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reac killed back to the snow line; ZL. Standishi, somewhat 
d L. Maximowiczii, killed to the ground but 
ae from ae base. The species unharmed are: Lonzcera 
coerulea, fragrantissima, Xylosteum, Morrowt, Alberti, gracilipes, 
Periclymenum Belgica, coerulescens, floribunda, chrysantha, Segre- 
stensts, Caprifolium and Japonica aureo-reticulata, cigela 
crandifiora was killed to the snow line. The remaining species 
of this genus were unharmed : Weigela fife hortensts, Japonica, 
praecox, and a number of horticultural forms and hybrids, In 
the related Suan Dierwilla none of the three species grown was 
jured: thes : D. Diervitla, the bush honeysuckle, D. ses- 
oh ifolia and Boe 7s. Three species of Symphoricarpos with- 
stood the cold: S. Symphoricarpos, racemosus and occidentalis, 
There are few hardy shrubs among the Compositae, so the 
family is not largely represented in the fruticetum. Artemisia 
Abrotanum was partly and unevenly killed, smaller stems surviv- 
ing while larger ones were killed to the base. ee plants of 
Baccharis hahimifoha represent this species ; of ices one had but 
the small branches killed, another was killed back about one half 
way, and the third was killed to the snow line. All were sub- 
ores apparently to the same conditions and environment. 
e noted in the above account that in the great majority 
of cases the damage extended to what I have called the snow 
line, that is a distance of eight or ten inches from the base of the 
plant. This of course would vary in different Sica pean 
largely upon the extent to which the snow had drifted. In mo 
cases the shrubs, when affected at all, were cae killed pee 
to this point, but the members of the genus Forsythia form a 
conspicuous exception to this, for these shrubs, in all parts of the 
grounds, remained unharmed, so far as the foliage buds were con- 
cerned, but the flowering buds were all killed above the area 
which was protected by the snow mantle. It forme ed an odd 
sight to see these big bare bushes with a mere fringe of yellow 
at the base in place of the usual wealth of showy flowers adorn- 
ing them in all parts. Perhaps it was in the genus Suxzus that 
the protective quality of the snow was most in evidence. On the 
side to the northwest, and hence that exposed to the cold winds, 
