lis Mr WiTlium (Jorrie on the 



80. Eucorais imnctaia. — Tliis liandsome and very 

 peculiar herbaceous plant has stood unharmed on })oth 

 southerly and westerly wall borders. 



With the view of conveying still more correct ideas as 

 to the hardiness of the forementioned, as well as of the 

 many other unintroduced or little known New Zealand 

 plants that are associated with them in their native 

 iiahitats, I append the following remarks, showing the 

 effects of the last two winters on a few generally well- 

 known plants that were grown along with and under the 

 same circumstances as the forementioned. 



Afiplenium marinum (the Sea Spleenwort), gathered some 

 years since on the coasts of Arran, was killed last winter 

 in the same cold frame where the Todea superba (30) has 

 thriven so well. 



Aucuba japonica. — Plants of the common variety lost 

 most of their leaves, and were killed from a third to half- 

 way down. Some of the recently introduced varieties 

 suffered to a similar extent, while others were not at all, 

 or very little injured. 



Gcanothus aziireus, dentatus, and rigidus, all w-ell- 

 established plants, 10 to 15 feet high. The two first 

 species were a good deal injured by the winter of 1878-79, 

 while the last was unimpaired ; but all were killed last 

 winter. 



Euonymns latifolms^ and its variegated varieties, were 

 scarcely hurt in 1878-79, but all lost their branches and 

 much of their main stems last winter. 



Fuchsia Riccartoni, which had attained to a consider- 

 able size, was killed to the ground, but has sent up strong- 

 young shoots. 



Gunnera scabra. — A fine specimen of this gigantic 

 Chilian herbaceous plant, which had stood unharmed for 

 about ten years, was killed, with the exception of some 

 deeply covered portions of its roots ; from cuttings of 

 which several young plants liave been reared. 



Laurus nohilis. — Of two plants of the common, one 



