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cones of seed this year; it is covered in winter. Pinus of Nepal [yl^bies 

 spectabilis ?] has not yet seeded : it is covered in winter. Pinus palustris, 

 planted in 1829 or 1830, does well : it has been covered the two last winters, 

 in hopes of making it produce lateral branches. The oak with yellow leaves 

 and wood [ ? ], a rare tree, has one acorn this year. The oak Thomas?, and 

 alba repdnda, planted in 1832, succeed well. Notwithstanding every effort, we 

 have never been able to increase the latter. Populus grandidentata, suaveolens 

 [ ? ], and laevigata, very strong trees, are the admiration of amateurs. Juglans 

 heterophjlla has been planted in the open air for the last two years. Quercus 

 Turneri is 6 ft. high, and grows beautifully in the open air since 1831. An 

 acer from Nepal [?] has stood since 1831 in the open air. The Chinese 

 elm is 6 ft., planted out in 1830. A mespilus from Nepal has fruited for the 

 last three years: it was received in 1825, and planted out in 1827. The Nepal 

 oak [ ? Quercus lanuginosa] is 4 ft. ; i^raxinus floribunda from Nepal, 6 ft. ; a 

 betula from Nepal, 5 ft. : the three last are covered in winter. iJhamnus ca- 

 tharticus and oleifolia [ ? i2. c. var. angustifolia] fruited last year. The 

 Broussonetia with white fruit, very rare, has fruited this year. B. maculata, or 

 navifolia, having its leaves in the form of a boat, is very fine. I have also the 

 male and female Broussonetfa. ^^cer Lobelzi is 12 ft. high : received from 

 Naples, and planted in 1829, it has stood out without protection. My thorns, 

 including also the mespiluses, are very numerous ; there are many of them that 

 bear fruit, and I annually sow the seed. I add a list of them. I expect this 

 autumn some species from Spain, and also from Vienna. I have a willow re- 

 ceived under the name of blue willow, very beautiful : it is very rare, and was 

 sent to me from America by an amateur. Nobody knows it : it was received 

 in 1829. Pjrusjaponica [? Cydoniajaponica], called the yellow-flowered, which 

 had never been seen in flower, flowered here this year in the open air. These 

 flowers, however, are pink, the fruit set, and are of an oblong shape : they have 

 fallen. I think it is nothing more than the Cydonia sinensis, which fruits in 

 the south of France, iarix pendula, from America, yields seed which grows : 

 it is 18 ft.; planted in 1827. 



The following is a list of mulberry trees, some of which are very rare, and the 

 greater part are fit for raising silk worms : — 



Moms alba, chinensis, ch. macrophjlla, latifolia, italica, it. rubra, canadensis, 

 laciniata, nervosa, tatarica, constantinopolitana, rubra macrophylla, rosea, 

 macrophylla, ovalifolia grlsea, Venaissaini, foglia doppia, membranacea, nana, 

 ovalifolia fructu nigro, gazziola, furcata, dura, columbasseta, columbasseta 

 furcata, meyne, columbasse, moretti de Padoue, marietii, lucida, multicaulis, 

 and five or six others received this year. 



The following list includes the Linnaean genera CrataB''gus and ilfespilus, and 

 perhaps some of (Sdrbus L,: — 



Cratse^gus or iliespilus Cratse^gus or ilfespilus 



ccerifolia. Crus-galli. 



JVia. constantinopolitana. 



A^r'ia, vera longifolia. elliptica. 



Aronia. eriocarpa. 



Azardlus. flssa. 



Az. fol. aureis (very rare). flabellata. 



crbutifolia. fl. fructu luteo. 



arb. fructu nigro, glabra [Photinia]. 



badiata [radiata], glandulosa. 



carpatica. heterophjlla. 



caroliniana. indentata. 



cocclnea. indica [Rhaphiolepis]. 



cordata. lobata. 



Cotoneaster laciniata. linearis. 



Cot. iuxifolia. lucida. 



Cot. microph;ylla. microph;ylla. 



