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well, especially such as face the north (those to the south are 

 browned), Congleton ; suffered slightly, Windermere ; young 

 plants three to four feet, much injured ; plants ten to twelve feet, 

 in one situation, leader destroyed three or four feet ; plants ten to 

 twelve feet, in another situation, not injured, Exeter ; uninjured, 

 SoKthampton, and Singleton ; twenty feet in height, and full of 

 cones, uninjured, Bicton. 



Cryptomeria japonica Lobbi ; not injured, Chiswick; retained 

 its green unimpaired through the winter, and this, too, by the 

 side of plants of C. japonica, which have turned perfectly brown, 

 Congleton ; smaller plants not injured, Exeter ; several large 

 plants ten to fifteen feet high, not in the least injured, Exeter. 



CuNNiNGHAMiA sincnsis ; not injured, Ckisiiick ; near a pond, 

 has had its leader killed, but others are not damaged, except by 

 snow, Dropmore ; brown as usual after the frosts, Alton ; cut, 

 and leaves much browned, but recovering, Exeter; thirty-two 

 and eighteen feet high, fine plants, sheltered by plantations, had 

 the tips slightly cut. Singleton ,- all the lower part of the tree 

 had a brown appearance, but now making young wood, Bicton. 



CuPRESsus elegans ; some with branches and leaders killed, 

 and others wholly uninjured, Bagshot ; killed, Congleton. 



CuPRESSUS expansa ; not injured, Chiswick ; dead, Alton. 



CuPREssus funebris ; not injured, Chiswick; uninjured, a little 

 raised, Acton Green ; some with branches and leaders killed, and 

 others wholly uninjured, Bagshot ; very much damaged in several 

 positions, jUton ; much injured, Nottingham; killed, Oulton ; 

 killed, Congleton ; perfectly hardy. South Devon ; leading shoots 

 injured, Windermere; not hurt, Exeter; uninjured, South- 

 ampton ; safe from frost. Singleton. 



CupRESsus Uhdeana ; some killed, others not much hurt, 

 Kew ; not injured, Chiswick ; damaged, Bayfordbury ; very 

 much browned on the south side, and many of its points killed. 

 Ware ; killed, Rolleston ; severely hurt, Ossington ; killed, 

 Oulton ; killed, Congleton ; large plant, leader killed ; other 

 situations, smaller plants not hurt, Exeter ; twenty feet high, 

 uninjured, Bicton. 



CuPRESsus sempervireus ; not injured, Chiswick; top killed, 

 Alton ; young plants much cut ; large plants fifteen feet high, 

 uninjured, Exeter ; slightly injured, Oulton. 



CuPRESSus Goveniana ; but slightly injured. Kew ; not injured, 

 Chiswick; uninjured on level ground, Acton Green; some with 

 branches and leaders killed, and others wholly uninjured. Bog- 



