia fragifei'-a, Erica arborea, Myrtles, 
Garrya ellip)tica, Fhormium tenax, and Ceanothus in variety were 
all very severely injured ; Portugal and Common Laurels and 
Finus insignis were slightly injured ; while the Camellias, 
Quercus glabra, and Pittosporums were uninjured. The soil is 
a good loam, though rather shallow in places. The large forest 
trees and overhanging cliifs aftbrd more or less protection to the 
smaller plants on the estate. 
At Newport, which is in the centre of the island and lies low, 
much injury was done to vegetation, though no trees and shrubs 
were killed quite outright. Mr. A. E. Cave, F.R.H.S., of Newport 
Nursery, reports that on February 6, 1895, there were seven 
degrees of frost at mid-day, and the minimum on the night of 
February 9 was 23° Fahr. of frost, and on February 13 twenty 
