Volume 8, 1875
– 411 –
![Thumbnail: [Volume 8, 1875 page 411]](/journals/rsnz/images/rsnz_08/thumbnails/rsnz_08_00_0455_0411_ac_02.gif)
The Hon. Mr. Mantell noticed the addition of three interesting fish to the Museum, viz., Beryx affinis, Scopelus hectori, n.sp., collected by Mr. Robson, Cape Campbell; and Upenioides vlamingii, collected by Mr. Buchanan, Blind Bay. He also read notes by Mr. Buchanan on the present state of the Colonial Botanic Gardens, and a list supplied by Mr. T. Mason of plants injured by the frost during the nights of the 5th, 6th, and 7th August, 1875, at the Taita, Wellington.
| Plectranthus eckloni, | severely | Aralia papyrifera | slightly |
| Templetonia retusa, | " | Crassula, vars. | severely |
| Heliotrope, | " | Greevia occídentalis, | slightly |
| Cinchona, | " | Lagunaria pattersoni, | " |
| Bouvardia hogarthii, | " | Browallia jamesonii, | severely |
| Salvia splendens | killed | Pelargonium zonali, | slightly |
| "mauve, | severely | " " | severely |
| Linum triginum, where exposed | " | Cestrumaurantiacum | " |
| Ageratum mexicana | " | Canna" | " |
| Echeveria | " | Barkleya syringœfolia | " |
| Brugmannsia | " | Lantana, | slightly |
| Mackaya bella, | " | Arduina grandiflora, | severely |
| Fuschia corymbosa, | " | Erica cavendishii, | slightly |
| "fulgens, | " | " pubescens major, | " |
– 412 –
![Thumbnail: [Volume 8, 1875 page 412]](/journals/rsnz/images/rsnz_08/thumbnails/rsnz_08_00_0456_0412_ac_02.gif)
| Fuschia microphylla, | severely | " ventricosa, var., | slightly |
| " other varieties, | slightly | Azalea indica, | " |
| Acmena floribunda, | " | Asclepias carcassavica, | severely |
| "kingiana, | " | Hedychium, var., | " |
| Plumbago capensis, | severely | Ficus macrophilla, where exposed | |
| Duranta plumeri, | " | " | |
| Wigandia carcasana, | slightly | Ficus syringœfolia, | slightly |
| Lasiandra macrantha, | " | "cristata, | " |
| Pleroma sarmentosa, | severely | Sedun, variegated | severely |
| Cuphea platycentra, | " | Cantua dependens, | slightly |
| "larger var. | " | Hakea eucalyptoides, | flower buds |
| Justicia, | slightly | killed |
| Pohutukawa (Metrosideros tomentosa) | Cyathea medullaris, black fern, | slightly | |
| slightly | Dicksonia antartica, wekiponga, | ||
| Karaka (Corynocarpus lævigata) | " | uninjured | |
| " | Coprosma baueriana, | slightly | |
| Tapata, | " | "var, variegata, | " |
| Cyathea dealbata, white fern, | " | Pisonia sinclarii, | severely. |