24-60 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 1'AIIT III. 



which is recurved. When mature, the scales are thick, fleshy, rough, and 

 opening lengthwise. The seeds are naked, ovoid, somewhat angular, reddish 

 brown, and containing a kernel of the same form, but white. The fruit re- 

 mains on the tree during winter, and opens and sheds its seeds with the ftrst 

 warm weather of spring. It is a native of China and Japan ; and, according 

 to Miller, it was first sent to Europe by the French missionaries. It has been 

 in cultivation in England since 1752, and is a more compact-growing and 

 handsomer species than the American arbor vitae. It is quite hardy in the 

 climate of London, where, in fine seasons, it ripens seeds. These are generally 

 sown in pots immediately after they are gathered in autumn, in which case the 

 plants come up the following summer ; but, if the seeds are not sown till 

 spring, they frequently do not come up for a year. Layers generally require 

 two years to root sufficiently ; and cuttings are rather more difficult to 

 strike than those of T. occidentalis. In a young state, the plants are some- 

 what tender; but they become quite hardy when old, even in the climate of 

 Edinburgh. The largest trees of this species in the neighbourhood of London 

 are at Syon, and are nearly 20 ft. in height; there are also large trees on 

 both sides of the road between London and Turnham Green. 



Statistics. In the environs of London. At Mount Grove, Hampstead, 18 years planted, it is 14 ft 

 high, the diameter of the head 8 ft. ; at Ham House, Essex, it is 25 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 23 ft. South of London. In Surrey, at Farnham Castle, 50 

 years old, it is 45ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 4 in., and that of the head 30ft. ; at Clare- 

 mont, it is 30ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft, and of the head 15 ft. ; at Nutfield, it is 24ft. 

 high, and the diameter of the head 17 ft. In Sussex, at Westdean, 11 years planted, it is 14 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 8 ft. In Bedfordshire, at Southiil, 22 years planted, 

 it is 25ft. high. In Berkshire, at Bear Wood, 12 years planted, it is 15 ft. high. In Denbighshire, at 

 Llanbede Hall, 15 years planted, it is 21 ft. high. In Staffordshire, at Teddesley Park, 14 years 

 planted, it is 14ft. high. In Warwickshire, at Coomb Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 31 ft. high. In 

 Worcestershire, at Croome, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Scotland. In the environs of 

 Edinburgh, at Gosford House, 14 years planted, it is 10ft. high. In Ayrshire, at Aucheiicruive, 40 

 years planted, it is 20ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, it is 40ft. high. In Stirlingshire, at 

 Callendar Park, it is 23 ft. high. In Ireland. In the environs of Dublin, in the Glasnevin Bota- 

 nic Garden, 30 years planted, it is 15ft. high ; at Cypress Grove, it is 15ft. high. In France. At 

 Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, 35 years planted, it is 36 ft. high ; at Sceaux, 10 years planted, it is 

 20ft. high. In the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 36 years planted, it is 29ft. high ; at Nantes, in the 

 nursery of M. Nerrieres, 40 years old, it is 29 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 in. ; at Avranches, 

 in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 29 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the 

 head 16 ft. In Hanover, in the Gottingen Botanic Garden, 20 years planted, it is from 8ft. to 

 10 ft. high. In Austria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 

 30 ft. high ; at Bruck on the Loytha, 40 years planted, it is 20 ft. high. In Prussia, at Berlin, at 

 Sans Souci, 90 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; in the Pfauen-Insel, 6 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 

 In Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, it is 10ft. high. In Italy, at Monza, 24 years planted, 

 it is 20 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, 1*. Qd. 

 each ; at Bollwyller, 1 franc ; and at New York, 50 cents. 



iu. Cyparissa. 

 5. T. CUPRESSOI V DES L. The Cypress-like, or African, Arbor Vitae. 



Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 510. ; Lin. Mant., 125. ; Thunb. 



Prod., 110.; N. Du Ham., 3. p. 16.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., 5. 



p. 322. 



St/nonyme. T. aphylla Burm. Prodr., 27. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 2316. of the natural size. 



Spec. Char., Sfc. Branchlets round. Leaves imbri- 

 cated in 4- rows, oblong, depressed, smooth. 

 Cones globose, somewhat 4-angled. ( Willd.) A 

 native of the Cape of Good Hope. Introduced 

 into Kew Gardens, by Dr. Roxburgh, in 1799. 

 Fig. 2316., of the natural size, is from a specimen 

 of a young plant which bears the name of Thuja 

 cupressb'ides in some of the nurseries; but, as 

 none of the plants exceed 2 ft. in height, and very 

 little is known of their origin, the correctness of 

 the application of the name may reasonably be 

 doubted. 



i 6. T. PE'NSILIS Lamb. The pensile Arbor Vitae. 



Identification. Staunt. Embass., p. 436. ; Lamb. Pin., 2., No. 63. 



