94 EFFECTS OF THE PAST WINTER ON OUT-DOOB PLANTS. 



It is only fair to observe, that most of the plants above-mentioned were scarcely 

 in a condition to be judged fairly by, from their being on the whole so recently 

 planted out, and mostly very small. This, however, only goes to establish still 

 stronger their complete hardiness ; for it is well known that where a plant has 

 become well established, and of considerable size, it is in a much better condition 

 to resist the vicissitudes of the seasons, than where it is only recently planted out of 

 doors, before experiencing such influence. 



[In our own neighbourhood, the results have been much less injurious than 

 the intensity of the cold on several occasions would have lead us to expect, 

 the thermometer having more than once fallen as low as 7° or 8° Fah. The 

 beautiful Arbutus magnified in a moist soil suffered the loss of its foliage, and 

 most of its flower buds, but is now growing vigorously ; as the specimen was 

 small and absolutely unprotected, there is no doubt it may be pronounced 

 hardy. The Cerasus ilicifolia has also lost its old leaves, but is otherwise 

 uninjured. A small plant of Ceanothus papillosus, only about fifteen inches high, 

 was fully exposed in the open borders, and has survived. The Lardizahala 

 liternata (a small plant) was somewhat nipped, but had it been placed against 

 a wall, we have no doubt it would have escaped entirely. A young specimen 

 of Garrya laurifolia perished, though it resisted the first severe frosts ; it had 

 only been exposed one season ; when fully established it is hardy. The G. 

 elliptica is quite uninjured. Leycesteria formosa received little or no damage in 

 a dry subsoil, and the Coronilla glauca escaped without material harm, though 

 the extremities of its immature shoots were cut, as may be supposed. In another 

 garden, at a short distance, an older specimen was killed, after flowering pro- 

 fusely in autumn, to which circumstance its loss is no doubt attributable. 



Among the herbaceous plants, many survived which are sometimes supposed to 

 be tender. Salvia fulgens, rosea, azurea, glutinosa, and bicolor, have all resisted the 

 frost. Chamadryoides has not yet pushed, but we think it is living. Liatris hetero- 

 phylla, CEnothera speciosa, Linumflavum, and L. monogynum, Chilian Alstrsemerias, 

 Pentstemon atro-purpureum, campanulatum, Buckii, azureum, ovatum ; Armeria 

 cephalotes, have all passed through the ordeal, if not entirely unscathed, at least 

 with only trifling injury. The old Calceolaria rugosa has proved hardy both in our 

 own garden and also a neighbouring one, but the more succulent varieties perished. 

 One result astonished us not a little : a pot containing a tuber of the old Begonia 

 Evansiana (discolor) was accidentally left out the whole winter, and in April was 

 discovered to be perfectly sound ; this plant is therefore quite hardy. The Pompou 

 Chrysanthemums were some of them killed to the ground, but are now pushing up 

 shoots. The Tacsonia manicata was also, we regret to say, destroyed; but the 

 plant was young ; we still believe it will bear exposure when three or four years 

 old ; till then, it is best pruned in, and potted in autumn. — Ed.] 



