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The preceding list would have been of more general use to the 

 inexperienced if the question asked had referred to "hardiness to 

 withstand frost." As it is. it appears to be evident that some, in 

 making this Return, have regarded " weakly growing " as 

 synonymous with " exceptionally delicate" — e.g.. Mine. Cusin is 

 undeniably a somewhat poor grower, but it is very hardy against 

 cold, whereas those marked with an asterisk [*] are among the 

 easiest victims to King Frost. 



I trust, therefore, that those who have been kind enough to 

 vote on this question of delicacy will not be offended by my 

 expressing a hope that the general public, for whom alone I am 

 venturing to make these notes, will not give undue weight to 

 the verdict of this or the following list, but will try for them- 

 selves ; and in particular that they will let nothing deter them 

 from planting that perhaps most lovely of all lovely Teas, 

 Comtesse de Xadaillac, which in my own garden, for instance, 

 proves as hardy as any, though not quite so vigorous a grower as 

 some. It may further be taken for granted that any not named 

 in either List VIII. or IX. are neither especially hardy nor par- 

 ticularly delicate. However, to reap the true value of Lists 



VIII. and IX. i: remains to combine them, or rather to subtract 



IX. from VHT., and note the result. 



List X. 



The Hardiest Teas, 



BEEsG 



List VIII. menus 



List IX. 





L Mine. Lambard 



. 45- 



0 = 45 



16. Belle Lyonnaise 



. 13-1 = 



12 



2. Marie van Houtte 



. 39- 



0-39 



16. Etoile de Lvon 



. 12-0 = 



12 



3. Anna Olivier . 



. 30- 



0 = 32 



19. Mme. de Wattevflle . 13-3 = 



10 



4. Souvenir d"un Ami 



. 31- 



1 = 36 



20. Mme. Cusin . 



. 13-5 = 



8 



5. Gloire de Dijon 



. 26- 



0 = 26 



20. Jules Finger 



. 8-0 = 



8 



6. Franeisca Kroger 



. 23- 



0 = 23 



20. Safrano . 



. 8-0 = 



8 



7. Rubens 



. 24- 



2 = 22 



23. Innocente Pirola 



. 10-1 = 



6 



8. Hon. Edith Giflord 



. 23- 



2 = 21 



23. Mme. Falcot . 



. 7-1 = 



6 



8. Jean Dueher . 



. 23- 



2=21 



23. Grace Darling . 



. 6-0 = 



6 



10. Caroline Kuster 



. 20- 



0 = 20 



26. Mme. Margottin 



. 5-0 = 



5 



10. Homer 



. 20- 



0 = 20 



27. Perle des Jardins 



. 6-2 = 



4 



12. Mme. Willermoz 



. 16- 



1 = 15 



28. Souvenir de P. Xevron 5 — 2 = 



3 



12. Mme. Bravy 



. 16- 



1 = 15 



29. Devoniensis 



8- 9= - 



-1 



14. Mme. Berard . 



. 14- 



0=14 



30. Niphetos 



6-11= - 



-5 



15. Bouquet d'Or . 



. 13- 



0 = 13 



31. Comtesse deXadaillac-6 -12= - 



-6 



16. Catherine Mermet 



. 16- 



4 = 12 









