2338 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. I'ART III. 



1 ft. to 16 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 45 years planted, it is 50ft. high. In Durham, at 

 Stanwick Park, is one with a trunk 4ft. in diameter. In Essex, at Audley End, 60 years planted, 

 it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 24 ft. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 

 20 years planted, it is 36 ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 49 years planted, it is 7'2 ft, 

 high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 11 in., 

 and of the head 44ft. In Northamptonshire, at Wakefield Lodge, 16 years planted, it is 20ft. high, 

 In Northumberland, at Hartburn, 83 years planted, it is 138ft high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., 

 and of the head 40 ft. ; another is 96 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 38 ft. 

 These two trees, on account of being superior in height to all the trees around them, are here called 

 the " Noil Queens." In Oxfordshire, in Tew Park, it is 110ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 5ft., and of the head 54ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 68ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2ft. 4 in., and of the head 40ft. In Shropshire, at Willey Park, 18 years planted, it is 

 30 ft. high ; another, 9 years planted, is 30 ft. high ; at Kinlet, 60 years planted, it is 80 ft high. In 

 Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 14 years planted, it is 34ft. high ; at Stretton Rectory, it is 90 ft. high, 

 with a trunk 4ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 70ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in., and of the head 80 ft. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 

 50 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 40 ft. In York- 

 shire, at Castle Howard, it is 130 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in. ; at Sudley, it is 96ft. 

 6 in. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 50 ft. In Scotland, near Edinburgh, at 

 Woodhouselee, the tree already mentioned, p. 2337. ; at Hopetoun House, 100 years old, it is 90ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 7 in., and of the head 45ft. South of Edinburgh. In Ayr- 

 shire, at Kilkerran, it is 90ft. high, with a trunk 5ft. in diameter; at Auchincruive, it is 80 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 3ft. 6in. in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 8 years planted, it is 15 ft. 

 high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 2ft" 10 in. in diameter. In 

 Koxburghshire, at Minto, 75 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in. 

 North of Edinburgh. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 13 years planted, it is 18 ft. high ; at Rose- 

 neath Castle, 138 years old, it is 124ft. high, the diameter of the trunk, at 3ft. from the ground, 6ft. 

 4 in., and of the head 74ft. ; another, of the same age, and about !20ft. high, has a trunk 7ft. in 

 diameter at 1 ft. from the ground ; there is also the remarkable tree figured in our last Volume. 

 In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 54ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 8 in., and of the 

 head 45 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the Garden of the Dollar Institution, 12 years planted, it is 

 26 ft. high. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the 

 head 90ft. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 80 years planted, it is 85ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 4ft., and of the head 50ft. ; at Courtachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3ft. 6 in., and of the head 32ft.; at Gray, there are several specimens 80ft. high, 

 with trunks nearly 4 ft. in diameter. In Morayshire, at Ballindalloch, are two silver firs, one 

 78ft. high, and 10ft. 6 in. in girt at 1ft. from the ground, and 8ft. 6 in. at 10ft. from the 

 ground; the other is 96 ft. high, 13ft. 4 in. in girt at 1ft. from the ground, and 9 ft. 6 in. at 10ft. 

 from the ground. In Perthshire, at Dupplin, it is 55 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter ; at 

 Taymouth, it is 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6m.,and of the head 36ft. In Stirling, 

 shire, at Blair Drummond, 120 years old, it is 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft, and of the 

 head 36 ft. ; at Airthrey, it is 80 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter ; at Sauchie, 30 years planted, 

 it is 26ft. high ; in Bannockburn Wood, it is 89 ft. high. 



In Ireland. At Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In 

 Kilkenny, at Woodstock, 80 years planted, it is 91 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in., and 

 of the head 52ft. In Down, at Mount Stewart, 50 years planted, it is 56 ft. high ; at Moira, it is 

 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 46 ft. ; at Tullymore Park, 60 years 

 planted, it is 84ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft, and of the head 60ft. ; at Ballyleady, 60 

 years planted, it is 52ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 20 years planted, it is 36 ft. high ; 

 at Castle Coole, 50 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the "trunk 2ft. 6 in. In Sligo, at 

 Makree Castle, it is 86ft. high, and the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6 in. 



In Foreign Countries. In France, at Colombey, near Metz, 70 years planted, it is 69ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. In Hanover, at Harbcke, 10 years planted.it is 16 ft. high; in 

 the Gottingen Botanical Garden, 40 years planted, it is 50ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in 

 the English Garden, 50 years planted, it is 70 ft. high. In Prussia, near Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 

 years planted, it is 40ft. high ; in the Pfauen Insel, 35 years planted, it is 36ft. high. In Denmark, 

 at Droningaard, 40 years planted, it is 100 ft. high. In" Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, 

 it is 30ft. high. In Italy, at Monza, 70 years planted, it is 75 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of seeds, in London, 2s. 6d. per pound : plants, 

 two years' seedlings, are 15.?. per 1000; transplanted plants, 6 in. high, 20s. per 

 1000 ; from 9 in. to 12 in. high, 30s. per 1000 ; 1 ft. 6 in. high, 10*. per 100 ; 2 ft. 

 high, 16s. per 100. At Bollwyller, plants are 3 cents each ; P. cinerea, 4 francs 

 each. At New York, plants of the species are 75 cents. 



1 2. P. (P.) PI'CHTA. The Pitch Silver Fir. 



Synonymes. Plnus Ptchta Lodd. Cat, ed. 1836; P. sibirica Hart. ; A'bies sibirica Ledebour Icon. 



PI. Ft. Ross.,t. 499., Lindl. in Penny Cyc., No. 2. ; A. Plchta Fischer ; Pichta, Russ. 

 Engraving. Led. Icon. PI. Fl. Ross., t. 499. 



Spec. Char., 8fc. Leaves solitary, tetragonal, dark green. Cones cylindrical, 

 erect. Scales cuneate-obovate, rounded at the apex, quite entire, convex 

 externally. A native of the Altai Mountains, at an elevation of 4000 ft., 

 where it forms whole forests ; towards an elevation of 5272 ft., it gradually 

 becomes more rare. (Ledeb.) Introduced in 1820, and differing from a 

 young silver fir, chiefly in having the leaves closer set on the branches, and 

 not so silvery beneath. Professor Don suspects it to be only the Siberian 

 variety of Picea pectinate, which ranges from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 The tree in the Horticultural Society's (Jarden was, in 1837, after being 

 4 years planted, 2 ft. 6 in. high. 



