CHAP. XCIlII. LAURA CEH. LAU’RUS 1299 
at Killerton, 90 years planted, it is 26 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. In Somersetshire, at 
Nettlecombe, 70 years planted, it is 22 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 20 in., and of the head 3y ft. 
In Surrey, at Claremont, 25 ft. high, as a bush, the branches covering a space {5 ft. in diameter. In 
Sussex, at Arundel Castle, it is 25 ft. high. : 
Latrus nébilis North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Southhill, 22 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 
In Berkshire, at White Knights, 30 years planted, it is 133 ft. high. In Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, 20 
years planted, it is 18 ft high ; at Eaton Hall, 14 years planted, it is 9 ft. high, and the diameter of the 
space covered by the branches 10 ft. In Shropshire, at Willey Park, 10 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. 
In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 60 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Great Livermere, 12 years planted, 
itis 18 ft. high. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 40; years? planted, it is 14 ft. high, against a 
og = Repalire, at Hackress, 16 years planted, it is § ft. high; at Grimston, 13 years planted, 
it is 14 ft. high. 
Lafrus nobilis in Scotland. At Gosford House, 36 years planted, it is 15 ft. high, the diameter of 
the space covered by the branches 12 ft. ; at Dalhousie Castle, 14 years planted, it is 15 ft. high, 
against a wall. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 35 years planted, it is 14ft. high, against a wall. In 
Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 10 ft. high. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, it grows 8 in. 
in a year, and stands the winter well in sheltered situations. In the Isle of Bute, at Mount Stewart, 
itis 27 ft. high, and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 26ft. In Ross-shire, at Brahan 
Castle, it is 11 ft. high. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, 45 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. 
Latirus nébilis in Ireland. At Cypress Grove, Dublin,it is 50 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 
2in., and of the head 25ft. In the Cullen’s Wood Nursery, 35 years planted, it is 25 ft. high, the 
diameter of the trunk 23 ft., and of the head 24 ft. In Wisklow, at Shelton Abbey, 16 years planted, 
it is 34 ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 30 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 
Latrus nébilis in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Botanic Garden, Toulon, 14 years planted, 
it is 19 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6in.; at Vaucluse, among the scattered houses not far 
from the fountain, it was 15 ft. high, in 1219, Throughout Germany it isa _green-house plant. In 
Russia, in the Crimea, it requires protection during winter. In Italy and Spain it attains a larger 
size than any where else in Europe, forming immense bushes, from 50 ft. to 70 ft. in height. 
Commercial Statistics. Plants of the species in the London nurseries are 1s. 
each, and the varieties from Is. 6d. to 2s. 6Gd.; at Bollwyller it is a greenhouse 
plant ; at New York, plants are | dollar each. 
B. Plants evergreen; half-hardy. 
2 2. L. carowine’nsis Catesb. The Carolina Laurel, or Red Bay. 
Identification. Catesb. Car., 1. p. 63.; Michx. Fl. Amer., 1. p.245.; Pursh Fl. Amer, Sept., 1. p. 276. ; 
Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 665. f 4 
Synonymes. L. Borbdnia Lin. Sp., 529., Syst., 383., Martyn’s Mill., No. 13.,N. Du Ham., 2. p. 163., 
Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; Z. axillaris Lam.; Borbinia sp. Plum. Gen., 4. ic. 60., Pérsea Borbonia 
Spreng. ; the broad-leaved Carolina Bay ; Laurier rouge, Laurier Bourbon, Laurier de Caroline, 
7. ; Carolinischer Lorbeer, Rother Lorbeer, Ger. f 
Engravings. Catesb. Car., t. 63. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 2. t.82.; N. Du Ham.,2. t.33,; and our 
Jig. 1168, after Michaux, and fig. 1169. after Du Hamel. 
Spec. Char., §c. Evergreen. Leaves oval, lanceolate, slightly glaucous be- 
neath. Flowers in peduncled axillary groups. (Spreng. Syst., il. p. 265.) 
An evergreen tree, a native of North America, from Virginia to Louisiana ; 
introduced in 1739, and flowering in May; but seldom found in collections. 
Varieties. 
¢ L. c. 2 glabra Pursh has the leaves slightly glabrous. 
? L. c. 3 pubescens Pursh has the leaves slightly pubescent. 
2 L. c. 4 obtusa Pursh has the leaves ovate-obtuse. / 
All these varieties were introduced in 1806; and they all flower from 
May to July. In ourHortus Britannicus, and other modern catalogues, L. 
Borbonia and L. carolinénsis are made distinct 
species; the former being said to be tender, 
and introduced in 1739, and the latter to be 
hardy, and introduced in 1806. Both, however, 
are said tobe the American red bay; and in 
Pursh’s Fl. Amer. Sept., and in the N.. Du Ham., 
they are considered identical. It appears pro- 
bable that this is the case; and, as it appears 
from Michaux (NV. Amer. Sylva, ii. p. 150.), that 
the tree differs exceedingly according to the lati- 
tude in which it grows, ik Borbonia ( fig. 1168.) 
may be the form it assumes in the southern 
states, and L. carolinénsis (fig. 1169.) its ap- 
pearance in the more northern ones, 
~ phe ste §c. The red bay, though it sometimes, in the south of Georgia 
and the Floridas, attains the height of 60 ft. or 70 ft., with a trunk from 15 in, 
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