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Pernettya mucronata, in peat soil, in a 

 sheltered situation ; not a leaf 

 injured, 

 pilosa, having withstood several 

 winters, a fine bush, flower- 

 ing and bearing fruit in abun- 

 dance, quite destroyed. 



Andromeda arborea, 12 ft. high, in a 

 peat soil, sheltered with laurel 

 hedges all round, was not in 

 the least injured. 



-Rhododendron arboreum album, 6 ft. 

 high, loamy soil, exposed to 

 the south, main stem killed, 

 layers survived, being sheltered 

 from the wind, 

 venustum, alta-clere'nse, concfn- 

 num, Nobleamm, &c., not at 

 all injured, in a sheltered situ- 

 ation. 

 Smith?'?', near a pond exposed, 



only partially injured, 

 campanulatum proved quite 

 hardy. 



Azalea indica (/edifolia) alba, on a 

 rockery in a northern ex- 

 posure, not injured. 



Ole x in,e. 

 Phillyrea, partially killed, 

 iigustrum lucidum, killed to the 

 ground, but growing again. 



Poragi'ne.e. 

 Tournefortfa hellotrapioides was kill- 

 ed, after having withstood the 

 two former winters. 

 aS'ola^nete. 

 iSblanum etuberosum proved quite 

 hardy in an exposed situation, 

 and in a clayey soil. 



Labia v t;e. 

 (Salvia Grahami, killed to the ground> 

 but growing again in a light 

 soil, sheltered situation. 



Phlomis fruticdsa, killed. 

 Ferbena v ce^:. 

 Ferbena rugosa, not at all injured. 



-LAT/RINiE. 



Sweet Bay, killed to the ground in all 

 situations with us. 



ProtejV^^e. 



Banksza australis, having stood the 

 two preceding winters well, 

 killed. 



Hiikea pugioniformis ? 4? ft., having 

 stood well three or four win- 

 ters and flowered, killed to 

 the ground, but recovering. 



Amenta v ce^e. 

 Lucombe Oak, killed nearly to the 



ground, exposed to the east, in 



a damp situation. 

 Evergreen Oak, all the larger plants 



killed ; some two years old, in 



the seedling bed, not injured. 



Coni'fer^e. 

 Cunninghamia lanceolata, in clayey 

 soil, in a very exposed situa- 

 tion, has stood well. 



VRi'DEiE. 



Gladiolus cardinalis stood well, with- 

 out protection, in a southern 

 exposure. 



AmARYLLi'.D.E.E. 



Alstrcemeria aurea and psittacina 

 stood well in the open border. 

 Zephvranthes Candida, in a southern 

 exposure, not at all injured. 

 -£/emerocalli'de/e. 

 Tritoma media was killed, exposed 

 situation. 

 Burchelh, ditto, in a frame. 



TULIPA X CE2E. 

 Phormium tenax, killed. 



Art. VII. On the Influence of the Winter of 1837-8 on certain half- 

 hardy Shrubs in the Glazemvood Nursery. By Samuel Curtis, 

 F.HiS. 



You ask me how the frost of last winter has served my experi- 

 mental plants in my Australian garden. My answer is very 

 short, — Sadly ! It was a sickener for experimental gardeners; 

 and I have never known a more mischievous winter. When I 

 even say this, I find I am more favoured than the nurseries and 



