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The Scottish Naturalist. 



46. Pop III us dllatata (Lom- 



bardy Poplar), . 



47. RhattiJius alaterims^ aurea- 



variegatus, 



48. Rhus Cotinus^ 



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49. Rosjnaritms officinalis ^ 



50. Ruscus hypoglossutn^ 



51. Tamarix gallica, 



52. Vibuniuin Tiniis, . 



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hirtujH, . 



'Much retarded, and in many in- 

 stances made little or no growth ; 

 in some places in the neigh- 

 bourhood much injured or 

 killed. 



Shoots browned, and a good deal 

 retarded. 



Shoots killed, and a good deal 

 retarded, but has since made 

 good growth. 



Every plant entirely killed, some 

 of them upwards of twenty years 

 old, having withstood the severe 

 winter of 1860-61 with impunity. 



Uninjured, though grown in the 

 open border, without the pro- 

 tection of trees, which it requires 

 in this climate ; was, however, 

 well protected by snow. 



Uninjured, and has flowered pro- 

 fuselv. 



Leaves browned, and much in- 

 jured, and in some instances 

 killed to the roots. 



Leaves browned, and unripened 

 shoots killed, otherwise unin- 

 jured. 



Levant and Asia Minor. 



53. Azalea pontica, 



54. Cist us cyprius, 



55. Cerasus Lauro-Cerasus, 



56. Phius cilicea, 



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Uninjured. 



Slightly injured and retarded, but 

 seems to have suffered more 

 from the effects of the cold wet 

 summer, coming immediately 

 after so long and severe a win- 

 ter, producing blight. 

 [In many instances browned, and 

 < unripened shoots killed, other- 

 I Avise uninjured. 



This pine, which is of early habit, 

 frecjuently suffers severely from 

 spring frosts ; this year, owing 

 to its having been retarded, was 

 perfectly uninjured, and is now 

 making profuse growth. 



