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INJURIES TO PLANTS, WINTER, 1880-81. 



corallina, on wall, 1. Berberis aristata, shooting, 2; B. Darwinii, 

 many, 1, all, 2; B. fascicularis, on wall, very old plant, kd. to old 

 wood, shooting strongly, 2 ; B. glumacea (nervosa), old plant, 2. 

 Catalpa, 6 or 7, must be cut back to trunk, 2. Cleyera japonica, 1. 

 Elaeagnus japonica, kd. to grd., 2. Escallonia macrantha, all kd. to 

 grd., 2. Euonymus japonicus, all (except on wall), 1 ; E. radicans, 

 1, 2. Garrya elliptica, 2. Griselinia littoralis, 1. Gunnera muri- 

 cata and G. scabra, one plant of each, slightly protected with fern, 

 damaged in centre, growing, 3. Ilex balearica and T. maderensis, 

 breaking strong, 2. Laurustinus, 1 ; and kd. to grd., 2. Ligustrum 

 japonicum, 1, 2 ; L. latifolium, 1, 2; L. lucidum, 1, 2 ; L. robus- 

 tum, 1, 2. Liquidambar, by May frosts, young shoots kd., 2. Olea- 

 ria Haastii (all stood, 1879-80), kd. to grd., 2. Othera japonica, 1. 

 Pampas grass, 1, 2. Paulownia imperialis, 3. Phillyrea buxifolia, 1, 

 2 ; P. oleaefolia, 1,2; Picea bracteata, two plants, 2 ; P. Pinsapo, 

 not so much damaged as in 1879-80, 3 ?. Pinus insignis, 6 or 7 young 

 trees, 1 ; P. pinea, 2 or three, 1. Quercus Buergerii (Japan), leaves 

 scorched, 3 ; Q. Ilex, lost foliage, 2 ; Q. Mirbeckii, two, 1 ; Q. rugo- 

 sa, generensis, two, 1, one, 2. Veronica Traversi, 2. 



Plants uninjured — Acer polymorphum and vars., e.g. atropur- 

 pureum, dissectum, palmatifidum, septemlobum, &c, perfectly hardy, 

 but scorched by the May frost ; Euonymus japonicus, on wall, Ma- 

 honia Bealii, intermedia, and japonica ; Osmanthus, Phillyrea Vilmo- 

 riana, unprotected. Picea amabilis, P. cephalonica, P. grandis, P. 

 lasiocarpa, Pinus insignis, all old trees, one or two only scorched ; P. 

 Koraiensis, P. pinea, one alive. 



Observations — One great reason of the ultimate loss of plants has 

 been, not so much the actual cold of any one winter, as the fact that 

 many of these — such as Arbutus for instance — that were nearly killed 

 the first winter, after being cut back the next spring, had shot again ; 

 but, of course, producing only very late and succulent shoots, were 

 killed by the following winter. Many things which seemed to have 

 survived the winter have since died, as they could not struggle through 

 the continuous bitter E. winds, and the young shoots begun to be put 

 forth were destroyed by the frost of 10th or 11th of May. 



11. Tewkesbury.* 



Post town, but no name or address were given with the Report. 



