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last two winters, but although growing freely it has not 

 flowered. 



63. Stauntonia latifolia. — In the course of the last ten 

 years a plant of this delicately fragrant Himalayan climber 

 had attained to a height of about 16 feet on a west wall, get- 

 ting its shoot-points occasionally injured by severe frosts, 

 but that of last winter killed it to within a few inches 

 of the ground, from whence it has now pushed out 

 vigorous growing shoots. 



65. Thea viridis assamicn. — For several years past 

 a plant of the Assam tea stood on a rockery uninjured, 

 but last winter it was killed to within 3 inches of the 

 ground, and from thence it is again producing healthy 

 shoots. 



66-78. Yucca. — The following twelve kinds of this 

 unique and highly ornamental genus withstood the severity 

 of last winter, but those on the rockery, where they had 

 perfect drainage, are now decidedly healthier than others of 

 the same kinds that were in damper and more shaded 

 places. 



Yucca angustifolia. 



Y. antioerpensis. 



Y. concava. 



Y. Elicombi. 



Y. filamentosa vera . 



Y. filamentosa spurea, 



Y. filamentosa. — A distinc^t variety from seed. 



Y. flaccida. 



Y. gloriosa. 



Y. gloriosa glauca. 



Y. gloriosa superha. 



Y. recurva. 



The following were killed by the winter of 1878-79, 

 although less severe than that of 1879-80, viz., Yucca 

 aspera, Y. filamentosa variegata (a small plant), and 

 Y. Whipplei. 



79. Cyclamen ibericum. — Both the red and white varieties 

 of this pretty bulb have proved perfectly hardy on a westerly 

 exposed wall border, where their flowers appear coeval with 

 those of the snowdrops in early spring, as profusely as do 

 those of the red and white Q. eurojxeum in autumn. 



