NOTICES OF COLLECTIONS OF CONIFERS. -11.") 



place. It is growing it 1 a perfectly natural manner, with- 

 out any pruning or cultivation whatever, and i^ DOW about 

 35 ieet liigh and 2-.V feet in circumference. The- European 

 Larch, Larix. Europea, and the American Larch, Larlx 

 Americana, are well represented by excellent specimen--. 

 The best of the former is now 103 feet high and 5 feet 4 



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inches in circumference ; whilst the latter, although com- 

 paratively young, is 40 feet high and 2 feet in circum- 

 ference. 



Among the Pines is a very good. Jersey Pine, P. ino})S^ 

 62 feet high and 3 feet in circumference. The Northern 

 Yellow Pine, P. ndtis^ is 90 feet high and 4 feet 8 inches 

 in circumference. Pitch Pine, P. rigida, although grow- 

 ing in a rocky situation with very little earth, is now 

 about 54 feet high and 44- feet in circumference. The best 



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White Pine, P. Strobus, a glorious tree, by the way, is 118 

 feet high and 7^ feet in circumference. The Scotch Pine, 

 P. sylvestris, is about 35 feet high and 3 feet in circum- 

 ference. A very good specimen of the Maiden-Hair Tret-, 

 or Japan Ginkgo, Salisburia adictntifolia, is to be seen in 

 this collection ; and, although perhaps somewhat inferior 

 to the. old Hamilton trees, is 61 feet high and 3 feet 8 

 inches in circumference. The Deciduous Cypress, Taxo- 

 dium distiehum, is one of the most attractive feature's in 

 these gardens, being about 125 feet high and 20 feet in cir- 



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cumference. The best American Arbor Vita;, Thuja or- 

 cidentalis, is 52 feet high, and 3 feet 10 inches in circum- 

 ference; whilst the finest plant of the Chinese Arbor 

 Vita?, JBlota Orientalis, is 25 feet high and 3 feet in cir- 

 cumference. The Bartram collection also embraces many 

 splendid specimens of deciduous trees. 



The second botanical garden in this country was located 

 at Marshallton, Chester Co., Pa., in the year 177::. 

 Humphrey Marshall, the proprietor of these grounds, was 

 a cousin to John Bartram; and to his association and cor- 

 respondence with his talented relative may possibly be at- 



