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shed practically all their nies The cambium 
remained green and sappy for some time, but finally this ne 
endeavor to produce foliage along the main stems or from the 
base. It is too early as yet to judge what the ultimate result 
will be. In the deatice a Mie a ee are napetia to the 
weep of the wind, th severe, most of the plants 
being killed to the ground; at eee time of writing, ene in June, 
some of these are breaking along the main stem or from the base. 
Boxwood in the main has not suffered more than usual. Those 
at the fountain enclosure in the neisborhosd of the Museum 
some instances rather badly ves will recover 
the rhododendrons the e, as a whole, has not 
been greater ae in the two years previous e plants at the 
have recovered rapidly and are now in a vigorous growing con- 
dition. This applies also to those at conservatory range 1, where 
they flowered profusely this year. There is a group of a certain 
Rhododendron, on the wooded bank south of the upper lake, 
which has suffered much in past winters, particularly two years 
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particularly trying. Some of the plants have succumbed in 
winters past, but not to the great extent of last winter. After 
the warm spell in February, with the accompanying strong dry- 
ing wind, it was noticed that the Bes of certain plants re- 
mained drooping and shrunken, quite in contrast with their 
neighbors. Many of these nee thus affected dropped their 
leaves and finally died. 
In closing, to offset the rather long list of casualties, I wish 
to indicate some coniferous evergreens which have proved satis- 
factory, even under the trying conditions of the past winter. 
They are: ee mucronata; Abies homolepis and the vari- 
