626 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



high. In Lonibardy, in the palace gardens at Monza, there is a noble tree, only 9 years planted 

 which is 75 ft. high.'diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 40ft. 



Statistics (}f the Varieties. R. P. inetmis. In England, in Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 4 years planted 

 and 15ft. high. In Ireland, at Cullenswood Nursery, 30 years planted, and 50ft. high, diameter 

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



R. P. umbracullfera. 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 3ft. to 5ft in height; a plant, in the garden of the Horticultural Society, 

 grefted within 1 ft. of the ground, forms a bush 10 ft. high, and 12 ft. 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 

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



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

 and 15 ft high ; in the arboretum of the Messrs, Loddiges, in 1830, 20 ft. high, since cut down ; 

 in Sussex, at West Dean, 8 years planted, and 17 ft. high; in Cheshire, at Eaton Hall, 12 years 

 planted, and 18 ft. high ; in Essex, at Hylands, 10 years planted, and 20ft. high; in Hertford, 

 shire, at Cheshunt, 6 years planted, and 13ft. high; in Staffordshire, at Alton Towers, 10 years 

 planted, and 16 ft. high ; at Trentham, 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 year's 

 planted, and 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 planted, and 30 ft. high ; at Laxenburg, 20 

 years planted, and 10ft. high; at Hadersdorf, 12 years planted, and 18ft. high. In Hanover, at 

 Harbecke, 8 years planted, and 10ft. high. 



R. P. sophorsefblia. In England, in .the garden of the Horticultural Society, in 1834, 10 years 

 planted, and 20 ft. high ; in the arboretum of Messrs. Loddiges, in 1830, 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 planted, and 

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

 In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, it has been 12 years planted, but is generally killed 

 back every year to the ground. 



R. P. amorphce/blia. In England, in the garden of the London Horticultural Society, in 1834, 10 

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

 diges ; at Kenwood, 40 years planted, and 35 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 ft. high ; in the Goldworth Arbo- 

 retum, 4 years planted, and 12 ft. high. In Prussia, at Sans Souci, 11 years planted, and 30 ft. high ; 

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



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

 and 30 ft. high ; and there was one still higher in Loddiges's arboretum in 1830 ; in Devonshire, 

 at Endsleigh 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. plndula. 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 1834, 10 

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



issex, at West Dean, 14 years planted, and 32 ft high. 



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



ye 

 Su 



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 Ampton 

 Hall, 13 years planted, and 34 ft. high ; in Staffordshire, at Trentham, 6 years planted, and 13 ft. 

 high. 



R. P. microphylla. In England, this variety grows as rapidly as the species ; and there are 

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

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

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



R. P. spectdbfli's. In France, at Villers, 10 years planted, and 36 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. In London, plants of the species are 1 5s. a thousand 

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

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

 the varieties are Is. Gd. each, with the exception of R. P. umbraculffera ; plants 

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

 planted plants of the species are 50 cents each; and of the different varieties, 

 from 1 franc to 2 francs each. R. P. pcndula, and R. P. umbraculffera are 

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

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

 to 50 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. Gd. per lb. 



5 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. 



Synonymes. R. glutindsa Curt. Bat. Mag., 560. ; R. montana Bartram ; the Rose-flowering Locust. 

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



tinosa ; our jig. .30 (i. ; and the plate in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., $c. Branches and legumes glandular and clammy. Racemes 

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



