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stand out prominently as especially adapted to this climate, and 
capable of withstanding very trying conditions. which 
occupy the first place, not having been affected in the ae are: 
Abies homolepis, A. umbellata, and A. Veitchii; Picea pungens 
and its varieties, P. polita, P. Engelmannii; Thuya japonica; 
Taxus cuspidata and the wares, nana; Tsuga canadensis pendula; 
Pinus austriaca, P. Banksiana, P. montana Mughus, P. Pal- 
lasiana, P. pungens, P. sylvestris, P. Thunbergti, P. Peuce, and 
embra; Juniperus virginiana, especially the variety glauca, 
J. chinensis and its varieties, especially Pfitzeriana; and Pseudo- 
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ition to the above, the following, among others, were 
Paces harmed, but in ordinary winters are satisfactory, and 
well worth growing: Abtes cephalonica, A. nobilis, A. cilicica, A. 
concolor, A. Nordmanniana; Picea orientalis, P. canadensis, and 
mortka; Chamaecyparis obtusa; Cedrus atlantica glauca; Pinus 
Strobus, P. koraiensis, and P. excelsa; Juniperus Sabina, and J. 
horizontalis, Rhododendron maximum, and R. catawbiense ; Ilex 
crenata 
It is difficult to explain just what caused this ae fatality 
in evergreens during the winter of Ig1I-12. study of the 
following tables, compiled sae the records of the co . may 
throw some light on the subje 
t will be seen from the ee table of temperatures that the 
unusually cold weather of last winter occurred between January 
5 and February 13. Early January 5 the temperature began 
to drop, reaching a minimum of 5° on the 7th, remaining for 
46 consecutive hours of this time below 10°. On the following 
week, terminating with the 14th, the temperature did not rise 
above the freezing point but once, on the gth, remaining for five 
consecutive days below 20°, and two of these below 10°, with 
the lowest record of the winter, — 6°, on the 13th. For the week 
of January 15 records above the freezing point occurred at midday 
on four occasions, with a minimum of 3° on the 16th. For the 
following week, beginning with the 22d, only once was a tem- 
perature above freezing recorded, on the 23d, most of the remain- 
ing portion of the week being below 20°. The week of January 
