74. NOTES ON THE MARINE ALG 
to the ground; Arbutus Andrachne killed; China roses killed 
to the ground. The following is the state of the Conifere ;— 
Two fine plants of Pinus insignis upon the lawn, much injured, 
one of them scarcely expected to recover; P. austriaca, P. Cem- 
bra, P. excelsa, P. Pallasiana, P. pyrenaica, P. Montezuma, and 
P. Laricio, all uninjured; Cedrus Deodara, C. Libani and C. 
atlantica uninjured, Araucaria imbricata uninjured; Abies Men- 
gies and A. Morinda uninjured; Picea nobilis, P. cephalonica, P. 
Pinsapo, P. Pichta, and P. Webbiana, allsafe; Cryptomeria japonica, 
upon the lawn, much browned, but uninjured, in sheltered situa- 
tions ; Sequoia sempervirens much injured where exposed; Cupressus 
funebris killed; C. torulosa greatly injured, not likely to recover ; 
C. lusitanica killed, C. Lambertiana uninjured, C. Goveniana not 
expected to recover; Wellingtonia gigantea uninjured. My 
wall-fruit trees have suffered greatly from the immature state of 
last year’s shoots, and I also find that many of my Pyramid Pears 
have lost their buds. 
X1.—Algological Notes, 1861. By G.S. Brapy. 
Tux following notes embrace such observations as have occurred 
to me, with respect to our local marine alge, since the publication 
of the catalogue in vol. IV of the “Transactions.” The number 
of additional species is only four, and for the discovery of two of 
these we are indebted to Mr. Hodge of Seaham Harbour, whose 
collection I regret I had not seen before printing the catalogue. 
The most notable features of the past season (1861) have 
been the unusual luxuriance of the smaller Melanosperme and 
an almost equal paucity of Rhodospermee. For example, on the 
beach north of Whitley, where I have been used in autumn to 
find abundantly Nitophyllum ocellatum, Polysiphonia parasitica, 
and Dasya coccinea, I have this year not seen a single specimen 
of any of them. Polystphonia byssoides was there, however, in 
its usual profusion. Mrs. Merrifield of Brighton, informs me 
that the marine vegetation of the south coast has exhibited a 
