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unhurt. At Arundel, two varieties of figs are cultivated as open standards, 

 the effects upon which by frost was very remarkable. The green Ischia, 

 which is that principally cultivated, was so slightly injured that the trees 

 produced an average crop of fruit last autumn. One tree of this variety is 

 of the following unusual size ; height 2&\ feet, branches 341 feet in extent, 

 - girth of stem at the surface 9 feet, where it divides into three, each measur- 

 ing in circumference 2 feet 9 inches. The other, a purple variety, growing 

 under exactly the same circumstances, was so severely damaged that almost 

 all the trees of it were cut down ; they again pushed forth shoots, but none 

 produced anything like a crop of fruit. 



FoNTANESiA pMUyreoides was killed down to the ground in the Society's 

 Garden, and hardly recovered. 



Genista triquetra, which had stood 20 years at SpofForth, was killed ; it was 

 much injured in the Society's Garden, as well as most of the other species. 

 At Dropmore, the plants growing in the woods among heath were little 

 injured, while others in pots covered with mats were killed. At Belsay 

 Castle they did not sustain any injury. 



Hablitzia tamoides was killed to the ground at Glasgow, but afterwards quite 

 recovered. 



Hibiscus synaciis suffered severely in the Society's Garden; but not at 

 Owston. 



HvpEElcuM Jiircinum was killed to the ground at Cambridge. 



Ilex halearica was not in the least hurt about London. 



JasminUm officinale, trained to a south wall, and of many years' growth, was 

 killed to the ground in St. James's Square, in London, and at Dropmore 

 under a south wall ; but it was unhurt at Spofforth. Both it, J.fruticans, 

 and himiile, shared the same fate in the Society's Garden. But none of 

 these three species received any injury at Sketty. 



JuNiPERUS inacrocarpa was killed at Sketty, and another species materially 

 injured ; ^;/i«?race« had been killed by the preceding winter ; lyda was 

 damaged in the Society's Garden, but oxycedrus was unharmed there. 



Lavandula Spica was killed in the Society's Garden. 



Laurustinuses, in those places where the^ cold was very severe, were found 

 to suffer in proportion to the shelter they experienced ; in the warm gardens 

 about London, and in other protected situations, they were generally de- 

 stroyed ; but at Owston they escaped in shaded situations against walls ; 

 and at Claremont, Mr. M'Intosh reports, that they were killed to the sur- 

 face, except where they were stunted, and growing in cold late situations, 

 not influenced by the sun. At Sketty, where the winter was comparatively 

 mild, some of these plants in eastern exposures were injured, and others, in 

 sheltered situations, continued to flower unhurt. At Hitcham in Suffolk 

 they were Httle injured. 



Laurels. As is usual, the commo7i laurel suffered more than the Portugal, 

 and in some low situations was completely killed to the ground, but neither 

 appear to have materially suffered anywhere; at Sketty, they were both 

 observed to have lost their leaves to a far greater extent than was ever 

 before seen. Upon the subject of the common laurel, Mr. M'Intosh ob- 

 serves, that in some parts of the ground at Claremont, whole banks of 

 them were killed to the surface, whilst others hardly lost a leaf; this he 

 observed on dry sheltered banks, as well as in more exposed places, and 

 even by the banks of ponds, and where they all appeared alike healthy ; 

 wherever a current of air existed, they suffered most; those planted (per- 

 haps to the number of 10,000) in autumn, stood as follows, viz. those 

 planted in September and beginning of October, which had begun to grow, 

 were very much cut up, those planted from the beginning of November to 

 Christmas nearly escaped. Some trees, 25 feet high and 6 or 8 inches 

 in diameter, that had come into bud in December, were quite killed. Both 

 kinds of laurel were uninjured at Spofforth, notwithstanding the dampness 

 of the situation, which is not congenial to them. 



