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Notes from the Koyal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. 



I. Eeport on Vegetation during the Month of 

 February 1895. By Kobeut Lindsay, Curator. 



During the past month of February all out-door vegeta- 

 tion has been completely retarded in consequence of the 

 prolonged hard frost which prevailed during the entire 

 month. It has been by far the most inclement February 

 that we have experienced, and has not been exceeded in 

 severity by any February of which we have any record. 

 Not a single plant came into flower during the month on 

 the rock-garden, a circumstance altogether unprecedented. 

 The snowdrop did not come into flower till the 1st of 

 March, while last year it came into flower on the 16th 

 of January. Many plants have sustained great injury 

 from, the prolonged frost, the full extent of which will not 

 be known till later on in the season. Among the worst 

 injured are the following : — Arundo conspicua ; Baccharis 

 patagonica ; Bamhusa Simoni, B. Mitis, and B. Fortunei 

 aurea ; Berheris dulcis, B. trifoliolata ; Ceanothus azureus, 

 C. dentatus ; Cistus po2ndifolius, C. formosiis, C. lusitanicus ; 

 Corokia Cotoneaster ; Cupressus macrocarjjci ; Dacrydium 

 Franklinii ; Erica ciliaris, E. austrcdis, E. mcditerranea ; 

 Edwardsia onicrophylla ; Helianihemum amabile and vars. ; 

 Gyneriuin argenteum ; Garrya MacFadyena ; Iheris corifolia 

 fi, pi. ; Litliospermum prostraUtm ; Olearia ilicifolia, 0. 

 Gunniana ; Pieris formosa ; Pinus insignis ; Polygonum 

 vaccinifolium ; PapMolepis ovata ; PMllyrea angustifolia, 

 P. latifolia ; Phlomis fruticosa ; Veronica anomcda, V. 

 Andersonii, V. cupressoides, V. cpacridca, V. chathamica, 

 V. Cataractm, V. Bidwillii, V. Kirkii, V. Lewisii, V. 

 parvijiora, V. Traversii ; Senecio Buchanani, S. Grcyii, 

 S. comp)actus ; wallflower, stock, etc. 



