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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM,

l’ART III.

1 ft. to 16 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 45 years planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Durham , atStanwick Park, is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Essex, at Audley End, 60 years planted,it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 24 ft. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt ,20 years planted, it is 36 ft. high. Iu Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 49 years planted, it is 72 ft,high. In Nottinghamshire , at Clumber Park, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 11 in.,and of the head 44ft. In Northamptonshire , at Wakefield Lodge, 16 years planted, it is 20ft. high,In Northumberland , at Hartburn, 83 years planted, it is 138 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft.,and of the head 40 ft.; another is 96 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 38 ft.These two trees, on account of being superior in height to all the trees around them, are here calledthe “Nod Queens.” In Oxfordshire , iu Tew Park, it is 110 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk5ft., and of the head 54 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 68ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 40 ft. In Shropshire , at Willey Park, 18 years planted, it is30 ft. high; another, 9 years planted, is 30 ft. high ; at Kinlet, 60 years planted, it is 80 ft high. InSuffolk, at Finborough Hall, 14 years planted, it is 81ft. high ; at Stretton Rectory, it is 90 ft. high,with a trunk 4ft. Gin. in diameter. In Warwickshire , at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 70ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6in., and of the head 80ft. In Worcestershire , at Croorae,50 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 40 ft. In York-shire, at Castle Howard , it is 130 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in.; at Sudley, it is 96ft.6 in. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 60 ft. In Scotland, near Edinburgh , atWoodhouselee, the tree already mentioned, p. 2337.; at Hopetoun House, 100 years old, it is 90 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 7 in., and of the head 45 ft.— South of Edinburgh . In Ayr-shire, at Kilkerran, it is 90ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter; at Auchincruive, it is 80ft.high, with a trunk 3ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 8 years planted, it is 15 ft.high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. 10 in. in diameter. InRoxburghshire, at Minto, 75 years planted, it is 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft 6in.*~North of Edinburgh . In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 13 years planted, it is 18 ft. high ; at Rose-neath Castle, 138 years old, it is 124 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk, at 3ft. from the ground, 6ft.4 in., and of the head 74 ft.; another, of the same age, and about 120 ft. high, has a trunk 7 ft. indiameter at 1ft. from the ground; there is also the remarkable tree figured in our last Volume.In Banffshire , at Gordon Castle, it is 54ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 8 in., and of thehead 45 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the Garden of the Dollar Institution, 12 years planted, it is26 ft, high. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of thehead 90 ft. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 80 years planted, it is 85ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 4 ft., anti of the head 50 ft.; at Courtacby Castle, 102 years old, it is 85 ft high, the diameterof the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 32 ft; at Gray, there are several specimens 80 ft. high,with trunks nearly 4ft. in diameter. In Morayshire, at Ballindalloch, are two silver firs, one78 ft. high, and 10 ft. 6 in. in girt at 1ft. from the ground, and 8 ft. 6 in. at 10 ft. from theground; the other is 96 ft. high, 13 ft. 4 in. in girt at 1 ft. from the ground, and 9 ft. 6 in. at 10 ft.from the ground. In Perthshire, at Ilupplin, it is 55 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter ; atTaymouth, it is 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in.,and of the head 36 ft. In Stirling ,shire, at Blair Drummond, 120 years old, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of thehead 36 ft.; at Airthrey, it is 80ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft- in diameter; at Sauchie, 30 years planted,it is 26 ft. high ; in Bannockburn Wood, it is 89 ft. high.

In Ireland. At Dublin , in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. InKilkenny , at Woodstock, 80 years planted, it is 91 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in., andof the head 52 ft. In Down, at Mount Stewart, 50 years planted, it is 56 ft. high ; at Moira, it is90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 46 ft.; at Tullymore Park, 60 yearsplanted, it is 84 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 60 ft ,; at Ballyleady, 60years planted, it is 52ft. high. In Fermanagh , at Florence Court, 20 years planted, it is 36 ft. high ;at Castle Coole, 50 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In Sligo , atMakree Castle, it is’ 86 ft. high, and the diameter of the trunk 3 ft 6 in.

In Foreign Countries. In France , at Coloinbey, near Metz, 70 years planted, it is 69 ft- high,the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. In Hanover, at Harbcke, 10 years planted, it is 36ft. high; inthe Gottingen Botanical Garden, 40 years placed, it is 50 ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich , inthe English Garden, 50 years planted, it is 70 ft. high. In Prussia, near Berlin , at Sans Souci, 45years planted, it is 40 ft. high ; in the Pfauen Insel, 35 years planted, it is 36ft. high. In Denmark ,at Drouingaard, 40 years planted, it is 100 ft. high. In Sweden , in the Botanic Garden at Lund,it is 30 ft. high. In Italy, at Monza , 70 years planted, it is 75 ft. high.

Commercial Statistics. Price of seeds, in London , 2s. 6 d. per pound : plants,two years’seedlings, are 15s. per 1000; transplanted plants, 6 in. high, 20s. per1000 ; from 9 in. to 12 in. high, 30s. per 1000 ; 1 ft. 6 in. high, 10s. per 100 ; 2 ft.high, 16s. per 100. At Bollwyller, plants are 3 cents each ; P. cinerea, 4 francseach. At New York , plants of the species are 75 cents.

i 2. P. (p.) Pi'chta. The Pitch Silver Fir.

Synonymes. Pinus Pichta Lodd. Cat. , ed. 1836; P. sibirica Hort. ; ,4'bies sibfrica Ledebour Icon.

PI. Fl. Boss., t, 499 .,Ltndl. in Penny Cyc., No. 2.; A. Pichta Fischer; Pichta, Russ.

Engraving. Led. Icon. PI. Fl. Ross., t. 499.

Spec. Char., §c. Leaves solitary, tetragonal, dark green. Cones cylindrical,erect. Scales cuneate-obovate, rounded at the apex, quite entire, convexexternally. A native of the Altai Mountains , at an elevation of 4000 ft.,where it forms whole forests; towards an elevation of 5272 ft., it graduallybecomes more rare. (Lcdeb.) Introduced in 1820, and differing from ayoung silver fir, chiefly in having the leaves closer set on the branches, andnot so silvery beneath. Professor Don suspects it to be only the Siberianvariety of Picea pectinata , which ranges from the Atlantic to the Pacific.Tiie tree in the Horticultural Society’s Garden was, in 1837, after being4 years planted, 2 ft. 6 in. high.