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planted there as could be procured, and the collection has since received several 

 additions from time to time. The best collections of old trees in the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of London, now (1837) existing, are those at Kew and 

 Syon; but the most complete collection, where the plants are of a consider- 

 able size, in England, and doubtless in the world, is that in the pinetura at 

 Dropmore, near Windsor, commenced by the late Lord Grenville, about 1810, 

 and now (1837) amounting to above 100 kinds. This fine collection is kept 

 up with the greatest care by Lady Grenville, and every new species or variety is 

 added, as soon as it can be procured. All the sorts of ^bietinae that are in 

 the country are in the garden of the London Horticultural Society; but the 

 plants there are, for the most part, of small size. 



Pinetums, by which are to be understood collections of the/ibictinas planted 

 bv themselves, and without the intermixture of broad-leaved trees, have, since 

 the commencement of that at Dropmore, been formed by several laniled pro- 

 prietors in different parts of the country ; stimulated, no doubt, by the ex- 

 traordinary beauty and interest of the Dtopmore pinetum, and by the number 

 of new and beautiful species of pines and firs which have been introduced 

 from California and the Himalayas. Many persons have also made collections 

 of the Jbi^tinaj, and planted tliem in ornamental grounds along with broad- 

 leaved trees. In England, pinetums, or collections, have been nuule by J. T. 

 Brooks, Esq., at Flitwick House, in Bedfordshire, where there are 100 sorts; 

 by Sir Charles Monck, at Belsay in Northumberland ; by Sir Charles Lemon, at 

 Carclew in Cornwall ; by William Harrison, Esq., at Cheshunt ; by the Duke 

 of Devonshire, at Chatsworth ; by the Duke of Bedford, at Woburn Abbey ; 

 by W. A. Baker, Esq., at Bayfordbury, in Hertfordshire ; by F. Perkins, 

 Esq., Chi[)stcail Place, Kent ; by Lonl Arundel, at Wardour Castle ; by the 

 Earl of Caernarvon, at Highclere ; by William Wells, Esq., at Redlcaf ; and by 

 several others. In Scotland, the first collection of ^bietinae was formed at 

 Methvcn Castle, on the estate of Robert Smith, Esq. by the zeal of his able and 

 intelligent land steward, Mr. Thomas Bishop ; one has been formed at Posso, 

 in Peebleshire (a place which has long been celebrated for its trees, see page 

 9.3.), which it is believed contains a greater number of species than any other 

 in Scotland, though the plants are all young. At Haddo House, in Aberdeen- 

 shire, the Earl of Aberdeen has formed a collection, and spares no expense in 

 procuring plants of all the new sorts as they are introduced. At Ballen- 

 dalloch, Morayshire, George Macpherson Grant, Esq., commenced a pinetum 

 in 183G, to which every new sort is added as soon as it can be procured. The 

 soil and climate of Ballendalloch seem to be particularly adapted for the 

 yJbietinic, as will appear by an account of the growth of some of the trees there, 

 which we shall give in a future page ; so that we have no doubt of this pinetum 

 becoming in a few years one of the very first in Scotland. Collections of more or 

 less extent have also been formed at Lowhill, in Fifeshire, the property of C. 

 Crai'ne Halkett, Esq.; at Hopetoun House, near Edinburgh, the seat of the 

 Earl of Hopetoun, where there is the largest tree of ^iH)ies Smith?V/?i« in 

 Britain ; at Oxenford Castle, Edinburghshire, the seat of Sir John Dalrymple 

 M'Gill ; and at Melville House, Fifeshire, the seat of the Earl of Leven. 

 For this account of the pinetums of Scotland, we are indebted to Mr. Lawson, 

 the eminent seedsman of Edinburgh, whose communication on the subject 

 will be found at length in the Gnrd. Mag., vol. xiii. In Ireland, the first 

 pinetum formed was that of the Glasnevin Garden, which was commenced in 

 1797; and, about the same time, a number of species were planted at Oriel 

 Temple, in the county of Louth, by the late Lord Oriel. Both collections 

 continue to receive additions, Lord Viscount Ferrard, the son and successor 

 of Lord Oriel, being, like his father, much attached to trees. In Trinity College 

 Botanic Gai'den, in Dublin, a pinetum was commenced in 1808; which, like 

 that at Glasnevin, has since received the addition of most of the new species. 

 At Tittour, Mount Kennedy, in the county of Wicklow, a collection has been 

 formed, and great attention paid to the culture of the pines in it, by John 

 Nuttall, Esq. ; and a collection has been commenced in the Belfast Botanic 



