in different Parts of England. 361 



Salisburia adianiifdlia. — At Leigh Court, the seat of P. J. Mills, Esq., at 

 Kingsweston, near Bristol, there is a fine specimen of this tree as a standard, 

 40 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in circumference, and branches covering a space 

 30 ft. in diameter. There is another specimen of this tree at Longleat, the 

 seat of the Marquess of Bath, 38 ft. high, but these are both excelled by that 

 at Purser's Cross, near Fulham, which is above 60 ft. high. 



Quercus CSjtis dentdta. — A fine specimen of the Lucombe oak, 80 ft. high, 

 with a trunk 7 ft, 6 in. in circumference, and branches covering a space 48 ft. 

 in diameter, is now growing in the grounds of R. Bright, Esq., at Ham Green, 

 in Somersetshire. 



Liriodendron Tulipffera has attained the height of 96 ft. at Hestercombe, near 

 Taunton, the seat of Miss Warre. The trunk is 8 ft. 6 in. in girth at 3 ft. from 

 the ground, and 6 ft. 9 in. at 6 ft. In the same grounds there is a cedar of 

 Lebanon 62ft. high, with a trunk 12ft. 6 in. in girth; and a red cedar (Juni- 

 perus virginiana) 42 ft. high, and 3 ft. 10 in. in girth. — W7n. Yoimg. Elm 

 Cottage, Taunton, Nov. 25. 1834. 



'Rhododend7-on ponticum. — At Maeslaugh Castle, Radnorshire, the seat of 

 W. Wilkins, Esq., there is a most remarkable specimen of this plant. It is 

 21 ft. high, and its branches cover a space 105 ft. in circumference! It is 

 grown without bog earth, and flowers freely every year. — James Alexander, 

 Gardener to JV. Wilkins, Esq. Dec. 1834. 



We find from the return paper filled up, and sent to us by Mr. Alexander, 

 that there are many other fine trees and shrubs at Maeslaugh Castle ; parti- 

 cularly a Liriodendron Tulipifera, 73 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. in diameter, and 

 the space covered by the branches 36 ft. in diameter, which flowers freely; 

 a gold-edged holly, 42 ft. high, trunk 2 ft. in diameter, and branches covering 

 a space the diameter of which is 28 ft. ; and a Portugal laurel 28 ft. high. Mr. 

 Alexander kindly offers us a plan and description of the grounds at Maes- 

 laugh, and an account of some other places in the neighbourhood, which we 

 shall be greatly obliged to him for. 



Trees and Shrubs in Buchanan^ s Arboretum, Cambenvell. — We were much 

 gratified by an inspection of this collection on May 11. Mr. Buchanan, jun., 

 has spared no pains in collecting species and varieties from all quarters. At 

 this season the acers look remarkably well, perhaps better than any other 

 genus. There is a fine plant of the Corstorphine plane, and another of the 

 purple-barked negundo. Colietk spinosa appears to be as hardy as a common 

 furze bush. Callistemon lanceolatus has stood out three years without the 

 slightest injury. C/'lmus rubra pendula and C/'lmus viminalis are most orna- 

 mental trees. There are some hundreds of shrubs well worth notice. 



In the Hammersmith Nursery there are some remarkably fine specimens of 

 trailing plants budded standard high, the singularity and beauty of which de- 

 serve the attention of every amateur. Wherever there is a lawn or a small 

 spot of turf as a foreground, without much interest, all that is necessary is to 

 plant one of these trees in it. 



The Arboretum at Messrs. Loddiges' has received several additions, and un- 

 dergone some changes. Unfortunately many of the specimen trees have got 

 so large that they have been obliged to be cut down ; a circumstance which 

 should operate as a warning to gentlemen planting arboretum s, to induce them 

 to allow each plant sufficient room to attain its full size. There is scarcely 

 anything that we are so desirous of seeing, as an arboretum of 100 or more 

 acres within ten or twelve miles of London. The Dukes of Devonshire and 

 Northumberland both have pieces of land, flat and capable of subterraneous 

 irrigation, admirably adapted for this purpose. We would trench such soil 

 to the depth of ten or twelve feet, richly manure it, and, in the months of 

 May and June every year, we would k-eep it moist by supplying watei* to a 

 surrounding moat, and from that to the roots, through subterraneous drains. 

 The water in the moats might even be heated, if it were thought fit, by Per- 

 kins's small pipes. By these and similar means, we would produce such 



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