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Mr. Herbert that they were equally damaged at Ickleton, in Cambridgeshire. 

 In some places, as at Sketty, the tree paeonies flowered better than was ever 

 remembered. 



Photinia serrulata, or Crataegus glabra, was uninjured at Carclew, and at 

 Singleton ; but it suffered a little at Sketty, and in the midland and north- 

 ern counties was either entirely destroyed or very much injured ; it was 

 observed at Dropmore, that where most sheltered it suffered most ; -an old 

 plant on a south wall in the Society's Garden was nearly killed. 



PoDOCARPUs macrophyllus was killed at Carclew, at Redleaf, and elsewhere. 



Raphiolepis hidica was killed at Liverpool. It never bears even mild winters 

 well, in the Society's Garden. 



Thea viridis in a sheltered spot at Claremont escaped, but both it and JBokea 

 were killed at Redleaf. T. viridis was uninjured at Bicton. 



Taxodium sinense proved hardy in the Society's Garden. 



"NEW ZEALAND. 



Clianthus puniceus was generally destroyed ; at Bicton, a plant against a 

 \vrall,and 9 feet high, is reported to have been killed ; even in the Glasnevin 

 garden, although protected, it died ; but it lived at Binstead, in the Isle of 

 Wight, and at Somerford, near Wolverhampton. 



Edwardsia microfliylla, of which fine specimens against walls existed in the 

 Society's Garden, at Arundel and elsewhere, was generally killed ; but at 

 Bicton and Carclew, at the latter place in the open shrubberj', it was not at 

 all affected. E. grandifiora died at Dropmore, and in the Society's Garden, 

 where there was a very large plant, and even at Bicton ; but it was un- 

 damaged at Carclew, at Belsay on the outside wall of a conservatory, and 

 Singleton, and it survived, though much damaged, at Owston. At Sketty 

 a standard was killed, but those against a wall were uninjured, and one of 

 the latter at Penrice Castle, unprotected, flowered beautifully after the 

 winter. E. chrysophylla was killed on a south wall in the Society's Garden, 

 and at Bicton, but it was only killed to the old wood at Claremont. 



Fuchsia excorticata survived at Bicton j at Carclew it was killed to the ground, 

 but shot up again. 



Phormium tenax was killed near London, at Cambridge, in Hampshire, and 

 elsewhere ; but at Carclew, in the shrubbery, under some large Scotch 

 firs, and by the edge of a pond, in a kind of swamp, where its roots were 

 under water, this plant was not in the least injured. 



"WEST INDIES. 



Adelia acidoton, a Jamaica plant, was killed to the ground in the Society's 



Garden, but sprang up again, 

 Hamelia patensy a plant of which had stood out for seven years at Claremont, 



was killed. 



" JAPAN. 



Acer palmatum perished in the Society's Garden, where unprotected ; but it 

 survived in a cold frame. 



Av CVB A. japonica was killed at Claremont, and other places, and much injured 

 in some parts of the midland counties ; its leaves were only discoloured in 

 the Society's Garden, it scarcely suffered at Glasgow, and not at all at 

 Belsay and Spofforth. 



Broussonetia papyrifera was but slightly injured in the Society's Garden, 

 and proved hardy in most cases. 



Clematis /Sieio/f/i and ccendea were generally found unhurt. 



Camellia Japonica, though generally killed, escaped in many places without 



, injury. This plant has stood out for 18 years at Somerford. Mr. Dillwyn 

 reports that at Penrice Castle, a large standard, though only planted out 

 from a conservatory the previous year, flowered after the winter. At Drop- 

 more, a plant of the variegated variety has lived out for several years in 



