13G Mv .Sadler's Report on O'pen-Air Vegetation. 



so tliat tboy are fiivour:il)ly placed for protecting vegetation from 

 the severities of the vv^eather. Plants in them are, therefore, not so 

 liable to suffer from the asperities of the weather as they are in less 

 favoured localities ; still, we have a numerous list of casualties to 

 chronicle this season among the various plants exposed to the 

 severe frost of last December. Those killed outright are but few 

 and of little consequence ; but the injured are more numerous than 

 they have been for the past twenty years. 



The common Arbutus is killed to the ground, and some plants 

 are dead. Aucuh.i jajwnica has suffered severely where exposed to 

 the sun, and where the plants were drawn up and tender ; but 

 on dry ground, with a north or north-west exposure, they ai'e not 

 injured. Bamhusa Fortunel variegata was slightly browned, but 

 bas quite recovered. Sweet Bay {Laurus nohilis) is cut to the 

 ground, but is now starting freely again. Laurus sulicifolia, on a 

 west wall, lost its foliage and the tips of the young shoots. Ber- 

 herts Beali killed to the ground. Common Broom killed in low- 

 lying spots. Gatalpa syringcefolia, planted last year, young wood 

 killed. Daphne pontica killed in damp places. Erica mediterranean 

 killed. EucalyptiLS glo/ndus, planted last yeai-, 25 feet high, killed. 

 Euonyynus fimhriaius, killed. Elceagnus reflexa, on wall, killed to 

 the ground. Escallonia macrantha, on walls, much injured. 

 Eurya tatifolia variegata, killed after having safely withstood the 

 winter of 1878-79. Deutzia gracilis, young wood killed. Ghrise- 

 llnia littoralis, killed to the ground. Hartogia capensis, much 

 injured. Common Holly, many plants lost a great part of their 

 foliage. Common Bay Laurel, much injured, and many limbs dying 

 off. Vihurnum Tinus, killed to the ground, but now starting freely. 

 Lavender, many plants killed, others uninjiu'ed. Ligmtrum lucidum, 

 young shoots killed. Magnolia grandiflora, on walls, lost most of 

 its leaves. Common Mulberry, young shoots killed, Paulownia 

 Imperialis, young shoots killed. Pterocarya Caucasica, young 

 shoots killed. Common Privet, much injured. Qaerciis ilex, 

 lost most of its foliage, Rosmarinus officinalis, much injured, and 

 some plants killed. Ruscus racemosus, much injured. Sophora 

 japoniea, Samhucus racemosa, Rohinia pseud-acacia, hispid, and 

 inermis ; Sjnrcea primifoUa, Reevcsiana, and Tlmnhergice have all 

 had their young shoots killed. 



Cedrus deodara lost many of its leaves, and Picca Pindrow lost 

 them all, but both are again in fine foliage. Conifers generally 

 have not suffered at all ; those introduced from Japan particularly 

 hardy, and withstand severe frost better than many of our native 

 plants. Azcdea Amxna is severely injured, after standing safe 

 through the six previous winters, Sikkim rhododendrons, a large 



