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are fine magnolias at Cobham ; at Englefield Green, near the turnpike, is one 

 of the finest tulip trees in England. The largest Oriental plane is at Lee in 

 Kent. {J. M., in Gent. Mag., vol. i. new series, p. 501.) 



Fifie Trees and Shrubs i?i Suffolk and other Parts of England. — All the 

 magnolias, including the M. grandiflora as a standard, the camellias, myrtles. 

 Acacia Jtdibrissin, pomegranates, and J'rbiitus yindrachne, thrive well on the 

 east coast of Suffolk ; a province and latitude not reckoned particularly favour- 

 able to vegetable growth, from its dryness, and exposure to the east winds. 

 The largest cypress in England is, we believe, in the parsonage garden at 

 Sutton, near Ipswich. There" are very fine andrachnes in the garden of Col. 

 Mitford, at Exbury, on the Beaulieu river in Hampshire ; and some fine spe- 

 cimens, bearing fruit, so far north-east as the Earl of Stradbrook's, at Hen- 

 ham, in Suffolk, There is also a very fine hybrid y4ndrachne in the garden of 

 Mr. Wells, at Redleaf, where that rare plant the i?hododendron caucasicum 

 grows and blossoms freely. The Pinus palustris is scarce in English gardens : 

 there is a good one at Henham, and in the Mile End Nursery ; there was 

 a fine one in the gardens at Malmaison, but it will only bear the southern 

 climate of England. There is a very fine Qu^rcus tinctoria at Cashiobury. The 

 handsomest specimen we know of that beautiful tree, the Populus angulata, is 

 at Lord Calthorpe's, near Livermere, where is also one of the largest cedars 

 in England. The finest rhododendron ponticum, probably, in Europe is at 

 CufFnells. (Ibid.) 



We have mserted this, and similar articles, in the hope that some of our 

 readers will send us dimensions of the trees and shrubs named; and will also 

 be good enough to direct our attention to other remarkable specimens. In 

 our Arboretum Britannicum, when describing each particular species, we wish 

 to be able to give references to existing specimens ; not only in different foreign 

 countries, but, if possible, in each particular county of Great Britain and Ire- 

 land ; and not of one specimen only, but of as many specimens as we can 

 procure notices of. Our readers and correspondents, we trust, will bear these 

 things in mind, and assist us accordingly. — Cond. 



The Vicus eldstica, or Indian-rubber Tree, has this year fruited in the 

 conservatory at Syston Park. In 1828, I planted a small plant, about 18 in. 

 high, in a bed composed of equal parts of peat loam and vegetable earth ,• and 

 in four years it attained the height of 18 ft., and reached the glass. I then cut 

 it back 2 ft., which caused the horizontal branches to push side shoots, which 

 shoots showed fruit the same summer, and the fruit got to its full size in October 

 when it turned brown, and dropped off". The stem of the plant is perfectly 

 straight to the height of 16 ft., and it measures 17 in. in circumference at the 

 bottom. The lower branches have been pruned off", and some of the upper 

 ones brought down nearly to the stem, which gives the whole plant a very fine 

 appearance. The leading branches have been shortened in twice; and the cir- 

 cumference of the extreme branches is now 32 ft. ; many of the leaves are 16 in. 

 long, and b\m. wide. Had the plant been planted in the centre of the house, 

 it would have reached the highest part of the roof, which is 23 ft. — JoAw 

 Sharman, Gardener to Sir John C, Thorold, Bart. Si/ston Park, near Grantham, 

 Oct. 16. 1834. 



We received several of the fruit, which are small cylindrical bodies, about 

 half an inch long, and a quarter of an inch in diameter, terminating abruptly at 

 both ends, with a rough surface of a greenish brown colour. In no point of 

 view can they be considered as ornamental. The tree from which they were 

 taken, must, however, be one of the finest objects of the kind in the country. 

 We have often wished for some description of the gardens at Syston Park, and 

 should be glad if our correspondent would supply this desideratum, and also 

 let us have what facts he can supply as to hardy trees, for our Arboretum J?n'- 

 tannicum. — Cond. 



Magnolia grandiflora, in a garden adjoining Mrs. Burt's at Twickenham, has 

 attained the height of 24 ft. as a standard, with a trunk 9 in. in diameter at a 



