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buds and iinripened state of the wood, a much larger number of 

 casualties than have been recorded in tlie present list. It may 

 be as well to note that the whole of the plants mentioned have 

 been grown in the open ground, as standing trees or bushes, on 

 a south-west aspect, in a somewhat stiff, moist, clayey loam, 

 partially exposed to easterly and south-westerly winds, and much 

 subject in spring to hoar-frosts from the river : — 



British Islands. 



1 . Call una, Erica, Menziesia, 



and their varieties, 



2. Cytisics {Sarothamnus) sco- 



parius, . 



3. Daphne Laiireola, 



4. Genista tinctoria, 



5. Hippophde rha7tinoides, 



6. Potentilla fi'titicosa, . 



7. Rhammis f^'angula^ . 



8. Ruscus aculeatus. 



9. Ulex etiropcea [flor. plen.), I 



„ hibernica. 



. 



'All the British and Irish heaths, 

 including Menziesia, have been 

 uninjured, but for the greater 

 part of the winter were well 

 protected by snow. 



Suffered severely, especially in 

 exposed places. 



Uninjured. 



Unripened shoots killed, and 

 slightly retarded, but otherwise 

 uninjured, and made a good 

 growth. 



Uninjured. 



Though slightly injured and some 

 shoots killed, has flowered well, 

 but was a good deal protected 

 by heavy snow; the common 

 whin, on the other hand, has 

 suffered greatly everywhere in 

 the neighbourhood, and in some 

 cases has been entirely killed. 



It is curious to note that out of 

 several bushes of this species, 

 all should have been entirely 

 killed, with the exception of one 

 plant, which, from some unex- 

 plained cause, remained per- 

 fectly uninjured, though grow- 

 ing only within a few yards' dis- 

 tance from the others, and under 

 exactly the same conditi^ns^as 

 to age, soil, moistui 

 posure. 



