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this, and equally near the sea, on the 12th of February stood at 18-2 Fahrenheit 

 and on the 13th, 176; on the 17th, 17*2 ; on the 18th, 15. There was no snow 

 here during the continuance of the frost — only about two inches fell on the first 

 day of the thaw — so that the plants were exposed to its full severity. Some days 

 after its commencement I had the roots of most of the plants, upon which I 

 feared its effects, covered with sawdust, but by no moans soon enough. In the 

 following list* the selection I have made to remark upon as uninjured will proba- 

 bly appear arbitrary, but 1 made it for the purpose of comparison with those 

 which were mentioned by Mr. Moore as having suffered : — 



Plants killed — Erica arborea, Erica ciliaris, growing in bog ; same, very 

 slightly injured in garden ; Menziesia caerulea, Rhododendron altaclarense, 

 (Rhod. altaclarense, which I thought was killed, is now pushing out vigorously), 

 Adiantum C. Veneris, from Arran; this has been for years in the rockery, 

 covered during frost with a piece of calico. DavalliaCanariense — all the plants 

 have recovered, even one whichliad no covering except a fir branch. 



Plants much injured — Edwardsia tetraptera, old plants on west wall ; E. 

 microphylla, old plants on north wall ; Laurus nobilis, § Myrtus communis, on 

 wall, both narrow and broad leaved ; Ulex Europseus, in some places, not the 

 least in others ; Calluna vulgaris, in bog ; § Abutilon striatum, on east wall, out 

 four or five years ; § Menziesia poUfolia, Verbena triphylla, § Aspidium longifo- 

 lium, covered with calico. 



Slightly injured as to the leaves — Arbutus Unedo, much injured a few- 

 miles off; Photinia serrulata, both on wall and stand, and very slightly; Vibur- 

 num tinus, some plants, close to bays which were much injured, received no in- 

 jury ; § Ceanothus azureus, on south wall. 



Uninjured — Fuschia globosa major, on east wall ; Magnolia grandiflora, on 

 south wall; M. tripetala, standard ; Rhododendron arboreum, R. chamoeustus. 

 Arbutus Andrachne, Olea excelsa, standard, sheltered ; Daphne Pontica, 

 Paeonia montana, Paulonia imperialis, Erica Mediterranea, E. ditto, Irish va- 

 riety ; Cedrus deodara, Auracaria imbricata, Cupressus tomentosa, Taxodium 

 sempervirens, Pinus Canariensis, Abies Webbiana, A. Cephalonica, Cryptomeria 

 Japonica, Quercus coccifera, Juniperus Bermudiana, Buddloea globosa, Cistus 

 ladaniferus, Garrya elUptica, Woodwardia radicans (S), covered with calico, as 

 it has been for some years; Trichomanes brevisetum, Pinguicula grandiflora, 

 Aneraotheca cruenta, Mimulus moschatus. I forgot Aponogeton distachium, 

 which I only got last summer, and. which is quite uninjured, though the water 

 in the reservoir in the garden in which it was placed was entirely frozen. 



Mr. Andrews said that he was sure the members would feel much indebted to 

 Mr. Wynne for this communication, which was valuable for the notices of those 

 trees, shrubs, and plants that withstood the severity of such a winter, especially 

 as the plants had been completely unprotected by the sheltering covering of 

 snow. The comparison was also of interest with the records of those effects on 

 the east coast, as shown in the paper given by Mr. Moore. The grounds of 

 Hazlewood are among the most beautiful in the country, and many parts of Mr. 

 Wynne's extensive demesne bear striking evidence of the complete success of 

 the planting and of the beautifying of apparently most unproductive wastes, and 

 prove what judgment and perseverance can effect. Bordering the demesne was 

 once a wild tract of bog, covered only with the common heaths, coarse grasses, 

 and with juncaceae and cyperaceae peculiar to the wet and spongy soil of such 

 uncultivated wastes. Subsequently the growth of belts of pines skirting nume- 

 rous enclosures, drains, broad paths, and vistas were formed, and this paradise 

 bloomed with the most beautiful heaths, azalea, and rhododendra. Binding the 

 embankments thrown up from the deeply-cut drains, the varieties of berberry, 

 holly, Mahonia aquifolium, repens, and fascicularis, grew with rapidity and 



• Those marked thus (§) were covered with sawdust. 



