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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 









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temperature 







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SitUcitioii 









Locality 



above 



with regard 



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Records made by 





sea 



to slielter 



screen 



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or on 



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post 









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Degrees 



Degrees 





Tamwobth Elford. Hcill 



183 



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9 



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Staffs 





by trees 







Esq. 



Tetbury (Westoiibirt), 



400 



Open 



9 



6 



Mr. A. Chapman. 



Gloucester 















100 





5 











by woods 







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264 



Open 



12 





Mr G A Bant. 



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150 



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9 





Sir J F Bnxtnn 





by hills 







Bart. 



Whitby, MulgrRVG CBjStlG, 



410 



Sheltered 



17 





Mr. J. Corbett. 



Yorks 





by trees 









Wimbledon, Surrey , 



183 



Open 



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Professor J, B. 









Farmer, F.R.S. 



WisLEY, Surrey 



90 



Varies 



7-5 



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Mr. S. T. Wright. 



Wye, Kent 



150 



Open 



0 



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C. H. Hooper, 













Esq. 



We have dealt in the first place with the damage sustained by two } 

 or three widely cultivated groups of plants, viz. winter vegetables, | 

 bamboos, and roses ; next, the plants of which we have the largest | 

 number of records are arranged alphabetically in a table (pp. 369-371) so 

 that their behaviour during the winter may be easily ascertained; and, 

 lastly, the bulk of the plants reported upon are arranged alphabetically 

 under the countries in which they are native (pp. 373 et seq.). 



I. 



Winter Vegetables. — Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, and kale were all 

 killed at Harpenden ; at Foots Cray practically all the winter vegetables 

 were killed, including kale, and the same report comes from Isleworth ; 

 broccoli were badly damaged at Wye, Lamberhufst, and Stisted Hall, ' 

 but at Newbury, where the stems were bent down and covered with 

 soil, they escaped injury, though winter spinach, lettuce (" All the 

 Year Bound "), and swedes were killed there, while autumn-sown 

 onions showed no injury ; thousand-headed kale was killed at Stisted 

 Hall, where old residents had never known it to happen before. A 

 point noted in several returns is that the vegetables which were most 

 heavily manured suffered more severely than others growing beside 

 them and not so generously treated. 



Bamboos. — Speaking generally, bamboos suffered severely. For 

 instance, Mr. Bean, writing in the Kciu Bulletin, 1909, p. 235, says: 

 "These [bamboos] afford the worst evidence in Kew of the winter's 

 Vavoc, and the appearance of the Bamboo Garden at the time of writing 

 (June) makes one doubt whether a large portion of the species are 

 really worth a place in ornamental gardens. Not a single species 

 probably has been killed or even permanently injured, but the top 

 growth of many is entirely dead, and only the underground rhizomes 



