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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Australia. 



Acacia annata and A. cuUriformis (young plants) were killed in the open J 

 at Abbotsbury, but only slightly injured on a wall at St. Keverne; 

 A. cuneata was killed at Abbotsbury; at Hayling Is. A. dealbata, six j 

 years old, planted under trees, was killed to the ground, but was j 

 uninjured at Poolewe, and at Abbotsbury large plants, twelve years | 

 of age, passed safely through the winter; at Abbotsbury young 

 plants of A. longifolia (standards, five years old, slightly injured \ 

 at St. Keverne), A. stenophylla, A. teretifolia, A. trinervis, and [ 

 A. verticillata were all killed, as was A. lophantha at St. Keverne, ! 

 but at Killerton the Tasmanian A. Riceana was quite uninjured. 



Anopterus glandulosus, from Tasmania, was much cut at Hythe, but 

 recovered. 



Araucaria Bidwillii and young plants of A. Cunninghamii both died at j 

 Abbotsbury, though a large plant of the latter is safe. j 



Ba7iksia quercifolia was killed on a south wall at Nuneham Park, but 

 at St. Keverne a plant in the open, seven years old, survived with 

 but slight injury. 



Callistemon ericifolius, five years old, and young plants of C. linearis i 

 and C. salignus died at Abbotsbury, but older plants of the last- 

 named are safe, while at St. Keverne G. lanceolatus was only slightly j 

 injured in the open. I 



Gasuarina torulosa and G. glauca died at Abbotsbury, where they had 

 been planted three years. j 



Gorrea alha, trained on a west wall, was quite uninjured at Killerton, 

 but G. cardinalis ( = 0. sperAosa) was badly damaged in the open 

 at St. Keverne. 



Drimys aromatica from Tasmania was uninjured at Killerton, where it ' 

 has stood for over fifteen years. ! 



Eucalyptus amygdalina, in Colonel Sandeman's garden at Hayling Is., 

 suffered slightly with a west exposure, but rather severely with a ' 

 southerly exposure, though not killed to the ground; E. cordata from 

 Tasmania and the species sold at E. Beauchampiana were killed in the 

 Society's garden at Wisley and in Mr. Bowles' garden at Enfield, 

 where the former species had been planted twelve years ; it shot ivom 

 the base in the spring, but subsequently died ; E. ficifolia was kil]ed on , 

 a south-east wall at Monreith; E. globulus was killed at Foots Cray ! 

 and Studland, but at E. Sutherland it suffered very slight damage 

 and rather more at Balmae; E. pulverulenta, six years old, is 

 reported uninjured at Harrow Weald, and E. Whittinghamia at 

 Monreith; at Abbotsbury young plants of all species, except the 

 Tasmanian E. urnigera/'^ were killed, but older plants survived, 

 and eight species were unharmed at Killerton and seven or eight at 

 Poolewe. 



Grevillea alpina proved perfectly hardy in Mr. Chambers' garden at 

 Haslemere and on a wall at Horsham; G. pendnla was slightly 



* See p. 370. 



