CHAP. XCin. LAVRACEA^.. LAU'RUS 1299 



at Killerton, 90 years planted, it is 26 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. In Somersetshire, at 

 Nettlecombe, 70 years planted, it is 22 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 20 in., and of the head 39 ft. 

 In Surrey, at Claremoiit, 25 ft. high, as a bush, the branches covering a space 15 ft. in diameter. In 

 Sussex, at Arundel Castle, it is 25 ft. high. 



haHnis 7i6bilis North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Southhill, 22 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 

 In Berkshire, at White Knights, 30 years planted, it is 13|ft. high. In Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, iiO 

 years planted, it is 18 ft high ; at Eaton Hall, \i years planted, it is 9 ft. high, and the diameter of the 

 space covered by the branches 10 ft. In Shropshire, at Willey Park, 10 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. 

 In Suflfblk, at Finborough Hall, 60 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Great Livermere, 12 years planted, 

 it is 18 ft. high. In Warwickshire, at Corabe Abbey, 40; years? planted, it is 14 ft. high, against a 

 wall. In Yorkshire, at Hackress, 16 years planted, it is 8 ft. high : at Grimston, 13 years nlanted, 

 it is 14 ft. high. 



tiaUrus nubilis in Scotland. At Gosford House, 36 years planted, it is 15 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the space covered by the branches 12 ft. ; at Dalhousie Castle, 14 years planted, it is 15 tl. high, 

 against a wall In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 35 years planted, it is 14 ft. high, against a wall. In 

 Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 10 ft. high. In Aberdeenshire, at Thain.s'ton, it grows 8 in. 

 in a year, and stands the winter well in sheltered situations. In the Isle of Bute, at Mount Stewart, 

 it is 27 ft. high, and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 26 ft. In Koss-shire, at Brahan 

 Castle, it is 11 ft. high. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, 45 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. 



L,atirui' ndbi/is in Ireland. At Cypress Grove, Dublin.it is 50 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 

 2 m., and of the head 25 ft. In the Cullen's Wood Nursery, 35 years planted, it is 25 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2| ft., and of the head 24 ft. In Wicklow, at Shelton Abbey, 16 years planted, 

 it is 34 ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 30 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 



"Laurus ndbilis in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Botanic Garden, Toulon, 14 years planted, 

 it is 19 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 in. ; at Vaucluse, among the scattered houses not far 

 from the fountain, it was 15 ft. high, in 1819. Throughout Germany it is a green-house plant. In 

 Kussia, in the Crimea, it requires protection during winter. In Italy and Spain it attains a larger 

 size than any where else in Europe, forming immense bushes, from 50 ft. to 70ft. in height. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants of the species in the London nurseries are is. 

 each, and the varieties from Is. 6cl. to 2s. 6(1. ; at Bollwyller it is a greenhouse 

 plant ; at New York, plants are 1 dollar each. 



B, Plants evergreen ; half-hardi/. 



1 2. L. caroline'nsis Catesb. The Carolina Laurel, or Red Bay. 



Identification. Catesb. Car., 1. p. 63. ; Michx. Fl. Amer., 1. p. 245. : Pursh Fl. Amor. Sept., 1. p. 276. : 



Spreng. Syst., 2. p. 665. 

 Synonymes. L. Borbbn/a Lin. Sp.,529., Syst., 383., Martyn's Mill., No. 13., N. Du Ham., 2. p. 163., 



Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836 ; L. axillaris Lam.; Borbunia sp. Plum. Gtvi., 4. ic. 60, .Pcrsea Borbonm 



Spreng. ; the broad-leaved Carolina Bay ; Laurier rouge, Laurier Bourbon, Laurier de Caroline, 



Fr. ; Carolinischer Lorbcer, Uother Lorbeer, Ger. 

 Engravings. Catesb. Car., t. 63. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 2. t. 82.; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 33. ; and our 

 fig. 1168. after Michaux, and fig. 1169. after Du Hamel. 



Spec. Char., ^c. Evergreen. Leaves oval, lanceolate, slightly glaucous be- 

 neath. Flowers in peduncled axillary groups. {Sjjrcng. Syst., ii. p. 265.) 

 An evergreen tree, a native of North America, from Virginia to Louisiana ; 

 introduced in 1739, and flowering in May; but seldom found in collections. 



Varieties. 



I L. c. 2 glabra Pursh has the leaves slightly glabrous. 



t L. c. 3 pjibescens Pursh has the leaves slightly pubescent. 



t L. c. 4- obtiisa Pursh has the leaves ovate-obtuse. 



All these varieties were introduced in 1806 ; and they all flower from 

 May to July. Li ourHortus Britannicus, and other modern catalogues, L. 

 Borbonia and L. carolinensis are made distinct f;^ ,^r?/ 



species ; the former being said to be tender, ^ ^ / 



and introduced in 1739, and the latter to be T , 



hardy, and introduced in 1806. Both, however, ^ ' / 



are said to be the American red bay ; and in 



Pursh's i^/./fwer. .S'e/j^., and in the iV^,Z>;( //«w/., , ,/^ 



they are considered identical. It appears pro- , -^ 



bable that this is the case; and, as it appears '"/ 

 from Michaux {N. Amer. Sy/va,n. p. 150.), that ^ 

 the tree differs e.xceedingly according to the lati- 

 tude in which it grows, L. Borbonk (Jig. 1 168.) 

 may be the form it assumes in the southern 

 states, and Z/. carolinensis (_y%. 1169.) its ap- fi0J^''*i 

 pearance in the more northern ones. A 



1168 » 



Description, t^c. The red bay, though it sometimes, in the south of Georgia 

 and the Floridas, attains the height of 60 ft. or 70 ft., with a trunk from 15 ni, 



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