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Cerasus Caroliniana ; injured, though sheltered by a wall on 

 the west, and on the north by buildings and trees, and on the 

 east by shrubs, Shiffnal. 



Ceanothus pallidus ; not injured, south wall, Chisuick ; killed 

 to the main stem on a wall facing the south, Liverpool. 



Ceanothus cuneatus; dead, Kew ; killed in open border, but 

 uninjured against end of greenhouse, Chisicick. 



Ceanothus dentatus; dead to the ground, £'ej(;; killed in open 

 border, Chisicick; some of the foliage browned, south wall, Chis- 

 uick ; killed to the ground on a wall with an eastern aspect, 

 Shiffnal; not hurt against a wall, Exeter ; uninjured on a south- 

 east wall, SoutJicnnjJtoii. 



Ceanothus rigidus; dead, Kew ; very slightly injured, even in 

 very exposed situations, Chisicick; flowered beautifully on the 

 lawn, Alton ; not hurt, against a wall, Exeter ; not injured, as 

 open standards, Exeter ; killed to the ground, on a wall with an 

 eastern aspect, Shiffnal ; uninjured, Bicton ; on a south-east 

 •wall, untouched, Southampton. 



Ceanothus integerrimus ; not injured, Chisicick; killed to the 

 ground, on a wall with an eastern aspect, Shiffnal. (The last is 

 probably a different species.) 



Ceanothus azureus ; very much injured, and in one instance 

 killed, south wall, Chisicick; suffered no damage, trained on a 

 southern aspect, Alton; killed to the ground, on a wall with an 

 eastern aspect, Shiffnal; killed to the ground, on a wall facing 

 the south, Liverpool; on a south-east wall, untouched, South- 

 ampton. 



Ceanothus azureus pallidus ; not injured, south wall, Chisicick. 



Ceanothus americanus ; killed back a good deal, Chisicick. 



Ceanothus thyrsiflorus ; small shoots a little touched, Kew ; 

 young shoots killed, but again starting vigorously, south wall, 

 Chisicick; a very large standard plant, very much injured, all 

 the small branches killed, and some of the large ones, Chisicick ; 

 killed to the ground, on a wall with an eastern aspect, Shiff'nal; 

 not hurt, against a wall, Exeter ; uninjured, Bicton ; on a south- 

 east wall, untouched, Southampton. 



Ceanothus papillosus ; dead to the ground, Keic ; not injured, 

 as open standards, Exeter; not hurt, against a wall, Exeter; 

 small plants much cut, Exeter ; not injured, south wall, 

 Chiswick ; killed, in open borders, Chisicick ; killed to the 

 ground, on a wall with an eastern aspect, Shiffnal ; uninjured, 

 Bicton ; on a south-east wall, untouched, Southampton. 



