Seventeen degrees below zero has killed all the peaches and most varieties of grapes. Catawbas, Hartfords, Nortons, Brightons, Jeffersons, and even the white Concord seedlings, Martha, Lady Belinda, Antonette, Eva, the buds are mostly killed, while Worden is not. Rogers Hybrids are all killed. Concords and Delawares and Ives are not hurt much. It was quite severe on shrubbery. The Japan Snowball (V. plicatum) and roses are killed to the snow line. Magnolia buds are injured. Rhododendrons are browned in leaf and bud. Some of the broad leaved varieties of Retinosporas are browned, while erioides and plumosa are not. I have a Lawson cypress, 6 ft., that is hardy, the only one not killed several years ago.

The Japan Maples I have, - stand the hottest sun, dryest summer, and coldest winter. They stand the sun as well as Schweidleri at least, and no place is complete without them. I find Azalea Mollis quite tender; it has to be shaded and watered in summer and protected in winter. The Ghents are hardy.