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Notices of i-emar /cable Trees 



of these are, — the regularity of the 

 supply of moisture, without any 

 chance of saturation ; the power of 

 examining the state of the cuttings 

 at any time, without injuring them, 

 by lifting out the inner pot ; the 

 superior drainage, so essential in 

 propagating, by having such a thin 

 layer of soil ; the roots being placed 

 so near the sides of both pots ; and 

 the facility with which the plants, 

 when rooted, can be parted for 

 potting off, by taking out the inner pot, and with a common 

 table-knife, or the like, cutting out every plant with its ball, 

 without the awkward, but often necessary, process of turning 

 the pot upside down to get out the cuttings. 



In Jrg. 98. a shows the clay stopping of the pot ; b, the drain- 

 age of potsherds, or broken crocks ; c, the sand or other soil in 

 which the cuttings are inserted ; and d, the water in the inner 

 pot. 



Oakhill Gardens, June 8. 1835. 



Art. V. Notices of remarkable Trees fiow grotuing in the Environs 

 of London. Abstracted from various Sources by J. W. L. 



Whitton is well known as having been the residence of 

 Archibald Duke of Argyll, one of the first noblemen who made 

 the planting of foreign trees and shrubs fashionable in Eng- 

 land. Whitton is now divided into three estates, the largest of 

 which is in the possession of Mr. and the Misses Ghostling. There 

 are a great number of fine cedars in the grounds, particularly of 

 the glaucous-leaved variety, the largest of which is 71 ft. high, 

 and 14 ft. in girt. There is a Lombardy poplar 115 ft. high, 

 with a trunk 19 ft. 8 in. in girt, at 2 ft. from the ground. There 

 are three deciduous cypresses, which average 81 ft. in height, 

 and 14 ft. in girt; six silver firs, which average 95 ft. high, and 

 from 10 ft. to 11 ft. in girt; and seven Weymouth pines, about 

 80 ft. high, and from 11 ft. to 12 ft. in girt. A very fine wil- 

 low-leaved oak (QuercusPhellos) is 70 ft. high, and 7 ft. 3 in. in 

 girt, at 5 ft. from the ground ; and a black hickory (Juglans 

 nigra) is 60 ft. high, and 10 ft. 9 in. in girt at the same height. 

 — R. C. Feb. 6. 1835. 



In a garden at Twickenham there is a very handsome catalpa, 

 50 ft. high, 7 ft. in girt at 5 ft. from the ground, and with 



