246 EFFECTS OF THE WINTEE OF 1853-4-. 



Spirj?;a cana ; not injured, Chiswlck. 



Spiraea Blumei ; not injured, Chiswlck. 



Spir^a vacciniifolia ; killed to near the ground, but starting 

 vigorously, Chiswlck. 



Spir^a prunifolia ; uninjured, Acton Green. 



Stauntonia latifolia ; cut down, but now pushing from the 

 roots, Shiffnal ; unhurt against a south wall, Exeter. 



Swainsonia galegifolia ; killed down, Onlton. 



Swammerdamia antennaria ; some of the branches killed back, 

 otherwise uninjured, Chiswlck. 



Symplocos japonica; not affected during the winter, Bar/shot. 



Syringa Emodi; not injured, Chiswlck. 



Tasmannia aromatica ; uninjured, Bicton. 



Taxodium sempervirens ; browned, Kew ; not injm*ed, Chis- 

 wlck ; a little raised, very little injured, Acton Green,- leaders 

 and tips of branches destroyed. Bar/shot ; a few branches slightly 

 hurt towards the top, but near the ground they are not touched, 

 Dropmore ; stood the winter unhurt, Bayfordhury ; brown, many 

 of the tips of the shoots have been killed. Ware ; slightly injured, 

 Rolleston ; eastern exposure, a fine plant seventeen feet high, 

 and other small ones, comparatively uninjured, the foliage being 

 only a little browned, Shiffnal ; western exposure, much injured, 

 all the foliage dead, though a few buds are bursting at the present 

 time, Shiffnal; turned very brown, but not killed, Osslngton ; 

 scarcely injured, Nottingham ; slightly injured, Oulton ; foliage 

 browned, and leaders of some plants killed, Exeter ; lost the top 

 of its leader, and is brown in patches, Alton ; suffered a little. 

 Singleton; uninjured, Bicton; slightly cut, Southampton. 



Taxus baccata ; in some places slightly affected, Rolleston ; some 

 injured, Nottingham. 



Taxus elegantissima ; young shoots cut off", Alton ; untouched. 

 Singleton. 



Taxus Dovastoni ; young shoots cut off, Alton ,- untouched, 

 Singleton, and Chistvick. 



Taxus monstrosa ; during the winter not affected at all, 

 Bagshot. 



Thea Assamica ; uninjured, Chiswlck. 



Thea viridis (Tea plant); killed to the ground on a wall with 

 an eastern aspect, Shiffnal ; under a north-west wall, uninjured, 

 Southampton ; a large plant, eight feet high, and as much 

 through, uninjured, Bicton. 



Thttja aurea ; not injured, Chiswlck ; a few branches killed. 



