626 AUBOUETU.M AND FUUTICETUM. TART 111. 



high. Ill Lonibardy, in the palace gardens at Monza, there is a noble tree, only 29 years planted 

 which is 75 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head *( ft. 



Statistics of the f'arielies. — R. P. in4rmis. In England, in Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 4 years planted 

 and 15 ft. high. In Ireland, at Cullenswoo<l Nursery, oO years planted, and 50 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk '2 ft., and of the head 48 ft. 



R. P. umbracuHfera. In England, at the Duke of Devonshire's Villa at Chiswick, are the oldest 

 specimens in the neighbourhood of London : they are grafted from 6ft. to 8 ft. high on the species; 

 and, after being about 15 years planted, have pendulous parasol-like heads, from 8 ft. to 12 ft. in 

 diameter, and from 3 ft. to 5 ft in height ; a plant, in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 grBfted within 1ft. of the ground, forms a bush 10 ft. high, and 1-2 fl. in diameter. In France, par- 

 ticularly in the neighbourhood of Paris, there are many fine specimens. In Austria, in the University 

 Botanic Garden at Vienna, a plant, '25 years planted, is 20 ft. high. We have received the dimensions 

 of many other specimens of this variety from different parts of Germany; but, as they all seem to 

 have increased at about the same rate of growth, and none to have attained a greater height than 

 20 ft., we consider it unnecessary to enumerate them. 



R. P. tortufjsa. In England, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, 10 years planted, 

 and 15 ft high ; in the arlH)retum of the Messrs Ixiddiges, in 18o0, 20 ft high, since cut down; 

 in Sussex, at West Dean, S years planted, and 17 ft. high; in Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 12 years 

 planted, and IS^ft high ; in Esse.>c, at Hylands, 10 years planted, and 20ft. high; in Hertford- 

 shire, at Cheshunt, fi years planted, and 13 ft. high; in Stiffbrdshire, at Alton Towers, 10 years 

 planted, and 16 ft. high; at Trenthain, 6 years planted, and 8 ft. high; in Suffolk, in the Bury 

 Botanic Garden, 6 years planted, and 7 ft. high. In the Isle of Jersey, in Saunders's Nursery, 10 years 

 planted, an<l 18 ft. high. In France, at Villers, 10 years planted, and 18 ft. high. In Austria, in 

 the University Botanic Garden at Vienna, 20 years plantctl, and 30ft. high; at Laxenburg, 20 

 years planted, and !0 ft high; at Hadersdorf, 12 years planted, and 18 It. high. In Hanover, at 

 Harbiicke, 8 vears planted, and 10 ft. high. 



R. P. sophoTsefi'jtia. In England, in ,the garden of the Horticultural Society, in 1834, 10 years 

 planted, and 20 ft. high ; in the arboretum of Messrs. I^oddiges, in 18.J0, 10 years planted, and 27 ft. 

 high; in Devonshire, at Kenton, 35 ft. high. In Scotland, in Haddingtonshire, at Tyningham, 

 73 years planted, and 33 ft. high. In France, at Rouen, in the Botanic Garden, 10 years plantetl, and 

 25 ft. high. In Austria, in the University Botanic Garden at Vienna, 35 years planted, and 36 ft. high. 

 In B.ivaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, it h;is been 12 years planted, but is generally killed 

 back every year to the ground. 



R. P. amorphafblia. In England, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, in 1834, 10 

 years planted, and 27 ft high ; and about the same height in the arboretum of the Messrs. Lod- 

 diges ; at KenwootI, 40 years planted, and :i5 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 20 in., and of the 

 head 30 ft. ; in Surrey, at Bagshot Park, 16 years planted, and 30 It. high ; in the Goldworth Arbo- 

 retum, 4 years planted, and 1-2 ft. high. In Prussia, at Sans Souci, 11 years |riantcd, and 30 tt. high ; 

 at the Pfauen insel, 10 years planted, and 32 ft. high. 



R. P. procira. In England, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, 10 years planted, 

 and .10 ft. high : and there was one still higher in Loddiges's arboretum in 1830 ; in Devonshire, 

 at Endslcigh Cottage, 12 years planted, and 30 ft. high, diameter of the trunk, at 1 ft from the 

 ground, 12 in., and of the head 20ft. 



R. P. pindula. In Germany, in Austria, at Briick on the Leytha, 15 years planted, and 12 ft. 

 high. 



R. P. monstrdsa. In England, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, in 1*54, 10 

 years planted, and 12 tt. high ; and about the same height in Loddiges's arboretum in 1830 ; in 

 Sussex, at West Dean, 14 years planted, and .32 ft hish. 



R. P. macrophylla. In England, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, in 1834, 10 

 years planted, and ,35 ft. high ; and it was about the same height in the arboretum of Messrs. Lod- 

 diges in 1830; in Sussex, at West Dean, 14 years planted, and 27 ft. high ; in Suffolk, at Ainnton 

 Hall, 13 years planted, and Si ft. high ; in StaflTordshire, at Trentham, 6 years planted, and 13 It 

 high. 



R. P. }nicrop/ipl/a. In England, this variety grows as rapidly as the species ; and there are 

 handsome trees of it in the garden of the l^ondun Horticultural Society, upwards of .30 ft. high. In 

 Austria, at Vienna, in Rosenthal's Nursery, 16 years planted, and 15 ft. high ; at Briick on the 

 Leytha, 25 years planted, and 12 ft. high. 



R. P. spectdbiiis. In France, at Villers, 10 years planted, and 36 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. In London, plants of the species are 15.?. a thousand 

 for seedlings, and 40^. a thousand for transplanted plants, from 3 ft. to 4 ft. 

 high ; American seeds, 5s. per lb., and European seeds, 2s. per lb. Plants of 

 the varieties are I*. 6d. each, with the exception of R. P. umbracuHfera ; plants 

 of which, grafted standard high, are from 5s. to 7s. each. At Bollwyller, trans- 

 planted plants of the species are 30 cents each ; ami of the different varieties, 

 from 1 franc to 2 francs each. R. P. ptntlula, and R. P. umbraculifera are 

 2 francs each. At New York plants of the species are from 12 cents to 

 37i cents each, according to their size; and of the varieties, from 37^ cents 

 to 30 cents. Seeds were, in 1825, 2 dollars per lb,, probably on account of the 

 great demand created for them in England by the writings of Mr. Cobbett : 

 at present they are 3s. 6d. per lb. 



t 2. R. [P.] visco^SA Vent. The clammy-barked Robinia. 



Identification. Vent Hort. Cels., t 4. ; Michaux, 2. p. 131. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 17. ; Dec. Prod., 2. 



p. 262. ; Don's Mill., 2. p 238. 

 Synonymcs. R. glutinbsa Curt. Bot. Mag., 560. ; R. raont^ua Bartravi ; the Rose-flowering Locust 

 Engravings. Vent. Hort. Cels., t. 4. ; N. Du Ham., 2. t. 17. ; Curt. Bot. Mag., t. 560., as R. glu. 



tin6sa ; out fig. 306. ; and the plate in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branches and legumes glandular iuul clammy. Racemes 

 crowded, erect. Bracteas concave, deciduous, each ending in a long bristle. 



