It is a tree of flow growth, and in Europe has, we believe, 

 rarely arrived to any very confiderable iize. That which af- 

 forded the fubjec\ of our prefent, figure is, perhaps, aimoft. the 

 onlv one in this country that can be faid nearly to rival thofe 

 of its native foil. It grows in the Duke of Marlborough's 

 garden at Sion-Hill, is about/ixteen feet high, and fpreads at 

 lead eighteen, has a ftraight trunk about fix feet in length 

 before it branches, meafuring two feet in circumference a 

 yard from the ground ; the bark much reTembles an elm of 

 the fame fize. This beautiful tree has flowered freely for 

 many vears part, but unfortunately produces no fruit. Its age 

 is unknown, but as we have evidence of its being cultivated 

 at Chelfea by Miller, in 1739, it is probable that its origin 

 may not be of much later date. We are much obliged to 

 Mr. Whitman, his Grace's Gardener, for fending us notice 

 of this tree, and favouring us with fpecimens and with the 

 above dimenfions. 



u It is mod certainly propagated by feeds fent from Vir- 

 " ginia, which mould be fown immediately after their arrival, 

 " in boxes or pans of fandy garden mould, and covered with 

 ** wet mofs, to prevent the earth from drying, and placed 

 " where they may be protected from froft. Thefe precautions 

 tc are the more neceffary, as the feed will lie in the ground 

 " till the fecond or third year before they germinate ; and 

 •* as the young plants generally come up the latter-end of 

 " Summer, they are then in too tender a ftate to refill the 

 " froft without fome covering. A fhady and flieltered fiuia- 

 " tion promotes its growth and fecures its prefervatiou. 

 Schmidt OJier Raumzucht. 



