at BictoJii Devonshire. 511 



armata. Planted five years, against a wall, 9 ft. high. — Po- 

 maderris elliptica, Thea Bohea, Acacia venusta — Doryanthes ex- 

 celsa, planted five years. — Clianthus puniceus, against a wall, 

 9 ft. high. — Dodon^^fl! (species). Wall. Five years planted. 

 Calampelis scabra. Wall. — Virgilia frutescens. Wall. — Co- 

 lutea frutescens. Wall. — Magnolm pumila. — Teucrimn lati- 

 folium. Wall. — Erythrina /aurifolia. Wall. — E, Crista-galli. 

 Wall. — Eucalyptus robusta. Wall. — E. pulverulenta. Four 

 years planted. — Benthamza fragifera, Acacia dealbata. — Cassini« 

 rosmarinifolia. Although this beautiful plant survived the se- 

 verity of the winter, still, from the damage it sustained, it died 

 in June.— ^'rbutus canariensis, Edwardsm grandiflora, E. chry- 

 sophylla. — Hedychium, four species. Four years planted. 



Plants killed to the Ground. — Phormium tenax. Six years 

 planted, and never before suffered. — Azalea indica coccinea, 

 Casuarina equisetifolia, Edwards/a microphylla. — Araucaria bra- 

 siliensis. Five years planted, 10 ft. high. It made an effort; 

 but, I fear, is now dead. — Several plants of Acacia dealbata, 

 and many kinds of Fuchsm. 



Plants "which have suffered in either Foliage or Branch. — > 

 Fuchsm excorticata. Wall. — Ceratonia S'iliqua. Wall. — Vir- 

 g\\\a intriisa. Wall. — Vestm /ycioides. Wall. • — Escallonza, 

 four species. Four years planted. — Acacia dealbata.' Six 

 years planted, and probably the finest plant in the country. It 

 measured, on September 8. 1837, 24ft. high; diameter of the 

 stem, at 1 ft. from the ground, 1 ft. 7jin.; diameter of the space 

 covered with branches, 24 ft. 



Plants which have not sustained the least Injury. — Edwards/a 

 microphylla. Many years planted, at the corner of a stove. — 

 Araucaria imbricata. In open situations ; one a very splendid 

 specimen. — Magnolm fuscata (wall), and twenty other kinds in 

 the open ground. — ^'rbutus procera, a fine plant. — A. An- 

 drachne, a fine plant. — A. hybrida, a fine plant. — Azalea in- 

 dica alba. Five years planted. — Camell/a, five double varieties, 

 and the single red ; the former apparently the hardiest. — ■ 

 Hakea raacrocarpa. Wall. — Alstroemerm ovata. Wall. Planted 

 six years, and now 12 ft. high, in full flower. — A. pulchella, A. 

 psittacina. — Bletm verecunda. At the foot of a wall. — Dais 

 cotinifolia, Thea viridis ; Metrosideros, two species. — Cedrus 

 Deoddra^ and all the Pinus tribe we have yet out. — Mahonm 

 fascicularis, and others. — Berberis ^mpetrifolia, and others. 



The following table is copied from the Meteorological Re- 

 gister kept at Bicton Gardens, Devonshire; long. 3° 20" W., 

 lat. 50° 40'' N., 2^ miles from the sea, and 83 ft. above it. The 

 instruments denoting the temperature are kept in a sheltered 

 situation, 5 ft. from a north wall, and 5 ft. from the ground. 



