924 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. _ PART Ill. 
Statistics. In the environs of London, the oldest tree appears to be in a field adjoining the Bromp- 
ton Park Nursery, where it was probably planted in the time of London and Wise, the field forming 
at that time part of the nursery ; it is about 40 ft. high, with a trunk 18in. in diameter, and the 
diameter of the head 45ft.: it bears abundantly most years, but not every year. At Syon, at 
Purser’s Cross, and at Kew, there are trees from 20ft, to 30 ft. high, which produce fruit most years ; 
there are also several trees in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, and in the Horticultura 
Society’s Garden, from 15ft. to 20 ft. high, and from 8 to 12 years planted, which fruit abundantly 
almost every year. In the Hammersmith Nursery, there is a tree 25 ft. high, which fruits every other 
year. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, a tree, estimated to be 200 years old, is 82 ft. high; the dia- 
meter of the trunk is 3 ft.4in., and of the head 36 ft., in dry loam on sand, in a sheltered situation. 
In Surrey, at Claremont, it is 30ft. high. In Wiltshire, at Longleat, 40 years planted, it is 32 ft. 
high ; at Bowood, 40 years years planted, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the head 34 ft. In Oxford- 
shire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 25ft. high. In Pembrokeshire, at Golden 
Grove, 30 years planted, it is 30ft. high, In Radnorshire, at Maeslough Castle, 20 years planted, it 
is 27 ft. high. In Shropshire, at Kinlet, it is 45ft. high. In Suffolk, at Ampton Hall, 12 years 
planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Warwickshire, at Coome Abbey, 60 years planted, and 42 ft. high, the 
diameter of the trunk 1ft. 10in., and of the head 41 ft. In Worcestershire, in Wyre Forest, one of 
the only indigenous trees of the species known to exist in England; it is of a very great age, in a 
state of decay, and is about 25ft. high; at Hagley, 9 years planted, it is 18 ft. high; at Croome, 45 
lanted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 22in., and of the head 40 ft. In Scotland, in 
anffshire, at Gordon Castle, 36ft. high. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Insti- 
tution, 12 years planted, and 18 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 60 years planted, and :77 ft. 
high, the diameter of the trunk 23in., and of the head 24 ft. ; in the Perth Nursery, 25 years planted, 
and 22 ft. high; at Kinfauns Castle, 8 years planted, and 12 ft. high. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, 
45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 6ft. In Ireland, in the environs of 
Dublin, at Terenure, 15 years planted, and 18 ft. high. In Galway, at Coole, 27 ft. high, the diameter 
of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 29 ft. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 20 years planted, and 10 ft. high. 
In Sligo, at Mackree Castle, 32 ft. high. 
P. Sérbus in Foreign Countries. in France, in Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, 25 ft. high. In 
the native woods, in most parts of France, it forms a large-headed tree, attaining the height of 60 ft. 
and upwards. At Verriéres, on the estate of Barres, the property of M. Vilmorin, and on some 
adjoining estates, are numerous trees of this species ; one 16 years planted is 22 ft. high; one, which 
is supposed to be from 150 to 200 years old, is 40 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. 6in. in diameter; an- 
other, from 300 to 400 years old, is 36 ft. high, with a trunk 3ft. in diameter, and the diameter of 
the head 34ft.; one, between 700 and 800 years old, is 45 ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. 6in. in diameter, 
at 6 ft. from the ground, and the diameter of the head 50 ft.; another, of the same age, is 40ft. high, 
with a trunk 3 ft. 8 in. in diameter, at 6 ft. from the ground: the trunk of this last tree is completely 
hollow; but it has a regular head, and continues to live, though not to grow with great vigour. At 
Nantes, trees, 60 years planted, are 50 ft. high, in the gardens in the environs of that town. In 
Hanover, at Schwobber, itis 30ft. high, In Saxony, at WOrlitz, 54 years planted, it is 30ft. high. 
In Italy, at Monza, 29 years planted, it 1s 30 ft. high. 
¥ 32. P. Lanuetno‘sa Dec. The woolly-/eaved Service Tree. 
Identification. Dec. Prod., 2. p.637. ; Don’s Mill, 2. p. 646. 
Synonymes. P. hy¥brida Januginodsa Hort. ; Sérbus lanugindsa Ket. in Litt., and Lodd. Cat. 
Engraving. The plate of this species in our Second Volume. 
Spec. Char., §c. Buds woolly. Leaflets serrated, woolly beneath. Petiole_ 
woolly. Pome globose. A native of ?Hungary. A kind to be farther 
investigated. (Dec. Prod., ii, p.637.) The trees of this species in Lod- 
diges’s arboretum, and in the Garden of the HorticulturalSociety, are 
very distinct from any other sort, and appear to be hybrids ;between P. 
pinnatifida (p.915.), and the common mountain ash. The general form of 
the tree is fastigiate, with numerous parallel upright shoots, as indicated in 
the plate. The flowers and fruit resemble those of the mountain ash, but. 
are smaller, the flowers are frequently abortive, and the fruit, when 
it is produced, is generally without seeds. _ It is a robust, hardy, vigorous- 
growing tree, which comes early into leaf, and is well deserving of a place 
in collections. There is a variety of the mountain ash which is some- 
what lanuginose in its foliage; but which does not differ sufficiently from 
the species to render it liable to be confounded with the sort before us. 
Plants of this variety are also in the Garden of the Horticultural Society. 
¥ 33. P. spu‘r1a Dec. The spurious Service Tree. 
Identification. Dee. Prod., 2. p. 637.; Don’s Mill., 2. p. 649. 
Synonymes. P.hybrida Mench Weiss., t.6., on the authority of Willd. Sp., 2. "p. 1022.; Sérbus 
spiria Pers. Syn., 2. p. 39.; Méspilus sorbifdlia Poir. Suppl., 4. p.72.; P. sorbifdlia Bosc, and 
Wats. Dend. Brit., t. 53,, but not of Smith ; ? P. sambucifdlia Cham., and Don’s Miil., 2. p. 648. 
Engravings. Moench Weiss., t. 6., on the authority of Willd. Sp., 2. p. 1002.; Wats. Dend. Brit. 
t. 53.: Bot. Reg., t. 1196.; our fig. 645; and the plate in our Second Volume. 
Spec. Char.,§c. Leaflets ovate, crenate; 3 pairs, with an odd one, which is 
longer than the others: all are pinnate beneath. Petiole gland-bearing 
upon the upper side. Styles 5. Intermediate, and perhaps a hybrid, between 
P. aucuparia and P. arbutifolia. (Dee. Prod., ii. p.627.) The trees bearing 
this name in Messrs. Loddiges’s arboretum, and in the Garden of the 
