ARBOKETUM AND FUUTICETU.M. PART III. 



main object is to produce timber trees ; or by cuttini: out the largest when lit for 

 poles, if this, | )C the main object. Verv little pruning is required for the spruce 

 fn % , except in the case of large trees; when the lower branches may be cut 

 olt'elo>e to the stem, to the heighth of a fourth, or from that to a third, part 

 of' the height of the whole tree. When pruned, the brandies ought to be cut 

 off close to the stem, in order that the wound mav heal over as specdilv 

 as possible. Hayes mentions a practice adopted by a gentleman in Ireland, 

 of cutting off every other tier of branches, for the purpose of strengthening 

 those which were left; and, by allowing the branches to ban-; down more 

 freely, thus to increase the picturesque appearance of the tree. (Pi-act. 

 Treat., p. 16(5.) At whatever age the trees are cut down, the roots ought 

 to be grubbed up, as they furnish a valuable material for fuel or charcoal. 

 The season of felling, where the bark is to be kept on, should be mid-winter, 

 when the sap is in its most dormant state : but, where the bark is wanted for 

 tanning, May is preferable ; because then the sap is in motion, and the bark 

 easily separates from the wood. 



Statistics. In the Environs of London. At Mount Grove, Hampstead, IS years planted, it is v?!' ft. 

 high; at Syon, it is between <H)ft. and KM) ft. high; at Chiswick Villa, it is til) ft. high ; at Whitton, 

 between 80ft. and <)ft. high. South of Ixindon. In Somersetshire, at Kingsweston, it i> <>.> ft. 

 high, with a trunk .T ft. in diameter. In Surrey, at i;ag..hot I'ark, hi years planted, it is ,xj ft. high ; 

 at Claremont, it is Si.">ft. high, the diarreter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head ofj 11, In Sussex, at 

 Cowdrey, it is 80 ft. high, with a trunk oft. !>in. in diameter. In \Vilt.shire, at Longleat, SO years 

 planted," it is !'!> ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4ft., and of the head 44 ft. North of London. 

 In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, it is ".Oft. high. In F.ssex, at Audley F.nd, 

 til years planted, it is on ft. high, the diameter of the trunk U ft. tiin., and of the head 30 ft. In Here- 

 fordshire, at Haltield, Id') years old, it is 71 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk -J ft. ti in., and of the 

 head l.'dt. In Hertfordshire, at Aldenham Abbey, : : A years planted, it is ti.jft. high. In Leices- 

 tershire, at Doiinington, ;5S years planted, it is ,VJ ft! high". In Norfolk, at Merton Hall, it is 87 ft. 

 hisrh, with a trunk ;> ft. ti in. "in diameter. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 10 years planted, it 

 i< -- it. high -. at Willey 1'ark, IK years planted, it is -10ft. high, the diameter of the "trunk 1 ft., and 

 of the he. id l jn ft. In "Staffordshire, at Trentham, it is <ift. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 

 4 in., and of the head oO ft. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, fiO years planted, it is lonft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk .> ft , and of the head /io ft. In \Voreeste~$hire, at Hadzor House, 10 years 

 planted, it is 'jnft. high. In Yorkshire, in Studley I'ark, the tree of which a figure is given in our 

 last Volume, 1 .ijft. hiL'h. In Scotland. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran, . r >.~> years planted, it is !)."> ft. 

 high, with a trunk ,i ft. ti in. in diameter, and that of the head SO ft. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, 

 oT years planted, it is ti7 ft. high. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle. I.") years planted, it is .Soft, 

 hiu'h. In Forfarshire, at Monboddo, L'S years planted, it is :>()ft. high : at Courtachy Castle, 14 years 

 planted, it is -7 ft. high; another, /JO years planted, is .j.jft. high. In Inverness-shire, at Couan, 

 4o year- planted, lt is tin ft. high. In Perthshire, at Invermay, it is S l ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk ,", ft. <iin., and of the head til- ft. ; at T.tymotith, it is 100 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 4 It , and of the head .",1 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Sauchie, it is !',; ft. high, diameter of the trunk 'J ft. 

 i, in., and of tin- bead ,50 ft. ; at I'.lair Drummond, 1.0 >ears old, it is osft. high, the di.micter of 

 the trunk L' fl. tini., and of the head 'JO ft. In Ireland, 'in Fermanagh, at Florence Court, .-".."> years 

 planted, if is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 It. tun., and of the head on ft. ; at Castle Coo'le, it 

 i> ti'Jft. high, thi> diameter of the trunk '.'ft. In Sligo, at Mackrec Castle, it is Hi ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 2 ft. v in. Ill Tyrone, at I'.aron's I 'ourt. on \ears plaiited.it is Inn ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk - ft. ti in., and" of the head ,">ntt. In Saxony, at \\ i >i lit/, tin years planted, 

 it i MI ft. high, the diameter of the trunk -1 It , and of the head IMt. In I a>. I." at U dhtlm- 



Mun'ich,'. 1 } years planted, it i- loft high. In AiMria, at Vienna, in the University Hotanie Garden, 

 .' year.s planted, it is Vi ft high ; at Briick on the Leytha, tiO years planted, it i> 'inn ft. ), IK |]._ in 

 l'rii-ia, near Met lin, at Sans Souci, 40 years planted, i't i> tin ft. "high. 



CinniiHTi-idl Sldtixllcs. Price of seeds, in London, .'>.s. per Ib. ; and of plants, 

 one \ ear's seedliiiL's, l.v. (\<I. per thousand; three \ ears' seedlings, S.v. per 

 thousand; and transplanted plants, from l^in. to isin. high, ^.;.v. per thou- 

 sand. At lidllu \ller, single plants are s cents each; and at New York, from 

 .;() cents, to I '. dollar, according to the si/e. 



T ->. A. \'I.H\ Midi. i. The white Spruce Fir. 



l,lcntijiciiH <tt i Michx. Y\ I'.or. Amer., '.'.. p. JO?., Arb., 1. p. U>. ; N. Amer. Syl.,:;. p. lyj. ; I'oir. 



Diet Kncvc . ti p ,,Jl ; N. Du Ham., n p _"<l. 



Si/Hiirii/Mfx.' /'bras ,'tlba .lit. Hot. A',-?/-., .J. p. oTF, HV/A/. AV;W. />',iu,,iz., p. 'J'Jl., l.tunh. /'/;,., 

 'i-,l. :-, 1 t. .,-.. ; ]'. l/ixa K/ir/i. Ik-itr.,:!. P- 'Jk; /'. i-anacjr-nsis /Jw Ki II,,, hi. p. \:\.. n; IHf ;/i. 



I'.,-,/! , t 1 ,/Miii-s / J icea fi.his, ,\c , lint. ./:/., 'J. t. I, Diill,i,,i .l,-h.,\ p.;; , ./. cnrvihdia 



11,,,-t sai-de Spruce, [incr , I i'pmt tie blanche, '( -,,,111,1,1 ; S.ipmettr blanche, /'; . 

 /.,/ ,v//v;i/'.v. ' La ml). I'lll., ed. ..'., 1. t :Jti ; \Vangh. He\t., : .>. t. I. f . - '. , Hmt Allgl., ..'. t. 1 ; N. Du 



ila-n., t '-I. I. _'. ; .Michx. N. Amer. Syl., .). t. 14s. ; mir Jig. ."JJ4. ; and the plate ol' this tree in our 



last Volume. 



S/,rr. ( '/,'//., A-'-'. Leaves somewhat glaucous, scattered round (he branches, 



erect, quadrangular. Cone., oblong-c\lindrical, pendulous, lax; scales 



>,'. iili en! ire ]nar"in^. ( M/c/t.f. ) ('ones trom I , { m. to '.i\ in. loni:, and from 



in. to '; in. broad; on the tree at Dropinore, 1 in. long. Seed very small; 



