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colour of the wing are not so constant even in the common 

 P. sylvestris : I am therefore forced to consider the present a 

 variety only, and undoubtedly the most remarkable of them all. 



Art. VI. Notice of the Effects of the Winter of 1837-8 on certain 

 Trees, Shrubs, and Plants, hardy and half-hardy, cultivated in the 

 Handsxioorth Nursery, near Birmingham. By Alexander Pope. 



-Kanuncula x ce.e. 

 Psednia Moutan, not at all injured, 



loamy soil, southern exposure, 



without protection. 

 Clematis cirrhosa, not at all injured, 



against a south wall, in stiff 



soil, with a wet bottom. 



Magnolz^Ve^e. 

 Magnoh'a grandifldra, as a standard 

 in peat soil; killed partially, 

 but now recovering. 



Menisperma v ce^;. 

 Schizandra coccinea, killed. 



Berberi'dem. 

 Berberis dealbata, in a light soil, 

 killed. 

 Chitria, or aristata, stiff soil, par- 

 tially injured, 

 repens, light soil, slightly in- 

 jured, 

 glumacea, ditto, not at all in- 

 jured, 

 empetrifolia, ditto, ditto, 

 dulcis, ditto, ditto, 



actinacantha, killed to the 



ground, but growing again, 

 nepalense, dead. 

 2 species from Kamoon, partially 

 injured. 



Cisti'neje. 

 Cistus, all killed, except C. formosa 

 against the front wall of a 

 stove, which has grown again 

 from the bottom. 



PlTTOSFO^REiE. 



Pittosporum Tobira, 4 ft. high, in a 

 southern exposure, in a dark 

 loamy soil, killed. 



CAM'E'L'LIA^CEJE. 



Camellia japonica rubra plena stood 

 in a stiff soil, in a southern 

 exposure, as a common shrub, 



for three or four years, and 



not in the least injured. 

 C. j. flore simplici, against a north 



wall, without injury. 

 Thea viridis, all but killed, in a very 



sheltered situation. 



IZyperici'ne.e. 

 .Hypericum YLvXmianum, killed at top, 

 only lower branches survived. 



(xERANIA^CEjE. 



Erodium hymenodes, dead. 



Celastri'neje. 

 7 x lex sp. Magellan, killed to the 

 ground, now growing again. 



Bha'mNVM. 



Ceanothus collinus, without the 

 least protection, in a stiff soil, 

 not at all injured ; thus prov- 

 ing itself to be a most valuable 

 hardy evergreen. 



Pomaderris /jrunifolia, in a light soil, 

 well sheltered; killed down, 

 but has sprung up again last 

 summer. 



This plant was first raised 

 in the Handsworth Nursery, 

 from seeds sent home by the 

 unfortunate Douglas, and pre- 

 sented to J. Pope and Sons 

 by the Hort. Soc. of London. 

 Plants will shortly be ready for 

 sale. (See Arb. Brit., vol. iv. 

 p. 2547.), also Floral Cabinet 

 and Botanist. 



Colletz'a spinosa, very much exposed, 

 only partially injured. 



^laternus, partially killed. 



7 7 EREBINTHA V CE.E. 



Cneorum tricoccum,dead, having with- 

 stood 3 or 4 winters in a light 

 soil, and southern exposure. 

 Legumino^s^e. 



Acacia affinis, having withstood se- 



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