CHAP. CIV. BETULA‘CER. 4’LNUS. 1687 
20 years planted, it is 25 ft. high; in Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 40 years plant 
it is 55ft. high; in Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 35 years planted, it’ is dott nigh a 
Rutlandshire, at Belvoir Castle, 26 years planted, it is 60 ft. high; in Staffordshire, at Trentham 
20 years planted, it is 20 ft. high: in Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 60 years planted, it is 70 ft. high, 
the diameter of the trunk 3} ft., and of the head 42ft.; at Ampton Hall, 13 years planted, it is 
26 ft. high: in Worcestershire, at Hagley, 11 years planted, it is 16 ft. high; at Coombe Abbey 
A, g. laciniata, 40 years planted, is 70 ft. high. In Scotland, in Berwickshire, at the Hirsel ig 
years planted, it is 24ft. high; in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, at St. Mary’s Isle, 40 years 
planted, it is 53ft. high; in Haddingtonshire, at ‘l'ynningham, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the 
trunk 16in., and of the head 36ft.: in Lanarkshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 16 years 
alla it is 30ft. high; and A. g. laciniata, 16 years planted, is 35 ft. high: in Argyllshire, at 
‘oward Castle, 12 years planted, it is 23 ft. high; in Banffshire, at Huntley Lodge, it is 63 ft. high 
the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 3in., and of the head 60 ft.; in Forfarshire, at Monboddo, 34 years 
planted, it is 30ft. high; in Perthshire, at 'aymouth, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
1 ft. 4in., and of the head 14ft.; in Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, 45 years planted, it is 40 ft 
high ; in Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 16 years planted, it is 39ft. high. In Ireland, near 
Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high; at Terenure, 15. years 
planted, it is 20ft. high. In King’s County, at Charleville Forest, 8 years planted, it is 18 ft. high ; 
in Fermanagh, at Florence Court, A. g. laciniata, 40 years planted, is 60 ft. high; in Galway at 
Coole, the species is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 32 ft. ; in Louth 
at Oriel Temple, A. g. laciniata, 34 years planted, is 44 ft. high ; in Sligo, at Mackree Castle the 
species is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 36ft.;in Tyrone, at Baron’s 
Court, 50 years planted, it is 45 ft high. In France, at Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerriéres, 50 
yeas old, it is 60 ft, high, the diameter of the trunk 1} ft. ; at-Avranches, in the Botanic Garden A. g 
aciniata, 20 years old, is 28 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9in., and of the head 16ft. In 
Hanover, at Harbcke, 6 years old, it is 8 ft. high, with a trunk Qin. in diameter. In Austria, at 
Vienna, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 14 years planted, it is 16ft. high; at Briick on the 
Leytha, 4. g. laciniata, 24 years old, is 25ft. high. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 70 years 
old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 60 ft. : 
% ¥ 2. A. (G) optonea‘ra Willd. Theoblong-/eaved Alder. 
Identification. Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 335.; Baum., p. 20.; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 215. 
Synonymes. A’\nus fol. oblong., &c., Bauh. ; A. tol. ovato-lanceol., &c., Mill. Dict., ed. 7. ; lang- 
liche Else, Ger. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves elliptic, somewhat obtuse, glutinous; axils of the 
veins naked on the under side. (Willd. Sp. Pl., iv. p. 335.) A large shrub 
or low tree, said to be a native of Hungary, Austria, and Turkey. It was 
introduced by Miller, in 1749, who is said to have raised it from seed ; and, 
if so, it must be a tolerably distinct kind; which, indeed, it appears to 
be, though we are doubtful as to whether it is entitled to rank as a species. 
The largest plant of A. oblongata that we have heard of is in the Glasnevin 
Botanic Garden, where, in 1834, after being 30 years planted, it is 30 ft. 
high ; which confirms Willdenow’s conjecture, that, in a mild moist climate, 
it may become a tree. There are plants in the Horticultural Society’s 
Gardens, and at Messrs. Loddiges’s. 
oe 
2 ¥ A. (g.) 0. 2 foliis ellipticis Ait., A. pimila Lodd. Cat., has the leaves 
narrower than the species. 
¥ 3. A. inca‘nA Willd. The hoary-leaved Alder. 
Identification, Willd. Sp. Pl., 4. p. 335, ; Baum., p. 20.; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 215. ; Hoss Anleitung, 
p. 190. 
Synonymes. B. A\nus var. incana Lin. Sp, Pl., 1394. ; 
B. incana Lin. Supp.; A. folio incano, &c., Bauh. 
Pin., 428.; B. viridis Vill, Dauph., 2. p. 789. ; weisse 
Erle, graue Else, or weisse Eller, Ger. 
Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 136. ; and our fig. 1543. 
Spec. Char., §c. Leaves oblong, acute, 
pubescent beneath; axils of the veins 
naked. Stipules lanceolate. (Willd. Sp. 
Pl., iv. p. 335.) A tree, which grows 
in light sandy soil, in sn pee Sweden, 
,and Prussia; and on the hills in Austria, 
Carniola, the Ukraine, Tyrol, and Swit- 
zerland; also in North America. This 
tree, which Hoss informs us is common 
_ on the banks of the Danube, will attain 
a greater height than the common alder, 
or from 50 ft. to 70ft., even in a toler- 
ably dry soil. It differs from the common 
alder, in the leaves being pointed, in the leaves and the young wood not 
