356 Botanical, Floricultural, and ArhoricuUural Notices. 



KceracecB. 

 A common Sycamore in the churchyard of Kihnore, and which shades the 

 grave of the persecuted Bishop Bedell, had, in 1838, 12 ft. in circumference, 

 and extended its gigantic arms in every direction. {Mant\ Hist, of the Church 

 of Ireland ; as quoted in the Times of Jan. 3. 1840.) 



PomacecB, 



A Medlar (^MespWas germanicaiy.) now growing in the pleasure-ground 

 of Carlton Hall, Snaith, Yorkshire, formerly the seat of the late Miles Sta- 

 pleton, Esq., but now of the Right Honourable Lord Beaumont, has a stem 

 which, at the height of 4 ft., girts 3 ft. 6 in. ; the total height is 20 ft., and the 

 extent of the head from east to west is 34 ft. It bears several bushels of 

 fruit annually, and would have been a much larger and finer tree, were it not 

 in the immediate neighbourhood of some very large oaks. — James Seymour. 

 Ashridge Gardens, Nov^ 1840. 



Coryldceoe^ 



American Oaks of various species succeed in poor siliceous soil, though but 

 indifferently in poor calcareous land ; witness the American oaks in the poor 

 sandy soil of the Bois de Boulogne. {Michaux.) 



Quercus pedunculdta. — A specimen, of unknown age, in the village of Cret- 

 tingham in Suffolk, is 19 yards in circumference at the surface of the ground. 

 The trunk is hollow, and a man on horseback may ride through it, or three 

 cows with their calves may stand within it. In height it is not above 30 or 

 40 ft. — Cond. 



An Oak at Fairnalie, Selkirkshire, measures, at 1 ft. from the ground, 

 14^ ft. in circumference, and contains 359 ft. of timber. — R. Pringle. Au- 

 gust, 1838. 



The Beech thrives in a calcareous soil better than in any other, but it must 

 always be somewhat moist; -whereas, the elm thrives in calcareous soil which 

 is perfectly dry. (Poiteau.) 



Salicdcece. 



Poplai's succeed best in loamy soils, and next in such as are siliceous, while 

 there are only a few that thrive in soils that are calcareous. Among the 

 latter are, Populus virginiana, commonly called in France the Swiss Poplar. 

 (^Poiteau. ) 



A Black Poplar in Clifton Park, Roxburghshire, measures 17 ft. in circum- 

 ference at 1 ft. from the ground, — R. Pringle. August, 1838^ 



\}lmdce(S. 



JJ'lmus cavipestris at Nettlecombe Court, Somersetshire, planted in 1770, 

 contains 480 ft. of timber, having 300 ft. in the trunk, and 180 ft. in the top 

 and branches. — James Babbage. Nettlecombe Court, Oct. 9. 1839. 



A specimen of this tree at Saling in Essex is 1 14 ft. high, 30 ft. in circum- 

 ference at the ground, 19 ft. at 2 ft. from the ground, and at 5 ft. high 17 ft. 

 6 in. It is a remarkably handsome tree, with the branches well balanced on 

 each side, and in vigorous growth. Mr. Jukes, who made drawings for our 

 Arboretum of the large elms in the park at Studley Royal, says, he never saw 

 anywhere an elm so handsome as that at Saling. — Cond. 



Art. IX. Botanical, Floricultural, and Arboricultural Notices oj" 

 the Kinds of Plants newly introduced into British Gardens and 

 Plantations, or which have been originated in them ; together with 

 additional Information respectiiig Plants {whether old or new) already/ 

 in Cultivation : the whole intended to serve as a perpetual Supplement 

 to the ^^ Encyclopcedia of Plants," the " Horlus Britannicus," the 



