SIO Notices of Gardens, remarlxable Trees, &;c., 



Z'axus is hardy, and grows to a considerable size. 



Schiibertm [Taxodiiim] grows to a good-sized tree : those twenty-eight 

 years old are from 25 ft. to 30 ft. high, with trunks about 9 in. in diameter. 



Jimlperus virginiana is very strong and high. J. iSabina and nana are 

 hardy j but .7. Oxycedrus is killed by the frost. 



Thuja is hardy, and of compact gi'owth. 



Cunningham/a stands out under covering, but requires much protection. 



(7upressus Ayoides, ten years old, is 15 ft. high, in good soil. 



Pinus. The American species of Pinus stand our climate, and thrive well; 

 but we have not so much room as these trees require. P, alba and ^trobusi 

 twenty-eight years planted, are from 25 ft. to 30 ft. high : the diameter of their 

 trunks is l^ft. The new species, as P. Lambertzana, excelsa, and ponderosa, 

 j4^bies Douglasi and spectabilis, grow well ; but we have only one specimen of 

 each. The southern species, as P. Picea, canariensis. Pinaster, and halepensis, 

 do not stand the open air. 



iarix europaeX e- sibirica, p^ndula, and microcdrpa, particularly the last 

 three, are but very poor specimens. They thrive well in our soil, when they 

 have once taken root. The first mentioned has attained a pretty good height 

 in twenty years. 



Cedrus does not stand out well, and requires protection. We have only 

 one small specimen. 



Art. III. Notices of Gardens, remarkable Trees, Sj-c, in the Environs 

 of Lichfield, Staffordshire. By Mr. J. Grigor, Lichfield. 



From the slight survey I have had of some gardens and pleasure-grounds, I 

 am inclined to think that arboriculture and floriculture are not advancing so 

 rapidly in this quarter as might be expected. A knowledge of these arts 

 being now every where disseminated, I. should not only expect to see trees and 

 flowers already in cultivation under superior management, but the introduction, 

 lit least, of those finer species of trees, such as belong to the genera Cratse^gus, 

 Morbus, Pav20!, ^E'sculus, A'cer, &c. I have, as yet, seen no arboretnms here j 

 and, in order to create a taste for them, I have taken a piece of ground close 

 to this city, where I intend to plant one of each of the species of my favourite 

 trees. All the sorts of the genus Cratae^gus are most exceedingly beautiful, 

 both when they flower, and when they bear their fruit ; and, as I consider 

 them to have been hitherto neglected, I have resolved to advance them in my 

 little collection. I would earnestly recommend the gentlemen of this place, 

 when in London, to visit the Horticultural Society's garden at Chiswick, and 

 the arboretum of Messrs, Loddiges at Hackney, and to note the many new 

 varieties of trees with which they might adorn their pleasure-grounds. 



There do not seem to be many trees remarkable for their size in the imme- 

 diate neighbourhood of Lichfield j but, as I am not yet altogether acquainted 

 with the localities of the place, perhaps I may have overlooked some. " John- 

 son's Willow," as it was called, famous on account of its being planted by Dr. 

 Samuel Johnson, attained a great size 5 but it was blown down in 1829, It 

 stood by the side of the road leading from the city to Stowe, in a damp fa- 

 vourable situation. An oflTset of the old tree was planted on the same site, 

 which is now above 20 ft. high, in a most vigorous state of growth. The ad- 

 mirers of Johnson had the trunk of his willow converted into pieces of house- 

 hold furniture, and snuff-boxes ; and the young shoots were planted throughout 

 the surrounding country. This tree, which was so much esteemed, appears 

 to have been the ^alix alba. 



Among the places I have visited are the following: — 



Oldershaw, the Residence of t lie Rev. Burns Floyer. — This is apparently one 

 of the most ancient seats in this part of the country ; and it has all that dignity 



