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the damage was much more evident. It would be on the 
southerly side that the snow would naturally drift and thus form 
greater protection, and that this was the case was indicated by 
the shrubs being alive much higher on that side than on the 
north, so that the live foliage was limited by an obliquely ascend- 
ing line, higher on the southerly 
Some unexpected results sede in the matter of hardiness. 
For instance, one would expect Mewinsia Alabamensis to be more 
affected by the cold than Zvochorda grandiflora or Stephanandra 
flexuosa, all three growing within a few feet of each other and 
having received identical treatment, but the opposite of this was 
the case, the evista proving hardier. The soapberry, Sapindus 
marginatus, native from South Carolina to Florida, proved itself 
more hardy the past winter than in previous years, and was not 
as badly hurt as was its near neighbor, a member of the same 
family, Xanthoceras sorbifolia, which has hitherto stood the cold 
much better. Other instances might be mentioned, but these 
serve to illustrate my point. 
Now as to the weather conditions which resulted in this havoc 
among the shrubs. Other winters have been cold, but it appears 
to have been the long-continued cold which occurred at various 
intervals during the past winter which did the great damage. 
The following was drawn from the thermographic records of the 
garden. We had our usual cold weather incident to November 
and the early part of December, but it was not until December 
28, 1903, that the long cold spell began which is Soe for 
the results as indicated in the earlier part of this article. On that 
date the maximum temperature, which occurred about noon, was 
18° above zero, and the mercury remained below the freezing 
point until the afternoon of January 1, when it went to 36°, the 
minimum temperature in the meantime being about 5° above zero, 
It went down continuously from that time to the night of the 
third, when it reached a minimum of 1.5”, followed on the fourth 
by a maximum of 2°. On the fifth came the lowest temperature 
of the winter, — 17°, followed on the sixth by — 12°, and it was 
not until noon of the ninth that the temperature got above the 
freezing point. This was followed by another drop to below the 
