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roots of most of the plants, upon which I feared its effects, covered with sawdust, 
but by no means soon enough. In the following list the selection I have made to 
remark upon as uninjured will probably appear arbitrary, but I made it for the 
purpose of comparison with those which were mentioned by Mr. Moore as having 
suffered :— 
“ Plants killed—Erica arborea, Erica cilliaris, growing in bog ; same, very 
slightly injured in garden ; Menziesia caerulea, Rhododendron altaclarense, 
(Rhod. altaclarense, which I thought was killed, is now pushing out vigorously.) 
Adiantum C. veneris, from Arran; this has been for years in the rockery, 
covered during frost with a piece of calico. Davalliaca nariensis—all the plants 
have recovered, even one which had no covering except a fir branch, 
“ Plants much injured—Edwardsia tctraptera, old plants on west wall; E. 
microphylla, old plants on north wall; Laurus nobilis, §Myrtus communis, on wall, 
both narrow and broad leaved ; Ulex Europseus, in some places, not the least in 
others; Calluna vulgaris, in bog; §Abutilon striatum, on east wall, out four or 
five years ; § Menziesia polifolia, Verbena tryphilla, §Aspidum longifolium, covered 
with calico. 
“ Slightly injured as to the leaves-—Arbutus unedo, much injured a few miles 
off; Photinia serrulata, both on wall and stand, and very slightly; Viburnum tinus, 
some plants, close to bays which were much injured, received no injury ; §Ceno~ 
thus azureus, on south wall. 
“Uninjured—Euschia globosa major, on east wall; Magnolia grandiflora, on 
south wall; M. Tripetala, standard; Rhododendron Arboreum, R. chamoeustus. 
Arbutus Andrachne, Olea excelsa, Standard, sheltered ; Daphne pontica, Preonia 
montana, Paulonia imperialis, Erica Mediterranea, E. ditto, Irish variety ; Cedrus 
deodara, Auraucaria imbricata, Cupressus tomentosa, Taxodium sempervirens, 
Pinus Canariensis, Abies Webbiana, A. Cephalonica, Crytomeria Japonica, 
Quercus coccifera, Juniperus Bermudiana, Buddlcea globosa, Cistus ladaniferus, 
Garrya eliptica, Woodwardia radicans (S), covered with calico, as it has been for 
some years; Trichomanes brivesetum, Pinguicula grandiflora, Anemotheca cruenta, 
Mimulus moschatus. I forgot Aponogeton distachgium, which I only got last 
summer, and which is quite uninjured, though the water in the reservoir in the 
garden in which it was placed was entirely frozen.” 
Mr. Andrews said that he was sure the members would feel much indebted to 
Mr. Wynne for this communication, which was valuable for the notices of those 
trees, shrubs, and plants that withstood the severity of such a winter, and especially 
as the plants had been completely unprotected by the sheltering covering of snow. 
The comparison was also of interest with the records of those effects on the east 
coast, as shown in the paper given by Mr. Moore. The grounds of Hazlewood are 
among the most beautiful in the country, and many parts of Mr. Wynne’s extensive 
demesne bear striking evidence of the complete success of the planting and of the 
beautifying of apparently most unproductive wastes, and prove what judgment and 
perseverance can effect. Bordering the demesne was once a wild tract of bog, 
covered only with the common heaths, coarse grasses, and with juncacese arTd 
cyperaceae peculiar to the wet and spongy soil of such uncultivated wastes. 
Subsequently the growth of belts of pines skirted numerous enclosures, drains 
broad paths, and vistas were formed, and this paradise bloomed with the most 
beautiful heaths, azalea, and rhododendra. Binding the embankments thrown up 
from the deeply-cut drains, the varieties of berberry, holly, Mahonia aquifolium, 
repens, and fascicularis grew with rapidity and luxuriance, throwing ou-t 
innumerable suckers, and which, gaining strength of growth, again sent out their 
branchlets in all directions. Among the Rosacere, Rosa arvensis and many of the 
ornamental briars grew on the sunny slopes of the peat embankment with great 
beauty. The sides of the once desolate valley of Glen Car, and which were 
exposed to the furious and sweeping gusts of the north-west gales, are now clothed 
and tinged with the fine growth and the varied hues of the larch, the pinaster, black 
Austrian pine, and the stone pine. The judicious planting of the Austrian pine has 
proved a sheltering screen to the fair growth of the rest. The Pinus Austriacus,.. 
Those marked $- were covered with sawdust. 
