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are all killed. Widdringtonia juniperoides, cupressoides much injured, but 

 not killed. Libocedrus Doniana, one plant much injured ; but another, 

 shaded from the sun's rays by a bush, quite fresh. L. tetragona and chil- 

 ensis both quite fresh. Biota pendula, Thuiopsis dolabrata, Cupressus fu- 

 nebris, Retmuspora squainosa and ericoides, Taxodium heterophyllum and 

 ascendens, Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus macrocarpa, sp. from Mexico, 

 sp. from Simlah, all quite healthy and fresh. Cupressus glauca injured, but 

 not killed. Cupressus Goveniana, Lindleyi, thurifera, completely killed 

 down to the roots. 



2nd. — Abietinece : Pinus Brunoniana, nobilis, religiosa, Nordmani, cepha- 

 lonica, amabilis, grandis, PindroAv, Webbiana, Pinsapo, Menziesi, orientalis, 

 obovata, Kutro, ajomensis, Techugatsgoi, are all fresh and healthy. P. 

 Brunoniana evidently gets hardier as it grows older. Plants one and two 

 years old we have several times had killed ; those now reported on are four 

 years old. Pinus Douglassi, from home-saved seed, are some of them 

 killed, others much injured, while others raised from imported seeds, grow- 

 ing in the same place are fresh ; the foliage of the latter is of a deeper green, 

 broader, and with more substance. Pinus Jezcensis, in a moist situation, is 

 killed; but similar plants, in a dry position, are only partially injured; the 

 plants are only two years old, and it is very probable tliat, like P. Bruno- 

 niana, they may get hardy as they grow older. All the species of Larix 

 and Cedrus have escaped uninjured ; the newest one, Larix Griffithi, 

 (Hooker,) seems quite hardy. Pinus excelsa, monticola, Ayacahuite, Lam- 

 bertiana, parviflora, rudis, Hartwegi, Russelliana, macrophylla, Montezumae, 

 occidentalis, Sinensis, Sabiniana, Gerardiana, Coulteri, muricata, radiata, 

 tuberculata, insignis, Benthamiana, ponderosa, Bungeana, contorta, Masso- 

 niana, Cembroides, Fremontiana, osteosperma — all quite fresh and unin- 

 jured. Pinus oocarpa, apulcensis, tenufolia, leiophylla, filifolia, patula, aus- 

 tralis — either completely killed, or so much injured that there is little hopes 

 of their doing any good. Cunninghamia sinensis, in tlie open borders, 

 killed ; plants against an east wall quite fresh. Sequoia sempervirens, gi- 

 gantea — both considerably injured in last year's growth, the foliage much 

 browned and scorched ; but the plants are all giving indication of growth, 

 and likely in a few weeks to be quite green. 



3rd. — PodocarpecB : Podocarpus pungens, killed, and several other large- 

 leaved species of this tribe. Podocarpus Kordiana, quite hardy in the open 

 border. Dacrydium cupressinum, Franklini — both growing against a south 

 wall. 



4th. — Taxinees: Phyllocladus trichomanoides — quite fresh against a south 

 wall. Cephalotaxus drupacea, tardiva, Fortuni, Torreya nucifera — have all 

 stood well, and are likely to prove fine hardy trees. Ephedra vulgaris, al- 

 tissima, macrostachya — are all fresh. 



In the general collection of trees and shrubs, all the new Rhododendons 

 sent from Sikkim, by Dr. Hooker, were left unprotected, and they appear 

 none the worse, R. DalhousiiE and R. argenteum excepted. Berberis, Dar- 

 wini, B. Fortuni, and B. nepalensis have stood well, though tiie plants are 

 rather small ; the two new varieties of Tree Box, brought from China, by 

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