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lllicium floridanum was severely cut at Hythe, where it was newly 

 planted. 



I tea virginica was badly damaged at Aldenham and North Mymms. 



Kalmia angustifolia, K. latifolia, K. rubra, and K. glauca were badly 

 injured near a stream at Oolwyn Bay, but the last was unhurt at 

 South Ayrshire and the second at Alloa; no species was hurt at 

 Wisley. 



Larix occidentalis seedlings, two years old, were unhurt at Tortworth. 

 ^ Leucoihoe racemosa was unhurt at Harrow Weald, as were both that 



and L. Gatesbaei at Wisley. 

 . Lewisia T weedy i was uninjured at Enfield with a glass light, open 

 at the side, over the bed. 

 Lonicera involucrata had the tips of its branches, cut at Wisley. 

 Magnolia rustica was unhurt at Olapham, Yorks; M. acuminata'^ was 

 unhurt at Belsay Castle, where it has stood for forty-three years; 

 M. grandiflora was unhurt at Belvoir Oastle, Olapham, Yorks, and 

 Mulgrave Castle, Whitby, on a wall, and slightly damaged at North 

 Mymms in the open, but trees on walls there were unhurt ; M. macro- 

 j 'phylla was killed to the ground at Burford. 

 Negundo aceroides was severely damaged at Studland. 

 Neillia opulifolia was unhurt at Chelsea and Wisley ; N. Torreyi was 

 j not damaged at Aldersey. 



' Nuttalia cerasiformis was unhurt at Clapham, Yorks, and at Wisley. 

 Oenothera pumila was killed on a south wall at Sutton Place, but 



0. speciosa escaped injury at Hornby Castle. 

 ' Opimtia Rafinesquii was unhurt at Corstorphine. 



\Oxydendron arboreum, unhurt at Wisley, was slightly injured at North 

 Mymms. 



Pentstemon Gobaea, P. laeviga^tus, P. Menziesii, and P. tubiflonis 



were all more or less damaged at Thetford, but not killed. 

 \Polemonium confertum was severely damaged on the rockery at Mon- 

 I reith. 



Polygonum cilinode was unhurt at Enfield. 



Prunus Besseyi was unhurt in the open at North Mymms, and P. ilici- 

 folia escaped with slight damage on a south wall at Horsham. 



Rhus glabra laciniata was killed outright at Burford, but was unhurt at 

 Aldersey, as was R. Toxicodendron at Belvoir Castle. 



Ribes speciosum was killed to the ground at Wisley and Braintree, and 

 severely injured at Camberley, Corstorphine, and Aldenham, though 

 unhurt at Clapham, Yorks; Pi. Spaethianum {R. iriebrians) was 

 unhurt at Clapham, Yorks. 



"^ubus deliciosus was unhurt at Enfield and Wisley. 



passafras officinale was unhurt at Camberley (where it has stood for 

 eight years), Tortworth, and Aldenham. 



bedum pulchellum was unhurt at Belvoir Castle. 



* A very fine tree, 39 feet tall, with a circumference of 2 feet 7 inches at 

 I feet from the ground. 



