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of the trunk 2iin., and that of the head 4ft In Ireland. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 

 8 years planted, it is 9 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 in., and that of the head 9 ft. In Down 

 at Ballyleady, 2fi years planted, it is 15ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 12in. In Louth, 

 at Oriel Temple, 40 years planted, it is 22ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 11J in., and that of U 

 head 15 ft. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, at Paris,2/> vears planted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in. ; in the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 50 years old, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2ft. ; at Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 29 years planted, it is 30ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 7 in., and of the head 8ft. In Hanover, at Harbke, 8 years planted, it 

 10 ft. high. In Prussia, at Berlin, at Sans Souci, from 45 to .50 years old, it is 18 ft. high, with a 

 trunk 11 in. in diameter. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 25 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are Is. 6d. each ; 

 and seeds in the cone, or catkin, are 2s. 'per pint. At Bollwyller, plants are 

 2 francs and 50 cents each ; and at New York they are 25 cents. 



5f 2. L. IMBE'RBE Willd. The beardless, or Oriental, Liquidambar. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 475. ; Ait. Hort. Raw., 3. p. 365. ; N. Du Ham., 2. p44. 



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