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Zelkova serrata (plants & seeds). 

 Quercus dentata Thunb. 

 Quercus dentata var. pinnatifida Mats. 

 Castanea crenata S. & Z. 



In addition to these we are told (Horticulturist, xvn. 186 [1862] 

 there were some fine new Conifers without a name; fifteen double-flowered 

 Cherries, one with flowers as large as a rose; five new Hibiscus; forty-five 

 Maples, many of them variegated and some of them as drooping in their 

 branches as the Weeping Ash; four new sorts of Diervilla, some with 

 variegated foliage; a variegated Elaeagnus; a new Berberis; a variegated, 

 a dwarf and a giant Bamboo; seven new Honeysuckles; six new Japanese 

 Lilies; eight new Columbines and other herbaceous plants; six new sorts 

 of Chrysanthemums of superior beauty and a new Fern. Among the 

 seeds were those of the Japanese Persimmon, of a variegated Camphor- 

 tree, of a tree with variegated leaves and growing like the Poplar, of 

 another tree with variegated leaves and yellow Hibiscus-like flowers, of 

 a new Weeping tree with white flowers, of a new Primrose with flowers 

 produced in an upright cluster the shape of a pagoda, and of a large number 

 of other trees and shrubs unlike anything we have here and possessing 

 great beauty. Although no mention is made of it Dr. Hall must have 

 introduced Phellodendron Lavallei Dode for in his garden at Warren, 

 Rhode Island, there is a large specimen with a trunk 3^ feet in girth. 



SOME OF THE TREES IN DR. HALLS PLANTATION ON HIS FARM IN 



BRISTOL, RHODE ISLAND 



On his estate at Bristol Neck, near Warren, Rhode Island, there are 

 growing some of the oldest and finest Japanese Conifers in the eastern 

 States. Dr. Hall probably planted most of these and other trees in 1872 

 or later. These measurements were made in September 1919. Among 

 the more noteworthy may be mentioned: — ■ 



Taxus cuspidata var. nana— 26 feet tall and 130 feet around, (probably 

 planted before 1872). 



Pinus densiflora — 50 feet tall, 6 feet in girth of trunk 



Picea jezoensis — 65 feet tall, ii}4 feet in girth of trunk. 



Pieea polita — 55 feet tall, 4 feet in girth of trunk. 



Abies firma— 90 feet tall, 7 feet in girth of trunk. 



Chamaecyparis obtusa — 55 feet tall, 3 feet in girth of trunk. 



Zelkova serrata — 75 feet tall, G feet in girth of trunk. 



Phellodendron Lavallei — 35 feet tall, 3^ feet in girth of trunk. 



There is also a healthy specimen of Abies homolepls S. & Z. 40 feet tall 

 which was planted at a later date. Of Conifers other than Japanese 

 Dr. Hall's old garden boasts fine specimens of Picea pungens Engelm., 

 85 feet tall, Abies c< phalonica Link, 85 feet tall, and Abies cilicica Carr., 

 also about 80 feet tall. . 



