418 The Botanical Gazette. [November, — 
suffered and with scarcely any perceptible difference. Ifthere 
was any, the favor was with the former, the sweet orange. 
The damage was confined to small trees not in bearing. The 
flower buds, not having opened on bearing trees, were un- 
urt. 
The ‘‘zonale” geraniums exposed had leaves cut to the main 
stem. ng 
On small trees of the prickly ash, Xanthoxylum Carolin- 
zanum Lam., the young growth of three inches was cut back — 
to the wood; but whén the tree was twenty feet or more tall 
the new growth was not hurt except on very low branches. 
In the case of the common English peas there was quite a 
freak; the pods of a certain size were killed, while none of the 
rest of the plant sustained any injury. ee 
Some of the earlier varieties of the peach had set young = 
fruit; this was frozen, while the leaves remained entirely un- 
hurt. All the fruit that had set and the open blossoms 
well as those nearly open were killed. 
The Kelsey plum in some cases ha 
frozen, while those trees that had not blossome 
harmed. ew 
On Prunus umbellata Ell. the young leaves, and avery i 
of the flowers, showed signs of frost, but the leaves reviv 
and some time later showed scarcely any signs of 
On the Le Conte pear none of the leaves we 
frozen but many were frozen half way to -the mi 
blooms were not hurt excepting those that 
mas. As these trees are very liberal se 
most liberal, the damage to their crop was not pe 
The common old field blackberry, Rubus cumet/? haek’ 
had taken advantage of the three weeks of Sprins es was 
sent out young growth to the length of five in ee 
cut back to the old hard wood. Only afew flowers 1S Fe 
and these were unhurt, as were also the flower buds 4 ‘ 
duncles. “ee young. 
— crape myrtle, Lagerstremia Indica, had. its yore 
shoots cut back to last year’s wood. ; jchx-» 
The large birds sgl alacala Cirsium horridalum Bi this 
that grows all winter in the open field, could ate leaves all 
sudden fall in temperature; the upper and project! pao were 
hung down but the vital portion and the lower ; 
not hurt in the least. 
formed fruit which was — 
d were left un- 
injury: 
