ARBORETUM AND FRUTKT.Tl M. 



high, the diameter of the trunk -2ft. Min., and of the head ;Jlft. In Sutlblk, at Finborough Hall, 

 on years planted, it is!M)ft. high, the diameter of the trunk -J ft !'in., ai;d of the head .Vu ft. In 

 Worcestershire, at I'roome, 4u year- planted, it is .;.") ft. high. In Scotland. In Hanfl'-hire, at Gordon 

 ('a- tie, it i. -."i ft. high, with a trunk !' in. in diameter ; at C'ullen Hou-e, Ni year- old, it i.- 77 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. (i in., and ot" the head 5U ft In I'lat kinaiin.i'n.-liire, in the garden of 

 the Du'iar In-titntion, lu years planted, it is U'ft. high. In Forfar-hire, at Courtaehy Castle, 

 H \e:ir- planted, it is IV ft. high. I n I reland. At Dublin, in the (.la-nevin 15otanie lia'rden, ;>5 

 year- planted, it i- .<") ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence C'ourt, 40 years planted, it i.- 4.) ft. 

 "high : at Ca.-tle Coole, 4<) years planted, it is M ft. high. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 5ii years planted, 

 it i- :><'> ft. high. 



C'oniniercia/ Stdtixliex. Plants, in the London nurseries, two-years' seed- 

 lings, are ^o.v. per thousand; transplanted plants, -^ ft. high, % ^.j.v. per thousand. 



f 4. A. (N.) Kl v im.\ Pair. The red Spruce Fir, or Xeirflni/ 'Hand red Pine. 



l/icnlijictition. Poir. Diet. F.nryc. ; Du Hoi Harbk., ed. Pott., 'J. p. ivj. 



Si/nuHi/wcf. P. ameriei'ma rubra ll'a/i^ lici/t., p. 7. r >. ; /'Inns rubra La>nl>. I'in., 1 t. ;]S. 



Engravings. Lamb. Pin.,ed. .'., 1. t. oS. ; Wang, lieyt.. t. Iti. f. .04. ; and our jit;. C-AN. 



Sj)ee. Char., $e. Leaves solitary, awl-shaped, acuminate, (.'-ones oblong, 

 blunt; scales round, somewhat 2-lobed, entire. (Lamb. Pin.) Leaves 

 little more than -\ in. long; slightly tetragonal, (.'ones about 1 in. lon<:, 

 and .', in. broad; scales notched. Seeds very small. A large tree, cul- 

 tivated in England before 1705; flowering in May. 



Vtini'tii. A. (//.) /'. '2 cccridt'ft, A. casruleu Booth, is a variety or subvarietv of 

 uhich there are young plants in the Flotbeck Nurseries, which were received 

 from M. Reichenberg of Leipsic, in 18.'^. It has glaucous leaves, and 

 appears to us to differ from ./. (n.) rubra onlv in the colour of the cones. 



l)ascrij>[ion,<$*c. The 

 red spruce, although 

 it is treatetl as a spe- 

 cies by Mr. Lambert, 

 and by 1'ursh, \\"an- 

 genheim, and others, 

 is consiilercd by Mi- 

 chaux to be merely a 

 variet \ ot A. nigra. 

 (See ' |). :^'>1^.) Ac- 

 cordir.n to Mr. Lam- 

 bert, NVannenheiin de- 

 scribes it as a trc'e 

 not exceeding -'ill ft. in 

 he'mht, with short, au 1- 

 sha|ied, acute leaves, and a reddish brown bark. The cones are rather longer 

 and redder than those of ./. ninra, and covered with resin. Mr. Lambert 

 -.tates that, on examining t\so [)arcels ot cones obtained irom America, he 

 found those of ./. rubra '' longer, larger, more obtuse, of a shining reddish 

 brown colour: the scales semicircular, each divided by a notch in the 

 middle, and \\ith their margins entire." Michaux savs that the red spruce is 

 in no uav inferior to the black spruce in the quality of its timber, which 

 "unites m the lushest decree all the <M>od qualities that characterise the 

 ^pecies. " lie also .states that, instead of beim: a low tree, it is superior in 

 si/e to the black spruce, as it generally <:rows in richer soil; and that the 

 wood i-, n-ddish, instead of being white. In Lawsoifs Manual, it is stated 

 that ./. rubra differs essentially both from ./. nigra and A. alba in all its 

 parts; and particularly in its leaves, which are more slender and sharper- 

 pointed than in either of these specie's. ( Man., p. .'{<;!). ) According to 

 \Vau"culieim, it is a native of Nova Scotia and Nc wibundland, and the more 

 northern parts ot' North America. It w as cultivated in Kngland, bv Miller, 

 lietore \'t :>'>. The rate' of -jrowth is the same as that of J. uigra, from 

 uh'uh the trees in the Horticultural Society's (iardeu, and at Dropmore, 

 seem .-,carc( Iv to ditie.r, ( xcept. in the colour of the coue.s. 





S///A/iV.v. In linxland : in licrk-hin-, at Hearwi 

 1 1. n kress, l*i >eais jilanU .1, it is t,u ft. high, the 



in York-hire, 

 id of the head 



