138 
killed jback. Of the species representing the Magnoliaceae, 
Magnolia gracilis was partly killed back, but no worse than 
in lens ee in fact a slight improvement was noted this 
spri appeara of the pr peas a The very 
ne Geen ie a native of Japan, a member 
the Trochodendraceae, proved entirely hardy. It is very 
ee on such has proved the case, for it is a handsome and 
ornamental object, one of our best exotics; it usually attains a 
height of 20-30 feet and is also grown as a tree 
The barberry family, Berberidaceae, is shown by about seven- 
teen species, and most of these have proved perfectly hardy. 
Those damaged in the genus Berberts are: B. concinna and B. 
aristata, both natives of the Himalayan region, killed back to 
the snow line. Other species growing in the fruticetum and re- 
maining unharmed are: the ever and justly popular B. Thundergii, 
from Japan ; B. duxifolia and the variety zana, from the lower part 
of South America; the common barberry, 8. vulgaris, and its 
poe -leaved form atropurpurea ; B. stenophylla, a hybrid between 
win, a native of Chili, and B. empetrifolia, from the re- 
gion a Tittle further to the south; B. Newberti, also a hybrid ; and 
B. emarginata, Amurensis and on oldi. In the related genus, 
Mahoua, the three species grown here were not so exempt from 
ry. These were Mf Japonica, M. Aquifolium, and M. Nut- 
ee of which the first received the worst damage, being killed 
back nearly to the 
In the er etan the members of the genus Butneria, 
or Calycanthus as it is sometimes called, were more or less killed 
; these were B. fertilis and B. florida. Chimonanthus frag- 
rans, from Japan, was killed back to the snow line. Plants of 
this in the nursery, in a more protected situation, were just as 
badly affected by the cold. In the Lauraceae, the single species 
grown, Benzoin Benzoin, the spicebush, a native of the grounds, 
from which source our plants were derived, was untouched. In 
the Hydrangeaceae, most of the shrubs were not affected. The 
one most seriously hurt was Deutsta crenata, and its horticul- 
tural forms, including D. Wellsii and D. Watereri. All of these 
were killed right down to the ground, shrubs six feet high being 
