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Messrs. Pope and Sons, of Handsworth — a locality whose 
temperature ranges below the average of that of the midland 
counties, report to us that with them Pinus lanceolata has stood 
out several years, in an exposed situation, having been rather 
injured during frost, from its contiguity to water. It grows in 
rather a moist clayey earth. Aralia Japouica, in the same 
situation, appears to be hardy. 
Calitra spinosa has withstood the frosts of several winters, in 
a cold northern exposure and light soil, but was much injured 
in 1837-8; as were some Leptospermums, which had been in 
the open ground several winters, and were grown into bushes, 
and flowered abundantly. 
Rhododendron arboreum album grows well on a dry border, 
exposed to the south, but suffered much in 1837-8 ; and a 
plant in a moist situation perished. 
The following plants, which are accounted tender, lived in a 
south border, in the front of a greenhouse, in the Handsworth 
nursery, during the winter of 1841-2; — Chlidauthus fragrans; 
Coburgia incarnata ; Relmannia Sinensis; and Malva con- 
cinna. The old double red Camellia has stood, without 
protection, on a south border, for many years. It retains its 
foliage, but never blooms. 
The gaiety and variety of plants displayed in the open flower 
borders, are now so much an object of attention with every 
person possessing a garden, that it becomes important to know 
what amongst our greenhouse or frame plants are likely, with 
a little extra attention, to bear full exposure. Generally 
speaking, no great change takes place in the constitution of 
plants; indeed with some of those propagated, from generation 
to generation, by one mode or other of division, there is none at 
all. Amongst those, however, which are propagated from seeds, 
considerable variation does exist. The hardihood of hundreds 
of plants in cultivation, has never been tested ; but when it has, 
and any prove more hardy than was anticipated, it is desirable 
that the fact should be known, since, hereby, it may be 
considered that a fresh accession to the open parterre is obtained. 
It is evident, that by such experiments, many valuable plants 
will be lost, therefore few persons are willing to make the 
sacrifice. It shall be our duty, at a future time, to give a 
further list. 
