Ii8 Arhori cultural Notices. 



inns FU'NK/^^ 



' lancifolia Spr. lance-lfd. ^ A or I au Pa P Japan 1829. D co Sw.fl.gar.2.8.273 



Already registered in the Add. Siipp. to Hort. Brit.; but the 

 figure now cited is the preferable one. Messrs. Loddiges and 

 Mr. Knight possess plants of the species. {Brit. Floiioer-Gard., 

 Feb.) 



Art. X. Arboricidtural Notices ; or. Notices of new Hardy Trees 

 and Shrubs, deserving oj General Cidtivation in Useful or Orna- 

 mental Plantations. 



In our last notice (p. 28.), we strongly recommended some 

 species of Cratse^gus, Pyrus vestlta, and certain oaks, pines, firs, 

 and, above all, the cedar, for mountainous situations. An Edin- 

 burgh correspondent, referring to our plan for forming a drive 

 to the top of the hill called Arthur's Seat, says that we should 

 recommend " the entire hill to be planted with cedars ; and the 

 whole of the Pentland Hills to be formed into one grand arbo- 

 retum, planting the peat earth sorts in the natural bogs, and the 

 more tender sorts in the numerous sheltered valleys and con- 

 cavities which face the south and the south-east." These ideas 

 are grand, and worth contemplating ; because they may lead to 

 some minor result. 



The main purpose of the present notice, however, is to direct 

 attention to the genera y^cacia and Eucalyptus, as likely to fur- 

 nish various hardy trees. We refer to our letter from Naples 

 (p. 150.), to show the height which these trees will attain, in a 

 few years, in the south of Europe; and an article, which will 

 appear in our next Number, will show the height they have 

 attained, and their hardiness, in Monmouthshire. In the gar- 

 den of the Horticultural Society, several species of both genera 

 have stood out the two last winters uninjured ; and have attained, 

 in three years, the height of from 20 ft. to 30 ft., and upwards. 

 A shoot of'XOft., in one summer, is common to these trees. 

 We are informed that there is an Acacia in a o'arden at Wim- 

 bledon, a standard, which is between 30 ft. and 40 ft. high, and 

 has never received the slightest protection. We hope the indi- 

 vidual who told us of it will be good enough to pay a second 

 visit to the place, and let us know farther particulars. In the 

 botanic garden in Edinburgh there are several species of ^^cacia 

 and Eucalyptus, which have stood out for several years without 

 protection ; but we will not anticipate the Return Paper, which, 

 we hope, Mr. M'Nab is preparing for us. In the nursery of 

 Messrs. Urquhart, at Dundee, there are some large acacias, 

 standards ; and there are several also at Montrose. We should 

 be greatly obliged to the proprietors of these trees, if they would 

 be kind enough to send us particulars of their size, age, &c. 

 There are many trees of these and other foreign kinds, usually 



