at Bidon, Devonshire. 511 



armata. Planted five years, against a wall, 9. ft. high. — Po- 

 maderris elliptica, T/iea Bohea, J'cacia venusta — Doryanthes ex- 

 celsa, planted five years. — Clianthus puniceus, against a wall, 

 9 ft. high. — Dodon^^^'a (species). Wall. Five years planted. 

 Calanipelis scabra. Wall. — Virgilia frutescens. Wall. — Co- 

 liitea frutescens. Wall. — Magnol/a piimila. — TGucvium lati- 

 folium, W^all. — Erythrina /aurifolia. Wall. — E. Ciista-galli. 

 Wall. — Eucalyptus robusta. Wall. — E. pulverulenta. Four 

 years planted. — Benthamm fragifera, Acacia dealbata. — Cassinia 

 7'osmarinif61ia. Although this beautiful plant survived the se- 

 verity of the winter, still, from the damage it sustained, it died 

 in June. — ^'rbutus canariensis, Edwardsm grandiflora, E. chry- 

 sophylla. — Hedjxhium, four species. Four years planted. 



Plants killed to the Ground. — Phormium tenax. Six years 

 planted, and never before suffered. — Azalea indica coccinea, 

 Casuarhia ^quisetifolia, Edwardsm microphylla. — Araucaria bra- 

 siliensis. Five years planted, 10 ft. high. It made an effort; 

 but, I fear, is now dead. — Several plants of Acacia dealbata, 

 and many kinds of Fuchs/a. 



Plants "dohich have suffered in either Foliage or Branch. — 

 Fuchs/a excorticata. Wall. — Ceratonia jSiliqua. Wall. — Vir- 

 gllia intrusa. Wall. — Vest/a Zycioides. Wall. — Escallon/r/, 

 four species. Four years planted. — Acacia dealbata.' Six 

 years planted, and probably the finest plant in the country. It 

 measured, on September 8. 1837, 24ft. high; diameter of the 

 stem, at 1 ft. from the ground, 1 ft. ^^\n.; diameter of the space 

 covered with branches, 24 ft. 



Plants ivhich have not sustained the least Injury. — Edwards/^ 

 microphylla. Many years planted, at the corner of a stove. — 

 Araucaria imbricata. In open situations ; one a Very splendid 

 specimen. — Magnolm fuscata (wall), and twenty other kinds in 

 the open ground. — ^'rbutus procera, a fine plant. — A. Aw- 

 drachne, a fine plant. — A. hybrida, a fine plant. — Azalea in- 

 dica alba. Five years planted. — Camell/V^r, five double varieties, 

 and the single red ; the former apparently the hardiest. — • 

 Hakea macrocarpa. Wall. — Alstroemer/« ovata. Wall. Planted 

 six years, and now 12 ft. high, in full flower. — A. pulchella, A. 

 psittacina. — Blet/r/ verecunda. At the foot of a wall. — Dais 

 cotinifolia, Thea viridis ; Metrosideros, two species. — Cedrus 

 Z)<:o^/«;a, and all the Pinus tribe we have yet out. — Mah6n/« 

 fascicularis, and others. — Berheris ^mpetrifolia, and others. 



The following table is copied from the Meteorological Re- 

 gister kept at Bicton Gardens, Devonshire ; long. 3° 20'' W., 

 lat. 50° 40'' N., 2^ miles from the sea, and 83 ft. above it. The 

 instruments denoting the temperature are kept in a sheltered 

 situation, 5 ft. from a north wall, and 5 ft. from the ground. 



