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20 years planted, it is 25ft. high ; in Oxfordshire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, 

 it is 55ft. high; in Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 35 years planted, it is 40ft. high; in 

 Rutlandshire, at Belvoir Castle, 26 years planted, it is 60 ft. high ; in Staffordshire, at Trentham, 

 20 years planted, it is 20 ft. high : in Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 60 years planted, it is 70ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 3$ ft., and of the head 42ft. ; at Ampton Hall, 13 years planted, it is 

 2t> ft. high: in Worcestershire, at Hagley, 11 years planted, it is 16ft. high; at Coombe Abbey, 

 A. g. laciniata, 40 years planted, is 70ft. high. In Scotland, in Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, fii 

 years planted, it is '24? ft. high; in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, 40 years 

 planted, it is 53ft. high ; in Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 24ft high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 16 in., and of the head 36ft. : in Lanarkshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 16 years 



lanled, it is 30ft. high ; and A. g. laciniata, 16 years planted, is 35ft. high : in Argyllshire, at 

 Ward Castle, 12 years planted, it is 23ft. high ; in Banffshire, at Huntley Lodge, it is 63 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 3 in., and of the rfcad 60 ft. ; in Forfarshire, at Monboddo, 34 years 

 planted, it is 30ft. high ; in Perthshire, at Taymouth, it is 3()ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 4 in., and of the head 14ft.; in lloss-shire, at Brahan Castle, 45 years planted, it is 40ft. 

 high ; in Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 16 years planted, it is 39ft. high. In Ireland, near 

 Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40ft. high; at Terenure, 15 years 

 planted, it is 20ft. high. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 8 years planted, it is 18ft. high ; 

 in Fermanagh, at Florence Court, A. g. laciniata, 40 years planted, is 60ft. high; in Galway, at 

 Coole, the species is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 32 ft. ; in Louth, 

 at Oriel Temple, A. g. laciniata, 34 years planted, is 44 ft high ; in Sligo, at Mackree Castle, the 

 species is 60ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 36ft ; in Tyrone, at Baron's 

 Court, 50 years planted, it is 45 ft high. In France, at Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerrieres, 50 

 years old, it is 60 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1J ft. ;>t Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, A. g. 

 laciniata, 20 years old, is 28ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 16ft. In 

 Hanover, at Harbcke, 6 years old, it is 8ft. high, with a trunk 2 in. in diameter. In Austria, at 

 Vienna, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 14 years planted, it is 16ft. high; at Briick on the 

 Leytha, A. g. laciniata, 24 years old, is 25ft. high. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 70 years 

 old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 60 ft. 



* X 2. A. (G) OBLONGA V TA Wittd. The oblong-leaved Alder. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 335. ; Baum., p. 20. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 215. 

 Synonymes. ^'Inus fol. oblong., &c.,Baufi. ; A. fol. ovato-lanceol., &c., Mill. Diet., ed. 7. ; lang- 

 liche Else, Ger. 



Spec. Char. y $c. Leaves elliptic, somewhat obtuse, glutinous ; axils of the 

 veins naked on the under side. ( Willd. &p. PL, iv. p. 335.) A large shrub 

 or low tree, said to be a native of Hungary, Austria, and Turkey. It was 

 introduced by Miller, in 1749, who is said to have raised it from seed ; and, 

 if so, it must be a tolerably distinct kind; which, indeed, it appears to 

 be, though we are doubtful as to whether it is entitled to rank as a species. 

 The largest plant of A. oblongata that we have heard of is in the Glasnevin 

 Botanic Garden, where, in 1834, after being 30 years planted, it is 30ft. 

 high ; which confirms Willdenow's conjecture, that, in a mild moist climate, 

 it may become a tree. There are plants in the Horticultural Society's 

 Gardens, and at Messrs. Loddiges's. 



Variety. 



a A. (g.) o. 2 foliis ellipticis Ait., A. pumila Lodd. Cat., has the leaves 

 narrower than the species. 



3. A. INCA X NA Wittd. The hoary-leaved Alder. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PL, 4. p. 335. ; Baum., p. 20. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p. 215. : Hoss Anleitung, 



p. 190. 

 Synonymes. B. A'\nus var. incana Lin. Sp. PI., 1394. ; 



B. incana Lin. Supp. ; A. folio incano, &c., Bauh. ^^ <&9tU ^.^_ 1543 



Pin., 428. ; B. viridis Vill. Dauph., 2. p. 789. ; weisse 



Erie, graue Else, or weisse Eller, Ger. 

 Engravings. Hayne Abbild., t. J36. ; and our fig. 1543. 



Spec. Char., fyc. Leaves oblong, acute, 

 pubescent beneath ; axils of the veins 

 naked. Stipules lanceolate. (Willd. Sp. 

 PL, iv. p. 335.) A tree, which grows 

 in light sandy soil, in Lapland, Sweden, 

 and Prussia ; and on the hills in Austria, 

 Carniola, the Ukraine, Tyrol, and Swit- 

 zerland ; also in North America. This 

 tree, which Hoss informs us is common 

 on the banks of the Danube, will attain 

 a'greater height than the common alder, 

 or from 50 ft. to 70 ft., even in a toler- 

 ably dry soil. It differs from the common 

 alder, in the leave* being pointed, in the leaves and the young wood not 



