Vegetable Stanch. 75 
“ After the fnow was down it began to 
“ freeze again, the wind continuing to 
“ blow from the North, the days were 
“ dark and cloudy for fome time, but af- 
“ terwards it cleared up, and the Sun ap- 
“ peared almoft every day, which melted 
“ the fnow where expofed to it, whereby 
** the froft penetrated the deeper into the 
“ ground. It was obfervable that during 
“ thefe clear days, a great mill or vapour 
“ appeared in the evenings, floating near 
“ the furface of the ground, till the cold 
“ of the night came on, when it was fud- 
“ denly condenfed and difappeared ; the 
" nights now began to be extreme fliarp. 
“ The fpirit in the Thermometer was 1 8 de- 
** grees below the freezing point, (asmark- 
“ ed upon Mr. Fowler’s Thermometers) and 
** it was at this time that vaft quantities of 
“ Laurufiims's, ‘Philerea’s, Alaternus’s, 
(C Rofemary , and other tender plants began 
“ to fuffer; efpecially fuch as were trimm’d 
“ up to naked ftems, or had been clipp’d 
“ late in the fummer. At this time alfo 
" there were great numbers of trees dif- 
“ barked, fome of which were of a confi- 
“ derable bulk, particularly two JVeJl- India 
Time Trees , in the Thyjick Garden at 
^ Chelfea , 
