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synonymes ; while some of the names, which we acknowledge to be those of 

 existing varieties, are omitted, because we think the varieties themselves of very 

 Uttle consequence, and scarcely worth notice. 



Besides the pinetums and collections shown in the above tabular view, there 

 are others which would have been included in it, had there been room ; and 

 a number of collections, more or less complete, which deserve to be recorded, 

 as illustrative of the present taste for the culture of the pine and fir tribe. 

 All of these that we have been able to recollect at the moment are included 

 in the following paragraphs : — 



//; England, besides the pinetums noticed in the tabular view, there are 

 collections at Syon and Whitton Park, Middlesex ; Pain's Hill, Claremont, 

 and Ockham Park, Surrey; Retlleaf and Deepdene, Kent ; Bayfordbury, Hert- 

 fordshire; White Knights and Bear Wood, Berkshire; Wardour Castle, 

 Bowood, and Boyton House, Wiltshire; Bicton, Devonshire; Croome, W^ar- 

 wickshire ; Trentham, Staffordshire; Carlton Hall, Durham ; Clumber Park, 

 Nottinghamshire. 



The English Xnrseries which possess the best collections are those of 

 Messrs. Loddiges, Hackney; Messrs. Whitley and Osborn, Fulham ; Messrs. 

 Lee, Hammersmith ; Messrs. Brown, Slough ; Mr, Donald, Goldworth ; and 

 Messrs. Dickson, Chester. The best assortment of pine and fir seeds for sale 

 is kept by Mr. Charlwood, London. 



In Scotland, the best collections not included in the tabular view are : at 

 New Posso, Peeblesshire ; Oxenford Castle, and Hopetoun House, near 

 Edinburgh ; and Methven Castle, Perthshire. 



The Scotch Nurseries which contain the best collections are those of 

 Messrs. Cunningham and Messrs. Lawson, Edinburgh ; Messrs. TurnbuU and 

 Dickson, Perth ; and Mr. Roy, Aberdeen. The best collection of pine and 

 fir seeds is kept by Mr. Lawson of Edinburgh. 



In France, there are the following collections : — • 



1. True Pinetums {Collections botaniques). Madame Aglae Adanson. at 

 Balenie, near Moulins, AUier ; Dumont de Courset, at Courset, near Sauier, 

 Pas de Calais ; M. Ivoy, at Bordeaux. 



2. Botanical Forests (Botaniqueforestiere). M. Vilmorin, at Barres, near 

 Nogent sur Vernisson, Loiret. 



3. Amateur Collections less complete than the Pinetums. Count de Mont- 

 bron, at Chatellerault ; Baron de Tschoudi, at Metz; Viscount Hericart de 

 Thury, in the environs of Paris ; M. Bobee, near Chateauneuf, Haute Loire ; 

 M. De Lorgeril, at Baumanoir, near Rennes; Marquis de la Boessiere, at 

 Malleville, near Ploermel ; Baron de Morogues, at La Source, near Orleans ; 

 M. Mallet De Chilly, at Sologne, near Orleans; M. De la Giraudiere, So- 

 logne, near Blois ; M. Macarel, near Gien ; M. Doublat, at Epinal ; Viscount 

 de Courval, and Count de Burnonville, in the environs of Paris ; Count de 

 Tristan, at Orleans. The late M. De Courson, near St. Briene ; the late 

 Du Hamel du Monceau, at Denainvilliers, at Monceau, and at Vrigny, near 

 Pithiviers; and of M. De Malesherbes, at Malesherbes. 



4. ExjuTimental Plantatioiis {Plantations (non plus Collections) forcstieres 

 experimcntales. M. Delamarre, at Harcourt; M. Marcellin Vetillard, at Mans; 

 M. Berard, sen., at Mans; M. Bataille de Mandelat, at Autun; M. Doulcet, 

 La Fay, near Aubigny; and the government plantations in the forests of 

 Fontainebleau, Compiegne, and Villers Cotterets, and in the Bois de Boulogne. 



5. Plantations of particular Species. — Pinus Laricio, i)y M. Le Roy, at Bou- 

 logne-sur-Mer; and the Count Lemarrois. P. sylvcstris, by the Viscount 

 Ruinard de Brimour at Rhcims ; and many others in Champagne. J/arix 

 europae^a, by the Count de Ranibuteau. Pfcea pectinata, by M. De Cande- 

 coste, at Laiglc ; besides many other plantations in Normandy. 



The principal nurseries in France which contain collections of pines and 

 firs are, those of M. Cels, M. (iodefroy, and M. Soulangc-Bodin, at or near 

 Paris; and that of Messrs. Baumann at Bollwyller. The seedsman who keeps 

 the most extensive collection of pine and fir seeds is M. Vilmorin, Paris. 



In Belgium, the collection of the Baron de Sorrot, at Bruges. 



