By Professor Lindley. 



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At Arundel two varieties of figs are cultivated as open 

 standards, the effects upon which by frost was very remarkable. 

 The green Ischia, which is that principally cultivated, was so 

 slightly injured that the trees produced an average crop of 

 fruit last autumn. One tree of this variety is of the following 

 unusual size ; height 26- feet, branches 34| feet in extent, 

 girth of stem at the surface 9 feet, where it divides into 

 three, each measuring in circumference 2 feet 9 inches. The 

 other, a purple variety, growing under exactly the same cir- 

 cumstances, was so severely damaged that almost all the trees 

 of it were cut down ; they again pushed forth shoots, but 

 none produced anything like a crop of fruit. 



Fontanesia phillyrceoides was killed down to the ground in the 

 Society's Garden, and hardly recovered. 



Genista triquetra which had stood 20 years at SpofForth was 

 killed ; it was much injured in the Society's Garden, as well 

 as most of the other species. At Dropmore the plants 

 growing in the woods among heath were little injured, while 

 others in pots covered with mats were killed. At Bel say 

 Castle they did not sustain any injury. 



Hablitzia tamoides was killed to the ground at Glasgow, but 

 afterwards quite recovered. 



Hibiscus syriacus suffered severely in the Society's Garden; but 

 not at Owston. 



Hypericum hircinum was killed to the ground at Cambridge. 



Ilex balearica was not in the least hurt about London. 



Jas3Iinum officinale, trained to a south wall, and of many years 

 growth, was killed to the ground in St. James's Square, in 

 London, and at Dropmore under a south wall; but it was 

 unhurt at SpofForth. Both it, J.fruticans, and humile, shared 

 the same fate in the Society's Garden. But none of these 

 three species received any injury at Sketty. 



Juniperus macrocarpa was killed at Sketty, and another species 



