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which the winds could have full sweep, which were damaged. 
tending to start things moving, may have been a coneibueng 
cause. 
After ee long list of copa above, it is a relief to turn to 
some plants which proved equal to the past winter. One of 
these is ae crenata, which passed through without a blemish. 
his is the more remarkable, for the spring of 1914 revealed a 
serious injury to the young branches, pegnieine the summer to 
ffect t howing their adap- 
tability to this climate. Even Pinus Soe, the digger pine, 
a native = ae lifornia, was ao see ed. Picea orientalis, which 
bs ‘ id 
early Pp 
injury, was not damaged in the least. Some of the conifers of 
sea constitution, as evidenced by their resistance the past 
winter, 
‘ines. = Nest all of these are reliable, that is those members 
f te climes. Especially desirable are: Pinus austriaca, 
eon it. am ig the 
pruces. ay pungens and its varieties, polita, and Engel- 
miocks. Tsuga canadensis, and diversifolia, 
Reasons, Chamaecyparis obtusa and its varieties in pref- 
erence to C. pisifera and its varieties. 
