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EFFECTS OF THE WINTER IN DEVONSHIRE. 



Pinus patula, Llaveana, Laricio, pygmaea, Montezumae, um- 

 braculifera, brunoniana, filifolia, longifolia, and taeda were pro- 

 tected, and have wintered well ; but P. tenuifolia, though pro- 

 tected, has been killed. P. pumilio, P. Fischeri, colchica, 

 pithyusa, variabilis, Coulteri, Gerardiana, ponderosa, leiophylla, 

 brutia, devoniana, Fraseri, pseudo-strobus, palustris, australis, 

 Russelliana, Hartwegii, pyrenaica, Teocote, and ooearpa have all 

 stood well without the least protection. Of P. insignis we have 

 a fine specimen 40 feet in height : it made a leading shoot 4 feet 

 in length this season. The circumference of the stem at 3 feet 

 from the ground is 4 feet 6 inches ; the diameter of the branches 

 close to the ground 21 feet ; at 12 feet from the ground, 33 feet ; 

 and at 20 feet from the ground 21 feet. It has produced cones 

 ever since 1847, and young plants have been raised from the seeds. 

 P. macrocarpa is nearly 40 feet in height ; the circumference 

 of the stem at 2 feet from the ground is 4 feet 6 inches ; at 

 6 feet from the ground, 3 feet 6 inches. The diameter of the 

 branches close to the ground is 32 feet; at 15 feet from the 

 ground, 32 feet; and at 28 feet from the ground, 15 feet. 

 P. californica is 15 feet in height, and is making rapid growth. 

 It has produced shoots upwards of 4 feet in length this season. 



Abies Smithiana, orientalis, gigantea, gracilis, Khutrow, fear- 

 patica, and dumosa have all wintered well. We have A. Men- 

 ziesii 20 feet in height, and very handsome. Picea Pinsapo, 

 nobilis, grandis, Pichta, amabilis, Hudsoni, Nordmanniana, and 

 cephalonica are 16 feet in height; P. Webbiana is 20 feet in 

 height, and covered with long purple cones. 



Cryptomeria japonica is 12 feet in height, and quite hardy. 



Araucaria excelsa has been killed, and so has elegans — the 

 latter to the ground. A. braziliana, slightly protected, is un- 

 injured. We have A. imbricata 20 feet in height ; the circum- 

 ference of the stem at 2 feet from the ground is 2 feet 4 inches, 

 while the diameter of the branches is 13 feet. It is a beautiful 

 object, having nearly 50 large cones upon it. Cunninghamia 

 sinensis is 16 feet in height. Dammara australis, slightly pro- 

 tected, is injured. 



Thuja orientalis tatarica has been killed ; while T. nepalensis, 

 japonica, chinensis variegata, Wareana, and pendula have not 

 received the least harm. 



Cupressus Uhdeana, although protected, has been killed ; and 

 so has C. juniperoides — the latter to the very ground. O. lusi- 

 tanica, torulosa, thyoides, Lambertiana, religiosa, pendula, 

 dioeca, bacciformis, and thurifera, unprotected, have all stood 

 well. 



Taxodium sempervirens is not the least hurt; but T. disti- 

 chum virens has had its young wood slightly injured. 



