2338 ARBOUETC.M AND FRUTICETUM. I'ART IIJ. 



1 ft. to 16 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 45 years planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Durham, at 

 Stanwick Park, is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Essex, at Audley End, 60 years planted, 

 it is 30 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. In I^icestershire, at Donnington Park, 49 years planted, it is 72 ft, 

 high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 80 fl. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 11 in., 

 and of the head 44 ft In Northamutonshire, at Wake6e!d Lodge, 16 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. 

 In Xorthumberland, at Hartbum, 8-3 years planted, it is 138 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., 

 and of the head 4'; ft ; another is S« 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 called 

 the " Xod Querns." In Oxfordshire, iu Tew Park, it is 110 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 5ft, and of the head 54 ft. In Radnorshire, at Mae^laugh Castle, it is 6Stt. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 4'J ft In Shropshire, at Willey Park, 18 years planted, it is 

 3<J ft. high ; another, 9 Tears planted, is 30 ft high ; at Kinlet, 60 years planted, it is S<Jft high. In 

 SuSblk, at Finborough Hall, 14 years planted, it is Sift, high ; at'Streuon Rectory, it is 90 ft. high, 

 with a trunk 4 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, i>i years planted, it is Toft, 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6in., and of the headSOft. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 

 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 3 ft. 6 in. ; at Sudley, it is 96 ft. 

 6 in. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 50 ft. In Scotland, near Edinburgh, at 

 Woodhouselee, the tree already mentioned, p. 23 fl. ; at Hopetoun House, 100 years old, it is 90ft. 



high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 7 in., and of the head 45 ft South of Edinburgh. In Ajrr- 



shire, at Kilkerran, it is 90ft high, with a trunk 5ft. in diameter; at .-iuchincruive, it is 80 ft. 

 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. In 

 Roxburghshire, at Minto, 75 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft 6 in. — 

 Xorth 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, 6 ft. 

 4 in., and of the head 74 ft. ; another, of the same age. and about iCiJlt. high, has a trunk 7 ft in 

 diameter at 1 ft. from the ground ; there is also the remarkable tree figured in our last Volume. 

 In Banfishire, at Gordon Castle, it is 54ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 8 in., and of the 

 head 45 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the Garden of the Dollar Institution, 12 yeirs planted, it is 

 26 ft high. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 70 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the 

 head 9oft In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 8iJ years planted, it is 85ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft., and of the head 50 ft ; at Courtachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 8o ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 32 ft. ; at Gray, there are several specimens S<J ft. high, 

 with trunks nearly 4ft. iu diameter. In Morayshire, at Ballindalloch, are two silver firs, one 

 78 ft. high, and 10 ft 6 in. in girt at 1ft. from the ground, and 8 ft. 6 in. at 10 ft. from the 

 ground; the other is 96 ft high, 13 tt 4 in. in girt at 1ft from the ground, and 9 ft. 6 in. at 10 ft. 

 from the ground. In Perthshire, at Duppltn, it is 55ft. high, with a trunk 5ft. in diameter; at 

 Taymouth, it is 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft 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 the 

 head 36 ft. ; at Airthrey, it is 80 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft in diameter ; at Sauchie, 30 years planted, 

 it is 26ft. high ; in Ba'nnockburn Wood, it is 89ft. high. 



In Ireland. .\t Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In 

 Kilkenny, at Woodstock, 80 years planted, it is 91 ft. high, the diameter ot the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and 

 of the head 52 ft. In Down, at Mount Stewart, 50 years planted, it is 56 ft. high ; at Moira, it is 

 9<Jft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 46 ft.; at Tullymore Park, 60 years 

 planted, it is 84 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft-, and of the head 60 ft. ; at Ballyleady, 60 

 years planted, it is 52 ft high. In Fermanagh, at Plorence Court, 20 years planted, it is 36 ft. high ; 

 at Castle Coole, 50 years planted, it is 8IJ ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 6 in. In Sligo, at 

 Makrec Castle, it is 86 ft high, and the diameter of the trunk 3 ft 6 in. 



In Foreign Countries. In France, at Colombey, 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 16 ft high ; in 

 the Gcttingen Botanical Garden, 40 years planted, it is 50ft high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in 

 the English Garden, 50 years planted, it is 70 ft. high. In Prussia, near Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 

 years planted, it is 40 ft high ; in the Pfauen Insel, 35 years planted, it is "joft. high. In Denmark, 

 at Droningaard, 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 Statistict. Price of seeds, in London, 2s. 6d. per pound : plants, 

 two years' seedlings, are \5s. per 1000; transplanted plants, 6 in. high, 20i. per 

 lOOO'; from 9 in. to 1? in. high, SOs. per 1000 ; 1 ft. 6 in. high, lO*. per 100 ; 2 ft. 

 high, 16*. per 100. At Bollwyller, plants are .3 cents each ; P. cinerea, 4 francs 

 each. At New York, plants of the species are 75 cents. 



t 2. P. (p.) Pi'cHT.i. The Pitch Silver Fir. 



Synont/met. Plnus Pichta Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836; P. sibirica Hort. ; /I'bies sibfrica Ledebour Icon. 



PI. Fl. Ross., t. 499., Lindl. in Penny Cyc, No. 2. ; A. Pichta Fischer ; Pichta, Buss. 

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



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves solitary, tetragonal, dark green. Cones cylindrical, 

 erect. Scales cuncate-ohovate, rounded at the apex, quite entire, convex 

 e.xteinally. A native of the Altai Mountains, at an elevation of 4000 ft., 

 where it forms whole forests ; towards an elevation of 5272 ft., it gradually 

 becomes more rare. (Ledeb.) Introduced in l!?20, and differing from a 

 voung silver fir, cliieHy in having the leaves closer set on the branches, and 

 not so silvery beneath. Profes.sor Don suspects it to be only the Siberian 

 variety of Picea pectinata, which ranges from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 The tree in the Horticultural Society's (iarden wa.s, in 1837, after being 

 4 years planted, 2 ft. ir. Iiigii. 



