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Launis Camphoni, and some others, were unable to resist the 

 "winter, probably in consequence of their being naturally found in 

 warm vallies, on the other hand, thirteen or fourteen other 

 shrubs proved hardy, among which are the beautiful new species 

 of Clematis ; and even certain varieties of Camellia japonica 

 exhibited a power of enduring cold which could not have been 

 anticipated. 



" The species native of the Himalaya viountains, resisted the 

 cold to so great an extent, that there can be no doubt of a large 

 proportion of the vegetation of those northern parts of India 

 proving hardy in England, M'ales, and Ireland. This fact alone 

 is of the highest interest, because there certainly is no country 

 more accessible to us, or whose productions are more worthy of 

 being imported, w'hether for their value as timber, their beauty 

 and variety as forest trees, or their brilliancy as objects of orna- 

 ment. The mere knowledge that the noble Deodar cedar is 

 capable of enduring the utmost rigour of an English winter is 

 almost alone sufficient to compensate for the destruction pro- 

 duced by the frost among other plants. All the Pines and Firs 

 appear more or less hardy, except Pinus longifolia, which is not 

 a mountain" species. Benthamia fragifera, although tender in 

 the midland counties, appears at home in Cornwall and Devon- 

 shire ; the beautiful Berberis, many Cotoneasters, a Euonymus, 

 Juniperus recurva, Leycesteria formosa, all the Spirjeas, Vibur- 

 num cotinifolium, and above all, the magnificent Rhododendron 

 campanulatum have to be added to our lists of common shrub- 

 bery plants. Clematis montana too proved so robust that we 

 have not only secured that addition to our climbing plants, 

 among which variety is so much wanted, but there are well- 

 grounded expectations of some of the many other beautiful 

 species of the same genus still to introduce, proving equally 

 suited to this climate. 



With regard to the plants of the South of Europe and adja- 

 cent countries, some facts prove new, others confirm opinions 

 which were not previously established to the satisfaction of 

 every one, and a few are inexplicable upon any known principle. 

 That Aristolochia sempervirens, a native of Candia ; and Pega- 

 num Harmala, a common Syrian plant ; Ilex balearica and 

 Buxus balearica, evergreens inhabiting the islands of Majorca 

 and Minorca 5 Juniperus oxycedrus, quite a southern bush ; Pis- 

 tacia Terebinthus, which is not found wild north of the coast of 

 the Mediterranean, should all have been found hardy, where 

 such plants as the Tamarisk, Arbutus Unedo, and the Cypress 

 perished, are results which could hardly have been anticipated. 

 They are, however, of the first importance, because it will induce " 

 the more general cultivation of those among them which are 

 beautiful. It is interesting to know that Arbutus Andrachnc is 

 more hardy than A. Unedo, a fact which may perhaps be con- 



