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degrees of frost. Teas and Noisette Roses were in many places 
killed; while Junipers, Retinosporas, Thuias, Aucubas, Box, Holly, 
Elasagnus, Osmantlius, Andromeda, and Rhododendrons were 
uninjured. Aralia Sieholdii, Sweet Bays, Bentliamia fragifera^ 
Cotoneaster, Desfontainea, Euonymus, Hydrangea, Griselinia 
macrophylla, Portugal and Common Laurels, Laurestinus, 
Phillyrea, Skimmia, Kalmia, Cedar of Lebanon, and Ctipressus 
Laivsoniana were slightly injured ; whilst Cupressus macrocaiya, 
Pinus insignis, Arbutus, Berberis aguifolia and Danuinii, Choisya 
tcrnata, Evergreen Oak, Wellingtonia, Pyracantha, Ceanothus, 
Veronica, Myrtles, and double Furze were severely injured. The 
soil is a black loam, resting on a gravelly and a clayey subsoil. 
]\Ir. Munson, of Brading, reports the following particulars : 
The garden is fully open, at an elevation of over 100 feet above 
sea level, and consists of clay loam and limestone on a clay 
subsoil. 
The minimum temperature registered in February 1895 was 
9° Fahr., or twenty-three degrees of frost. Plants killed were 
Veronica Andersonii and Choisya tcrnata ; those severely injured 
were Eugenia apiculata, Veronica Traversii, and Buddleia globosa ; 
those slightly injured Laurestinus, Portugal and Common Laurels, 
Common Bays, and Spircza Thunhcrgii ; those uninjured were 
Osmanthus ilicifoUus, Olearia Haastii, Irish Yews, Griselinia 
macrophylla, Aucubas, and Arbutus. 
Mr. F. Cleverlcy, Northwood Park Gardens, West Cowes, states 
that they had twenty-three degrees of frost, which did much 
damage. The garden is at a high elevation ; the soil sandy loam, 
and subsoil gravel. Veronicas, herbs such as Sage, Thyme, and 
Parsley, Lettuce, Wallflowers, Violets, Violas, and Chrysanthe- 
mums were killed outright ; wliilst Ceanothus thyrsiflora, 
Benthamia fragifera, Garry a elliptica, Roses, Strawberries, and 
Qitercus Ilex were severely injured ; Common and Portugal 
Laurels, Bays, Aucubas, Laurestinus, and I]uonymus were 
shghtly injured ; whilst the Hollies and Yuccas did not suffer 
ill the least. 
Mr. W. Tribbick, F.R.II.S., Ih'ooke House Gardens, reports his 
garden to be low, slightly undulating, facing south, close to the sea, 
exposed to the west and north-west winds. The soil is a clay loam. 
Though lie registered twenty-five degrees of frost no plants were 
actually killed. 'J'hose most severely injured were the Portugal 
