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Plants uninjured — Acer Negundo variegatum, Aralia Sieboldii, 

 Arundo conspicua, Escallonia macrantha, Fuchsia Riccartoni, Garrya 

 elliptica, Bay Laurel, Laurustinus, Phormium tenax, Salisburia, Tri- 

 toma uvaria. 



Observations — Our proximity to the sea gives us comparative immu- 

 nity from intense destructive frosts, both in winter and spring ; 

 therefore we have no great list of killed and injured to record. 

 We had a good many deaths among standard Roses last winter and 

 spring ; this being partially due to the drying winds prevalent in 

 March and April. Some Hollies have shed their leaves in part. 

 The wet sunless summer of 1879 has left its effects, not so much 

 in death, as in unripened wood, as in the case of most wall trees 

 and standard Apples ; the consequence is a poor crop for this season. 

 On the last mentioned trees the crop is nil. The same may be 

 said of Pears, both on walls and standards. Small fruit trees in most 

 cases yielded a fair average crop, as the autumn months were fine. 

 Kitchen garden vegetables stood well: especially Celery, which 

 never kept better. 



