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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 



[ October 16, 1866. 



A rather 



according to the situation in which they are planted 

 deep soil, not too dry, seems to suit this tree best. 



Araucabia brasiltensis, 251 feet high and 18 feet in diameter, 

 having grown 5 feet in the last five years. This tree, however, 

 is not at home, and is evidently too tender for cultivation out 

 of doors. It is better fitted for a conservatory plant. I have 

 never seen it do well out of doors except at Redleaf, near Ton- 

 bridge, and there I believe it is not looking so well now as 

 formerly. In the mildest parts of Cornwall and South Devon 

 perhaps it will succeed better; and I think it is prospering 

 pretty well at Mount Edgecumbe, near Plymouth. 



Abies morinda or. SMiraiANA, 35 feet high and 21 feet in 

 diameter, having grown 8J feet during the last five years. 

 There are several other trees about 30 feet high, all in excellent 

 health, and presenting less diversity of form and appearance 

 than most of the kindred species. The usual outline is cylin- 

 drical for the first 6 feet or so upwards, and conical afterwards. 

 The habit is dense, and not much broken by projecting por- 

 tions of the growth. Some of the trees are producing beautiful 

 cones of a rich green colour, pendulous, and somewhat longer 

 than those of the ordinary Spruce Fir. 



Abies Douglasii. — I only mention this to show that the 

 situation favourable to many other Conifers is not so to this, 

 as we have not a good specimen. One or two of the early- 

 planted trees, having fallen into bad health, were removed 

 some years ago ; and more recently our best specimen, of 

 recent planting, met with an accident. Nothing, however, can 

 exceed the beauty of this species when in good condition, and 

 the noble examples of it existing in different parts of the 

 country testify to its adaptability to most situations. 



Abies canadensis (Hemlock Spruce). — Several fine trees 

 show, by their deep green foliage, that the site, a tolerably dry 

 one, suits them. 



Aiiies Menziesii. — I have some doubt as to the Spruce 

 which we have here under this name being the true one. 



Abies Kjempferi. — I fear it is hopeless to expect much of 

 this plant, as one we have had three or four years is barely 

 2 feet high, and scarcely makes any progress ; otherwise, if it 

 could be coaxed to grow as fast as some of the family, its thick 

 fleshy leaves, resembling those of some of the Mesembryan- 

 themums, give it a peculiar distinctness. 



Cedrus deodara, 37 feet high, and 30 feet in diameter; it 

 has grown 7 feet in the last five years. Different individuals 

 exhibit considerable diversity of character, so much so, that the 

 question sometimes arises whether they really all belong to one 

 species, as some have almost lost that glaucous hue which 

 characterised their growth when in a younger state, and even 

 the pendulous habit seems to become yearly less marked, so 

 that the opinion entertained by some great authorities that the 

 Deodar and the Cedar of Lebanon will eventually merge into 

 one, is likely to be realised. Here we have plants which in 

 winter might be said to belong to the latter species, although 

 in summer their young growth is pendent, and less stiff ; but 

 these differences seem to become less as time goes on. Several 

 years ago I remember seeing, I believe at Elvaston Castle, 

 Derbyshire, some Deodars which had been grafted on the top 

 of the Cedar of Lebanon, the stock being some 6 feet or more 

 high, and allowed to branch out as well as the Deodar, and the 

 difference between the two at that time was marked enough ; but 

 as it was during the growing season that I saw them, I could 

 n6t form any opinion as to their form in winter. At this place, 

 nowever, there is a specimen having a top like the Cedar of 

 Lebanon, and the lower part like the Deodar, a most unlikely 

 union, as the tree is upwards of twenty years old, and I cannot 

 discern any trace of its having been worked. The fact is, that 

 the tree is becoming less robust than before, and the growth on 

 the upper part, not being so free as below, soon settles itself 

 into the stiff, rigid form of the Cedar of Lebanon, with its dark 

 green hue. Other trees seem to be more gradually undergoing 

 the same changes, and several of them show signs of bearing 

 cones exactly in the same way as the Cedar of Lebanon. 



In form these Deodars perhaps vary more than any other 

 tree, some forming a dense, broad-bottomed cone, whilst others 

 have the appearance of a slender, tapering Larch. One speci- 

 men upwards of 30 feet high has scarcely a branch more 

 than 4 or 5 feet long, and these very thinly scattered on a 

 pretty straight stem, whose leader each year never hangs down 

 in the same manner as those of Deodars generally, but curves 

 a little to one side ; the foliage is stiff and bristly, of a dark 

 green, the tips only of the young growth showing relationship 

 with the Deodar, but in autumn these harden into the condition 

 of a Cedar of Lebanon. This tree has not been drawn up by 



being in contact with any other, as it stands clear, and the 

 contrast is the stronger, as there is a plant near it of an exactly 

 opposite description, being 35 feet high, nearly 30 feet in 

 diameter, feathered to the ground, and so dense that it is vain 

 to look for the bole without pushing aside the branches. This 

 tree has the rich glaucous hue of what is said to be the true 

 Deodar, and the shoots are drooping, and for the most part 

 continue so during the winter. Some will say that one is a 

 seedling, and the other a plant from a cutting; but I hardly 

 think a cutting would grow so upright as the slender tree does, 

 and the branches though few and far between, do not show the 

 distorted condition of some trees which I have seen, that were 

 evidently obtained by cuttings or working. None of the cones 

 have come to maturity yet, so that farther comparison cannot 

 be made with the Cedar of Lebanon ; but those who doubt the 

 near relationship these two have to each other might find 

 themselves puzzled on examining the trees here, especially in 

 winter. 



Cedar of Lebanon and Silver Cedar. — Representatives 

 of both, about the same age as the Deodars, are growing in a 

 similar position to these, and though there is no marked dif- 

 ference in the Silver Cedar, the ordinary Cedar of Lebanon ex- 

 hibits much diversity of form. One, a fine healthy tree 45 feet 

 high, has very much the upright growth of a Silver Fir, the 

 spread of branches not being greater than that tree often 

 acquires, while other Cedars are very much broader than they 

 are high. The branches stand out at right angles, rigid except 

 at the tops, which are gracefully feathery, and there is a great 

 number of tops all striving for the mastery, and all on nearly 

 equal terms, forming a dense, broad, tabular head, character- 

 istic of the Cedar of Lebanon. The trees are in robust health, 

 and are likely to attain a large size. There are, however, dif- 

 ferences in their habit of growth not easy to describe, showing 

 that in the course of a long series of years the change may have 

 been effected from the normal type of this Cedar to that of the 

 Himalayan Deodar. — J. Robsox. 



(To be continued.) 



HORTICULTURE ON THE CONTINENT. 



The following details of the 1807 Paris International Exhi- 

 bition, which relate to horticultural objects, are now officially 

 given us : — 



1st SECTION.— To Open April 1st. 



No. of 



11. Camellias. 

 •1, New stove plants. 



2, Stove plants raised from 



seed on the Continent, 

 y, New greenhouse plants. 

 •1, Ditto ditto raised from seed 



on the Continent. 

 4. Orchids. \ 

 4. Bromeliads. - Stove. 



Ferns. 



Heaths. 



Acacias and Mimosas, 



Ferns. 



Amaryllis. 



Cinerarias. 



l'rimula sinensis. 



Daphnes. 



Cyclamens. 



Wallflowers. 



Miscellaneous. 

 4, Hollies. 



3, Magnolia grandiflora, 

 3, Yuccas. 

 1, Ivies. 



6, 



3, 



4, 



3, 



1, 



"1 



© 



C.3 



No. of 

 Classes. 



4, Hardwooded plants (open 

 ground). 

 Early Tulips. \ _. 



Crocuses. 

 Lilacs. 

 Roses. 



Miscellaneous shrubs. J 

 Miscellaneous new plants. 

 Pine Apples. 

 Fruit trees and fruits. 

 Melons. 

 Strawberries. 

 Cucumbers. 

 Vegetables. 

 Preserved fruits. 

 Pear trees. 

 Apple trees. 

 Peach trees. 

 Cherry trees. 

 Vines. 

 Plum trees. 

 Apricot trees. 

 Miscellaneous trees. 

 Tall standards. 



1, 

 1, 

 1, 

 1, 

 3, 

 2 



«! 



4, 

 1, 

 1, 

 1, 

 1, 

 1, 



2, 

 2, 

 1, 



J 





J 



2nd SECTION.— To Open April 15th. 



No. of 

 Classes. 

 12, Ornamental Conifers. 

 2, Conifers, essentially 

 trees. 

 Plants with ornamen- 

 tal foliage. 

 Orchids. 

 Cactuses. 

 Selaginellas and Lyco- 



podiums. 

 Agaves. 

 Aloes. 

 Dosylirion3 and Bona- 



parteas. 

 Yuccas. 



Rhodo den drone. 

 Epaerises. 

 Ericas. 



forest 



4, 



1, 



10, 



3. 



1, 



No. of 

 Classes. 



1, Cinerarias (greenhouse). 



2, Perennial herbaceous S 



plants. 

 2, Hyacinths. 



2, Pansies. 



1, Polyanthuses. 



3, "Wallflowers. 



2, Deciduous Magnolias. 

 2, Standard Roses. 

 2, Dwarf Roses. 

 2 t Miscellaneous new plants. 

 1, Melons. 

 1, Strawberries. 

 1, Asparagus. 



1, Cucumbers. 



2, Miscellaneous vege- 



tables. 



