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had all the spurs killed back to the main branches at Redleaf, 

 while the plant was otherwise injured. 

 Gleditsciiia chinensis was killed at Sketty, but the other species 

 were uninjured. 



Hydrangea hortensis. At Sketty several plants from 20 to up- 

 wards of 30 feet in circumference were all uninjured. At 

 Glasgow the species was nearly killed. 



Illicium anisatum, plunged in a pot behind a west wall, escaped 

 at Claremont, while 70 species of Cape and New Holland 

 plants beside it died. 



Juniperus chinensis; a fine specimen at Claremont, perhaps 

 the finest in England, was not in the least hurt ; nor at 

 Belsay. 



Koelreuteria paniculata, grown as a hardy shrubbery plant, was 

 uninjured in England ; but suffered at Glasgow. 



Magnolia fuscata, trained to a wall, sustained no injury at Bicton ; 

 M. pumila died there. M. conspicua seems to have been 

 hardy everywhere. 



An Orange tree, at Owston, of the variety called the Portogallo 

 dolce, trained to the back wall of a peach-house, escaped, pro- 

 tected by a few fir branches and the upper lights only, with 

 the thermometer down to 24° several times ; after the lower 

 lights were put on without fire, the outdoor thermometer fell 

 to 10°, when the plant was injured, but it recovered. In 

 Cornwall species of the genus Citrus survived the winter, with 

 little or no protection. Mr. Fox's collection may be taken 

 as an example of this. The citron has been trained for 

 10 years to a south wall, is 5 feet high, and produces " fine 

 fruit." The lemon, in a south-east exposure, has lived for 

 17 years, is 7 feet high, and produces plenty of fruit. A 

 plant, called the " Citrus orange," lives as a hardy shrub. 

 The St. Michael orange has lived 23 years on a south wall, 

 and produces an abundance of " choice fruit" annually. 



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