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Tumion nuciferum (Torreya nucifera), a Japanese evergreen, 
in plants 3-5 feet tall, came through without a blemish. They 
are in the immediate vicinity of the yews. 
Some of the dwarf forms of the American hemlock, Tsuga 
canadensis, were killed, but what is known as Sargent’s hemlock, 
Tsuga canadensis pendula, has proved entirely hardy, even in 
exposed situations. 
The pines, Pinus, have proved the most satisfactory coniferous 
evergreens for exposed or dry situations. These, with few ex- 
eptions, have come through without damage. A single plant 
of the loblolly pine, Pinus Taeda, which had managed to survive 
several previous winters, was unable to stand the extraordinary 
conditions of the past winter. Plants of Pinus resinosa in an 
exposed situation on the top of a hill were badly burned or killed, 
while those in the lee of the hill were unharmed. Pinus Sabin- 
jana and P. contorta had the ends of the leaves burned. The 
other pines, not including the white pines, under cultivation 
here, all satisfactory, are: P. austriaca, P. Banksiana, P. densi- 
flora and variety nana, P. montana Mughus, P. Pallasiana, P. 
ponderosa, P. pungens, P. rigida, P. sylvestris, and P. Thunbergii. 
P. austriaca, P. Pallasiana, and P. Thunbergit are especially 
decorative, the first two for their dense symmetrical growth, and 
the last for the odd curving of the trunk to be seen in some of the 
specimens. 
The white pines under cultivation are: P. Strobus, P. excelsa, 
P. koraiensis, P. monticola, P. Peuce, P. Cembra, and P. parvi- 
flora. None of these was seriously damaged. P. excelsa and 
some individuals of P. Strobus had the tips of the leaves burned 
somewhat. This was also true of the leaves of P. koratensis 
in exposed situations. The others proved entirely hardy, P 
Peuce and P. Cembra being especially attractive in their dark 
eel — and compact habit. 
g the cedars, Juniperus, J. rigida has shown itself un- 
Pe plants being badly burned or killed. J. communis 
and its variety hibernica are never satisfactory, and this winter 
have proved themselves especially unworthy. J. Sabina and 
J. horizontalis (J. prostrata) have been partly killed, but not beyond 
