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ARBORETUM AND FUUTICETUM.

PART ITI.

it is 20 ft. high ; at Claremont, it is 34 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in., and of the head27 ft. In Bedfordshire, at Woburn Abbey , 25 years planted, it is 22 ft. high. In Berkshire, at DittonPark, 35 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Buckinghamshire , at Temple House, 40 years planted,it is 20 ft. high. In Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 8 years planted, it is 6 ft. high. In Hertfordshire , atCashiobury, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Cheshunt , 10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. InOxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Staffordshire , atTrentham, 26 years planted, it is 23ft high. In Worcestershire , at Croome, 30 years planted, it is45 ft. high. In Yorkshire , at Gledhow, 35 ft. high.

Pi nvs C£mbra in Scotland . In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 5 years planted, it is 3 ft. 6 in. high.In Fifeshire , at Balcarras, it is 30 ft high, and ripened seed in 1833, from which young plants havebeen raised.

Pinus Cembra in Ireland. At Dublin , in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is16 ft. high ; at Terenure, 15 years planted, it is 9. ft. high. In Antrim, at Cranmore, it is 24 ft. high.In Louth , at Oriel Temple, 30 years planted, it is 34 ft. high.

Vlnus Cembra in Foreign Countries. In France, near Paris , at Scdaux, 10 years planted, it is18 ft high. In Hanover, at Schwobber, it is 50ft. high; in the Gottingen Botanic Garden, 10years planted, it is 10ft. high. In Saxony, at Worlitz , 50 years planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Cassel,at Wilhelmshoe, 60 years old, it has a trunk 1 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Prussia, at Berlin , at SansSouci, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high.

Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are 2s. 6d. each;at Bollwyller, 2 francs each ; and at New York , 2 dollars.

§ xv. S trobi.

Sect. Char. Leaves rather longer than in Cembrcc. Cones with the scalesnot thickened at the apex, pendulous, and much longer than the leaves.

t 39. P. Stro'bus L. The Strobus, or Weymouth, Pine .

Identification. Lin. Sp. PL, 1419., Syst., ed. Reich., 4. p. 174.; Mill. Diet, No. 13.; Hunt Evel.Syl., p. 263.; Wang. Beyt., 1. 1.1.; Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 369.; Du Roi Harbk., ed. Pott, 2.p. 78.; Marsh. Arb. Amer., p. 101. ; Poir. Diet. , 5. p. 341.; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., I. t. 32.; N. DuHam., 5. p.249.; Pursh FI. Amer. Sept, 2. p. 644. j Hayne Dend., p. 176.; Lawson’s Manual,p. 360.; Bon Jard., p. 977.; Lodd, Cat , ed, 1836.

Synonymes. P. fbliis qulnis, &c., Gron. Virg., 2. p. 152.; P. canadensis quinquefblia Du Ham.Arb., 2. p. 127.; P• virgini&na Pink. Aim., p. 297.; X&rix canadensis Tourn. Inst., p. 586.; NewEngland Pine, white Pine, Pumpkin Pine, Apple Pine , Sapling Pine, Amer. ; Pin du Lord, Pindu Ix>rd Weymouth, Fr.

Engravings. Wang. Beyt., 1. t, 1. f. 1.; Lam. IHust., t. 786. f. 3.; Lamb. Pin., ed. 2., 1. t. 32.;Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 3. 1145.; N. Du Ham., 5. t. 76.; our figs. 2193. to 2195., from specimensfrom Whitton, and the plate of the tree in our last Volume.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves slender,.without sheaths. Male catkins small.Cone cylindrical, long, and pendulous. ( Michx .) Buds from in.to Ain. long, and from in. to in. broad; ovate, pointed, andslightly resinous ; surrounded by one or two small buds. (See Jig.2193.) Leaves from 3 in. to 3£ in. long. Cone (see Jig. 2195.) from5 in. to 6 in. long, and from 1^ in. to If in. broad, on a pedunclefin. long; scales (see Jig. 2194.) in. long, and from J in. to fin.broad. Seed } \ in. long, and in. broad; obovate, pointed below,with a wing which, including the seed, is about 1 in. long, and f j n .broad, in the widest part. Cotyledons 6 to 10. A native of NorthAmerica . Introduced in 1705; and flowering in April.

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Varieties.

1 P. 5. 2 Alba Hort. has the leaves and bark much whiter than thespecies. There is a plant in the Horticultural Society’s Garden,which, in 1837, after being 12 years planted, was 20 ft. high.

1 P. S. 3 brevifolia Hort. has shorter leaves.

? I\ ,S'. 4 compressa Booth; P. S. nova Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836; FioetbecfcWeymouth Pine . — Also much shorter in the leaf, and probably thesame as P. S. brevifolia.

Description. A tall tree, which, in America , according to Michaux, variesin height from 100 ft. to 180 ft., with a straight trunk, from about 4 ft. to 6 ft.or 7 ft. in diameter. The trunk is generally free from branches for two thirdsor three fourths of its height; the branches are short, and in whorls, ordisposed in stages one above another, nearly to the top, which consists ofthree or four upright branches, forming a small conical head. In rich strongloams, the tree does not grow so high, and assumes a more spreading shape;but it is still taller and more vigorous than most of the trees by which it issurrounded. The bark, on young trees, is smooth, and even polished; but,