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Salvia hicolor ( = S. dichroa) was unhurt at Hythe, but killed at Thet- 



ford, as was S. viscosa. 

 Senecio macrophyllus was unhurt at Belvoir Castle. 

 Spiraea media was severely damaged at Aldenham, and S.' confusa was 



reported damaged at Alloa, though usually quite hardy ; many shrubby 



species were slightly cut at Aldersey. 

 Staphylaea colchica was slightly damaged at North Mymms, but was 



unhurt at Wisley, Belvoir Castle, and Alloa. 

 S^nilax sagittaefolia was severely cut at Camberley. 

 Styrax officinale was unhurt on a south-west wall at Chelsea. 

 Tamarix liispida aestivalis was unhurt at Camberley. 

 Teucrium fruticans died at Chelmsford, but was only slightly damaged 



at Hythe. 



IJlmus turkestanica was uninjured at Tortworth. 

 Veronica caespitosa was killed at Hornby Castle. 



China and Centeal Asia. 



Aconitmn Hemsleyaiium was uninjured in Sir Trevor Lawrence's 

 garden at Burford, as was A. Wilsoni there and at St. Keverne. 



Actinidia chinensis was unhurt at Burford, Crawley, Haslemere (on 

 a wall), Enfield and North Mymms, and A. Kolofnikla escaped un- 

 injured at North Mymms and at Camberley. 



Ailanthus Giraldii was uninjured at Haslemere, as were young trees of 



A. Vilmoriniana at Haslemere, Kew, and Cambridge. 



Ahehia quinata on a wall at Wisley was rather badly damaged, but 

 escaped uninjured on a wall at Aldersey, and at Belvoir Castle and 

 Olapham, Yorks. 



Aralia mandschurica was unhurt at Tetbury. 



Artemisia lactiflora is perfectly hardy in the many gardens from which 

 it is reported. 



Aspidistra lurida was badly hit at Abbotsbury, where it had stood for 

 four years. 



' Astilhe Davidii and A. grandis were uninjured at Wisley and Stoney- 

 ford, and the former was also reported undamaged at Alloa. 



I Bankinia yunnanensis was killed at Nuneham Park on a south wall. 



iBelamcanda chinensis ( = punctata) was killed at Chelsea, where it 

 had been planted four years. 

 Berheris acmninata was uninjured in the open at Kew, Burford, Cam- 

 bridge, and Stoneyford ; B. dictyophylla at Kew and Clapliam, 

 Yorks; B. Wilsonae at Kew, Burford, St. Keverne, and Stoneyford; 



B. Fortunei was uninjured at Belvoir Castle, but at Aldenham and 

 Slough was severely cut back, and was killed to the ground at North 



I Mymms; B. sinensis was slightly damaged at Hever, Kent, but soon 

 I quite recovered; B. sanguinea was unharmed in the open at Burford. 

 Wuddleia Hemsleyana was not injured at Camberley or Cambridge, but 

 I was killed to the ground, though the cold was much less severe, at 

 Harrow Weald, where B. Lindleyana was uninjured, as it was at 



