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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICKTH M. 



PART III. 



by its leaves being larger, and of a lighter and more shining green, and its 

 wood being of a lighter colour in winter. The leaves also die oft' sooner, 

 and of a brighter vellow, than those of the European species. It is more 

 hardy, and is readily propagated by layers, or by seeds. The insect most 

 commonly found on the nettle tree and hackberry, in America, is the tfphf n.r 

 drupiferarum, or Hackberry Hawk Moth. (Abbott and Smithes Imect* of 

 ', and our Jiff . 1253.) This insect greatly resembles the privet hawk 



moth (p. 1201.); but the colour of the moth is a beautiful shaded brown, without 

 any tinge of redness. The larva is green, beautifully marked with shaded pink 

 and a brilliant white. 



Statistics. Citltis Occident fill's in the Environs of London. At Syon, it is 54ft. high ; diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 30ft. In the Fulham Nursery, 70 years planted, it is 50 ft 

 high. 



Ce~ltfs occfdentalis South of London. In Devonshire, at Killcrton, 25 years planted, it is 3.3 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 31ft. In Surrey, at Barn Elms, it is 40ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 54 ft. In Sussex, at Wcstdean, 14 years planted, it is 

 19ft. high. 



Ccltix occidentulis North of London. In Cambridgeshire, in the Cambridge Botanic Garden, it is 

 35ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 7 in., and of the head 24ft. In Durham, at Southend, fi years 

 planted, it is 11 ft. high. In Lancashire, in the Manchester Botanic Garden, 5 years planted,' it is 

 4ft. high. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, it is 30ft. high, diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head 30 ft. In Suffolk, in the Bury Botanic Garden, 10 years planted, it is 12 ft. 

 high; at Ampton Hall, 12 years old, it is lift. high. In Worcestershire, at Crooine, 20 years 

 planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Croome (var. scabriuscula), 20 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In York- 

 shire, in the Hull Botnnic Garden, 10 years planted, it is 13 ft. high. 



Cifltts occidentalism Scot/and. In the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 14ft. high. At Dalhousie 

 Castle, 6 years planted, it is 8 ft. high. 



Ctltis occfdentftlis in Ireland. Near Dublin, at Terenure, 8 years planted, it is fi ft. high. 



Ctltis occidentdlis in Foreign Countries. In France, at Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, 130 years 

 old, it is 68 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 8 in., and of the head 40 ft. ; at Nantes, in the nursery 

 of M. De Nerrieres, 29 years planted, it is 29 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk <2 ft; in the Botanic 

 Garden at Avranches, 40 years planted, it is 40ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of 

 the head 28 ft. In Hanover, in the Botanic Garden at Gottingen, 30 years planted, it is 30ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. In Saxony, at Worlitz, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In A us. 

 tria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic Garden, 60 years planted, it is 55 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 2ft, and of the head 29ft. ; at Briick on the Leytha, 45 years planted, it is (50 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2j ft., and of the head 40ft In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic- 

 Garden, 24 years planted, it is 15ft high. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 30 y<-ars 

 planted, it is 15ft. high ; in the Pfauen Insel, 40 years planted, it is 2f>ft. high, with a trunk 8 in. 

 in diameter. 



7. C. CRASSIFOYIA Lam. The thick-leaved Celtis, or Haclcberry. 



mer. Sylva, 3. 

 Pursh FI. Amer. Sept., 1. p. 200. ; N. I)u Ham., 2 p 37 ; Kci-m 



Tdentlftcation. Lam. Encycl., 4. p. 132. ; Michx. Arb.. 3. p. 228. t. 9. ; North Amer. Sylva, 3. p. 47., 

 t 115. ; Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. W5. ; 



et Sf-hult. Syst. Veg., fi. p. 807. 



