By Professor Lindley. 



8 inches in diameter, that had come into bud in December, 

 were quite killed. Both kinds of laurel were uninjured at 

 Spofforth, notwithstanding the dampness of the situation, 

 which is not congenial to them. 



Laurus nobilis was generally killed about London. At Clare- 

 mont, trees 25 feet high, were all destroyed to the surface of 

 the ground, or entirely. But at Dropmore, a large plant 20 

 feet high, with branches spreading 15 feet horizontally, which 

 was to all appearance quite dead in the early part of summer, 

 produced young shoots very near the top, and seems likely to 

 recover in the course of next season. Professor Hen slow 

 mentions a fine plant in a garden at Ely having sustained very 

 little injury ; and even at Cambridge although plants were 

 damaged the mischief was not serious. At Spofforth some 

 branches were killed, some not. At Sketty, the leaves were 

 less injured than those of the common laurel ; this species 

 flourishes remarkably in that neighbourhood ; Mr. Dill- 

 wyn mentions a noble specimen of it, in the garden at 

 Margam, (a mansion of Mr. Talbot's, near the sea, about 

 14 miles distant from Sketty,) which, on being accurately 

 measured about two years ago, was found to be 61 feet 6 inches 

 high ; but it was considerably injured by this winter. 



Linum flavum, against a south wall, was not injured at Norwich, nor 

 at Spofforth in the open border. Of L. tauricum, grown upon 

 a rock at Dropmore, some survived, but others were killed. 



Melia Azedarach was injured at Owston. but not severely. 



Medicago arborea was killed both at London, and Sketty, though 

 in a very sheltered spot in the latter place. 



Morus alba, and its varieties, were much damaged in the Society's 

 Garden. 



Myrtus communis, which survives the winter without difficulty 

 about London, perished this year ; it was much disfigured at 

 Carclew, and destroyed in most other places, but Mr. Dillwyn 



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