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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART 111. 



was covered with fruit, presenting one hemispherical mass of spikes. In 1835, this mass measured 

 30ft. high, and 57 ft. in diameter. In Hampshire, at Alresford, 30 years planted, it is 17 ft high; 

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

 30ft high, with a trunk 2ft. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 48ft In Lancashire, 

 at Latham House, 60 years planted, it is 19ft high, diameter of the head 39 ft. In Derbyshire, at 

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

 Blenheim, it is 17 ft. high, with a head 100ft in diameter. In Staffordshire, at Sandwell Park, 30ft. 

 high, and the diameter of the head 27ft. In Yorkshire, at Hornby Castle, 60 years planted, 22ft. 

 high, and the diameter of the head 54 ft ; at Cannon Hall, 23ft high, and the d'iameter of the head 

 63ft. In Scotland, near Edinburgh, at (iosford House, 30 years planted, it is 20ft. high, diameter 

 of the head 30ft. In Ayrshire, at Brucefield, 30 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2J ft, and of the head 

 33 ft. ; at Rozelle, 22 ft high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 35 ft. In Berwickshire, at 

 the Hirsel, 30 years planted, and 17 ft. high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, 20 ft. high. In 

 Angusshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 30 years planted, and 25 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 22 in., and of 

 the head 36ft. ; at Old Montrose, 60 years planted, and 35 ft. high. In Banff'shirej at Gordon Castle, 

 45ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 57ft. In Clackmannanshire, at the Dollar 

 Institution, 12 years planted, and ]2ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 10ft. 

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

 House, a tree with a head 40 ft. in diameter ; at Raith, 4 trees, 32 years planted, were measured by 

 Mr. Sang in 1819, and the girt was found to vary from 3ft 10 in., to 5 ft. 2 in., at the surface of the 

 ground. (Plant. Kal., p. 558.) In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 100 years planted, and 40ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2| ft, and of the head 60ft. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrie Castle, 3ri years 

 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 Ireland, at Kilkenny, in Woodstock Park, 70 years planted, and 31 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 3ft. 10 in., and of the head 58 ft. In Wicklow, at Shelton Abbey, 40 years planted, and 35 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 39 ft. In Antrim, at Antrim Castle, 150 

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

 at Florence Court, 40 years planted, and 32 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 22 ft 

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

 the head 35 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Seedling plants, in the London nurseries, are 5s. per 

 100; transplanted plants, a foot high, 20*. per 100; and berries 14s. per 

 bushel : at Bolhvyller, where it requires 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'RASUS Lois. The Laurel Cherry, or common Laurel. 



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

 Synonymes. Prunus Laurocerasus Lin. Sp., 678. ; Cherry Bay, Cherry Laurel; Laurier au Lait, 



Laurier Cerisier, Laurier Amandier, Fr. ; Kirsche Lorbeer, Ger. 

 Engravings. Blackw. Herb., t. 512. ; Du Ham. Arb., 1. p. 346. 1. 133. ; and our fig. 422. 



Spec. Char., %c. 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.,u. p. 540.) 



Varieties. 



* C. L. 2 vaiiegata Hort. Leaves variegated with either white or yellow. 



* C. L. 3 angustifolia 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 

 Hartogz'0 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 Magnolia grandi- 

 flora. The young shoots, and petioles 

 of the leaves, are of a pale green, which 

 is not the case with the young shoots 



