2338 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



1 It. to 16 ft. Ill Denbighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 45 years planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Dnvhani, at 

 Stanwick Park, is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Essex, at Audley End, fiO years planted, 

 it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 24 ft. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 

 20 years planted, it is ;36 ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 49 years planted, it is 72 ft, 

 high. Ill NottinKhanishire, at Clumber Park, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 11 in., 

 and of the head 44 ft. In Northamptonshire, at Wakefield Lodge, 16 years planted, it is 20ft. high, 

 In Northumberland, at Hartburn, S3 years planted, it is 1.58 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 It., 

 and of the head 40 fi. ; another is 96 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk S ft., and of the head oH ft. 

 These two trees, on account of being superior in height to all the trees around them, are here called 

 the " Nod Oueens." In Oxfordshire, in Tew Park, it is 110 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 5ft., and of Uie head 54 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 68ft. high, the diameter ot 

 the trunk 2 tt. 4 in., and of the head 40 ft. In .Shropshire, at Willey Park, 18 years planted, it is 

 30 ft. high; another, y years planted, is oO ft. high ; at Kiiilet, 60 vears planted, it is Soft. high. In 

 Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 14 years planted, it is :*4ft. high ; at Strettoii Rectory, it is 90 ft. high, 

 with a trunk 4 ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 70 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6in., and of the head 80ft. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 

 .50 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 40 tt. In York- 

 shire, at Castle Howard, it is 130 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in. ; at Sudley, it is 96 ft. 

 6 in. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 50 ft. In Scotland, near Edinburgh, at 

 Woodhouselee, the tree already mentioned, p. 23i7. ; at Hopetoun House, 100 years old, it is 90 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 7 in., and of the head 45 ft.— South of Edinburgh. In Ayr- 

 shire, at Kilkerran, it is 90 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter; at Auchiiicruive, it is 80 ft. 

 high, with a trunk J ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 8 years planted, it is 15 ft. 

 high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 2fl. 10 in. in diameter. In 

 K'lxburghshire, at Minto, 75 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6in. — 

 North of Edinburgh. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 13 years planted, it is 18 ft. high ; at Rose- 

 iieath Castle, 138 years old, it is 124 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk, at 3 ft. from the ground, 611. 

 4 ill., and of the head 74 ft. ; another.of the same age, and about !2oft. high, has a trunk 7 ft. in 

 diameter at 1 ft. from the ground ; there is also the remarkable tree figured in our last Volume. 

 In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 54ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 8in., and of the 

 head 45 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the Garden of the Dollar Institution, 12 years planted, it is 

 26 ft. high. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the 

 head 90 ft. In Eorlarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 80 years planted, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft., and of the head 50 ft. ; at Courtachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 32 fl.; at Gray, there are several specimens 80 ft. high, 

 with trunks nearly 4ft. in diameter. In Morayshire, at Ballindalloch, are two silver firs, one 

 78 ft. high, and 10 ft. 6 in. in girt at 1 ft. frorii the ground, and 8 It. 6 in. at 10 It. from the 

 ground; the other is 96 It. high, 13 It. 4 in. in girt at 1ft. from the ground, and 9 ft. 6 in. at 10 It. 

 from the ground. In Perthshire, at Dupplin, it is 55 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter; at 

 Taymouth, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2fL 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. In Stirling, 

 hhire, at Blair Drummoiid, 120 vears old, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the 

 head -36 ft. ; at Airthrey, it is 80 it. high, with a trunk 4 (t. in diameter; at Sauchie, 30 years planted, 

 it is 26 ft. high ; in Ba'nnockburn Wood, it is 89 ft. high. 



/« Ireland. At Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, ,35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In 

 Kilkenny, at Woodstock, 80 years planted, it is 91 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and 

 of the head .52 ft. In Down, at Mount Stewart, 50 years planted, it is .56 ft. high ; at Moira, it is 

 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 46 ft. ; at Tullymore Park, (SO years 

 planted, it is 84 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft, and of the head 60 ft. ; at Ballyleady, 60 

 vears planted, it is .52 ft. high . In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 20 years planted, it is ,36 ft. high ; 

 at Castle Coiile, .50 vears planted, it is 80 It. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In Sligo, at 

 Makree Castle, it is 86 ft. high, and the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in. 



In Foreign Countries. In France, at Coloinbey, near .Metz, 70 years planted, it is 69 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. In Hanover, at Harbcke, 10 years planted, it is 16ft. high ; in 

 the GiJltingen Botanical Garden, 10 years planted, it is 50ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in 

 the English (ianlen, 50 years planted, it is 70 ft. high. In Prussia, near Berlin, at .Sans Souci, 45 

 years planted, it is 40 ft. high ; in the Pfauen Insel, .35 years planted, it is 36ft. high. In Denmark, 

 at Oroningaard, 40 years planted, it is 100 ft. high. Iii Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, 

 it is 30 ft. high. In Italy, at Monza, 70 years planted, it is 75 ft. high. 



Commercial Stnthtict. Price of seeds, in London, 2.9. 6r/. per pound: plants, 

 two years' seedlings, are I')?, per 1000; transplanted plants, Gin. high, 20,9. per 

 lOOd ; from 9 in. to 12 in. high, 309. per 1000 ; 1 It. in. high, 10.9. per 100 ; 2 ft. 

 high, 16.9. per 100. At Bollwyller, plants are 3 cents each ; P. cinerea, 4 francs 

 eacii. At New York, plants of the species are 75 cents. 



i 2. r. (p.) Pi'cHTA. The Pitch Silver Fir. 



Sunonymcs. Plnus Pichta Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; P. sibirica Hmt. ; //"bies sibfrica Ledebour Icon. 



PI. Fl. J{oss.,t. 499., Linill. m Penny Cyc, No. 2. ; A. Pichta Fischer ; Pichta, Huss. 

 Engraving. Led. Icon. PI. Fl. Ros,~., t. 499. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Leaves solitary, tetragonal, dark green. Cones cylindrical, 

 erect. Scales cuneate-ol)ovate, roniuled at tlie apex, quite entire, convex 

 externally. A nati%'e of the Altai Mountains, at an elevation of 4000 ft., 

 where it forms whole forests ; towards an elevation of 3272 ft., it gradually 

 becomes more rare. (Lcdch.) Introduced in 1S20, and differing from a 

 young silver fir, chiefly in iiaving the leaves closer set on the branches, and 

 not .so silvery beneath. Professor Don suspects it to be only the Siberian 

 variety of PJcea pectinata, which ranges from the Atlantic to the l*acific. 

 The tree in the Horticultmal Society's (harden was, in lh37, alter being 

 4 years planted, 2 ft. (J in. high. 



