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AUnoKKlUM AND FUUTJChnUM. 



I'AKT III. 



by its leaves being larger, and of a lighter and more shining green, and its 

 wood being of a lighter colour in winter. The leaves also die oil" sooner, 

 and of a brighter yellow, than those of the European species. It is more 

 hardy, and is readily propagated by layers, or by seeds. The insect most 

 commonly found on the nettle tree and liackberry, in America, is the jS'phfn.r 

 drupiferarum, or Hackberry Hawk Moth. {Ahhott and S)i>i//i\<i Insects of 

 Georgia, iii)i\ our ^fi. 1253.) This insect greatly resembles the privet hawk 



moth (p. 1201.); but the colour of the moth is a beautiful shaded brown, without 

 any tinge of redness. The larva is green, beautifully marked with shaded pink 

 and a brdliant white. 



Stalisiics. Celtis occidenttilis in the Environs of London. At Syon, it is 54 ft. high; diameter of 

 the trunk 2ft. 4 in., and of the head 30ft. In the Fulham Nursery, 70 years planted, it is SOft. 

 high. 



cutis occidentiilis Smith qf London. In Devonshire, at Killerton,2.") years planted, it is .3.3 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk !)in., and of the head 31ft. In Surrey, at Barn Elms, it is 4f» ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 54 It. In Sussex, at Westdean, 14 years planted, it is 

 19 ft. high. 



Ciltis Occident (ili.s North of London. In Cambridgeshire, in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, it is 

 35 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 7 in., and of the head 24 ft. In Durham, at Southend, ti years 

 planted, it is 11 ft. high. In Lancashire, in the Manchester Botanic (Jarden, 5 years planted, it is 

 4 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, it is 30 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head ;3() t't. In SuHblk, in the Bury Botanic (iarden, 10 years jUantcd, it is 12 ft. 

 high; at Ampton Halt, 12 years old, it is lift. high. In Worcestershire, at Croonic, 20 years 

 planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Croome (var. scabriuscula', 20 years planted, it is 15 ft high. In York- 

 shire, in the Hull Botanic Garden, 10 years planted, it is 13 ft. high. 



Ctiltis occidentiUis in Scotland. In the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 14ft. high. At Dalhousie 

 Castle, 6 years planted, it is 8 ft. high. 



Ct'Itis occidcutii/is in Irelttnd. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 8 years planted, it is fi ft. high. 



Ct<ltis occidoitaiis in Foreign Countries. In France, at Paris, in the Jardin des I'lantes, 130 years 

 old, it is fi8 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in., and of the head 4<) ft. ; at Nantes, in the nursery 

 of M. De Nerriires 2<J year.* planted, it is 29 It high, the diameter of the trunk .; ft.; in the Botanic 

 Garden at Avranches, 4<) years planted, it is 10 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of 

 the hwd 28 ft. In Hanover, in the Botanic Garden at Giittingen, .Jf) years planted, it is 30ft high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. In Saxony, at Wiirlitz, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Aus- 

 tria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic Garden, 60 years planted, it is 5') ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 29 ft. ; at Briick on the Leytha, 45 years planted, it is tiO ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2j ft, and of the he.id 40 ft In Bavaria, at Munich, in the BoUnic 

 Garden, 24 years planted, it is 15 ft high. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 30 years 

 planted, it is 15ft high ; in the Pfauen Insel, 40 years planted, it is 2()ft. high, with a trunk Sin. 

 in diameter. 



t 7. C. crassiko'lia Lam. The thick-leaved Celtis, or Hackbcrri/. 



Identification. Lam. Encycl., 4. p. 132. ; Michx. Arb., 3. p. 228. t 9. ; North Amer. Svlva, 3 p 47 , 

 t 115. ; Willd. .Sp. PI., 4. p. 995. ; Pursh FL Amer. Sept, 1. p. 200. ; N. Du Ham.. 2. p. 37. ; Rtem'. 

 et .Sthult. Syst. Veg., 6. p. 307. 



