Remarkable Trees, and Shrubs. 359 



Akt. VI. Notices of remarhable Trees and Shruhs in different Parts 

 of England. By various Contributors. 



Exotic Trees and Shrubs which have stood the open Air, during the last three 

 Winters, at Coed Ithil in Monmouthshire, the Seat of R. H. Fleming, Esq. R.N. 

 — ^'ster argophyllus, Corrae^a alba, Pittosporum Tobira, Callistemon rigidus, 

 Hakea acicularis, and Eucalyptus robusta. — R. H. F., aiid Martin Mayes, 

 Foreman of the Bristol Nursery. March 26. 1935. 



Accicia dealbdta, planted in the open garden in May, ISSl, and then about 

 6 in. high, measured, at the end of the season, upwards of 11 ft. high, with 

 abundance of long lateral shoots, and a stem of considerable thickness. It 

 was protected, about half way up its stem, with spruce branches on the 

 approach of winter; and the severe frost of the 8th of January, in the present 

 year, killed the plant down to the protected part. — A Constant Reader. 

 March 21. 1835. 



Acacia lophdntha. — There is a plant of this species growing luxuriantly, 

 without the slightest protection, to the height of 40 ft., at Abbotsbury Castle, 

 on the Dorset coast, which ripens its seeds in the open air ; and there is 

 another plant of the same species, 20 ft. high, also growing without any pro- 

 tection, in the grounds of E. Pendarvis, Esq. M.P., Cornwall. — L. IV. D. 

 Dec. 7. 1834. 



Fuchsias. — At Ponsonby Hall, the seat of E. Stanle}', Esq. M.P., near 

 Whitehaven in Cumberland, there is a hedge of Fuchsia gracilis, which is 

 10 ft. high, and which has stood eight years without the slightest protection. 

 In the same grounds there are a Portugal laurel 24ft. high; and a standard 

 Eriobotrya japonica 8 ft. high, quite unprotected. — E. S. Dec. 2. 1834. 



Eucalyptus perfolidta. — In 1833, towards the close of the year, I received 

 from Van Diemen's Land some seeds of the Eucalyptus perfoliata (I believe). 

 Several plants were raised from these seeds ; one of which I planted out in a 

 south border, with a small mixture of peat earth, in May last year. In the 

 autumn, it had grown to the height of 6 ft. at the least; and, as it was too 

 tall for me to house, I left it to take its chance. The first sharp frost, early in 

 January, injured the head and some of the tips of the lateral shoots severely. 

 It is now pushing at almost every pair of leaves; and even from the stem, 

 which, to the height of 2 ft. from the ground, had been quite denuded of leaves 

 and branches. The garden is protected by a paling only, and is quite exposed 

 to the north and east winds. — S. T., jun. Welling, near Dartford, May 7. 

 1835. 



Trees at Wimpole in Cambridgeshire. — The soil here is a stiff clay (or gault, 

 as termed here), without one particle of sand in it ; but some trees thrive well, 

 notwithstanding : in particular, the common maple. There is one tree of this 

 species, which stands in a grove near the garden gate, which, at 1 ft. from the 

 ground, is 10ft. in girth, with a bole 40ft. high, without a branch: it then 

 divides into two, its top being 25 ft. in height. There are several fine elms, 

 one called the sisters, in front of the mansion, 30 ft. in girth at 1 ft. from the 

 ground ; at 6 ft. high, it divides into two arms, the height of which is 70 ft. to 

 the extreme top branch. The old trees here were planted in the reign of 

 Queen Anne. The oaks have not been much planted till within the last forty 

 years, but they grow freely : one of the largest that was planted by me, twenty- 

 six years ago, is, at 1 ft. from the ground, 4 ft. 9 in. in girth, and 45 ft. high ; 

 and many otliers are of nearly the same size. — Jas. Dull. Wimpole Gardens, 

 April 6. 1835. 



Oxford. — There is a weeping variety of the common horsechestnut 

 (^E'sculus Hippocastanum) at St. John's College, Oxford, 60 ft. high ; with a 

 trunk 3 ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground, and with branches covering a 

 space 50 ft. in diameter. There is also a fine thorn (Cratae^gus Oxyacantha) 

 in Christ Church meadow, above 30 ft. high. — W. B. March, 1835. 



Quh-ciis TL\r. — At Golden Grove, Pembrokeshire, the seat of the Earl of 



