226 JIFFECTS OF THE WINTER OF 1853-4. 



slight protection of spruce fir branches during the intensity of tlie 

 frost, Alton. 



Dacrydium Mayi ; protected, uninjured, Blcton. 

 Daphne Aucklandi ; killed, Chimoick. 

 Daphne Fortuni ; killed, Chisu-ick. 

 Daphne japonica rubra; injured, Shiffiial. 

 Daphne pontica ; injured, Shiffiud. 

 Daphne variegata ; killed, Shiffnal. 



Deekingta Amherstfe ; killed down to the ground, a very large 

 plant, but starting very weakly, south wall, Chhivick. 



Desfontainta spinosa ; not in the least injured, until the frost 

 of April, Exeter. 



Deutzia gracilis; not injured, CJiisirick; not hurt, on a wall 

 with an eastern aspect, Shiffnal; uninjured, Sonthay^ij^ton. 



Deutzia scabra ; not injured, Chiswick ; damaged slightly, 

 Alton; uninjured, Blcton; uninjured, Sovtliamjiton . 



Deutzia crenata ; killed back a good deal in the wood, 

 Chiswick. 



Deutzia staminea ; not injured, south wall, Chiswick. ■ 

 Dammara australis ; nearly killed, Blcton. 

 DicKSONiA antarctica ; dead. South Devon. 

 Dielytra spectabilis ; lived out three winters, flowers browned 

 by the late frosts, Shiffnal ; stood the winter without any pro- 

 tection, Warrington ; uninjured, Chiswick ; uninjured, South- 

 ampton. 



DioTis ceratoides ; not injured, south wall, Chisivick. 

 Discaria Tournatou; injured, Kew. 



Drac^na indivisa ; two large plants cut to the ground, 

 although in a dry situation, where they had stood the previous 

 winter, but breaking again at the root, Chiswick ; cut down to 

 the ground, Shiffnal, smd Congleton ; not in the least injured, 

 Exeter. (Two large plants which had stood out of doors several 

 winters were killed to the ground in Mr. Harrison's garden, at 

 Snelstone Hall, near Ashbourne in Derbyshire, but one seems 

 likely to push from the root.) 



DuvAUA dependens ; slightly injured, away from the wall, Kew ; 

 not injured, south wall, Chiswick ; uninjured, Blcton. 

 DuvAUA dentata ; killed to the ground, on wall, Kew. 

 DuvAUA longifolia ; cut back in the shoots very much, but 

 growing again vigorous, south wall, Chiswick ; uninjured, Blcton.. 

 DuvAUA ovata; not injured, south wall, Chiswick; uninjured, 

 Blcton. 



