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the common sort suffered great damage. The deciduous American species 

 generallj' escaped without injury, but not everywhere. M. glauca, which 

 had stood out at Spofforth for 23 years, had all its buds and small branches 

 killed ; it sustained no damage about London, where the cold was far more 

 severe. At Glasgow, the only species which did not suffer was M. acumi- 

 nata. 



PiNUs palustris was killed in several places, and much injured in others, 

 although protected ; but at Dropmore and Brenchley it was not much da- 

 maged; it was unhurt at Carclew. P. viitis, 13 feet high, was killed at 

 Dropmore. P. ponderosa proved hardy everywhere. P. Sabiniana is re- 

 ported safe everywhere except at Chipstead in Kent, where it was killed, and 

 at Belsay, where it was uninjured ; I should however remark, that P. ma- 

 crocarpa and P. Sabi?iiana have been mixed in the gardens under the same 

 name, and as the latter is reported from Rolleston to be killed, it is not im- 

 probable that it is the same plant which under the name of Sabiniana has 

 suffered elsewhere. In the Society's Garden, neither were injured. P. 

 leiophylla proves too tender for England. 



Pyrus angustifolia was killed in the Society's Garden, and suffered much else- 

 where. 



PoNTEDEBiA corclata, and P. ajigustifolia, lost the stems and leaves above 

 water at Carclew, but the roots of both were unhurt and grew again. 



QuERCUS Phellos, and its varieties, were uninjured in the Society's Garden. 



Rhododendron. No American species suffered materially anywhere. 



SiDEROXYLON lycioides was only slightly injured in the Society's Garden. 



Vaccinium ovatuvi, a very beautiful evergreen, was not the least affected 

 anywhere. 



ScHiZANDRA coccinea was killed in the Society's Garden on a south wall. 



Styrax grandifolium was killed in the Society's Garden, and the other species 

 were much injured there. 



Yucca. The species generally stood in most places without any injur}', even 

 as far north as Doncaster ; but at Redleaf many large plants of Yucca glo- 

 riosa were cut down to the ground. At Spofforth, the species suffered ca- 

 priciously ; some plants being killed to the ground, and others of the same 

 species unharmed. Y. rccurva was not hurt, though the stem of a plant 

 of that species, about 4 inches diameter, was destroyed near the ground at 

 Mitcham in Surrey, in 1814. Y. gracilis was killed in the Society's Gurden 

 and at Liverpool ; but it sustained no damage at Sketty. 



Viburnum cassinoides was much injured in the Society's Gai'den. 



"HIMALAYA MOUNTAINS. 



Abies Deodara is reported by every body to be quite hardy. At Worksop 

 Manor it was not even browned so much as the Cedar of Lebanon. At 

 Dropmore, there is a specimen inarched on the larch, and planted out for 

 3 years in a very exposed part of the grounds, where it is growing with 

 great vigour. A. Webbiana lost its leaves at Redleaf; was, in one case, 

 killed back to the old wood at Dropmore, otherwise uninjured ; was da- 

 maged beyond recovery in the Society's Garden : one large plant at the 

 latter place was killed outright. In Cornwall and Devon, it seems as 

 hardy and valuable as the silver fir. The plant at Carclew has never been 

 the least affected by cold. In the garden of the Rev, J. Gamier, at Bi- 

 shopstoke, in Hampshire, there is a plant from 10 to 12 feet high, which 

 has even produced cones. It has never been protected, and is in perfect 



. health. Sir Oswald Mosley also reports it uninjured at Rolleston ; at 

 Belsay, A. Morinda, which is reported safe in other stations, was also 

 damaged. 



Acer ob/onginn ■was killed on a south walb in the Society's Garden. This 

 species has always been found tender. 



Anagyris indica was killed in several places ; but little injured at Claremont, 

 against a west wall, and perfectly safe at Carclew. 



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