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flowered. The same remarks apply to the New Zealand Arundo con- 
o 
ef the winter as well as many ees eet in more southern latitudes 
with a warmer climate than Our native thyme, Thymus 
Serpyllum, was nif be and did not Pb again from the bare branches 
until late in cst sea as octopetala behaved in a si i 
. purpurea, ander exactly similar bitte came through the ordeal 
The 
unscath The collection of prim in pots in a cold frame withstood 
e winter successfully (better than dy did that of 1893-4); there 
were ver eaths, and these were parapi not due to cold. On the 
plants, grown in pots in cold frames “for exhibition when in flower in 
the eae House, succumbed. Kniphofias, even where well sheltered 
leaves, suffered a good deal in some spots ; in others they were 
grown on for forming a turf in shady places where grass does not 
thrive, was all killed, whilst old masses which had not been transplanted 
were but slightly injured. Many of the cacti grown in a cold frame in 
the herbaceous ground were killed ; amongst “these m may be mentioned 
Opuntia brachyarthra, O. aurantiaca, O. imbricata, Echinocactus 
Wislizent, Cereus cirrhifer us, &c. 
Vries e baal which usually suffers every winter at 
ew, was scarcely affected by the frost of February. P. tuberculata 
Hn jen ver. Pinus 
n from the buried part of the stem. The cypresses which have 
sin succumbed are C torulosa aud C. glauca; C. sempervirens and 
C. macrocarpa have been badly injured. The Golden Retinosporas 
have lost many small branches, whilst the ones with green, silvery, or 
glaucous foliage remain untouched. 
le, even shrubs cuc regarded as perfectly 
hardy, which had been transplanted the previo tumn, were mu 
cut "S wá en rost, whilst the same species "ERR d b 
re ch less affected lants of many species were 
killed, whereas older ones o: s species were only badly injured 
Examples are Azalea rhombica, Daphniphyllum, varieg - 
ggih] nd Rhamnus Alat va exactly the 
tt. 
ened; as, for ie came Berberis Darwini and Bac € is 
no again, whereas smaller ones broke freely. le eges a ‘a 
were quite killed A young plants Halimodendron ar gente died; bo e 
killed e i apud a wall. 
Piata rie pisii afford some curious results. The common Ling, 
. Calluna vulgaris, and some of its varieties suffered so much that they 
have had to be destroyed. 'The only Ericas which were killed outright = 
E. — — E. codonodes, and some of the varieties of E. cinerea. 
