CHAP. CVIII. 



BALSAMA CE.E. LIOUIDA MBAR. 



2053 



-In Ireland. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 

 the trunk 3 in., and that of the head 9 ft. I" Down 



of the trunk S^in., and that of the head 4 ft.- 



8 years planted, it is 9 ft. high, the diameter of the liuuiv J 111., aim 1..10., «. — , ■, ^y, 



at Ballyleady, 26 years planted, it is 15 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 12 in \" . *"""V'» 

 at Oriel Temple, 40 years planted, it is 22 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk Hi ui., and that ot tne 

 head 15 ft.— In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris,25 years planted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameier 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in. ; in the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 50 years old, it is 50 ft. high, 'H^ a'^irete"- oi 

 the trunk 2 ft. ; at Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 29 years planted, it is 30ft. high, trie aia- 

 meter of the trunk 7 in., and of the head 8 ft.— In Hanover, at Harbke, 8 years planted, ui» 

 10 ft. high, — In Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, from 45 to 50 years old, it is 18 ft. high, wiin a 

 trunk U in. in diameter.— In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years old, it is 30 ft. high, tne aia- 

 meter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 25 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. each ; 

 and seeds in the cone, or catkin, are 2s. per pint. At Bollwyller, plants are 

 2 francs and 50 cents each ; and at New Yoi-k they are 25 cents. 



5^ 2. L. imbe'rbe Willd. The beardless, or Oriental, Liquidambar. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 475. ; Ait. Hort. Kew., 3. p. 365. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p44. 



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