20 MR. C. B. PLOWRIGHT ON RIME-FROST OF JANUARY 1889. 
watched the fall of Poplar branches while he was skating at 
Islington. 
To show the extent to which the trees were injured, it may he 
remarked that after the rime, when Mr. Marshall had the debris from 
his Poplars gathered up and made into fagots, no less than tw r o 
waggon loads had to he removed. A party of ladies and gentlemen, 
driving from North Euncton Hall to Harford. Lake on Monday, 
were considerably inconvenienced by the fallen branches upon the 
roads, and not a little alarmed when passing under some of the 
more heavily laden trees. On the Tuesday morning the carriers’ 
carts coming in to Lynn Market found the roads in some places 
so obstructed by branches, which had fallen during the night, 
that the passengers had to get out and clear the debris away before 
they could pass. 
It is worth while to mention that, although no equally severe 
rime has occurred in our time, yet, about thirteen years ago, 
trees were broken to some extent by a rime. This occurred in 
Marshland. Mr. C. Peek, of l'ilney, remembers that, while 
driving to Terrington St. Clement, he was in considerable jeopardy 
from falling branches. Mr. S. Egar, of Thorney, also remembers 
the Black Poplars being broken on that occasion. 
The tree-injuries may be taken as a measure of the amount of 
rime deposited. It is interesting to observe that these injuries did 
not occur in the neighbourhood of Kings Lynn with anything 
like uniformity. Of course I have not visited every nook and 
corner where trees grow, but since the rime I have driven along 
all the main roads leading from Lynn, and being considerably 
interested in the subject have kept a look out for the rime injuries. 
In Marshland generally the injuries have been pretty uniform in 
their distribution ; the Black Poplars, which are generally grown 
in this district, showing clearly enough that the deposit upon 
them was very heavy. But when one comes to the higher lands, 
the distribution of the injuries varies markedly. For instance, in, 
and immediately around, the town itself, very few trees were 
broken ; but as soon as we ascend either along the Gaywood, the 
Middleton, or the Gayton roads, we begin to meet with broken 
branches. It seems as if the fog, coming out of the low lands, 
congealed upon the first trees it encountered ; but that a few miles 
farther on, towards the higher ground, the injuries became 
