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and even there the excess was a very moderate one ; everywhere else 

 the fall was below the normal amount, and at Wisley it did not exceed 

 two-thirds of it. But the chief feature of the month's weather from 

 a gardener's point of view was the frequent and very sudden changes 

 of temperature, the transition from summer heat to winter cold, 



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Fig. 40. — Mean Range of Temperature Month by Month. 



with frequent sharp night-frosts, which, in many instances, caused 

 considerable injury to vegetation. Thus at Wisley the damage done 

 by such a frost on the night of the 26th-27th was " disastrous, 

 cutting back young growths of Ericas and shrubs, killing the 

 leaders of conifers, cutting down potatos, beans, &c., and destroying 

 most of the bloom of strawberries. Mulberries had every leaf and 

 shoot killed, and bracken was cut down to the ground " ; and similar 



