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our favour, during the month of February, was as follows : — First 

 week, at midday, 3°; second week, 7^°; third week, 10°; fourth 

 week, 14°. Mai'ch continued, with a little variation, much the 

 same, increasing in warmth as the season advanced. 



I lay these remarks before you, to show what our climate is 

 compared with that of England, also to show what degree of 

 cold the plants enumerated in the following list are capable of 

 withstanding. The list will show what I consider (after nearly 

 thirty years' practice) may be done here in the way of acclima- 

 tising exotic plants ; and to this object I intend in future to 

 devote a portion of my time and ground, for the general benefit 

 of science and horticulture. I will, with pleasure, each year give 

 you the result of my labours ; trusting that I shall find among 

 your numerous correspondents some who are equally zealous 

 with myself, and who will assist me in this undertaking, by 

 sending me seeds, plants, &c., for trial, for which a reciprocal 

 return will be fully made. 



Having informed you of the greatest degree of cold that we 

 have sustained, you have no doubt concluded that our hardy 

 and general collection of evergreens has not suffered to any 

 extent worth mentioning. 



The following is the list of plants which have stood the 

 winter in my nursery, without any protection : — 



Camellia japonica flore variegato; a 

 large handsome plant, which has 

 produced upwards of 300 fine 

 blooms since the frost, and is in 

 full health and vigour. 



Camellia atro-rubens; a fine plant, 8 ft. 

 high, now in full bloom. Several 

 other camellias have stood in the 

 same quarter, and have not lost a 

 leaf. 



Fuchsias of various sorts have been 

 killed to the ground, but are now 

 shooting up strongly. 



Escall6n?« floribunda. 

 glandulosa. 



Edwardsza grandiflora. 

 microphjUa. 



Cfstus formosus, now in bloom. 



i^fyrtus, several varieties. 



ZJaphne hjbrida flowered during the 

 whole winter. 



J'rbutus procera, now in bloom. 

 Jndrachne. 

 hjbrida. 



Photinia serrulata, not a leaf injured. 



Eriobotrya japonica, the same. 



Broussonetk papyrifera cucuUata. 

 [? p.] heterophylla. 



Mahon/a ^iquifolium. 



MahonzV? repens. 

 Yucca gloriosa. 



filamentosa. 

 Padonia arborea, now in fine bloom. 

 Cosmea capitata has lost its leaves, 



but is doing well. 

 Magnolias, most of the Exmouth 



varieties. 

 Lonicera flexuosa. 

 Aloysia citriodora. 

 rib urn um rugosum. 

 Fontanesza phillyreoides. 

 Hydrangea ^uercifolia. 

 Pittosporum Tobira. 

 Aristoteh'a Mdcqui, 



M. fol. variegatis. 

 Aralia spinosa, 8 ft. high. 



Plants trained against a South Wall- 



Clianthus punlceus, now in full bloom. 

 Billardiera scandens, also in full 



bloom. 

 Colutea frutescens, in full bloom. 

 Kennedy^ monophylla. 

 Bignonia Pand6r(S. 

 Tecoma capensis. 

 Manettift coccinea, or glabra, flowered 



well last summer. It was killed to 



