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ARBOKETUM AND FRUTtCETUM. 



PART 111. 



tria, at Vienna, in the garden at Schonbrunn, aiul also in that of M. Pernold, there are several 

 male salisburiis, from 40ft. to 50ft. high, which flower every year. The oldest of these was the tree 

 originally planted in the garden at Schonbrunn by Francis I. '.See p. 209(5.) In the Botanic Garden 

 at Carlsruho, there is a tree 60 ft. high, which has not yet flowered. In Brunswick, at Harbke, there 

 is a tree, 70 years planted, and only 20ft. high. In Switzerland, the female tree at Bourdigny (see 

 p. 209d) was kindly measured for us in April, 1835, by M. Alphonse De Candolle ; and, according to 

 his communication in the Gardner's Magazine, vol. xi., it was then from 12 ft. to 15 ft. high, with a 

 trunk exactly 4 ft. in circumference at 18 in. from the ground ; and the diameter of the space|covered by 

 the branches was 25ft. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years planted, the male is Sfift. high, 

 the circumference of the trunk 2 ft., and the diameter of the head 18 ft. ; there is also a female, 10 

 years old, which is only 3 ft. high, A female tree, in another garden near Milan, has flowered. In 

 the Botanic Garden at Pavia, a tree, measured by the Abbe Berleze, in 1832, was 60 ft. high. This 

 must be the finest tree in Italy, as that of Montpelier is the finest in France ; that of Carlsruhe the 

 finest in Germany ; that of Leyden the finest in Holland ; and that of thr> Mile End Nursery the 

 finest in England. In North America, at Woodlands, near Philadelphia, there is a tree 54ft. high, 

 with a trunk 3 ft. 10 in. in circumference at 2 ft. from the ground ; there are also two other trees in 

 the same garden, but not one of them has ever flowered. These trees were brought to America, by 

 Mr. Hamilton, in 1784. (See Gard. Mag., xii. p. 378.) 



Commercial Statistics. Plants, in the London nurseries, are from" Is. 6^7. to 

 bs. each, according to the size; female plants, 5s. each, At Bollwyller, plants 

 are 5 francs each ; and at New York, 2 dollars. 



1993 



A pp. I. Half-hardy Genera belonging to the Order Taxdcecc. 



Podocdrpus L'HeYit. is nearly allied to Taxus, and so much resembles that genus, both in its 

 leaves and fruit, that it has not been long separated from it. The species are tall trees, natives of 

 China, Japan, the East Indies, the Cape of Good Hope, South America, and New Holland. About 

 a dozen species have been introduced into England, which are almost always kept in the green- 

 house or stove ; but sonic have been found to stand the open air in the climate of London, with very 

 slight protection. 



P. macrophylhts Swt, Lamb, 2d ed. 2., p. 843. ; T. macrophy'lla Thun. Jap., 276., Smith in Recs's 

 Ci/cl., No. 6.; the long-leaved Japan yew; has the leaves scattered, pointless, spreading every way, and 

 the fruit stalked. Common in Japan, where it is a large and stout tree, the wood; of which is valued for 

 cabinet-work, not being liable to the attacks of insects. It is a native of Japan, and was introduced 

 into the Kew Gardens in 1804. There are plants at Messrs. Loddiges's, and in various collections, 

 which are usually kept in green-houses or cold-pits ; but there is a plant in the Horticultural So- 

 ciety's Garden, which was planted in 1S32 in an angle where two walls meet, and is now (1837) 

 between 2 ft. and 3 ft. high. 



I', lat/filius Wall. i ^^ V 



Plant. Asiat. Rar., 1. p. 

 :<;. t. .;()., and our fig. 

 I'.!'!, has the leaves 

 ovate-lanceolate, much 

 pointed, and opposite. 

 Male catkins fascicled, 

 axillary, on a common 

 peduncle. Nut globose ; 

 receptacle narrow, co- 

 vered with scattered 

 bracteas. An evergreen 

 tree of the middle size. 

 Leaves about 5 in. long, 

 and 1 in. broad ; pain 

 beneath. (Wall.) A 

 native of the mountains 

 of Puudna, flowering in 

 March, and ripening its 

 fruit towards the end of 

 the year. It iscalled.W- 

 loug by the natives. Dr. 

 \Vallich observes, this 

 species "is very dis- 

 tinct from P. macro- 

 phyllus in size, figure, 

 and insertion of its 



i a .. V l'- a " d '" [ ts fasclclcd aments. Both species are found on the same lofty range of mountains, 

 noruc ing on the eastern parts of Bengal, not far from the district of Silhet." " (See Tcntamcn 1'loni: 

 Nepalensistllustratic, l.p. 5<;.) 



P.spinulosus Sprengel ; P. excelsus laid. Cat., ed. 1836 ; T. spinulbsa Smith in Rees's Cycl., No. 7. ; 

 me leaves partly opposite, or whorled, and lanceolate ; spinous-pointed, and spreading every 

 vay. it is a native of Port Jackson, and there is a plant in the Botanic Garden at Kew, against 

 a west wall, which has stood there without protection since 1830, and is now 3 ft. high. 



l.nucifcr Pcrsoon; T. nucifera K&mpf. Amcvn. Ex., p. 815., icon., Smith in Itci-s's Cycl, No. 5., 



f'?h r Cp " > t- 44-; has the leaves 2-raiiked, distant, lanceolate, pointed, and but halt the length 



oi ti fruit; and the foliage and habit of the plant strongly resemble those of a deciduous cypress. 



requent, according to Ka?mpfer, in the northern provinces of Japan, where it forms a lotty tree, 



^ many opposite scaly branches, found also on mountains in Nepal and Kamaon. The wood is 



"grit. An oil is made from the kernel of the nut, which is said lobe used for culinary purposes, though 



itself is too astringent to be eaten. This spcci< s was introduced in 1 420, and is, perhaps, 



ic hardiest of the genus; a plant having stood oul in open ground in the Goldwoith Arborc- 

 turn smce 1831, which is now 4 ft. high. It is al,o at Me.-r, I^ddigi-sV In 1S, there was a tree 

 of this species at White Knights, which was ];j It. high. 



