164 HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY OF TREES. PART I. 
M. Dunant possesses, on his grounds at Secheron, a Quércus ‘lex, which is 
very fine for the country. 
At the entrance of the botanic garden there is an old Ailéntus glandulosa, 
much older than the garden. It measured, in June, 1833, at the level of the 
soil, 7ft. 3in. in circumference, and was between 45 ft. and 50 ft high. The 
unpleasant smell of its flowers is perceived at half a furlong’s distance, and 
its numerous and troublesome suckers rise all round, as far as 40 ft. or 50 ft. 
from the tree. 
The trees contained in the botanic garden itself are not old, as the garden 
has not been established more than 17 years. Among the rarest and best- 
grown trees which have been planted from 15 to 17 years, we may mention 
the following : — A Photinia serrulata, spreading into branches from its base, 
and about 123 ft. high; a Magndlia acuminata, about the same height, with a 
trunk 7 in. in circumference; a k6lreuteria, 15 ft. high, with a trunk 13in. in 
circumference; and a tulip tree, 40 ft. high, 3 ft. 54 in. in circumference; A*cer 
striatum, 24 ft. high, and 1ft. 74in. in circumference; 4’sculus flava and 
rubicinda, 30ft. high, and 14 ft. in circumference; Pavia hybrida, 20 ft. 
high, and 143in. in circumference ; Cérasus serétina, 35 ft. high, and 2 ft. 4in. in 
circumference; Méspilus Smith Dec., 20ft.high,and 1ft. 8in.in circumference ; 
Crate‘gus nigra, about the same height, and 1 ft. 24in. in circumference ; 
Hippéphae rhamnéides, and Elaagnus angustifolia, 12 ft. high, and 1 ft. in 
circumference; Planera crenata, 35 ft. high, and 1 ft. 9 in. in circumference ; 
Pépulus angulata, which sometimes retains its leaves till Christmas, 60 ft. high, 
and 4ft. in girt; A’Inus cordata, 35 ft. high, 13 ft. in girt ; Quéreus alba, 18 ft. 
high, and 2ft. lin. in girt; Juniperus thurifera, 15 ft. high, and 1 ft. in girt; 
Pinus Larfcio, 25 ft. high, and 2 ft. 4 in. in girt; Pinus Mughus, 20 ft. high, 
and 2 ft. 5in. in girt; and Lirix europz‘a, the branches of which hang in a 
very singular manner, is 30 ft. high, and 2ft. 5in. in circumference near to 
the base of the trunk. All these measurements were taken at such a height 
from the ground as seemed most likely to give the true dimensions of the 
trunk, and to avoid the thickness often produced by the graft, or at the base ; 
and these measures were all taken by M. Alphonse De Candolle, in October, 
1835. It is to be wished that a register of similar measurements were opened 
in every botanic garden, in order to verify the date of the introduction, and 
the rate of growth, of every species, according to the diverse physical cir- 
cumstances of each locality. (4. De C. Nov., 1835.) 
Secr. VII. Of the Indigenous and Foreign Trees and Shrubs of 
Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and the Mediterranean Islands. 
Iraty, having been, during the Roman empire and the dark ages, the 
centre of civilisation in Europe, would, doubtless, draw from all other coun- 
tries whatever of their productions was suitable to its climate. Hence the 
ligneous flora of Italy includes almost all the trees and shrubs indigenous 
to Greece, Spain, and the Mediterranean islands, which are in any way remark- 
able for their use or beauty. In the following enumeration, taken from 
Tenore’s Flora Neapolitana, Bertoloni’s Flora Italica, Savi’s Botanicon Etrus- 
cum, Smith’s Prodromus of Sibthorp’s Flora Greca, Brotero’s Flora Lusi- 
tanica, Gussone’s Flore Sicule Prodromus, and Hogg’s Observations on the 
Classical Plants of Sicily, we have included all the ligneous plants which are 
indigenous, or apparently so, in these countries, and which are not included 
in the indigenous flora of Britain. Those which are believed to be peculiar 
to any one or two of the countries, have the name of such countries following 
the name of the plant. 
Ranunculaceae. Clématis cirrhdsa, Viticélla, campaniflora (Portugal ), Flam- 
mula, Fl4mmula var. rotundifolia Dec. (Naples). 
Berberidez. Bérberis crética (Greece). 
Crucifere. Iberis sempervirens (Greece); Al¥ssum rupéstre (Naples), ar- 
génteum (Etruria). 
