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Azalea. Some of the scarlet American varieties were nearly killed at 

 SpofForth, and a small white kind also suffered sevei'ely at the same place. 

 But A. calendulacea was not in the least affected. 



Aralia spinosa, 10 feet high, lost the extremity of the shoots only, at Nor- 

 wich. 



Abies Douglasii had its leaves turned yellow at Belsay, but it does not appear 

 to have been seriously injured. A. Menziesii proved hardy in the Society's 

 Garden. 



Andromeda arhorea, and even poRfolia, were killed in the Society's Garden. 

 K.fioribunda proved everywhere quite hardy, even at Worksop. 



Arbutus procera was uninjured against a west wall in the Garden of the 

 Society ; it was more injured at Carclew, where it is planted as a standard in 

 the shrubbery ; and at Brenchley, a fine plant, with a stem l^ inches in 

 circumference, was destroyed. At Sketty it suffei-ed very little. 



BiGNONiA capreolata was only a little injured on a south wall in the Society's 

 Garden ; in a similar situation at SpofForth it suffered severely. 



Berberis Aqidfoliuin, r-ejiens, and glumacea, sustained no injury anywhere ; 

 fascicularis was killed at Brenchley, Woburn, Rolleston, and Redleaf, but it 

 escaped at Singleton, and Carclew. In the Society's Garden it was killed 

 nearly to the ground, in the open boi'der, and much injured against a south 

 wall. 



Cleanothus americanus, and Cissus stans, were killed to the ground in the 

 Society's Garden, but shot up again. At Rolleston, the former was de- 

 stroyed. 



Cerasus caroliniana, killed in the Society's Garden, was unhurt at Sketty. 



Ceratiola ericoides sustained no injury in the Society's Garden. 



Clethra alnifoUa appeared at Sketty to be much injured, but broke into leaf 

 and flower, nearly as usual, both there and at Penllargare. 



Crat^gus microcarpa was much injured in the Society's Garden. 



CactacejE. a hardy variety of Opuntia, under a hand-glass, occasionally 

 covered with a mat, was found safe at Owston. Opuntia ferox was not at 

 all injured at the foot of a south wall at Norwich; nor at Dropmore. At 

 Spofforth, a Chilian species, against the front wall of a greenhouse, pro- 

 tected by a sloping slate, was uninjured ; the same species in an open border 

 had been killed in Octobei*. 



DiosPYRUs znrginica was not injured in the Society's Garden or at Sketty; at 

 Rolleston it was injured but not killed. 



Fraxinus americana and the other American species, were greatly damaged in 

 the Society's Garden ; but did not suffer at Owston. 



Garrya elliptica was much injured in the Society's Garden, but at Liverpool 

 and elsewhere it escaped. 



Halesia diptera was killed in the Society's Garden. It was unhurt at Spof- 

 forth. 



Ilex opaca and vomiloria were little injured in the open lawn at Claremont, 

 very near to where the Common Holly suffered ; but vomitoria was killed at 

 Singleton and Sketty, while opaca, Perado, balearica, and prinoides, were 

 scarcely affected by the cold in those places ; the latter, however, was cut 

 to the ground at Glasgow. 



Illicium fioridanum survived at Claremont ; it has stood out at Walton for 

 many years, and also in the Mile End Nursery ; and at Stoneham Park has 

 lived as a grass plant for at least ten years. 



LupiNUS arhorcus was killed in the Society's Garden, and at Sketty, though 

 against a wall and uninjured by the winters of 1813-14 and 1836-37. 



Magnolia grandlflora stood without injury in a great many situations, both 

 protected and against walls ; without material injury under the latter cir- 

 cumstances, even as far north as Doncaster; it, however, in most cases par- 

 tially lost its leaves, in some cases entirely ; and at Tooting, near London, 

 a plant 25 years old was totally destroyed. At Owston, it was observed 

 that the Exeter variety, about three feet from a wall, was uninjured, while 



