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the winter, Bagshot ; young shoots slightly cut, Alton ; when 

 young, was injured by late frosts, now that it is twenty-seven 

 feet in height, is uninjured, Bicton. 



Abies Jezoensis ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot ; 

 leader slightly injured, Alton; quite unscathed, Congleton ; hardy, 

 Singleton. 



Abies cephalonica ; young shoots slightly cut, Alton ; not 

 injured, Nottingham. 



Abies Smithiana; many trees browned, Kew ; not injured, 

 Chisicick ; plants two feet in height, injured by spring frost, 

 others eighteen to twenty feet, uninjured, Bicton. 



Abies Morinda; not injured, Chisicick; in every situation 

 much damaged, except where planted on high ground, sheltered 

 from the north and east, Alton ; not injured, Nottingham ; 

 suffered, Singleton ; injured by spring frost, Bicton. 



Abies orientalis ; not in the least injured, Chisivick ; not 

 affected during the winter, Bagshot ; quite unscathed, Congleton ; 

 not hurt, Exeter. 



Abies amabilis; not in the least injured, Chisicick; not 

 affected during the winter, Bagshot; perfectly green, Alton; not 

 hurt, Exeter. 



Abies religiosa ; killed, Chisicick ; leader killed two feet down, 

 Exeter. 



Abies grandis ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot ; 

 perfectly green, Alton ; quite unscathed, Congleton ; not hurt, 

 Exeter. 



Abies Pindrow; young shoots slightly cut, Alton; not 

 injured, Nottingham ; young shoots destroyed by spring frosts, 

 Bicton. 



Abies khutrow ; two feet in height, injured by spring frost, 

 Bicton. 



Abies Menziesi, young shoots slightly cut, Alton ; not injured, 

 Nottingham; foliage much browned, Exeter; not injured, 

 Chisicick ; thirty-two feet in height, one of the finest of the 

 species, Bicton. 



Abies Douglasi ; not injured, Chisicick; perfectly green, 

 sheltered from the north and east winds, Alton; altogether 

 unscathed, on high ground, Alton ; much browned in a low 

 situation, Alton ; not injured, Ossington ; never thrives, 

 Singleton. 



Abees canadensis; perfectly green, Alton; not injured, 

 Nottingham. 



