EFFECTS OF THE WINTER OP 1853-4. 241 



PiSTACiA mutica ; killed, south wall, Chisivick. 



PisTACiA vera, and Lentiscus ; much cut, Bicton. 



PiTTOSPORUM tenuifoliuin ; killed, Keiv. 



PiTTOspoRUM bicolor ; slightly cut in the foliage, otherwise not 

 injured, Chiswick. 



PiTTOspoRUM glabratum ; killed, after living out two winters in 

 a dry situation, Chisivick. 



PiTTOspoRUM Tobira ; uninjured. Singleton ,- killed to the 

 ground, Bicton. 



PoDOCARPDs mucronata ; not injured, C/u'stiu'cA; ; killed, Bicton. 



PoDOCARPUs Totarra ; scarcely injured, south wall, Chisivick ; 

 slightly protected, unhurt, Bicton. 



PoDOCARPus nubigeua ; not affected during the winter, 

 Bagshot. 



PoDocARPOs Makoyi ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot. 



PoDocARPus chilina ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot. 



PoDocARPUs montana ; injured, Bagshot. 



PoDocARPUS Purdiana ; killed, Bicton. 



Polyanthuses ; in the height of perfection, Windermere. 



PoLTGONUM implexum ; killed to the ground, Kew. 



Prunus nipalensis ; not injured, Chisivick. 



Prunus sinensis, double pink ; killed, south wall, Chisivick. 



Prunus sinensis, single ; cut back very much, south wall, 

 Chisivick. 



PsoRALEA bituminosa ; one plant killed, another nearly so, 

 Kew. 



PuNicA granatum; killed down to the ground in 1838, — injured 

 but slightly by last winter's cold, Kew ; not injured, south wall, 

 Chiswick. 



Pdnica granatum, double white ; injured, Shiffnal. 



Pyrus vestita ; not injured, Chisivick. 



Pyrus variolosa ; veiy much cut back, and injured, south wall, 

 Chiswick. 



QuERCus, Mexican ; all killed, Chiswick. 



QuERcus sclerophylla ; killed, Acton Gi-ee^i ; injured, Bagshot ; 

 killed to the ground, Congleton, and Bicton. 



QuERcus Ilex ; some not the least injured, and others but 

 slightly, by the last winter's frost, — much injured in 1838, Kew ; 

 not injured, Chisivick; foliage destroyed and injured, Rolleston ; 

 thirty-two feet six inches high, fifty-four feet diameter of branches, 

 trunk seven feet in circumference, three feet from the ground, 

 injured very much, Shiffnal ; foliage entirely fallen off, Shiffnal ; 



