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also a new Mespilus and a Pyrus. Ilex leptacantha too is quite 

 hardy, and the same may be said of Abelia uuiflora, and Indigofera 

 decora alba. The latter will soon be a mass of blossoms. 

 Skimmia japonica is in full bloom, and deliciously fragrant. 

 Not a flower-bud or a point of a leaf has been touched. No 

 plant can be hardier. Thuia compacta proves a most valuable 

 addition to the tribe of plants to which it belongs. It is very 

 handsome at all times, and never, during severe weather or rough 

 winds, becomes in the least brown. Thuia sinensis variegata 

 and Libocedrus chilensis, Taxus baccata ericoides, and Cupressus 

 Corueyana are all untouched, and so is the very pretty little 

 Retinospora ericoides. The latter is a most interesting plant, 

 and must, when well known, have many admirers. Of Podocarpus 

 Mackayi, a very small plant is much injured, while another, but 

 a larger one, within a few yards of it, is wholly untouched ; 

 P. montana is hardy too. Of others that are quite hardy may be 

 named, IlexTaraja, Pieris ovalifolia, Taxodium fastigiatum.Laurus 

 regalis, Escallonia macrantha, Cerasus ilicifolia (the foliage of this 

 plant is injured by the winds), Catalpa Ksempferi and C. Bungei, 

 Thuia intermedia, Halesia diptera, Berberis Darwini, Podocarpus 

 nubigena. Among the dead are Citrus japonica (only, however, 

 killed to the ground and will probably break again), Acacia 

 dealbata, Witheringia superba, Myrica esculenta, and Ungnadia 

 speciosa. We had almost forgot to mention a small plant of 

 Fitzroya patagonica. It is perfectly hardy. 



Of the hardiness of the Sikkim Rhododendrons, we think there 

 can be no doubt. AVe have most of the species planted out in 

 the open borders, and they have sustained no injury whatever. 

 The same conditions under which the ordinary species and 

 hybrids are flourishing seem to suit them equally well. We are, 

 however, unable to speak of Dalhousiae and argenteum,as specimens 

 of these were not planted for experiment.* 



* When the notes were taken from which this article is compiled, it was 

 intended to be forwarded in time to appear in the July part, but circum- 

 stances prevented us from furnishing it in time. In again looking over 

 the plants named, we find them all in a most flourishing condition with 

 the exception of the Citrus japonica. Though not dead below the surface 

 of the soil, it has, as yet, sent up no new shoots. And we find, what we 

 over-looked at the time, a very handsome Bletia from China, in full blow. 

 We may add here that the small plant of Skimmia japonica, alluded to as 

 being also in full blow, has set its berries well. They are nearly full 

 grown, and will soon begin to colour. 



