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>y the Jesuit missionary, D'Incarville, in 1751 ; and that they were sown by Mil- 
er, in the Chelsea botanic garden, and by Philip Carteret Webb, at Bushbridge, in 
5urry, the same year. As the tree produced suckers freely, it was soon gene- 
ally propagated, and there are many fine specimens of it growing in different 
>arts of that country. 
The largest tree of this species in Britain, is at Syon, near London. In 1835, 
t had attained the height of seventy feet, with a trunk three feet, ten inches in 
Liameter, and an ambitus, or spread of branches, of forty feet. Its trunk formed 
in erect column about thirty feet high, before it ramified, and its head was hem- 
spherical. This tree is said to flower, and occasionally to produce fruit. 
The Ailantus glandulosa was introduced into France in 1780, by M. Blaikie, 
:nd the oldest specimens are at St. Leu, and at Paris. At St. Leu, there is a tree, 
>lanted by M. Blaikie, in 1794, which attained the height of eighty feet in forty 
r ears, with a trunk from three to three and a half feet in diameter. In the 
ardin des Plantes, at Paris, there is another tree, which, in 1835, had attained 
he height of sixty-eight feet, with a head forty-four feet in diameter, flowering 
nost years, and occasionally ripening seeds. 
At Geneva, in Switzerland, at the entrance of the botanic garden, there is a 
ree of this species, fifty or sixty feet in height, which, when in flower, emits so 
>owerful an odour that it may be perceived at a distance of nearly a quarter of 
l mile (cinq minutes de distance.) The suckers from this tree shoot from the 
;round in every direction, for forty or fifty feet. 
Many other interesting specimens are to be met with in the chief gardens and 
Elections in Britain, Ireland, and continental Europe, and the tree is generally 
:ultivated for ornament in all the temperate countries of the civilized world. It 
s not destined to thrive, however, in a very rigorous climate, for it dwindles 
town to a mere shrub, no farther north than Montreal, in Lower Canada. 
The Ailantus glandulosa found its way into the United States from two dis- 
inct sources. It was first introduced from Europe, in 1784, by Mr. William 
lamilton, at the Woodlands, near Philadelphia, and a sucker, planted from the 
>riginal tree, in 1809, is at present standing in the Bartram botanic garden, 
vhich is sixty feet in height, with a trunk nearly two feet in diameter. 
On the authority of Governor Charles Collins, of Newport, this species was 
>rought from South America, in about the year 1804, and was presented to 
jreneral Andrew McCorrie, of Portsmouth, in Rhode Island, by a master of a ves- 
sel. From this tree there were numerous others produced by cuttings, and six 
r eight of them were planted in 1807, by Governor Collins, at Bristol, several 
f which were felled and sawn into boards about twenty years after. In about 
he year 1810, Rev. Henry Wight, of the last-named place, procured a young 
ihoot, and planted near his house, which has grown to a magnificent tree, fifty- 
ive feet in height, with a trunk seven feet in circumference, at a yard above the 
pound, and an ambitus or spread of branches of fifty feet. In Portsmouth, 
Bristol, and Providence, there are numerous other trees of this species with 
runks nearly two feet in diameter. 
In about the year 1820, Mr. William Prince, of Flushing, Long Island, imported 
he ailantus from Europe, and from this source, most of the plants of this species 
n New York and vicinity, have been supplied. It may here be remarked, that 
)oth male and female trees grow in abundance in the last-named places, and 
hat the male may generally be distinguished by its more graceful leaves and 
landsome form. 
Propagation, Culture, $*c. The Ailantus glandulosa may readily be propagated 
'rom seeds, or by cuttings of the roots ; but the former mode is far more prefer- 
ible, as the tree is not so liable to throw up suckers as when produced by cut- 
ings. The seeds should be sown, if possible, as soon as they are gathered; and 
