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during this long and trying winter, but the full extent of the 

 damage done will not be known till later on in the season. 

 Among those killed or very badly injured, are the following 

 plants which have stood unprotected for several years past, 

 viz. : — Cordyline australis, Udivardsia microphylla, Olearia 

 macrodonta, 0. G-unniana, Phormium tenax, Benthamia 

 frag if era, Leptospermum Scoparium, Myrsine undidata, Corohia 

 Cotoncastcr, Phlomis fruticosa, Eucalyptus coecifera. 



The following spring-flowering plants annually recorded 

 to the Society, came into flower in March : Tussilago nicea 

 on the 2nd; T. alha, 4th; Iris reticulata, I7th ; Nordiiianica 

 cordifolia, 20th ; Seilla hifolia, 19th ; >S'. hifolia alba, 20th ; >S'. 

 hifolia taurica, 22nd; Arabis albida, 22nd; Urythroniuvi Dcns- 

 canis, 23rd; Sisyrinchium grandiflorum, 23rd; 8. grandifiorum 

 album, 23rd ; Mandragora officinalis, 24th ; Narcissus purtiilus, 

 27th; Orobus wrm^, 30th ; Rhododendron Nobleanum, oOth; 

 Ribes sanguineum, 31st. 



On the rock-garden 39 species and varieties came into 

 flower during the month. The most interesting were — 

 Corbidaria nivalis, Chionodoxa Lucille, Crocus Sieberi, C. 

 ctruscus, Corydalis angustifolia, Draba Aizoon, Iris reticulata, 

 Mandragora vernalis. Ranunculus ancmonoides, Saxifraga 

 media, S. jicniperina, S. lutca j^^^rpiorccc, Synthiris reniformis, 

 Veronica anomcda. 



Readings of exposed Thermometers at the Eock-Garden of the 

 Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, during March 1892. 



