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Observations upon the effects of Frost, 



Garden. This winter it was killed to the ground on a south 

 wall, but sprang up again. 



Erythrina Crista-galli survived at Cambridge ; and at Claremont, 

 and Dropmore at the bottom of a wall in front of a stove ; but 

 at the latter place others perished at the foot of a greenhouse. 



Escallonia rubra was killed in Hampshire, with protection; else- 

 where injured, but not destroyed; at Carclew, and in South 

 Wales, but slightly injured. E. montivedensis, was generally 

 killed. E. glandulosa was found at Singleton to be the har- 

 diest of the genus. In the Society's Garden, it and E. rubra, 

 were killed to the ground, but sprang up again vigorously ; 

 all the rest perished. 



Euxenia Mitigui, after living many years on a south wall, was 

 killed in the Society's Garden. 



Fuchsias. Where these were a little protected, although killed 

 to the ground, they generally sprang up again from the root ; 

 in South Wales, they were but slightly injured. At Carclew, 

 all were killed down to the ground, except F. gracilis and 

 virgata. F. discolm* alone survived at Glasgow, and this kind 

 proved the most hardy in the Society's Garden. 



Heimia salicifolia was cut to the ground at Spofforth, but not 

 killed. At Falmouth it was uninjured. 



Jaborosa integrifolia, which for several years had covered a yard 

 square of a hothouse border, was entirely destroyed at Glasgow. 



Kageneckia cratcegifolia was killed on a south wall in the So- 

 ciety's Garden. 



Limnocharis Humboldtii, which had lived in the pond at Sketty, 

 through the winter of 1836-7, and which flowered beautifully, 

 was killed. 



Lithrea caustica perished on a south wall in the Society's Garden. 

 Lobelia Tupa was generally saved ; it was, however, killed at Spof- 

 forth, where it had lived many years. 



