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but was slightly damaged on a west wall at Horsham ; R. yesoensis 

 was unhurt at Clapham; R. hracteata was killed to the ground at 

 Enfield, and sustained considerable damage on a south-west wall at 

 Monreith, where it has grown for twenty years, and always has its 

 foliage scorched, but blooms profusely every year; it was only slightly 

 damaged at Horsham on a south wall and at Harrow Weald; R. Bank- 

 siae had its branches severely cut in South Ayrshire; R. Hugonis was 

 uninjured both at Kew and Haslemere ; R. Moyesii suffered no damage 

 at Burford or Haslemere, nor R. sericea pteracantha at St. Keverne. 



n. 



The plants most frequently referred to in the returns are entered 

 in the Table on pp. 369-371, and we have not hesitated to include here 

 and in the records which follow many common and well-known plants, 

 for their behaviour serves in some degree as a standard against which 

 to measure that of the less well known or newly introduced plants. 



The temperature given in the top line of the Table is the minimum 

 temperature recorded in the screen during the winter, unless otherwise 

 stated. 



In reading the records given, it should be borne in mind that those 

 from Hythe, Slough, and Abbotsbury frequently refer to shrubs 

 planted within the year. 



References : A = killed outright ; B = killed to the ground level ; 

 C = badly injured; D = slightly injured; E = unharmed. Where the 

 sign f follows one of these letters it means the plant was growing on 

 a wall. 



The following are additional records concerning the behaviour of 

 some of the plants mentioned in the Table : — 



Ahelia chinensis. — Horsham (D), Hinton Admiral (D). 



Ahutilon vitifolium.- — ^Crawley (E), Killerton (E), Corstorphine (E). 



Arhutus Unedo. — Horsham (E), Cambridge (C), S. Ayrshire (E). 

 Tamworth (E). 



Azara microphylla. — Belsay Castle (E), Aston Eowant (D), Hintoii 

 Admiral (D, Ef), Hever Castle (B). 



Buddleia asiatica. — Dartmouth (A). 



B. Colvillei. — Poolewe (E), Aston Eowant (Cf). 



B. glohosa. — Brympton (E), Horsham (Ef), New Galloway (D). 

 Aston Eowant (D), Newbury (C), Hever Castle (B), Studland (B). 

 Tamworth (B). 



B. mmbiZis.— Whitby (E), Chelmsford (B), Hever Castle (B). 



B. variabilis var. Veitcliiana. — Horsham (E), Thetford (C), Osterley 

 Park (C), Strathfieldsaye (B), Wimbledon (U). 



Gaesalpinia sepiaria. — Thetford (D), Foots Cray (A). 



Carpenteria calif ornica. — Horsham (E), Hinton Admiral (Cf, Df), 

 Belsay Castle (D), Thetford (C), Foots Cray (A). 



Caryopteris Mastacanthus. — Brympton (E), Tlietford (D), Mowbray 

 Park (D). 



