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and at the foot of the rockery at Monreith ; it was shghtly damaged 

 on a west wall at Horsham. 



Modiola geranioides wa? 'mhiirt at Enfield, wnere it has grown for 

 twelve years, but died at Thetford. 



Mutisia decurrens was severely cut at Monreith on a south wall and 

 protected with bracken, but escaped unhurt at Hythe, on a west wall 

 at Killerton, and on a south wall at Burford; M. Clematis, from New 

 Grenada, was killed outright on a west wall at Burford and to the 

 ground at Hythe, but was only slightly damaged on ■ a wall at 

 St. Keverne. 



Myrtus Ugni was killed after growing for nine years on a south wall at 



North Mymms. 

 Nierembergia frutescens was unhurt at Hythe. 



Ourisia coccinea (wet at the roots) was not damaged at Harrow Weald 

 Oxalis lohata escaped damage at Enfield. 



Podocarpiis ayidina was severely cut at Aldenham, and P. chilina but 

 slightly at Kew. 



Rhciphitaninus cyanocarpus was killed on a south wall at Kew, ai 

 Hinton Admiral, and on a south wall at Nuneham Park, and was 

 severely cut on a west wall at Horsham, and slightly at Killerton. 



Tricuspidaria lanceolata was unhurt both on walls and in the open at 

 Monreith; KiJlerton, and Harrow Weald, but was killed at Aldenham 

 and severely cut at Hythe; T. dependens ( = T. Hookeriana) was 

 uninjured in the open at Killerton, slightly injured at St. Keverne, 

 Hythe, in protected places at Crawley and on a west wall at Horsham, 

 killed to the ground at Burford, and killed on walls at Cambridge 

 and Nuneham Park, 



Tropaeolum tuherosuvi was uninjured at Isleworth. 



Vitis striata was slightly damaged, though protected, at Aldenham. 



Patagonia and the Steaits of Magellan. 



Baccharis patagonica was killed to the ground at Aldenham, where it 

 has grown for sixteen years, and severely damaged at Wisley, North 

 Mymms, and Tetbury. 



Berheris huxifolia was severely cut at Wisley. 



Calceolaria planiaginea was unhurt agamst a south wall at Clapham, as 



was C. polyrrhiza in all situations. 

 Drimys Winteri was unhurt at Killerton and on a south-west wall at 



Monreith, but, newly planted, was killed to the ground at Aldenham. 

 Embothrium coccineum was unhurt at Hythe, Killerton, Poolewe, 



Monreith, Belvoir Castle, and Clapham, Yorks, and shghtly cut on 



a wall at Horsham. 

 Escallonia pterocladon was killed at Wisley and on a north wall at 



Nuneham Park, but on a west wall at Horsham it was unhurt. 

 Fagiis antarctica, from the Magellan region, was unhurt at Kew and 



but slightly damaged at Hayling Island ; the evergreen F. betuloides 



from the same region was severely damaged at Kew. 



