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shot; killed, Ossington ; much injured, Nottingham ; not hurt, 

 Exeter; killed, Onlton ; killed, Warrington; safe, Singleton; 

 slightly sheltei'ed on the north side, uninjured, Southanq^ton. 



CuPREssus macrocarpa ; not injured, Chiswick ; uninjured, on 

 level ground, Acton Green ; killed, RoUeston ; sixteen feet high, 

 dead, Shiffnal ; in the case of six fine plants, the leading shoots 

 killed in everyone, perhaps a footer eighteen inches down; some 

 injured, having parts struck and killed; no plant wholly killed, 

 Ossington ; slightly injured, Oulton ; not hurt, Exeter ; twelve 

 feet high, uninjured, Bicton : safe, Singleton ; slightly sheltered 

 on north side, uninjured, Southampton. 



CuPRESsus torulosa ; many much injured. Ken: ; a large plant 

 on an elevated situation fully exposed, not injured ; all smaller 

 plants more or less injured, Chiswick ; slightly hrowned, Alton ; 

 some partially injured, others dead, RoUeston ; of various sizes, 

 dead, Shiffnal; killed, Nottingham; five plants killed, three 

 injured, three untouched, Oulton; killed, Congleton ; much cut, 

 Exeter; uninjured, Singleton; twenty-four feet high, uninjured, 

 Bicton. 



CuPRESsus thurifera ; only very slightly injured in a few of 

 the smaller twigs, Chisirick ; much injured, a little raised, Acton 

 Green ; some with branches and leaders killed, and others wholly 

 uninjured, Bagshot ; damaged, Bagfonlhury ; very brown on the 

 south side, Ware ; slightly browned, Alton ; killed, RoUeston ; 

 twenty-three feet six inches high, dead, Shiffnal; killed, Not- 

 tingham; killed, Congleton. 



CuPREssus religiosa ; dead, Kew ; nearly killed, Exeter, 



CupRESSUs lusitanica ; killed, A't'ic ; not hurt, Exeter ; twenty 

 feet high, uninjured, Bicton. 



CuPRESSus Tourneforti ; not injured, CJiisirick. 



CuPREssus Corneyanus ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot. 



CuPREssus majestica ; very slightly injured, Bayfordbury. 



CuPRESSUS mexicana ; damaged, Bayfordbury. 



CuPRESSUS Knighti ; very slightly injured, Bayfordbury. 



CuPREssus sinensis ; not injured, Ossington. 



CuPKEssus variegata ; nearly killed, Exeter. 



CupREssrs horizontalis ; much injured, Nottingham ; killed, 

 Warrington ; not injured, Chiswick. 



Cytisus nubigenus ; perfectly hardy. South Devon. 



Dacrydium Franklini ; dead, Keiv ; killed, Chiswick ; stood 

 the winter comparatively uninjured, a few of the extreme tips of 

 the branches only being destroyed — only had the advantage of a 



