CHAP. CIV. 



i^ETULA^CEiE. ^LNUS. 



1687 



26 tt. high: in Worcestershire, at Hagley, 11 years planted, it is 16 ft. high ; at Coombe Abbey 

 A. g. laciniita, 40 years planted, is 70 ft. high. In Scotland, in Berwickshire, at the Hirsel W 

 years planted, it is '2i(t. high; in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, 40 years 

 planted, it is 53 It high ; in Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 16 in., and of the head 36 ft. : in Lanarkshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, IG years 

 planted," it is Soft, high; and >^. g. lacini^ta, 16 years planted, is 35 ft. high: in Argyllshire at 

 Toward Castle, 12 years planted, it is 23 ft. high ; in Banffshire, at Huntley Lodge, it is 63 ft high 

 the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 3 in., and of the hfead 60 ft.; in Forfarshire, at Moiiboddo, 34 years 

 planted, it is 30 ft. high ; in Perthshire, at Taymouth, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 4in., and of the head 14ft.; in Koss-shire, at Brahan Castle, 45 years planted, it is 40 ft 

 high; in Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 16 years planted, it is 39ft. high. In Ireland near 

 Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high ; at Terenure, 15' years 

 planted, it is 20ft. high. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 8 years planted, it is 18 ft. high • 

 in Fermanagh, at Florence Court, A. g. laciniata, 40 years planted, is 60 ft. high ; in Galway at 

 Coole, the species is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 32 ft. ; in Louth 

 at Oriel Temple, A. g. laciniata, 34 years planted, is 44 ft. high ; in Sligo, at Mackree' Castle the 

 species is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 36 ft. ; in Tyrone, at Baron's 

 Court, 50 years planted, it is 45 ft high. In France, at Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerricres 50 

 years old, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1| ft. ; at Avranches, in the Botanic Garden A e 

 laciniata, 20 years old, is 28 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 16 ft Iri 

 Hanover, at Harbcke, 6 years old, it is 8 ft. high, with a trunk 2 in. in diameter. In Austria at 

 Vienna, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 14 years planted, it is 16ft. high; at Briick on the 

 Leytha, A. g. laciniiita, 24 years old, is 25ft. high. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza 70 vears 

 old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 60 ft. 



^ "i 2. A. (g) OBLONGATA WUld. The ohlong-leaved Alder. 



Identificati07i. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 335. ; Baum., p. 20. ; N. Du Ham., '2. p. 215. 

 Synonymes. yJ'lnus fol. oblong., &c.,jSauA. ; A. fol. ovato-lanceol.. Sec, Mill. Did., ed 7 • lane 

 liche Else, Gcr. ' ' ' °" 



Spec. Char., cfc. Leaves elliptic, somewhat obtuse, glutinous ; axils of the 

 veins naked on the under side. ( Wi/ld. Sp. PL, iv. p. 335.) A large shrub 

 or low tree, said to be a native of Hungary, Austria, and Tiu-key. It was 

 introduced by Miller, in IT+O, who is said to have raised it from seed ; and, 

 if so, it must be a tolerably distinct kind ; which, indeed, it appears to 

 be, though we are doubtful as to whether it is entitled to rank as a species. 

 The largest plant of A. oblongata that we have heard of is in the Glasnevin 

 Botanic Garden, where, in 1834', after being 30 years planted, it is 30 ft. 

 high ; which confirms Willdenow's conjecture, that, in a mild moist climate 

 it may become a tree. There are plants in the Horticultural Society's 

 Gardens, and at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Va7ieti/. 

 at i A. (g.) o. 2 Joliis ellipticis Ait., A. pumila Lodd. Cat., has the leaves 

 narrower than the species. 



5? 3. A. inca'na Willd. The hoary -leaved Alder. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. SS5. ; Baum., p. 20. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 215. : Hoss Anleitun? 



p. 190. * 



Synonymes. B. A'\rm% var. incana Lin. Sp. PL, 1394. j 



B. incana Lin. Supp. ; A. fblio incano, &c., Bauh. 



Pin., 428. ; B. \ Iridis Vill. Datiph., 2. p. 789. ; weisse 



Erie, graue Else, or weisse Eller, Ger. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. 136. ; a.nAo\irfig. 1543. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 pubescent beneath ; axils of the veins 

 naked. Stipules lanceolate. {Willd. Sp. 

 PL, iv. p. 335.) A tree, which grows 

 in light sandy soil, in Lapland, Sweden, 

 and Prussia ; and on the hills in Austria, 

 Carniola, the Ukraine, Tyrol, and Swit- 

 zerland ; also in North America. This 

 tree, which Hoss informs us is common 

 on the banks of the Danube, will attain 

 a'greater height than the common alder, 

 or from 50 ft. to 70 ft., even in a toler- 

 ably di'y soil. It differs from the common 

 alder, in the leaves being pointed, in the leaves and the young wood not 



