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Hodgersia pimmta was uninjured at St. Keverne. 



Buhus hamhusaruvi was not harmed at Burford, Haslemere, Enfield, 

 and Olapham, Yorks; R. innominatus and R. fiagelliflorus suffered 

 no damage at Burford and Haslemere, and R. lasiostylus at Burford, 

 Enfield, and North Mymms. 



Salvia japonica was killed outright at Cambridge in an open bed. 



Saxifraga sarmentosa was slightly damaged at Chelmsford and severely 

 so at Thetford. 



Schizancira Henryi was uninjured in a fairly sheltered bed at Cambridge. 

 S chizo'phrag7na integrifolia was uninjured in the open at Kew. 

 Senecio tanguticus was uninjured at Belvoir Castle, and *S'. Veiidiianus 

 *at St. Keverne, as was S. Wilsoyiianus at St. Keverne and Stoneyford. 

 Sinofranchetia sinensis proved perfectly hardy at Kew. 

 Sophora flavescens was killed to the ground at Burford, but S. viciifolia 



suffered no harm at Kew, Clapham, Yorks, and Cambridge on the 



east wall of the palm-house. 

 Sterculia ylatanifolia was killed to the ground in the open at Nuneham 



Park. 



Sijcoysis sinensis was not harmed in the open at Kew. 

 Syringa Giraldiana was uninjured at Haslemere, where it has grown for 

 three years. 



Tecoma grandiflora was unhurt at Ostei-ley Park and Monreith. 

 Tetracentron sinense was uninjured in the open at Kew and at Cam- 

 bridge. 



ThaUctru7n dipterocarpufn was uninjured at Burford and at St. Keverne, 

 Thuya elegantissima { = T. orientalis?) had its branches severely 

 damaged at Slough. 

 > Trachelospermum jasminoides was killed outright on a west wall at 

 Nuneham Park, but suffered very little damage with a greater degree 

 of frost at Hinton Admiral on a north wall, and at Hythe it had its 

 branches rather badly damaged; T. crocostomuni was unhurt on s 

 wall at Kew. 



i Vihurnum dilataimn was uninjured at Aldenham, as was V . macroce- 

 phalum on a wall at Belsay Castle, though at North Mymms many 



^ branches were killed ; V. odoratissimum was unhurt at Gunton Park ; 

 "V, tomentosum plicatum was uninjured in all situations at Clapham 

 and Wisley, but had its branches badly damaged at Chelsea. 

 Van's armata v,'as uninjured at St. Keverne and at Enfield, as well as 

 the var. Veitchii, and though V, Henryana died in Strathfieldsaye, it 

 came through quite without damage at Hhiton Admiral, Enfield, 

 North Mymms (on a south wall), and Belvoir Castle; V. hetero- 

 phylla was uninjured at Isleworth, as were V. megalophylla and 

 F. Thunhergii at Enfield, Crawley, and Burford; V. Cognettiae was 

 unhurt at Belvoir Castle, Whitby, East Sutherland, and Isleworth, 

 as was V. Thunhergii at Belvoir Castle; V. Thomsoni was killed 

 outright at Strathfieldsaye and killed to the ground at Enfield. 

 \\\ istaria multijuga seems, like W. chinensis, quite hardy. 

 'ianlhoryhini schiiiifoliuni was not injured at Aldenliarn. 



