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shrubs as to which I had abandoned hope have broken into growth : 
Olearia macrodonta and Raphiolepis Delacouri both illustrate the 
truth of this. Indeed, I can name only one plant in this garden which 
shows greater injury in July than it did in March, and that is Berberis 
Knightii. However, as to this, I can only speak for Aldenham, 
for my friend Mr. Soames, who owns a lovely garden at Sheffield 
Park near Uckfield in Sussex, showed me about a fortnight ago several 
instances of plants badly hurt which up till a few weeks back appeared 
to have escaped. 
" I remember Mr. Wilson, the well-known collector, telling me, 
when he was looking at his Chinese plants which I had raised from 
seed, that he had been at great pains to collect them from as high 
altitudes as possible, and his efforts in this direction are now proved 
to have been well rewarded. Nothing has impressed me more than 
the high average of hardiness among Wilson's introductions : all 
his Berberis, except B. levis, nearly all his Cotoneasters, and a great 
many of his Viburnums, Stranvaesia undulata, Ilex Pernyi, and many 
more, will be found in the list of uninjured. When one looks at the 
wreck of a great plant of the common Berberis Darwinii, and at the 
ordinary hollies, yews, and Portugal laurels showing various degrees 
of injury, it is very cheering to one like myself who has grown and 
distributed so many species whose presence in England is due to 
Wilson's energy and enterprise. 
" I had intended to have included a report on plants at Aldenham, 
which have the protection of a wall, but a long illness prevented 
this being done ; however, as I have but small wall space at Aldenham, 
a list of such plants would have been in no sense exhaustive, and 
must consequently have been very inferior in value and utility to 
that of plants grown in the open. 
" A tree which last winter has shown to be entirely hardy deserves 
to be much more often planted than is the case at present. I mean 
Plagianthus Lyalli ; those who know its delicate white flowers will, I 
feel sure, agree with me. 
" In conclusion I would add that all my Gunneras, scabra, chilensis 
and its rarer form with dull red flowers introduced by Mr. Elwes, 
all suffered with like severity, the principal crowns being killed, 
though they were heavily protected with bracken and spruce boughs. 
" In the case of some genera, such as Deutzia, Dier villa, Spiraea, 
and Philadelphus, I have not specified the different species which 
would run into great numbers, the collection being pretty complete, 
because, except for Deutzia scabra, D. discolor, and Spiraea bullata, 
which are slightly hurt, the whole of them appear to be immune to 
any cold, at any rate above zero. 
" Of course it is not easy in every case to distinguish between 
injuries caused by cold and some other cause, but I have taken great 
pains to satisfy myself on the point before making this report, and in 
most cases have been able to examine several specimens of the same . 
plant in different positions, for last winter, where so much of the 
