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plants, which are at all tender, should be shaded from the sun ; the 

 bad effects of frozen plants being exposed by day to the sun are appa- 

 rent most winters. We are aware that, on a large scale, this cannot 

 be avoided entirely ; but as young, fast-growing plants are more likely 

 to get injured than larger, and such as have formed some portion of 

 old wood, a little trduble in this way will at times save valuable speci- 

 mens. Last spring we had some Taxodiums killed nearly to the 

 ground, while trees within 100 yards of them, growing in the shade, 

 escaped Avithout injury. 



We hope the above general hints will be of ser\ace to those who, 

 year after year, are turning out plants fi-om various quarters of the 

 globe, to the chmate and soil of Britain, their adaptation to w^hich is a 

 matter of speculation, excepting the very decided negative the late 

 winter has given to many novelties in the tree way, which the com- 

 parative mildness of previous winters had led their sanguine admirers 

 to consider safe. 



Before enumerating our list of casualties, we may observe that, as 

 no means can alter our climate, we should try to counteract its effects 

 on the plants we wish 'to acclimatise, by planting them either on 

 naturally dry or well-drained land ; excess of vigour should be kept in 

 check by a poor soil ; and low, damp situations should be avoided, both 

 from being unfavourable for ripening the wood and being more subject 

 to spring frosts. The outskirts of plantations, and where the shelter of 

 existing Furze, Broom, or Heath can be employed for a few years, are 

 the most favourable sites for commencing the gro\^i;h of trees, &c., 

 when any doubts of their hardiness are entertained. 



At Bowood Park, Wilts, among a collection of Coniferse, including 

 everything introduced supposed to be hardy, the following are dead : — 

 Pinus Russelliana, Winchesteriana, Grenvillese, Devoniana, fihfoha, 

 and leiophylla. Pinus patula is browned but not killed ; Juniperus 

 Bermudiana, killed ; J. tetragona and flaccida, injured ; Cedar of Goa, 

 much injured. 



Among plants generally reckoned tender, and recently introduced 

 kinds, the following have not been injured : — Cupressus Corneyana, 

 C.. Knighti, C. Funebris, Saxe-Gothsea conspicua, Fitz-Roya pata- 

 gonica. Libocedrus chilensis, a little touched ; Doniana, ditto ; Cupressus 

 Goveniana, slightly browned ; macrocarpa is now beautifully green, 

 and is really a valuable plant; Pinus Hartwegi, not injured in the 

 least; IMontezumae, ditto; Pinus Lindleyana, not injured; P. apulcensis, 

 ayacahuite, occidentalis, muricata, tuberculata, and Cunninghamia lan- 

 ceolata, not injured ; Cryptomeria, same ; Arbutus and Laurustinus, 

 killed in low situations ; on dry soils merely browned. 



