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Untouched .—Among others were poppy, sweet pea 
and mignonette seedlings ; buds of lilac, hawthorn, 
tulip, shoots of gladiolus and a species of perennial 
scarlet Tropceohun, common in Westmoreland and 
the Lakes. Parrot tulips, protected by newspapers, 
escaped with a temporary drooping ; as did some 
peonies. 
[July 12th. — Lilac bloom was so poor that, doubtless, 
it was affected. Horse-chestnut spikes have hardly 
produced any blooms. The deep brown-reds of 
beeches, and russets to brown-yellows of larches are 
very striking in woods against the tender greens; 
oaks and ashes are now beginning to make a slight 
show. ] 
As to the area affected, the frost, so far as I have 
received information, seems to have been much the 
same over the whole area drained by the Ouse and 
Lower Trent. At Leeds (Leeds Mercury^ May 
19th), Mr. R. Peynolds reports 29" and 25" for the 
17th and 18th at his house, against 79as 
maximum on the 12th I Snow, ice, frost and ruined 
crops are reported from the dales and plains alike. 
Perhaps the worst district was that round Malton 
and Driffield, for very full returns of which I am 
much indebted to Mr. John Lovel, of the nurseries 
at the latter place, who takes most careful observa¬ 
tions. Some of the details from him appear in 
The Gardeners'' Chronicle for May 23rd, p. 646. 
Screen thermometers fell to 28'^ and 22°; exposed, 
at 4 feet, 25" and 15°; on the grass, 21'6 and 
12°. On the next night, 19th, these values read, 
25J°, 21° and 16-2°. -On the 13th his max. was 
72’6°; on the 16th 44'3° and 44‘7° on the 17th, 
when at 1-15 p.m. the dry and wet were 37° and 
36J°! On Sunday, the 17th, the dry bulb Avas 
37'3" at 7 P.M., 28'5° at 10-20 p.m., Avith 18° on the 
grass. His grass thermo., lie says, not uncom¬ 
monly falls 10° beloAV the Stevenson screen and 
is most reliable. He confirms the destruction of 
