EFFECTS OF THE WIKTER OF 1853-4. S27 



EcHEVERiA retusa ; raised above the level, and screened by 

 stones, safe until the thermometer fell to 4°, when it died, Acton 

 Green. 



Edwaedsta chrjsophylla ; killed, on a wall facing the south, 

 Liverpool. 



Edwardsia grandiflora; very slightly hurt, on a wall facing 

 the south, Liverpool ; uninjured, Sinrfleton. 



EmvARDsiA microphylla ; slightly injured (killed in 1838), 

 Kew ; the small branches killed, on a wall facing the south, 

 Liverjjool ; not injured, south wall, Chisivich. 



Edwardsia chilensis ; slightly injured, south wall, Chisivick. 



Ehretia serrata ; cut back to old wood, south wall, Chiswick. 



El^agnus reflexus ; not injured, Chiswick. 



El^agnus parvifolius ; not injured, Chisivick ; uninjured, 

 Acton Green. 



Elsholtzia polystachya ; not injured, south wall, Chiswick. 



Empetrum rubrum ; not injured, Chiswick. 



Erica arborea ; quite killed, Warrington. 



Erica mediterranea ; killed in 1838, injured but slightly by 

 last winter's cold, Kew ; away from the wall, much hurt, Kew ; 

 much injured, Nottingham ; killed, Oulton. 



Erica multiflora; killed in 1838, injured but slightly by last 

 winter's cold, Kew ; not injured, Chisivick. 



Eriobotrta japonica ; not injured, south wall, Chisivick. 



Escallonia rubra ; killed to the ground, away from the wall, 

 Kew ; small branches killed, on a wall facing the east, Liverpool; 

 not injured, south wall, Chisivick ; killed to the ground, Shiffnal ; 

 much cut, Southampton. 



Escallonia rubra var. viscosa ; killed to the strong branches, 

 on a wall facing the east, Liverpool. 



Escallonia montevidensis ; injured, Kew ; cut back to old 

 wood, but starting strong again, Chiswick. 



Escallonia macrantha ; lost all its leaves, and had its branches 

 cut back a considerable way, but stalling again vigorously, 

 Chiswick; slightly injured, Kew; much injured, Bagshot ; safe 

 as a Grass plant, Alton ; killed to within an inch of the ground, 

 Worcester; killed to the ground, Shiffnal; not hurt, against a 

 wall, but in the open ground as a shrub, the top and shoots cut, 

 but breaking out well, Exeter ; did not suffer in the least, 

 Singleton ; killed about half way down, Southamp)ton. 

 Escallonia pulverulenta ; killed to the ground, Kew. 

 Escallonia Pceppigiana ; not in the least injured, Exeter. 



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