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resembles that of the ash; but the heart-wood is so extremely hard, that it is 

 difficult to drive a nail into it; and it never becomes worm-eaten. Its foliage, 

 at a little distance, strongly resembles that of the elm ; but the leaves are 

 only singly dentated, while those of every kind of elm have always their deep 

 indentations accompanied by smaller ones. The tree, in a living state, is 

 never attacked by insects, either in its leaves or wood. It is much to be 

 wished that nurserymen would propagate this tree by grafting, so that gentle- 

 men might have an opportunity, at a reasonable expense, of introducing it 

 into useful plantations. The only plants for sale in the neighbourhood of 

 London, that we know of, are at Messrs. Loddiges'. Abundance of scions for 

 grafting may be had from the young tree in the Horticultural Society's Gar- 

 den. The description, history', uses, &c. of the tree, with a botanical speci- 

 men, a portrait of the young tree in the Horticultural Society's Garden, of 

 the old tree at Syon, and of a celebrated tree at Podenas, in France, are 

 given in our Arboretum et Fruticetiim Britanjiicum . — Cond. 



^rdxinus americdna yuglandifolia is here a lofty tree, ripening its seeds 

 yearly, from which a great many j'oung plants have been raised, and distri- 

 buted in the woods. — Thomas Datidson. Stackpole Court Gardens, near 

 Pembroke, Oct. 4. 1836. The walnut-leaved ash is one of the finest varieties 

 of the American kinds of this genus. Its leaves are as smooth as those of the 

 walnut, though much larger, and of an intensely deep green ; and, in the 

 neighbourhood of London, they remain longer on the tree than those of any 

 other ash, American or European. There is a noble tree of this sort in the 

 grounds of Pope's Villa, at Twickenham, of which we have had a beautiful 

 portrait drawn for our Arboretum. — Id. 



Edwdrdsm microphi/Ua thrives in the open garden, as a standard, flowering 

 beautifully, and ripening seeds. — Thomas Davidson. StacIq)ole Court Gardens, 

 Oct. 4. 1836. 



The Lemon, against a wall on an east aspect, without any protection what- 

 ever, bears an abundant crop of good and useful fruit every year. — Id. 



The whorl-leaved Elm. — I have seen in Mr. Masters's nursery, Canter- 

 bury, a very remarkable specimen of this tree, as well as of another kind of 

 elm raised from seed. I would recommend you to apply to Mr. Masters for 

 some particulars respecting it, as that gentleman was out on a journey when I 

 called on the 28th instant. — J. B. H. London, Sept. 30. 1836. We return 

 our best thanks to bur correspondent. We have written to Mr. Masters, who 

 has given us some particulars, and kindly promised to send us some drawings 

 of this and other trees. — Cond. 



A^bies Dougldsii at Scoresby, near York, the seat of John Wood, Esq., 

 measured, in October last, 19 ft. 4 in. high, after having been planted only 

 seven years. The trunk, at 2 ft. from the ground, girts 13 in. — G. G. 

 London, Oct. 13. 1836, 



Drawings of Trees for the Arboretum Britanniciim. — We have been highly 

 gratified of late by some drawings which have been voluntarily sent us 

 from different parts of the conntr}', and from the Continent, for the Ar~ 

 boretum et Fruticttum Britanniciim. As we have limited ourselves to 

 giving portraits of trees, whether of ten years' growth or full grown, 

 standing within ten miles of London, we cannot, consistently with our 

 plan, and with the limit which we have assigned to the work (that of 

 six volumes 8vo), introduce these trees at present ; but we contemplate 

 giving them in an appendix, which, however, will form no part of the work, 

 and need not be purchased by those persons who possess it, unless they 

 choose. Among the drawings sent us are the following : — From Kopenzel, 

 near Vienna, a tulip tree, which crowns the summit of a little hill, and is a 

 very remarkable specimen. From the Botanic Garden at Leyden, Salisburza 

 odiantifolia, 41ft. high; /I'cer monspessulanum, 31ft. high; Lonicer« alpfgena, 

 13 ft. high ; and O'rnus europse'a, 29 ft. high. These drawings are most beau- 

 tiful and characteristic ; and, though they are not drawn to a scale, yet, as the 

 dimensions aregiven in detail, we can readily have them reduced. The de- 



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