EFFECTS OF THE WINTEK OF 1853-4. 24'5 



RosMARiNtrs officinalis ; much injured (killed in 1838), Kew. 



Rosa Banksiae ; killed down to the ground in 1838; injured 

 but slightly by last winter's cold, Keic ; slightly cut in young 

 shoots, south wall, C'hiswick. 



Rosa Banksiae, white ; not injured, south wall, Chisivick. 



Rose, Macartney ; on a south wall, killed to within an inch 

 of the ground, Worcester ; uninjured, Chisivick. 



Roses, China and Tea-scented ; many killed, Nottingham. 



Roses, Tender ; all killed, Oulton. 



RuBus trilobus (Mexico) ; not injured, south wall, Chisivick. 



Rnscus racemosus ; not injured, Chiswick ; much injured, 

 Nottingham. 



Salix japonica ; not injured, south wall, Chisivick. 



Sambucus glauca (California) ; not injured, Chisivick. 



Santolina Chamsecyparissias; not injured, Chisivick. 



Saxo-goth^a conspicua ; is scarcely alive, but not quite killed, 

 although hopeless, Chisieick ; cut back to the main stem, but 

 recovering, Acton Green; not affected during the winter, Bagshot; 

 stood well, not being injured in the least. Ware ; perfectly hardy, 

 Alton ; unhurt, EoUeston ; escaped with slight injury, Congleton; 

 not hurt, Exeter ; uninjured, Singleton ; promises to prove as 

 hardy as any of the Yews, Bicton. 



Skiitsiia japonica ; uninjured in anyway till April 25th, Bag- 

 shot; sheltered from the north and east, uninjured, Southampton. 



Smilax, China; not injured, south wall, Chisivick. 



Smilax maculata ; cut a good deal, but starting strong again, 

 south wall, Chisivick. 



SoLANUM crispum; much injured, Keic ; not injured, south 

 wall, Chiswick ; killed on a wall facing the south, Liverpool ; 

 uninjured, Bicton. 



SoLANUM jasminoides ; one plant killed to the ground, another 

 more sheltered not injured, Kew ; killed, bark a good deal, south 

 wall, Chisivick; uninjured, Bicton. 



Sparaxis ; all safe. South Devon. 



Spaetium ^tnense ; not injured in the least, south wall, 

 Chiswick. 



Spir^a Reevesiana ; not injured, Chiswick ; uninjured, Acton 

 Green. 



Spiraea Lindleyana; not injured, Chiswick; injured a little, 

 Acton Green; killed to the ground, Shiffnal. 



Spir^a pubescens ; tops of all the young shoots killed, other- 

 wise uninjured, Chiswick. 



