to CypreJ^'} has not fuffered in the kaft ; it perfe<9:ly f efembles 
the Cjpref3.nd grows very tall and thick. I think the Arbor 
Thuja is alive, and fo is the Amencan Acacia^ Acanthus^ Fd'iurm^ 
Fomgranad ^ niy Laun^fHnm looks fufpicioufly ; fomc large and 
old Alaturnms are kill d, efpecially Inch as were more expps'd 
to the Sun, whereas thofe that grow in the fliade efcape \ 
the reafonof which I conjecJiure to be from the reciproca- 
tions ot being fomewhat relax'd every day, and then made 
rigid and ftifi again «all night, which bending, and unbend- 
ing fo often, opening and clofing the parts, does exceeding- 
ly mortifie them, and all other tender Plants, which grow- 
ing in fhady places undergo but one Thaw and change. Moft 
of thefe yet will revive again at the root, being cut clofe to 
ground : The Philh/nm anguHt^ and StrratifoUos (both of them 
incomparably the belt for ornamental hedges of any the per- 
ennial greens I know) have hardly been fenlibie of the leaft 
impreflion, more then tarnifliing of their leaves, no more 
have the Spanifh Jajnnnes^ and Ptrfia??^ and I enumerate thefe 
particulars the more minutely, that Gentlemen who are cu- 
rious, may take notice what Flams they may truft to abroad, 
in all Events , for I fpeak only of fuch as are expos' d : As 
for the choifer Rarities which are fet in for hyemation, 
they certainly efcape, or are impair d, accordingly as they 
are treated by the more, or lefs experiene d and induftrious 
Gardner, or commodioufnefs of the Confervatory 3 but to 
fay wliat may be added on this Subjed:, would require a large 
Chapter, not a Letter, I would in the mean time, advile 
fuch as have fufFer'd detriment in their green Houfes, not to 
defpair, when they fee the leaves of of their Mynks, Ormges^ 
Oleanders, Jajn^nes and Other precious ^hrubs, ruflet or alto- 
gether fhriveird and falling j but to cut them to the quick, 
platter the wounds, and plunge their cafes and pots (trim'd 
with frelh mould, &c,) in a warm bed, carefully refrefhd, 
fhaded, air 'd and treated as fick patients, and as the prudent 
Gardner beft knows how. But above all, that he be fure. 
not to expofe them, 'till thefe Eaitern Winds (which I call 
our Enghfh Etefians^ and which makes our Springs fo uncom- 
fortable, when we think Winter and all danger haft) be qua- 
hfiedi for they are deadly to all our Plants abroad, andfre- 
quently do us more prejudice thai , themoft churhfli Winters; 
as commonly finifhing the deftrudion of what the frofts 
have fpar d, nor are we to be flatter'd with a warm day or 
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