CHAP, III. MAGNOLIA CE. LIRIODE’NDRON. 291 
at Oriel Temple, 40 years planted and 43 ft. high ; at Charleville Forest,45 years 
pea and 54ft. high ; at Shelton Abbey, 50 years planted and 60 ft. high. 
n Ulster, at Florence Court, 38 years planted and 45 ft. high; the diameter of 
i rer 24 ft., and of the head 30 ft. In Connaught, at Mackree Castle, 
37 ft. high. 
Liriodéndron Tulipifera in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Toulon Bo- 
tanic Garden, 48 years planted and 40 ft. high, the trunk 3 ft. in diameter, in 
calcareous soil; at Mereville, 30 years planted and 60 ft. high, in a free moist 
soil ; near Nantes, 40 years planted and 50 ft. high. In Holland and the Ne- 
therlands, in the Ghent Botanic Garden, 70 ft. high; in the grounds of the 
palace of Lacken, near Brussels, there is a tree which ripens seeds every year, 
noticed in p. 145. In Prussia, at Harbcke, 10 years planted and 14 ft. high ; at 
Sans Souci, Potsdam, 42 years planted 50 ft. high ; in the Berlin Botanic Gar- 
den, 18 years planted and 40 ft. high; the shoots sometimes injured by the 
frost. At Schwobber, near Hanover, 120 years planted, 80 ft. high; the diameter 
of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft.; in alluvial soil near water. In Saxony, 
at Worlitz, 60 years planted and 30 ft. high. At Munich, in the public garden, 
20 years planted and 20 ft. high; in a private garden near the city, 36 years 
planted and 50 ft. high, flowering freely every year. In Cassel, at Wilhelms ohe, 
60 years planted and 20 ft. high. In Austria, in the University Botanic Gar- 
den, 20 years planted and 24 ft. high; at Laxenburg, 40 years planted and 
30 ft. high; at Kopenzel, near Vienna, 60 years planted and 45 ft. high; at 
Briick on the Leytha, 40 years planted and 51 ft. high. In Italy the tree 
abounds, and attains the height of 70 ft. or 80 ft., flowers freely, and ripens 
seeds, as may be seen by referring to p. 169. 
Commercial Statistics, Plants are abundant in all the European and 
American nurseries. In London, seedlings are 12s. a hundred; transplanted 
plants, 2 ft. high, 50s.; and those from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, 75s.; and seeds 
are ls. 6d. a quart. At Bollwyller, one year’s seedlings are 20 francs a hun- 
dred ; two years’ seedlings, 35 francs; plants in pots, 1 franc 5 cents each; 
and plants from 6 ft. to 9 ft. high, from 2 francs to 3 francs 50 cents; and the 
entire-leaved variety is charged 4 francs. In New York, plants are 20 cents 
each, and seeds 4 dollars and 50 cents a bushel. 
App. i. Expected Additions to the Order Magnoliacez. 
In our list (p. 173.) of the Magnolidcee of the Himalaya, which might pro- 
bably endure the open air in England, are included Manglictia insignis, the 
Magnolia insignis of Dr. Wallich, which grows on the mountains of Nepal ; 
Michélia lanugindsa, excélsa, Kisopa, and Doltsdpa; all of which, being found in 
elevated regions in the Himalaya, Mr. Royle conjectures would stand the open 
air in Devonshire, and, with “a little protection, in the climate of London. 
Michélia Doltsdpa is one of the finest trees in Nepal, yielding a fragrant wood 
much used there for house-building. (Don’s Prod., 226.) Michélia excélsa, 
according to Dr. Wallich, produces a valuable timber of a fine texture, at first 
greenish, but soon changing into a fine yellow. We have already observed 
v 173.) that there are probably various species of Magnolidcee in China and 
apan, not yet introduced, which would prove hardy, and the introduction of 
which would amply repay patriotic travellers and European residents in those 
countries. 
As many of the species of Magnolia seem to admit of cross-fecundation, it 
is possible that the same thing may be practicable, to a greater or less extent, 
between the genera composing the order. The tulip tree, rendered sub- 
evergreen, would be an interesting object; as would a variety of it with fas- 
tigiate branches, like the Lombardy poplar; or one as truly pendulous as the 
weeping ash ; or one with dark leaves, like those of the purple beech. No 
doubt, a variegation might be produced in the leaves both of the tulip tree 
and of the magnolia, 
