232 Effects of the Winter of 1837-8 near Birmingham. 



veral winters, plants 8 ft. high 

 in a light peaty soil, exposed 

 only to the south, completely 

 killed. 



Edwardsi« microphylla, 4 ft. high, 

 eastern exposure, dead. 



Genista (Storpius, very severely in- 

 jured (but recovering), in a 

 light soil, sheltered. 

 triquetra, large old plant killed, 

 young ones escaped. 



iSpartium radiatum, not at all injured, 

 in a damp situation, and ex- 

 posed in stiff soil. 



f/Mex europae v a flore pleno, plunged 

 in pots, nearly all killed ; small 

 plants in the ground not in- 

 jured ; large plants, 12 ft. in 

 diameter, quite killed. 



.Rosa'cete. 



Crataegus glabra, 6 ft. high, in peat 

 soil, exposed to the east, killed 

 to the ground. 



Eriobotrya japonica, 7 ft. high, ditto, 

 ditto, dead. 



Cotoneaster microphylla and ITva 

 iirsi, not in the least injured, 

 though in very exposed situa- 

 tions. 



Common Laurels in wet clayey 

 grounds, some quite killed, 

 others partially injured ; some, 

 in dry land, not at all injured. 



Portugal Laurels, partially injured 

 where exposed to the wind 

 and sun. 



Dryas integrifdlia ? intermedia, fine 

 plants, quite dead. 

 Drummdndz, on a rockery ex- 

 posed to the west, a fine plant, 

 not at all injured. 



Roses. Grevillea and braeteata kill- 

 ed. Some of the hybrid China 

 killed as standards; dwarfs 

 only partially injured. (I do 

 not think the roses suffered 

 any thing like so much with 

 us as they did in the south.) 



PHILADE'LPHEiE. 



Deutzi« scabra proved quite hardy. 



My rtaNdejE. 

 Leptospermum trinervum, in a clayey 

 soil, exposed ; having, during 

 the last three or four years 

 formed a handsome shrub 3 ft. 

 high, being covered all over 



every year with its delicate 

 white flowers ; killed down, 

 nearly to the ground, but is 

 now recovering. 

 L. grandifldrum, in a light peaty soil, 

 well sheltered, was also killed 

 down, but is growing again. 



Grossulaiuk v je. 

 Rides specidsum, 7 ft. high, in a stiff 

 loamy soil, exposed to the 

 south, killed nearly to the 

 ground, but has grown again 

 vigorously, 

 punctatum r, same situation,kill- 



ed down, but growing again, 

 glutindsum and w/alvaceum, not 

 at all injured. 



Escallon/.e\£. 



Escalldnz« floribunda, light soil, well 



sheltered, killed to the ground, 



but growing again. 



rubra, against a south wall, only 



partially injured; gravelly soil. 



UlUBELLl'FERiE. 



.Bupleurum frutiedsum, in an exposed 

 situation, was quite killed. 



CAPRIFOLIA^CEiE. 



riburnum Tinus, Laurustinus, killed 

 to the ground. The large dark- 

 leaved variety appears to be 

 much hardier than the other 

 kinds. 



Benthamifl fragifera, killed. 

 Lora'nthe.e. 



Aucuba japonica stood much better 



than the common laurels. 



Faccinie\e. 



Faccinium ^4rctostaph}los, 7 ft. high, 

 in peat soil, sheltered ; all the 

 foliage destroyed, but not 

 otherwise injured. 



.Eri'ce.*:. 

 .Erica mediterranea, killed. 

 var. Irish, ditto, 

 australis, ditto. 



Menziesia Dabce v c/<5r, all the varieties, 

 large plants killed, small ones 

 partially so. 

 J'rbutus Jndrachne, in a southern 

 exposure, not at all injured, Jn 

 a stiff loamy soil. 

 Z7 v nedo, 12 ft. high, very slightly 

 injured, exposed to the south, 

 in a stiff soil ; small plant very 

 severely injured. 



