570 Large Trees in. Van Diemen^s Land. 



O'strya vulgaris, \s.; *v. americ^na, Liquid^mbar styradflua. Is. ; imbei'be, 



2s. \s. Qd. 



Corylus Colurna, \s. 6d. Salisbiim «diantif61ia, 3*. 6d. 



Quercus sessiliflora, 6d. ; pedimcu- Taxus baccata, 1,?. ; *b. fastigiata. 



lata, 6d. ; Cerris, 6d. ; Turnen, Taxodium distichum (deciduous cy- 



Lucombe«?za, fulhamensis, and all press), l*. 6c?.; *d. pendulum. 



the other varieties, 3s. 6d. ; Plex, Juniperus ammunis, Is. ; virginiana, 



Is. 6d. ; I. ^allota, and all the va- Is. 6d. ; phoenicea. Is. 6d. 



rieties, 5s. ; iSiiber, 2s. 6d. ; gra- Thuja occidentalis,- 6c?. to Is. 6d. ; 



muntia, 3s. 6d.; coccifera, 2s. 6a?. orientalis. Is. to Is. 6d. 



American oaks are chiefly of two Cupressus sempervh-ens, Is. 6d.; s. ho- 



kinds : those with scaly-barked rizontalis, 2s.6c?.; lusitanica, 2s. 6c/.; 



trunks, which are white oaks ; and Ayoides, 3s. 



those with smooth-barked trunks, Cunninghamk lanceolata, 5s. 



which are red oaks. All the acorns Pinus sylvestris, 6c?. ; Laricio, 2s. 6d. ; 



or plants that can be got of either Pinaster, 6d. to Is. ; * taurica ; 



sort ought to be sown or planted, Pinea,6d.to Is.; halepensis, 2s. 6c/.; 



as the varieties are all beautiful, and tS'trobus, 2s. 6c?. 



many of them are very distinct. Picea vulgaris, 6d. ; Fraserz, 2s. 6d. ; 



Q. Prinus, Is, 6c?. ; Phellos, Is. 6c?. ; * Douglasz", lOs. 6d. ; balsamifera, 



virens, 3s. 6c?. ; Banister?', 2s. 6c?. 6c/. ; canadensis. Is. 6c?. ; * Webbz- 



Pagus sylvatica, 6d. ; s. purpurea, ana, 11. Is. 



Is. Gd. ; s. p. pendula, 2s. 6c?. ; s. ^^bies excelsa, 6c?. ; alba, 6d. ; rijbra, 



americana, 2s. 6c?. Is, ; nigra, Is. j *Morinda, 10s. 6c?.; 



Castanea vesca, 6d. * MenziesM. 



Platanus orientalis, 2s. 6d. ; occiden- iarix europas^a, 6d. ; e. pendula. Is. 



talis, 6c?. Cedrus Libani, 2s. 6c?. ; * Z)eodd)'a. 



The above enumeration may be considered as comprising about 

 300 plants, which may be purchased, of the smallest size, for 

 between 25/. and 30/. ; not including, however, those marked *. 



Art. VII. Notice of some remarJcahly Im-ge Trees in Van Diemens 

 Land, with Notices respecting some Trees ixihich have stood the 

 English Winters in the Neighbourhood of York. Communicated 

 by Mr. Thomas Backhouse. 



As mention is made, in some of the late Numbers of the 

 Garde7ier's Magazine, of the probability of the Van Diemen's 

 Land trees being sufficiently hardy to bear the cold of the cli- 

 mate in the open air in this country, I beg to state that, during the 

 last winter, which here has not been remarkable for its mildness, 

 my plants of Eucalyptus have stood remarkably well, and are now 

 growing very luxuriantly. The species appears to me to be the 

 Eucalyptus robusta. 



I have this year sown the seeds of several species of them, as 

 well as of other trees and shrubs which were collected at a con- 

 siderable altitude on Mount Wellington, and some other ex- 

 posed situations, in Van Diemen's Land; and I hope to be able, 

 in a few years, to prove their hardiness ; for, from their being- 

 evergreens, they will in winter be valuable auxiliaries in park 

 scenery. The Eucalyptus robusta, or stringy bark tree, grows to 

 agigantic size in some parts of the island. Ten trees, which my 



