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11th, injured seriously; 21st, old plants killed, young seed- 
lings not. 
Verbena Aubletia Oct. 7th, no injury; 2Ist, no injury; Nov. 
IIth, no injury except to the young shoots. 
Leonurus Cardiaca. Oct. 7th, no injury; 23d, no injury; Nov. 
21st, young plants not injured. 
Lepachys pinnata. Oct. oth, no injury; 23d, no injury. 
Flelianthus annuus. Oct. 7th, no injury; 19th, some injury. 
Aster multifiorus. Oct. 10th, no injury; 22d, no injury. 
Solidago rigida. Oct. 8th, no injury; 1oth, no injury; 23d, no 
injury; Nov. 21st, some leaves injured. 
Ligustrum vulgare. Oct. 7th, no injury; Nov. 21, leaves appa- 
rently uninjured, reddish green. 
Amygdalus Persica. Oct. 19th, no injury, leaves green; heavy 
frost on 18th; 21st, no injury; Nov. 15th, leaves on young 
tree green; snow and heavy frost on 14th. 
Phlox Drumondtt. Oct. 25, no injury; Nov. I, no injury. 
Populus alba. Oct. 11th, no injury, leaves green; 30th, leaves 
on top branches yellow, the others yellowish green, no injury ; 
Nov. 11th, some leaves black, ice formed during night; 15th, 
leaves all black. 
IV.—LATE FLOWERING PLANTS. 
Scabiosa atropurpnrea. In flower Nov. 11th; blooms till killed 
by frost. 
Centaurea Cyanus. In flower Nov. 2d; does not cease flowering 
till it is completely killed. 
Adonis autumnalis. Nov. 21st, flowers came out after a very 
hard frost. 
Gilia capitata. Nov. 2d, in flower; first hard frost affected flow- 
ering somewhat. ; 
Lepachys pinnata. Oct. 23d, in flower; first hard frost affected 
flowering; plants grew near a building, otherwise flowering 
had ceased about three weeks sooner. 
Saponaria officinalis. Oct. 8th, in flower in an open garden. 
Solidago rigida. Oct. 23d in flower; only one plant in garden 
was observed; all others ceased to flower some time ago. 
