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Thea viridis, T. Bohea, and T. oleifera have been protected. 



Coriaria nepalensis and Euonymus fimbriatus are killed down ; 

 E. japonicus, and its gold and silver varieties, have all wintered 

 without protection. 



Celastrus buxifolius has been killed to within a few inches of 

 the ground. 



Ilex majestica, magnifica, and gigantea are killed ; Cassine 

 and vomitoria, dipyrena, latissima, latifolia, and balearica have 

 stood well. 



Colletia spinosa is one mass of flowers ; C. Bictonensis has 

 wintered well, and is making fine growth, after being finely in 

 flower all the winter. 



Ceanothus americanus, azureus, azureus intermedius and diva- 

 ricatus have had their last year's shoots killed. 



Aristotelia Maqui and its variety variegata are uninjured. 



Pistacia vera and Lentiscus ditto. Duvaua ovata, latifolia, 

 longifolia, have had their young wood killed. 



Edwardsia microphylla uninjured. 



Genista tinctoria, florida, germanica, anglica, triquetra, pros- 

 trata, hispanica, have all had their young wood killed ; G. pro- 

 cumbens, purgans, and scorpius have flowered finely. 



Cytisus filipes, greatly protected, has been killed ; hirsutus, 

 falcatus, incarnatus, minor and major, purpureus and purpureus 

 pendulus, spinosus, and nigricans, are all uninjured. 



Ononis fruticosa, protected, ditto. 



Adenocarpus intermedius, quite exposed, is unhurt. 



Acacia armata, unprotected in an exposed situation, is killed ; 

 Brownii uninjured. 



Astragalus Tragacantha is beautifully in flower. 



Coronilla glauca, protected, has not suffered. 



Medicago arborea has proved quite hardy, and has been in 

 flower all the winter. 



Indigofera nepalensis is unhurt. 



Cercis siliquastrum is beautifully in flower. 



Prunus Mume has been wintered without protection. 



Spiraea decumbens, sinensis, canadensis, Reevesiana (a species 

 from China), ovata, pubescens, and capitata, have stood uninjured. 



Photinia dubia and glauca have survived without protection. 



Eriobotrya japonica, uncovered, is uninjured. 



Calycanthus lsevigatus, ditto. 



Philadelphus mexicanus and gracilis, ditto. 



Eucalyptus montana and oppositifolia, ditto ; E. pulverulenta, 

 protected, is killed. 



Passiflora caerulea, Colvillii, and racemosa are uninjured. 



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