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THE COTTAGE GARDENER. 
March 6. 
January ] 707, the thermometer at Norwich was at 7 degrees; 
this Winter was as severe at Copenhagen and Berlin as that 
of 1740. The Rhine was frozen at Coblentz on the 21st of 
December, and continued till the 14th January. On the 
31st Jan. 1708, professor Wilson, at Glasgow, observed the 
thermometer at 2 degrees below 0; at Derby, on the 8th, it 
was observed 1 degree below 0. At Paris the Winter was 
colder than that of 1740, and only one degree (Reaumur) 
short of 1709. 
“ The next remarkable Winter was that of 1788-9, in 
which there was a fair on the Thames, and the thermometer 
at Oxford fell to 13 degrees, as in 1740: at Lyndon, in 
Rutlandshire, to 13) ; at London, to 17|; this was also a 
severe Winter on the Continent.—The Winter of 1794-5, 
was severe ; the thermometer in London fell to 7 degrees ; 
on the 24th of January, the thermometer is noticed in 
Rees’s Cyclopaedia to have fallen to 0 degrees below 0 ; but 
in what part of Great Britain, and in what situation, is not 
stated. The Winter of 1798-9, was remarkable for severe 
frosts and deep falls of snow. In December 1798, the 
thermometer at London fell to 11 degrees. 
“ The great frosts therefore appear to have been in the 
years 1083, 1709,1710, 1740,1763, and 1789. There are 
no long-continued frosts on record during the last century, 
except those above noticed. Extraordinary degrees of cold 
have been occasionally observed. In January, 1780, Pro¬ 
fessor Wilson, of Glasgow, observed the thermometer at 14 
degrees below 0; and in January, 1781, at 4 degrees below 
0. In December, 1796, at London, the thermometer 
fell to 4 degrees. At York, the thermometer has been 
observed in January 1802, at 10 degrees; in December 
1803, at 9 ; in January 1810, at 11; and in December 1811, 
at 12 degrees.” 
In 1813-14, the Thames was again frozen, and booths, 
printing presses, &c., were erected on the ice between 
Blackfriars and London Bridges. In 1823 the river 
Thames was also locked up witli ice. 
The minimum temperature wo observed at Winchester 
was 10°, which happened on the 11th of February; but 
at Marsden, near Burnley, in Lancashire, we are 
informed by a correspondent, that it fell on the 16th of 
February to 2° below zero of Fahrenheit, which is 
thirty-four degrees below the freezing point of water. 
On the 10th it was 2° below zero at Chiswick. 
In the neighbourhood of London the following table 
shews the lowest points reached by the thermometer 
in the years named :— 
1807 
.. 13° 
1816 
... 5° 
1825 ... 
21‘ 
1808 
.. 12 
1817 
... 17 
1826 .. 
10 
1809 
.. 18 
1818 
.. 16 
1827 .. 
10 
1810 
.. 10 
1819 
.. 10 
1828 .. 
24 
1811 
.. 14 
1820 
... 0 
1829 .. 
16 
1812 
.. 18 
1821 
... 18 
1830 .. 
8 
1813 
.. 19 
1822 
... 14 
1831 .. 
18 
1814 
.. 8 
1823 
... 4 
1815 
... 17 
1824 
... 19 
In addition to the results already noticed, we have the 
following tables of the lowest temperature observed 
during the late frost. That at Marsden, near Burnley, 
in Lancashire, is from a register kept by Mr. John 
Ecroyd ; that at Southampton, by Mr. Charles Sharp; 
and that at Winchester, by Mr. Stuart, gardener at 
Mr. Savage's Botanic Garden. That at Chiswick is 
from the Horticultural Society’s Register: — 
MARSDEN. 
CHISWICK. 
SOUTH¬ 
AMPTON. 
WIN CHE S- 
* TER. 
D 
of 
M 
Jan. 
February. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
Jan. 
Feb. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
deg. 
1 
45 
27 
46 
17 
27 
24 
2 
43 
29 
44 
27 
24 
22 
3 
42 
31 
39 
23 
28 
31 
4 
44 
35 
38 
33 
35 
31 
5 
43 
33 
40 
31 
36 
32 
6 
43 
33 
44 
29 
47 
34 
36 
7 
44 
28 
42 
27 
47 
33 
30 
8 
43 
22 
41 
27 
46 
29 
26 
0 
31 
25 
28 
15 
44 
30 
24 
10 
26 
11 at 10 p.m. 
27 
1 
42 
24 
20 
11 
40 
20 
29 
20 
34 
18 
10 
12 
40 
14 
32 
23 
37 
25 
26 
13 
39 
15 
26 
0 
38 
25 
00 
14 
36 
15 
19 
17 
35 
16 
22 
15 
30 
10 at 7, 30 a.m. 
21 
10 
28 
20 
20 
18 
16 
29 
2 below zero. 
22 
19 
29 
23 
10 
17 
23 
1 below zero. 
20 
2 
26 
20 
22 
18 
25 
8 at 8 p.m. 
18 
3 
24 
18 
12 
19 
29 
15 
13 
20 
28 
20 
18 
20 
27 
15 
18 
8 
23 
24 
13 
21 
28 
14 at 10 p.m. 
17 
10 
26 
18 
18 
22 
30 
7 at 7 a.m. 
18 
23 
25 
20 
23 
23 
29 
20 at 7 p.m. 
24 
27 i 
32 
32 
24 
30 
24 at 7 a.m., day 
26 
30 
30 
25 
28 
closing with 
23 
30 
38 
26 
29 
every appear- 
17 
32 
30 
34 
27 
16 
ance of a 
15 
32 j 
28 
38 
2 s 
31 
thaw. 
26 
20 ' 
26 
38 
39 
17 
17 
28 j 
28 
30 
22 
25 
27 
26 
31 
24 
23 
28 I 
In reference to the Winchester temperatures, Mr. 
Savage says—• 
“ I regret that Stuart has not a register of January ; 
and the only memorandum I have is that the thermo¬ 
meter ranged from 40° to 48° from the 1st to the 10th ; 
on the 16th aud 17th, 10° of frost; and from 26th to 
the 31st, thermometer 24° to 28°; but this is, of courso, 
not sufficiently particular.” 
Mr. J. Walker, of Marsden, writing on the above 
register for that place, says— 
“February 16th, as per annexed, the thermometer did 
not come down below zero until a little before 12 p.m., 
and did not remain below more than ten minutes, sud¬ 
denly getting up to 6°. On the 17th it was down below 
zero for nearly the last two hours of the day. I think 
the most intense cold we have had was on the night of 
February 21st, and morning of the 22nd, the thermo¬ 
meter being low for the greatest length of time. 
“ The time the observations were taken are not stated, 
excepting a few of the most remarkable.” 
We have had also a letter from Mr. H. Alluntt, 
of 27, College Green, Dublin, in which, referring to the 
“ Irish Land Schedule,” which we have not yet seen, 
he says— 
“ The mean for the month of January is given in that 
