248 EFFECTS OF THE WINTER OF 1853-4. 



Viburnum cotinifolium ; uot injured, south wall, Chiswick. 



Viburnum odoratum ; cut down, Bicton. 



Viburnum plicatum ; not affected during the winter, Bagshot. 



Viburnum macrocephalum ; not affected during the winter, 

 Bagshot. 



Viburnum suspensum ; slightly injured, South Devon. 



Viburnum rugosum ; the ends of the hranches killed on a wall 

 facing the south, Liverpool. 



ViTEX Agnus Castus; killed to the ground, ChiswicJc. 



Weigela rosea; not injured anywhere. 



WiTHERiNGiA superba ; killed to the ground, South Devon; 

 killed, Chiswick. 



Yucca filamentosa ; injured, Bolleston. 



Yucca gloriosa; injured, Rolleston ; very much injm'ed, all the 

 branches killed, together with a portion of the stem, Nottingham ; 

 suffered much, Warrington. 



Yuccas; not injured, with the exception of a species from 

 California, which had its leaves slightly browned, Chiswick. 



ZizYPHUS vulgaris ; killed, Bicton. 



XVII. — Keport on a Trial of the Dutch Method of 

 forcing Apricots. By Mr. W. Tatter, Gardener in 

 the Royal Gardens of Herenhausen, near Hanover. 



(Translated from the Allgemeine Garten Zeitung, of Berlin.) 



During my stay in Holland in the years 1847-8, I had oppor- 

 tunities of becoming well acquainted with the gardens there, 

 as I had recommendations to the principal nursery gardeners at 

 Haarlem, and through them was readily introduced into the best 

 forcing establishments of the neighbourhood. 



The arrangements for the foreing of Apricots, Peaches, and 

 Figs, specially attracted my attention, because the method of 

 forcing practised had been till then unknown to me. When in 

 the spring I was a witness of the results, and could admire the 

 abundance and perfection of the fruits produced, I immediately 

 conceived the project of attempting a similar process in Hanover. 

 On my return here, as soon as my official position enabled me to 



