EFFECTS OP THE WINTER OF 1853-4. 1^4-3 



jured, Bagshot; stood the winter in peat, but died in loam, 

 Canterhury. 



Rhododendron fulgens, Sikkim ; suffered but little from the 

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

 Bar/shot; as hardy as R. ponticum in peat, but in loam has 

 suffered a little, Canterhury. 



Rhododendron niveum, Sikkim ; proved itself able to resist 

 our variable clime, Canterhury ; stood the winter well, Congleton. 



Rhododendron glaucum, Sikkim ; suffered but little by the 

 winter's cold, Keiv ; sui'vived the winter perfectly uninjured. Bag- 

 shot ; passed the winter unscathed without any other covering 

 than the snow, Canterhury ; stood the winter well, retained its 

 flower-buds in spite of January and April frosts, Congleton. 



Rhododendron Falconeri, Sikkim ; suffered but little from 

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

 Bagshot. 



Rhododendron cinnabarinura, Sikkim ; suffered but little from 

 the winter's cold, Kew ; not injured, Chiswick ; survived the 

 winter perfectly uninjui'ed, Bagshot. 



Rhododendron campylocarpum, Sikkim ; survived the winter 

 perfectly uninjured, Bagshot; passed the winter unscathed, 

 Canterhury. 



Rhododendron Edgeworthi ; killed, lived out the previous 

 winter, Chiswick; all but killed, Bagshot; appears to shrink 

 from our cold damp atmosphere, and with us positively refuses to 

 be a living habitant of the garden, in either soil or situation, 

 Canterhury. 



Rhododendron teruginosum, Sikkim ; survived the winter 

 perfectly uninjured, Bagshot. 



Rhododendron Wighti, Sikkim ; survived the winter perfectly 

 uninjured, Bagshot. 



Rhododendron Wallichi, Sikkim ; survived the winter per- 

 fectly uninjured, Bagshot. 



Rhododendron lepidum, Sikkim ; died in cold pits, Canter- 

 bury!. 



Rhododendron, very fine Scarlet, Sikkim ; stood the winter in 

 peat, but can scarcely be said to be alive, certainly not happy in 

 loam, Canterhury. 



Rhododendron calyculatum, Sikkim ; survived the winter 

 perfectly uninjured, Bagshot. 



Rhododendron barbatum ; survived the winter perfectly un- 

 injured, Bagshot. 



