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winter more than the Deodar, Bayfordhunj ; uninjured, 

 Rolleston ; slightly injured, Nottingham. 



Abies (Larix) Griffithi ; young plants in pots killed, others 

 in the open ground not much injured, Keiv ; killed, Chiswick ; 

 not affected during the ■winter, Bagshot. 



Abies [Larix) sp. u., China; not affected during the winter, 

 Bafjsliot. 



Abies [Larix) pendula ; not injured, Nottinr/ham. 



Adenocaepus intermedins ; a fine hush, untouched, Bicton. 



Acacia Browni; untouched, Bicton. 



Acacia dealbata; slightly sheltered, much injured, South- 

 ampton. 



Acacia mollis ; killed, Kcw. 



Acacia affinis ; dead to the ground, Kew ; plant twenty feet 

 high, much cut, but breaking again from the old wood, Exeter. 



Acacia Julibrissin ; killed down to the ground in 1838, injured 

 but slightly by last winter's cold, Kew. 



Acacia melanoxylon ; killed down to the ground, south wall, 

 Chiswick. 



Acacia prostrata ; killed, it had grown and flowered luxuriantly 

 on a south-east wall for several years, Ware. 



Acacias ; on a south wall suffered much, above their temporary 

 winter coverings of grass mats, Edinburgh. 



Acer caudatum ; not injured, Chiswick. 



Acer palmatum; a large, old plant, has all its last year's 

 shoots killed, and also some of the older branches, Chiswick. 



Acer villosum ; killed, Chisivick. 



Akebia quinata ; not injured, Chiswick. 



Alaterxus ; partially affected, Piolleston ; injured, though 

 sheltered by a wall on the west; north, by buildings and trees ; 

 east, by shrubs, Shiffnal ; killed to the main stem on a wall 

 facing the east, LiverjMol. 



Alaternus, variegated ; injured, though sheltered by a wall on 

 the west ; north, by buildings and trees ; east, by shrubs, 

 Shiffnal. 



Alstrcemeria aurea; Van Houtte's varieties, not injured, 

 Chiswick. 



Alotsia citriodora; killed, though it had stood five years, 

 Bromley ; twenty feet high, against the house, uninjured, 

 Singleton. 



Ampelopsis Royleana ; killed down to the ground, but growing 

 strong again, Chiswick. 



