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scorched, except what are much sheltered. Berberis Fortuni and 

 nepalensis are killed to the old wood, if not the former down to the 

 ground. The Chinese Privet (Ligustrum lucidum), and the evergreen 

 Beech (Fagus antarctica) have scarcely a leaf left upon them, and the 

 leaves on the evergreen Oaks all appear scalded, or are otherwise per- 

 fectly browned. A specimen of Taxodium sempervirens, 14 feet high, 

 has all the last year's growth killed, and is intensely browned. It may be 

 remarked that this specimen had not recovered the effects of the 

 preceding winter. Cupressus torulosa, specimens 10 to 12 feet high, 

 appear dead — if alive, they will require a long time to recover ; others 

 are only killed on the north side, while the south side is uninjured. 

 C. Knighti, plants three feet high, are dead. C. Goveniana, four feet 

 high, is browned all round and has all the last year's growth killed. 

 C. Uhdeana appears almost past recovery. C. funebris, eight feet high, 

 is very sickly and will require some time to recover. Cryptomeria 

 japonica, where much exposed, is a great deal browned and has its last 

 year's shoots killed. Libocedrus chilensis, dead. 



Juniperus Bedfordiana, lycia, chinensis, excelsa, virginiana, and 

 torulosa, specimens varying from 8 to 14 feet high, are all killed on 

 the north side, while the south side is in no way injured; recurva, four 

 feet high, appears as if scalded ; and sempervirens, 25 feet high, is very 

 much browned all over. Among Pinuses, apulcensis, 10 feet high, is 

 dead, or its recovery very doubtful ; rudis, mitis, and Llaveana very 

 much browned ; insignis, very brown on the north side ; halepensis, 

 browned, and patula appears quite dead. The black tea (Thea bohea) 

 is leafless, although planted in a south aspect and had some protection; 

 the green tea (Thea viridis) close by, has escaped with only having its 

 leaves browned. 



In the greenhouses many things are at present attractive ; none more 

 so than the Camellias, of which there is a good collection, and now 

 flowering in great perfection, likewise a magnificent specimen of 

 Rhododendron arboreum, ten or a dozen feet high, and literally covered 

 with flowers. R. Aitoni is one of the most beautiful of this tribe ; it 

 has a large well-formed truss of large light pink flowers, which become 

 lighter coloured with age, or as they are exposed to sunshine. A good 

 specimen of it, four feet high, is here flowering profusely, R. ciliatum, 

 in abundance, and R. barbatum, a distinct species with large bright 

 rose-coloured flowers. Fuchsia Dominiana is flowering here ; it is distinct, 

 with a robust habit, has flowers three inches long, large, and red 

 throughout. Another plant worth notice is Brachysema acuminata, 

 the best of the genus for cultivation ; it has a graceful habit, and will 

 easily form a compact specimen two or three feet high; it is a profuse 

 bloomer, and the flowers are of a dark carmine. 



Among hothouse plants, the gayest are Francfsceas, which at this 

 season make a fine display, and Maranta sanguinea, which, if in a good 

 state of cultivation, is by far the most conspicuous of all herbaceous 

 things. A specimen five feet high and five feet in diameter has now 

 on about 30 heads of well expanded bright rose coloured flowers. The 

 large Amherstia nobilis is in full flower, many racemes are expanded 

 and others progressing ; likewise large specimens of Brownea coccinea, 



