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damaged on a wall at St. Keverne; G. juniperina var. sulphurea was 



quite uninjured at Killerton,_ but at Oamberley a bush twelve years 



old had some large branches killed. 

 Kennedya monophylla was slightly injured on a wall at St. Keverne. 

 Leptospermum hullatum { = L. scoparium) was uninjured at Clapham 



and at Monreith, but a plant over twelve years old died outright at 



Belvoir Castle ; plants of the same genus at Poolewe passed through 



the winter without injury. 

 Melaleuca thymifolia, seven years old, died at Abbotsbury. 

 Muehlenbeckia adpressa was but slightly damaged at Chelmsford, but 



an old plant in the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, with a less severe frost, 



was cut to the ground. 

 Myoporum acuminatum was killed at Abbotsbury, where it had been 



growing three years. 

 Myrtus australis { = Eugenia myrtifolia) came through the winter with 



little damage at Claphami, Yorks. 

 Olearia paniculaia suffered little damage at Haslemere, but 0. argo- 



phylla, three years old, died at Abbotsbury, and 0. myrsinoides 



at Hythe, while 0. dentata was either killed or badly injured at 



North Mymms. 



Pittosporum flavum { — Hymenosporum flavum) died at Abbotsbury, 

 and P. undulatum at Haslemere ; both were newly planted. 



Plagianthus pulchellus, trained on a wall, was killed outright in the 

 Eoyal Gardens, Kew. 



Podocarpus alpina, a native of Tasmania, suffered very little damage 

 at Kew. 



Pomaderris apetala was killed at Nuneham Park. 



Solanum aviculare was killed on a south-west wall at Nuneham Park, 

 and a protected plant suffered greatly in Mr. Fitzherbert's much 

 warmer garden at Dartmouth. 



Solly a heterophylla died outright on a west wall at Killerton, was cut 

 to the ground at Hythe, but subsequently grew away strongly; at 

 St. Keverne it survived, with but little damage, on a wall, and seed- 

 lings passed through the winter at Mr. Farrer's garden, Clapham, 

 Yorks, unhurt. 



Tecoma jasminoides was killed to the ground at Hythe, and subse- 

 quently died. 



New Zealand. 



Arthropodium cirrhatum was killed at Abboti^bury. 



Arundo conspicua, which had passed twelve winters without hurt, was 



seriously damaged at Camberley. 

 Brachy glottis repanda was only slightly damaged in the open at St. 



Keverne. 



Garmichaelia australis, three years old, was badly damaged at Abbots- 

 I bury, but survived. 



\Cassinia leptophylla was killed outright at Hythe, but G. Vauvilliersii 

 i survived the winter uninjured on a border at Aldersey. 



