CHAP. III. MAGJ^OLIA^CEJE. LIRIODE'NDRON. 291 



at Oriel Temple, 40 years planted and 43 ft. high ; at Charleville Forest, 45 years 

 planted and 54 ft. high ; at Shelton Abbey, 50 years planted and 60 ft. high. 

 In Ulster, at Florence Court, 38 years planted and 45 ft. high ; the diameter of 

 the trunk 2a ft., and of the head 30 ft. In Connaught, at Mackree Castle, 

 37 ft. high. 



Liriodendron Tnlipifera 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 anil 40ft. 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 Wdrlitz, 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 Wilhelmshohe, 

 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 it. 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 \2s. a hundred; transplanted 

 plants, 2 ft. high, 50s. ; and those from 3 ft. to 4 ft. high, 75.?. ; and seeds 

 are 1*. 6d. a quart. At BoUwyller, 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 Magnol'iaceab. 



In our list (p. 173.) of the Magnolidceee of the Himalaya, which might pro- 

 bably endure the open air in England, are included iMangUetia insignis, the 

 Mag'nol/a insignis of Dr. Wallich, which grows on the mountains of Nepal ; 

 Mic/ielia. /aniigindsa, excelsa, Kisopa, and Doltsopa; 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. 

 Michelk Doltsopa is one of the finest trees in Nepal, yielding a fragrant wood 

 much used there for house-building. (Don's Prod., 226.) Micheha excelsa, 

 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 

 p. 173.) that there are probably various species of Magnobccetp in China and 

 Japan, 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 Magnol/'a 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. 



Y 3 



