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grove Park, Bay Laurels were all killed, except Laurus 

 colchicum and rotundifolium. Several Rhododendron ponticum 

 suffered severely, while the hybrid varieties escaped. Aucuba 

 japonica was not injured either in spring', or on the 4th December, 

 when, in the neighbourhood of Edinburgh, they were frosted to 

 the ground. The following plants were more or less affected by 

 the frost at Queen's Park, viz.: — Pemettija mucronata, Bay and 

 Portugal Laurels, Ribes sanguineum, Cryptomeria elegans, Escallonia 

 macrantha, Double-flowering Whin, Spanish Broom, &o. A number 

 of Japanese Coniferae, planted out, have been found to be perfectly 



Meteorological Record kept at Queen's Park, Glasgow, 



for the last Three Years. 



