242 EFFECTS OF THE WINTER OF 1853-4. 



many killed, some plants fifty years old dead, Nottingham ; lost 

 all their leaves in the open ground, Liverpool. 



QuERcus gramuntia ; killed, Rolleston ; killed, Otilton ; 

 untouched, Chiswick. 



QuERCUS inversa ; killed, Acton Green ; not affected during 

 the winter, Binjshot. 



QuERcus Suber ; leaves very much browned, and deciduous, 

 otherwise not injured, Chisivick ; iujixred, Bromley ; much injured, 

 Nottingham. 



QuERCus Branti, and other Kurdistan oaks ; not injured by 

 the winter, but very much injured by the frost on April 24, 

 Chiswick; injured, OuUon ; quite safe, Coxgletun. 



QuERCus Xalapensis ; killed, south wall, Chisivick. 



QuERcus dealbata ; partially injured in foliage, south wall, 

 Chiswick; uninjured, Bicton. 



QuERCUs australis ; not injured, Chiswick. 



QuERcus Cookii ; leaves injured only, Chiswick. 



QuERcus insignis ; large plant killed, Chiswick. 



QuERCus glabra ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot ; not 

 hurt, Exeter or Bicton. 



QuERCus macrophylla ; leaves very much blotched and injured, 

 Ware. 

 . QuERCUs laurifolia ; dead to the ground, Shiffnal. 



QuERCus mongolica ; uninjured, Shiffnal. 



QuERcus palustris ; dead to the ground, Shiffnal; injured, 

 Oulton. 



QuERCUS coccifera ; a small plant, escaped unhurt, Shiffnal. 



QuERCUS Lucombeana; putting forth buds, Shiffnal. 



Eetinospora squamosa; two plants killed, Chiswick. 



PiETiNosPORA ericoides ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot ; 

 killed, Chiswick. 



Ehamnus olesefolius ; points of shoots injured, Chisivick. 



PiHAMNUs croceus ; perfectly hardy, South Devon. 



Rhus sp. India ; not injured, south wall, Chiswick. 



Rhus lobata ; not injured, south wall, Chiswick. 



Rhododendron Thomson!, Sikkim ; suffered but little from 

 the winter's cold, Kew ; survived the winter perfectly uninjured, 

 Bagshot ; borne the winter satisfactorily in peat, but is quite lost 

 in loam, Canterbury. 



Rhododendron ciliatum, Sikkim ; suffered but little by 

 the winter's cold, Kew ; not injured, flower-buds killed by 

 spring frost, Chiswick; survived the winter perfectly unin- 



