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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM.
BART III.
synonymes ; while some of the names, which we acknowledge to he those ofexisting varieties, are omitted, because we think the varieties themselves of verylittle consequence, and scarcely worth notice.
Besides the pinetums and collections shown in the above tabular view, thereare others which would have been included in it, had there been room; anda number of collections, more or less complete, which deserve to be recorded,as illustrative of the present taste for the culture of the pine and fir tribe.All of these that we have been able to recollect at the moment are includedin the following paragraphs : —
In England, besides the pinetums noticed in the tabular view, there arecollections at Syon and Whitton Park, Middlesex; Pain’s Hill, Claremont,and Ockham Park, Surrey; Redleafand Deepdene, Kent; Bayfordbury, Hert-fordshire; White Knights and BearWood, Berkshire; Wardour Castle,Bowood, and Boyton House, Wiltshire; Bicton, Devonshire; Croome, War-wickshire ; Trentham, Staffordshire; Carlton Hall, Durham ; Clumber Park,Nottinghamshire.
The English Nurseries which possess the best collections are those ofMessrs. Loddiges, Hackney; Messrs. Whitley and Osborn, Fulham ; Messrs.Lee, Hammersmith ; Messrs. Brown, Slough ; Mr. Donald, Goldworth ; andMessrs. Dickson, Chester. The best assortment of pine and fir seeds for saleis kept by Mr. Charlwood, London.
In Scotland, the best collections not included in the tabular view are : atNew Posso, Peeblesshire; Oxenford Castle, and Hopetoun House, nearEdinburgh ; and Methven Castle, Perthshire.
The Scotch Nurseries which contain the best collections are those ofMessrs. Cunningham and Messrs. Lawson, Edinburgh; Messrs. Turnbull andDickson, Perth; and Mr. Roy, Aberdeen. The best collection of pine andfir seeds is kept by Mr. Lawson of Edinburgh.
In France, there are the following collections:—
1. True Pinetums (Collections hotaniques). Madame Aglae Adanson, atBalenie, near Moulins, Allier ; Dumont de Courset, at Courset, near Samer,Pas de Calais ; M. Ivoy, at Bordeaux.
2. Botanical Forests (Botaniquefores litre). M. Vilmorin, at Barres, near
Nogent sur Vernisson, Loiret.
3. Amateur Collections less complete than the Pinetums. Count de Mont-bron, at Chatellerault; Baron de Tschoudi, at Metz; Viscount Hericart deThury, in the environs of Paris; M. Bobee, near Chateauneuf, Haute Loire ;M. De Lorgeril, at Baumanoir, near Rennes; Marquis de la Boessiere, atMalleville, near Ploermel; Baron de Morogues, at La Source, near Orleans;M. Mallet De Chilly, at Sologne, near Orleans; M. De la Giraudiere, So-logne, near Blois; M. Macarei, near Gien ; M. Doublat, at Epinal; Viscountde Courval, and Count de Burnonville, in the environs of Paris; Count deTristan, at Orleans. The late M. De Courson, near St. Briene; the lateDu Hamel du Monceau, at Denainvilliers, at Monceau, and at Vrigny, nearPithiviers; and of M. De Malesherbes, at Malesherbes.
4 . Experimental Plantations ( Plantations ( non plus Collections') forestieresexperimentales. M. Delamarre, at Harcourt; M. Marcellin Vetillard, at Mans;M. Berard, sen., at Mans; M. Bataille de Mandelat, at Autun; M. Doulcet,La Fay, near Aubigny; and the government plantations in the forests ofFontainebleau, Compiegne, and Villers Cotterets, and in the Bois de Boulogne.
5. Plantations of particular Species. — Pinus Laricio, by M. Le Roy, at Bou-logne-sur-Mer; and the Count Lemarrois. P. sylvdstris, by the ViscountRuinard de Brimour at Rheims ; and many others in Champagne. Larixeuropae'a, by the Count de Rambuteau. Picea pectinata, by M. De Cande-coste, at Laigle ; besides many other plantations in Normandy.
The principal nurseries in France which contain collections of pines andfirs are, those of M. Cels, M. Godefroy, and M. Soulange-Bodin, at or nearParis; and that of Messrs. Baumann at Bollwyller. The seedsman who keepsthe most extensive collection of pine and fir seeds is M. Vilmorin, Paris.
In Belgium, the collection of the Baron de Serret, at Bruges.