214 EFFECTS OF THE WINTER OF 1853-4. 



Abies Brunoniana; nearly dead, Keiv; lost all its leaves and 

 nearly killed, Chiswick ; stood the winter unhurt, Bayfordhury ; 

 points injured and has lost many leaves. Ware ; much damaged, 

 Alton ; escaped unhurt, Shiffnal ; killed down, Oidton ; killed, 

 Gongleton; plants two to tliree feet, tops of shoots destroyed, 

 and plants nearly leafless but breaking again, Exeter ; uninjured, 

 Southampton; stands well. Singleton; two feet in height, injured 

 by spring frost, Bicton. 



Abies Nordmanniana ; not injured, Chistvick ; not affected 

 during the winter, Bagsliot ; perfectly green, Alton ; not injured, 

 Nottingham. ; quite unscathed, Congleton; not hurt, Exeter ; quite 

 hardy. Singleton. 



Abies obovata ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot. 



Abies archangelica ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot. 



Abies elegaus ; perfectly green, Alton. 



Abies Pichta ; young shoots slightly cut, Alton ; young shoots 

 destroyed by spring frosts, Bicton. 



Abies Hudson! ; perfectly green, Alton. 



Abies (Ccdnis) Deodara; leaves of many have heen browned, 

 and fallen, some trees become very naked, Kew ; not in the least 

 injured, Chiswick; uninjured, on the level ground, Acton Green; 

 not affected during the winter, Bagshot; stood the winter 

 unhurt, Bayjordhury ; injured more or less in every position, 

 Alton; some killed, others lost their leayes, Rolleston ; lost all 

 its foliage, in a shrubbery exposed to east winds, and some of the 

 lower branches dead, Shiffnal; on a sandy bank, where sheltered, 

 escaped uninjured, Shiffnal; lower boughs severely cut, some of 

 the boughs killed, the leaves have quite fallen off, some plants 

 do not appear to have suffered, Ossington ; every leaf fallen off, 

 and some boughs killed, but recovering rapidly, Nottingham ; not 

 in the least injured, Windermere ; not hurt, Exeter ; suflfered 

 much, Warrington ; will not stand sea breezes. Singleton ; 

 uninjured, Bicton. 



Abies {Cedrus) Deodara viridis; not hurt, Exeter ; brown, and 

 some of the points killed. Ware. 



Abies (Cedrus) Deodara robusta ; not hurt, Exeter. 



Abies {Cedrus) Atlantica; not injured, Chiswick; injured, 

 Nottingham ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot ; escaped 

 unhurt, Shiffnal ; uninjured. Singleton. 



Abies {Cedrus) Libani ; not injured, Chiswick ; old trees 

 become very naked by their leaves having fallen, Kew; not 

 affected during the winter, Bagshot; felt the effects of the 



