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weeks; and, if an nch of soil be placed at the bottom of the vessel, thefibres will root into it, and the plants may be used as if they had been struckin the usual manner. Layers, put down in moist soil, root the first year.

Statistics. In the Neighbourhood of London. At Whitton, it is 81 ft. high, diameter of the trunk5ft. at 2ft. from the ground; at Purser’s Cross, it is between 70ft. and 80ft. high (this tree hasborne cones and male blossoms); at Abercorn Priory, at Stanmore, it is 42 ft. high, diameter of thehead 75 ft.; at Muswell Hill, it is 43 ft. high; at Kenwood, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, dia-meter of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 24 ft.; at Gunnersbury Park it is 51 ft. high, diameterof the trunk 1 ft. 6 in.; at York House, Twickenham, it is 52 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft.,and of the head 33 ft.; and at Syon there are several from 6Q ft. to 70 ft. high, and, among others, thetree of which we have given a portrait in our last Volume. —- South of London. In Cornwall, at PortElliot, 80 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 30 ft. In Hamp-shire, at Strathfieldsaye, it is 46 ft. high, with a trunk 3ft. 4 in. in diameter. In Surrey, at St. Ann’sHill, 35 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft., bearing cones

abundantly_North of London. In Berkshire, at Ditton Park, 90 years old, it is 80 ft. high, with a

trunk 3 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Cambridgeshire, at Wimpole, 45 years planted, it is only 27 ft. high.In Essex, at Hylands, lOyears planted, it is 13 ft. high. In Herefordshire, at Haffield, 11 years planted,it is 14ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 16 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In Suffolk, atGreat Livermore, 35 years planted, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head18 ft. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, it is 47 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 3 in., andof the head 24 ft. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 60 years planted, it is 55 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 2 ft, and of the head 40 ft. In Yorkshire, at Studley, the very handsome tree of whichJig. 2339. is a portrait, 36ft. high. In Scotland, in Ayrshire, at Fullarton, 20 years planted, it is 20 ft.high—In Ireland, in the county of Down, at Ballyleady, 22 years planted, it is 16 ft. high— InFrance. In the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 38 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the circumference of thetrunk 10 ft. 4 in. On the Government Farm of Rambouillet are several from 65 ft. to 70 ft. high,with trunks about 10 ft. in circumference; and several others with trunks from 3 ft. to 8 ft. in cir-cumference. At Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 20 years old, it is from 30 ft. to40 ft. high, thediameter of the trunk 1 ft. 2 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Austria, near Vienna, at Briick on theLeytha, 30 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 13 ft.— In Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, from 45 to 50 years old, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 1 ft., and of the head 9 ft. — In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years planted, it is 62 ft.high, the circumference of the trunk 4 ft. 2 in., and the diameter of the head 45 ft. — In America, atPhiladelphia, in Bartram’s Botanic Garden, it is 120 ft. high, with a trunk 28$ ft. in circumference,above the buttock.

Commercial Statistics. Price of cones, in London, 35.per quart; plants Is. each: at Bollwyller, plants are from1 franc to 2 francs; and at New York, 50 cents.

t T. sempervirens Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 2. t 64.; our fig. 2340. to ourusual scale; and fig. 2341. of the natural size. The evergreen Taxo-dium. Leaves distichous, linear, acute, evergreen, cori-aceous, glabrous, opaque. {Lamb.) An evergreen tree.

Branchlets angled, leafy, glabrous, Leaves linear, acute,distichous, coriaceous, glabrous: opaque and shining onboth sides, keeled beneath, flat on the margin; $ in. tolin. long,** line broad, decurrent. Galbulus terminal,solitary, roundish, with short imbricated scales at the base ;scales trapezoidal, peltate, thick, fungous and woody;rough above, and radiately striated ; depressed in thecentre, terminating at the base in a thick angular pedicel.

Seeds many to a single scale, angular, yellowish. {Lamb.

Pin.) This species was discovered by Mr. Menzies, onthe north-west coast of America, in 1796 ; and immensetrees of it were seen by Dr. Coulter in 1836; but it hasnot yet been introduced. It will probably prove hardy ;and, in that case its introduction would be exceedinglydesirable.

i T. capiases Cupressus juniperoldes Lin. Sp. PI., 4.;the African, or Cape, Cypress; has the branches looseand spreading; leaves nearly lin. long, of a light greencolour, and continuing the same all the year. Galbulus black when ripe.

A native of the Cape of Good Hope; cultivated before 1756 by Miller;and flowering in April and May. It requires the protection of thegreenhousre.

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JUNI'PERUS L. The Juniper. Lin. Syst. Dice'cia Monadelpbia.

Identification. Lin. Gen., No. 1134.; Reich., 1240.; Schreb., 1552.; Gasrtn., t. 91.; Tourn., t. 361.Juss-, 413.; Lamb. Pin., 2.

Synonymes. Sabina Bank .; Odrus Tourn .; Gen^vrier, Fr .; Wachholder, Ger.