80 Vegetable Statich. 
“ And in Scotland the Froft and Snow 
tc did great damage, fome of the particu- 
€C lars of which I fhall tranfcribe from a 
“ letter, which I received from a Gentle- 
“ man living near Edinburgh , who is a cu- 
u rious obferver. 
€t About the 20th of November, he fays, 
« they had much Snow, which lay ten 
“ days, and then went off very pleafantly 
< € without rain ; and from that time till 
cc the middle of T^ecember^ we had very 
<€ good winter weather, when a great Snow 
« fell, which was attended with a ftorm 
« from the North-Eaft^ which Snow lay 
“ very thick upon the ground till the 12th 
“ day of January , during which time there 
*• was a very intenfe Froft : After which 
the cold abated, and the Snow went off 
“ gradually 5 and about the end of Janu- 
“ ary I obferved in my Green-houfe the 
“ flowers and young fhoots of the Orange 
“ and other cxotick trees did begin to ap« 
€C pear, and all of them began to prepare 
u for vegetation. In the open ground we 
“ had Spring Cyclamens , Trimrofes , Winter 
“ Aconites , Snowdrops , Hellebores , Toly- 
“ anthus's, Glaftenbury Thorn , Winter Hya- 
“ cinths , and Mezereons in flower. 
“ But 
