noticed this tree. \\"e were once inclined to conjecture that it mitdit be the 

 .Thus orientalis of Tournefort, notwithstanding the discrepancy between the 

 description and the Cephalonian plant ; but, having examined the specimen of 

 . Thies orientalis in Mr. Lambert's herbarium, we are satisfied that the latter 

 i> a variety ol the common spruce fir. The merit of introducing .d.ccphalonieii 

 into England entirely belongs to (ieiu-ral Napier, who, from his work. The 

 ('< 'oitie.-;, and also from a i amphlet b\' him, entitled, ^lemuir on the A'um/.v of 

 ( ', j/'ui/onifi, seems to possess an enthusiastic attachment to the island, and an 

 ardent desire tor its improvement, lie was particularly anxious that this forest 

 ndiie .should be enclosed so as to exclude the goats, and to allow the trees to 

 grow up and become timber; and, \\hen he was governor, made main remon- 

 .-. trances on the subject to Sir Frederick Adam, the chief commissioner, but 

 v. ithout ett'ect. In lS^!,in compliance with a request of llenn L. Long, 

 Esq., of Hampton Lodge, near Farnham, who was desirous of knowing the 

 species of fir described by the ancient \\riters as the peuke and the (late, 

 i 'olonel Napier sent a packet of seeds of the Cephalonian fir to England. The 

 seeds were without tlie cones, and were sent to the care of the colonel's sister, 

 Lady Bunbury. The packet was duly forwarded to Hampton Lodge: but 

 some seeds having dropped from it, Lady Bunbury gave these seeds to Charles 

 Hoare, Esq., of Luseombe. Mr. Richard Saunders, the woodreeve at Lus- 

 eombe, in a letter dated November, 1837, informs us that he recollects receiving 

 the "seeds from Colonel, now (ieneral, Napier, about thirteen \ears since;" 

 and " hearing that the general had obtained them from his brother, at that time 

 governor of Cefalouia." " The seeds," he adds, "were of the largest si/e. 1 

 raised twelve plants from them, four of which 1 lost, when young, by damp and 

 frost, having planted them out in the open ground at the age of t\\o years only. 

 Three of the plants raised were given to Mr. Piuee of the Exeter Nursery, 

 and one to Mr. Poutey of the Plymouth Nursery. The other four plants are 

 remaining at Luseombe, flourishing exceedingly vell, and never having had 

 any protection during the winter, since they were planted in the open air. The 

 largest of the plants at Luscombe is 3ft. 10 in. high, and the branches cover a 

 space 1ft. ohi. in diameter. All the plants are very thickly furnished with 

 side branches quite close to the ground, forming, at a distance, very hand- 

 some green biislus. A'. S. Liiseo/ii/jc, Xor. (i. 1837." It thus appears that 

 the ./'hies cephalunica v>as introduced into England by General Charles .lames 

 Napier in |s^l. though it never was heard of in any public collection, or in 

 the nur-erics, till within the last tuo or three years. 



The; plant sent to the- Ph month Nursirx \\a-, in IS37. sold to the Duke of 

 Bedford tor "'.') iMimeas. T\\o of thr.se sent to the Exeter Nursery we're sold 

 to the Kev. Theodore \\ illiams oi Heudon Kectory, for about the same sum 

 each; and the third i- retained as a stock plant to prop.r;at- from. 



The M-t is -Liit to Hampton Lodge \\erc safely received, and vegetated 

 \\ithoiitdiiiicultv. Mr. Long, in a letter dated Dec. o. 1S37, says: " 1 lo-t a 

 _ r reat number of plants by sprmn frosts and bv rabbits, owing to \\aut of care 

 \\hil-t I was on tiic (.'eminent. I have only three plants left ; and the) are in 

 full \ Lour, and have made shoots, during the past summer, from (> m. to 7 in. in 

 length."' The highest plant is :{ft., and the breadth of space covered by 

 its branch^ i* ! it. in diameter. " I <_ r ave some |>lailts to Lord Orford, i<r his 

 \\olleriou, in Norfolk; Mime to Lord Kii)'_ r , for \\\~- collection at 



>! Snnnin>:hi!l ; three 

 i \ i-ar to Mr. Peiinv , 

 account for all 



