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roots of most of the plants, upon which I feared its effects, covered with sawdust, 

 but by no means soon enough. In the following list the selection I have made to 

 remark upon as uninjured will probably appear arbitrary, but I made it for the 

 purpose of comparison with those which were mentioned by Mr. Moore as having 

 suffered : 



" Plants killed Erica arborea, Erica cilliaris, growing in bog ; same, very 

 slightly injured in garden ; Menziesia casrulea, 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. Davalliaca nariensis all the plants 

 have recovered, even one which had 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 polifolia, Verbena tryphilla, Aspidum longifolium, 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 ; Viburnum tinus, 

 some plants, fslose to bays which were much injured, received no injury; Ceno- 

 thus azureus, on south wall. 



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

 south wall ; M. Tripetala, standard ; Rhododendron Arboreum, R. chamceustus, 

 Arbutus Andrachne, Olea excelsa, Standard, sheltered ; Daphne pontica, Paeonia 

 montana, Paulonia imperial is, Erica Mediterranea, E. ditto, Irish variety ; Cedrus 

 deodara, Auraucaria imbricata, Cupressus tomentosa, Taxodium sempervirens, 

 Pinus Canariensis, Abies Webbiana, A. Cephalonica, Crytomeria Japonica, 

 Quercus coccifera, Juniperus Bermudiana, Buddlcea globosa, Cistus ladaniferus, 

 Garrya eliptica, Woodwardia radicans (S), covered with calico, as it has been for 

 some years ; Trichomanes brivesetum, Pinguicula grandiflora, Anemotheca cruenta, 

 Mimulus moschatus. I forgot Aponogeton distachgium, 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, and 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 juncacese and 

 cyperaceas peculiar to the wet and spongy soil of such uncultivated wastes. 

 Subsequently the growth of belts of pines skirted numerous 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 luxuriance, throwing out 

 innumerable suckers, and which, gaining strength of growth, again sent out their 

 branchlets in all directions. Among the Rosaceas, Rosa arvensis and many of the 

 ornamental briars grew on the sunny slopes of the peat embankment with great 

 beauty. The sides of the once desolate valley of Glen Car, and which were 

 exposed to the furious and sweeping gusts of the north-west gales, are now clothed 

 and tinged with the fine growth and the varied hues of the larch, the pinaster, black 

 Austrian pine, and the stone pine. The judicious planting of the Austrian pine has 

 proved a sheltering screen to the fair growth of the rest. The Pinus Austriacus,. 



Those marked } were covered with sawdust. 



