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leaves, the leaflets having three or four strong spiny 
teeth on each side and are from two to three inches 
long. The young foliage is a curious shade of blu- 
ish gray, contrasting with the greyish green of the 
older leaves. Our single specimen of this rather 
rare shrub was killed back almost to the ground but 
the main stem is now thickly clothed with foliage 
and is doing well. Other Mahonias and Berberries 
in several varieties are unhurt. 
The plant which produces the fruit out of which 
the jujube paste of the confectioners is manufac- 
tured was introduced to our arboretum about ten 
years ago. This plant is called Zizzphus vulgaris, 
or, in some catalogues Zizzphus jujuba. It shows 
its tenderness by losing much wood in several win- 
ters, and, although spoken of as a small tree, it 
does not grow taller than five feet with us. It was 
killed back last winter almost to the ground but is 
now growing finely and is quite a pretty and inter- 
esting plant. It is thorny, tree-like in growth and 
covered with small shiny leaves. It has bloomed 
several times. The flowers are small and incon- 
spicuous and it probably will never set fruit in this 
climate, out-of-doors. 
One of our favorite small trees is an Acacia re- 
ceived from Mr. Samuel Parsons of Flushing, Long 
Island, twelve years ago. He called it Acacia 
nemu and described it as bearing pink blossoms. 
It has Mimosa-like foliage, the leaflets of which 
fold together and go to sleep at night. It is a beauti- 
ful graceful little tree and was about fifteen feet in 
height. It was killed to the ground last winter and 
for a time we thought we had lost it, but it has 
now sent up vigorous new shoots that are already 
three feet in length. 
Some plants that we would have supposed of 
doubtful hardiness escaped with their lives, while 
others about which we gave ourselves no concern, 
were injured. Thus Cotoneasters, which we 
thought quite hardy, were badly hurt, while some 
rare trees, such as Stuartia pentagynia, Styrax Ja- 
ponica, Parrotia Persica and Enkianthus Japonicus 
were uninjured. 
Callicarpa purpurea was badly frozen but is 
growing again from the roots. 
Neviusia Alabamensis, though only found in a 
wild state in one locality in Alabama, has proved 
itself perfectly hardy here. 
No Spiraeas, out of a collection comprising 
twenty-three varieties, were materially injured. 
Of evergreens, other than broad-leaved, we have 
about fifty kinds including Pines, Cedars, Junipers, 
Cypresses, Arbor vitaes. Spruce, Retinosporas and 
others; only one was much hurt, and that has now 
recovered. This single exception was a very pretty 
specimen of Librocedrus decurrens, which has usu- 
ally done well with us and fruits every year. For 
some reason or other it was badly scorched. 
That rare plant, Fontanesia phylliraeoides, 
which grows here to the height of ten feet, had the 
tips of its branches injured and was late in putting 
forth its crop of leaves. This was also the case 
with all Paper Mulberries in this neighborhood. In- 
deed these trees seemed dead and did not leaf out 
until fully a month later than usual. 
The Vitex Agnus castus, or Chaste tree, fre- 
quently, perhaps always, dies down to the ground 
in winter but comes up again every year in time to 
form a bush about five feet in height and to bloom 
profusely in August. 
The beautiful vine Jasminum officinalis, or 
white flowering Jessamine is not so tender as many 
people imagine. Where ours is planted the dead 
leaves from some Oak trees are frequently drifted 
over it, forming a natural but precarious protection 
as high winds are apt to disperse this covering. 
Like the Vitex, this Jessamine sometimes dies to 
the ground, as it did last winter, but it is now grow- 
ing finely, and is coming into flower. It does not 
reach a great height with us, but sometimes covers 
a trellis six feet tall. 
Of Deutzias, D. crenata flore pleno was killed 
to the ground, but is making vigorous new growth. 
These Deutzias did not recover in time to bloom 
this year. Indeed the blossom buds are formed on 
the old wood. 
Roses were in many instances, killed to the 
ground. Sweet briers, Rosa Wichuriana, Rosa 
setigera and Rosa rugosa seem perfectly hardy. 
Chimonanthus fragrans had become a large bush in 
our grounds and was badly hurt. The new growth 
it is sending forth is strong and vigorous and the 
foliage is quite tropical in appearance. Paulow- 
nias did not suffer much. They always lose their 
bloom-buds in severe winters. Indeed they very 
seldom bloom in this locality and only when an ex- 
ceptionally mild season enables the buds to retain 
their vitality. 
I have now enumerated all the plants hurt by 
the cold here, and, after all, the damage has been 
very slight. We have lost scarcely a single shrub. 
In the herbaceous borders we have been equally 
fortunate, with the exception of bulbs, which suffer 
so much from the ravages of field mice that it 
scarcely seems worth while to plant them. 
We also lost a fine Lavender plant, the only 
one we have ever induced to live at Rose Brake. 
I should also mention that a fine young Sweet 
Gum tree is dying, but this may be from some 
other cause than the severe weather as it never 
seemed to take very kindly to the soil. 
Danske Dandridge. 
