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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



London, In Bedfordshire, at Soutliill, it is 38 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and of the 

 head 27 ft. In Berkshire, at White Knights, 34 vears planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Cambridgeshire, 

 at Wimpole, 100 vears old, it is 32ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3ft. In Essex, at Braybroke, 

 51 years planted, it is 32 ft high ; at Hylands, 10 years planted, it is 16 ft. high. In Gloucestersl ire, 

 at Doddiiigton Park, 27 years planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Hertibrdshire, at Cashiobury, 3^) years 

 planted, it is 3+ ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 55 years planted, it is 31 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in. ; at Whatton House, 20 years planted, it is 2-1 ft. high. In Notting- 

 hamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 36 ft. high. In Staffordshire, at KoUeston Hall, 50 years planted, 

 it is 32 ft. high. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, it is fiO ft. high ; at Stretton Rec. 

 torv, 90 vears old, it has three stems, the t otal circumference of which is 11 ft. In Warwickshire, 

 at Combe Ahbev, 60 years planted, it is 41 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 9 in., and of the head 

 20 ft. In Worcesier'shire, at Croome, 50 vears planted, it is 65ft. high, tlie diameter of the trunk 

 I ft. 8 in., and of the head 30 ft. In Yorkshire, at Hackress, 40 years planted, it is 14 ft . high. — In 

 Scotland. In the environs of Edinburgh, at (iosford House, 30 years planted, it is 15 ft. high ; at 

 Dalhousie Castie, 20 years planted, it is Iri ft. high. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 30 years planted, 

 it is 21 ft. high. In Haddingtonshire, at Tyningham, 23 years planted, it is 17 ft. high. In Ro.K- 

 burghshire, at Minto, 65 years planted, it is 35 It. high. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, it grows 

 about il in. a year. In Perthsliire, at Tavmouth, 50 years planted, it is 36 ft. high. In Ross-shire, 

 at Brahan Castle, 50 vears planted, it is .>ift. high. In Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, it is 40 ft. 

 high. — In Ireland. lii the environs of Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it- 

 is 16ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Louth, at 

 Oriel Temple, 35 years planted, it is 26 ft. high. — In France. At Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, 

 35 years planted, it is 52 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 25 ft.; in the 

 Botanic Garden at Toulon, 36 years planted, it is 29 It. high. At Avranches, in the garden of M. 

 Brunei, 29 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 20 ft. 



— In Hanover, in the Gottingen Botanic Garden, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. — In Bavaria, in 

 the Botanic Garden, Munich, 20 years planted, it >.= 12 ft. high. — In Austria, at Vienna, in the Uni- 

 versity Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. high ; at Laxenburg, 30 years planted, it 

 is 20 ft. high ; at Briick on the Leytha, 45 years planted, it is 30 ft. high — In Prussia, at Berlin, at 

 Sans Souci, 90 vears planted, it is 40 ft. high ; in the Pfauen Insel, 40 years planted" t is £6 ft. high. 



— In Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, it is 22ft. high. — In Italy, at Monza, 29 years 

 planted, it is 20 tl. high. 



Comviercial Statistics. Price of berries, in London, \s. 3d. per quart ; of 

 .seedling plants, os. a hundred; plants from 12 in. to 18 in. high, 75s. a 

 hundred. At Bolhvyller, plants in pots are 1 franc each ; or seedlings, one 

 year transplanted, per hundred, 30 francs. At New York, plants are 25 

 cents each. 



f 6. J. BERMUDiA^NA L. The Bermudas Cedar. 



Identificalion. Lin. Sp. PI., 1471.; Reich., 4. p. 276. ; Herm. Lugdb., t. 347.; Rail Hist., 1414. 

 Synonyme. Cfedrus BermOdEe Ray's Letter n, p. 171. 



Sngravings. Herm. Lugdb., t. 347. ; and o\xt Jig. 2358. of the natural size, from a young plant at 

 Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Spec. Char^ Leaves in threes; upper in pairs, decurrent, awl-shaped, 

 spreading, acute. (WilM.) A tall tree, a native of the Island of Bermudas. 

 Introduced before 1683, and flowering in May and June. 



Description, Src. A lofty tree, with loose, thin, reddish bark, and very fra- 

 grant wood. When young, it has acutely pointed leaves, 

 which spread open, and are placed by threes round the branches; 

 but, as the trees advance in age, their leaves alter, and become 

 very short ; lying over each other by fours round the branches, 

 go as to make the branchlets appear 4-cornered. The berries 

 are produced towards the end of the branches, and are of a 

 dark red colour, inclining to purple. According to Ray's 



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Letters, p. 171., it was introduced in 1683; but, in Miirtyn's 



Miller, it is saicl that it was first cultivated by the Earl of 



Clarendon, in 1700. The wood is much used, in the West 



Indies, for wainscoting, and different articles of furniture, as 



h is never attacked by cockroaches or other insects. It is 



imported into England for the purpose of making black-lead 



pencils; and shavings of it, under the name of cedar shavings, 



are used to put in drawers, &c., to keep away moths. The tree, being rather 



tender in the climate of London, is not frequent in collections ; but plants 



may be obtained in the principal nurseries. The largest specimen which we 



have seen is at Hendon Rectory, where it is about 2 ft. high. There are plants 



in the Fulham Nursery, and in the Horticultural Society's Garden. Price of 



plants, in the London nurseries, 2s. 6d. each. At Bollwyller and New York, it 



is Si green-bouse plant. 



