By Professor Lindley. 



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consequence of their being naturally found in warm vallies, on the 

 other hand, thirteen or fourteen other shrubs proved hardy, among 

 which are the beautiful new species of Clematis ; and even certain 

 varieties of Camellia japonica exhibited a power of enduring cold 

 which could not have been anticipated. I quite agree with Mr. 

 Herbert, that the result of last winter's frost is such as to render it 

 desirable that all the varieties of Camellia should be tried out of 

 doors, in order to ascertain which are the most hardy. 



The species native of the Himalaya mountains have resisted 

 the cold to so great an extent, that there can be no doubt of a large 

 proportion of the vegetation of those northern parts of India 

 proving hardy in England, Wales, and Ireland. This fact alone is 

 of the highest interest, because there certainly is no country more 

 accessible to us, or whose productions are more worthy of being 

 imported, whether for their value as timber, their beauty and 

 variety as forest trees, or their brilliancy as mere objects of orna- 

 ment. The mere knowledge that the noble Deodar cedar is 

 capable of enduring the utmost rigour of an English winter is 

 almost alone sufficient to compensate for the destruction produced 

 by the frost among other plants. All the Pines and Firs appear 

 more or less hardy, except Pinus longifolia, winch is not a moun- 

 tain species. Benthamia fragifera, although tender in the midland 

 counties, appears at home in Cornwall and Devonshire ; the beau- 

 tiful Berberis, many Cotoneasters, a Euonymus, Juniperus recurva, 

 Leycesteria formosa, all the Spiraeas, Viburnum cotinifolium, and, 

 above all, the magnificent Rhododendron campanubitum have to 

 be added to our lists of common shrubbery plants. Clematis 

 montana too proved so robust that we have not only secured that 

 beautiful addition to our climbers, among which variety is so much 

 wanted, but have well-grounded expectations that some of the 

 many other beautiful species of the same genus still to introduce, 

 will prove equally suited to this climate. The results of the frost 



