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ARBORETUM AND FUUIICETUM. 



PART III. 



was covered with fruit, presenting one hemispherical mass of spikes. In lSo;>, tliis mass mcasurea 

 30 ft high, and 57 ft. in diameter. In Hampshire, at Alresford, 30 years planted, it is I < It liigh; 

 at Leigh Park, 7 vears planted, it is 13ft. high. In Herefordshire, at Stoke Edith Park, it is 

 30ft. high, with a trunk '.'Jft. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 48rt. In Lancashire, 

 at I^tham House, fiO vears planted, it is 191t. high, diameter of the head 39 ft. In Derbyshire, at 

 Foston Hall, 80 years planted, it is 17 ft. high, with a head 16 It. in diameter. In Oxlordshire, at 

 Blenheim it is 17 ft. high, with a head 1(H) ft. in diameter. In Staffordshire, at Sandwell Park, 30 <t. 

 i.:~u i**K.^ ,i:«,««^«.. ^r *h« h^-sd OT f> Tn ^'n^k-^ihirp_ at Hornhv Castle. fiO vears olanted. 22 ft, 



the head 36 ft ; at Old Montrose, 60 vears planted, and :>o ft. high. In Hanttsliire, at Oortlon t <-istie, 

 45 ft high diameter of the trunks ft.' 6 in., and of the head 57 ft. In Clackmannanshire, at the Dollar 

 Institution, 12 years planted, and 12 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 10 It. 

 In Fifeshir'e at Dysart House, 14ft. high, with a hemispherical head 25 ft. in diameter; at Largo 

 Lj„..„„ , t,J<, ...ifi, o h/.n<i ill ft in diameter : at Raith. 4 trees. 32 vears planted, were measured by 



planted and 33 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 15 ft. ; at West Plean, 24 years 

 planted' and 22 ft high ; at Sanchie, 25 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 29 ft. 

 In Irela'nd at Kilkenny, in Woodstock Park, 70 ye.ars planted, and 31 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 3ft 'lOin .and of the head 5H ft. In Wicklow, at Sheltoii .\bbcy, 40 years planted, and .55 ft, 

 high the diameter of the trunk 2i ft., and of the he.nd 3!l ft. In Antrim, at Antrim Castle, 1,)0 

 years' planted 18 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3^7 in., and of the head .36 ft. In Fermanagh, 

 at Florence Court, 4() years planted, and 32 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 22 It. 

 In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 50 years planted, and 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of 

 the head 35 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Seedling plants, in the London nurseries, are bs. per 

 100; transplanted plants, a foot high, 20.?. per 100; and berries 14.v. per 

 bushel : at Bollw yller, where it retjuires protection during winter, plants are 

 1 franc 50 cents "each ; and at New York, where it is also tender, plants are 

 1 dollar each. 



« 29. C. Lauroce'rasis Lois. The Laurel Cherry, or common Laurel. 



hlcnmcatioti. Lois in N. Du Ham., 5. p. 6. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 540. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 516. 

 Sunoni/mcs. Primus Lauroc<^rasus Un. Sp., 678. ; Cherry Bay, Cherry Laurel ; Laurier au Lait, 



Laurier Cerisier, Laurier Amandier, /■>. ; Kirsche Lorbecr, Ger. 

 Engravings. Blarkw. Herb., t. 512. ; Du Ham. Arb., I. p. .•}46. 1. 133. ; and out Jig. 422. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Evergreen. Leaves coriaceous, ovate-lanceolate, remotely 

 .serrate, bearing upon the under surface of the disk 2 — 4 glands. Racemes 

 shorter than the leaves. Fruit ovate-acute. Brought from Trebisond, in 

 Asia Minor, into Europe, in 1576. {Dec Prod.,\\. p. 540.) 



Varieties. . , . , 



• C. L. 2 vnriegdta Hort. — Leaves variegated with either white or yellow. 

 a* C. //. 3 angustifoUa Hort., with leaves about a third part of the width of 



those of the species, and a ^'^^ 



more dwarf-growing plant. A 



very distinct variety, which 



seldom, if ever, flowers. In 



some nurseries, it is called 



Hartogw capensis, though this 



latter is a totally different 



plant. (See p.495. and p. 504.) 



Description. The common laurel, 

 though it will grow as high as the Por- 

 tugal laurel, is, in its habit, decidedly 

 a shrub. It is known at once from 

 all the other species of the genus by 

 the largeness of its smooth, yellowish ^_ 

 green, shining leaves, which in colour^^^ 

 resemble those of the common orange ; 

 and in both colour and magnitude, and 

 somewhat, also, in form, those of the 

 broad-leaved variety of MagnohVr grandi- 

 flora. The young shoots, and petioles 

 of the leaves', are of a pale green, which 

 is not the case with the young shoots 



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