53 8 Foreign Notices : — Belgium. 



Among the exotic trees that have fruited in this nursery, the following are 

 particularly deserving of notice : — Crat^^gus stipulacea, remarkable for its 

 beautiful foliage, was raised in a hot-house, and was planted in the open ground 

 in 1827 : it was grafted on a common thoi"n ; it was covered with straw, as a 

 protection, every winter till 1830, but has since been left to nature without 

 further care. It has grown admirably, and has attained the height of 18 ft., 

 and with a stem 10 in. in girth. Since 1832 it has borne fruit. Cratse^gus acu- 

 minata [ ? ] was raised in a hot-house and planted out in 1828. It was co- 

 vered with straw till 1830 ; but it has since stood without protection. It is now 

 14 ft. high, 4 in. in girt, and bore fruit in 1834. Cratse^gus glabra [? Photlnia 

 serrulata] is a fine shrub, 7 ft. high, and with branches' about 18 ft. in circum- 

 ference. It was planted, in 1823, in the open air, and covered with straw till 

 1829 ; but since has grown in the open air without any care. Cratae^gus nigra 

 has borne fruit since 1830 : it is trained as a tree, and was planted out in 1827. 

 It is now 12 ft. high. CVatse^'gus lobata was planted out in 1827, bore fruit in 

 1834, it is now 10 ft. high. Crat£e"'gus badiata [? radiata ], C. /(yrifolia, and C. 

 CeXsidna, were planted out in 1827 : the first two bore fruit in 1834; but the last 

 did not bear till this year. Cerasus Laurocerasus has borne fruit since 1833 : 

 it is a large bush, placed in the middle of a greensward, together with an 

 Aucuba japonica, 7 ft. high : both stand the cold. The Nepal pear-tree [ ? ] 

 was cultivated in the hot-house till 1826 ; it stood in the orangery all 1827, 

 and was planted, in 1828, in the open air, but was covered with straw till 1830. 

 It has been left without shelter since that period, except some leaves in 1831 

 at its base: it is trained as a tree, and is about 18 ft. high by 9 in. in gut. It 

 has flowered abundantly this year : one fruit remained, but it fell last July. 



Pyrus Michauxia, 15 ft. high, has not produced fruit, neither has P. Polveria 

 [ ? bollwylleriana], which is here rare. Pyrus sinaica, very different from 

 the snowy pyrus [? Pyrus nivalis], is 25 ft. high by 12 in. in circumference, 

 and has fruited this year for the first time. 



The black-fruited peach, planted in 1827, has fruited since 1832 : it is a tree 

 in the open air, 16 ft. high and 6 in. in diameter. The black-fruited apricot 

 and the purple apricot have not yet fruited : the latter was covered with flow- 

 ers this year. The apricot of Nepal has stood in the open air since 1830, as 

 well as a silvery variety which has not yet fruited, which is the case with the 

 cut-leaved apricot of Chili. I have received this year the cut-leaved apricot of 

 Chili, with black fruit : it is very rare. Corylus Colurna, rostrata, and tubulosa 

 fruited last year ; C. americana firuited for the first time this year ; C. rubra 

 (foliis) and C. laciniata have fruited every year since 1832. 



Among the mulberries of my collection, the names of which are added here- 

 to, the subalba nervdsa is 10 ft. high and 10 ft. broad. It has fruited this 

 year as well as i^f. raulticaulis. Jforus [alba var.] italica (it is a branched 

 tree here) has fruited for the last three years. I have made a seed-bed of the 

 latter this year, as well to obtain varieties, as to have plants which are very 

 much in demand for America, for the culture of silk worms. 



The Zelkowa [? Planera Richard(] has fruit on it this summer. I have 

 never heard that it has fruited before in Europe. It is in the open air, with- 

 out shelter. I have got two specimens produced from seed sent from Georgia : 

 it is hardy, and forms a fine tree, which we cannot increase fast enough to sa- 

 tisfy amateurs. The one which bears fruit has been gi-afted. It was planted out 

 in 1829 or 1830. ^'Inus macrophylla [?] is 14 ft. high: it has yielded a 

 bushel of seed for the last two years : it is a tree, and 6 in. in diameter. Petula 

 juncea [?], from Poland, is 12 ft. high as a tree. An observation which has 

 been made by the amateurs who have received it from me is, that, if trans- 

 planted before winter, it is killed by the frost, but succeeds well if planted in the 

 spring without any care. The beautiful Petula dalec&rlica is about 1 1 ft. high 

 by 3 in. in diameter : it stands the cold. The Pinus Pje^da, planted in 1828 or 

 1829, is 17 ft. by 14 in. thick : it has not yet fruited ; it has a clear stem. The 

 P. Laricio of Caramania is superb ; planted in 1827 ; it is 11 ft. by 8 in., but 

 has not yet fruited. Pinus longifolia, planted in 1825 or 1826, has borne two 



