in certain British Nurseries and private Gardens, 69 



[We have received a copy of Messrs. Lawson's Horticultural Seed List, 

 which is very copious, enumerating all the new kinds, as well as the old, of 

 culinary vegetables.] 



Roy's Nursery, Aberdeen; J. Roy. — Araucciria imbricdta grows as well in 

 this quarter as, if not better than, it does in England. I have seen a fair 

 sprinkling of them over the country ; about as many as there were of the 

 larch about 100 years ago. I have plants that have stood out during the last 

 ten winters without the slightest protection, and produced shoots from 4 in. 

 to 9 in. long annually. 



Vhius Lambertiana. I have had a parcel of cones from California, and suc- 

 ceeded in rearing a few plants ; and also a number of deodar cedars, and 

 Nepal species of yi'bies, Picea, and Pinus. 



The following, after between seven and eight years' trial, I find quite hardy, 

 Pjnus Larlcio calabrica, P. L. austriaca, P. L. a. var. nigricans, P. L. tau- 

 rica, P. excelsa, insignis, Lambertf«H«, ponderosa, rigida, Sabinift?;«, Miighusy 

 pumllio. Pinaster, Pinaster var. maritimus, BankswlHO!, pyrenaica, iS'trobus, 

 Cembra ; A^hies DouglasM, Smithia?ia, excelsa five or six varieties, alba, nigra, 

 nigra gracilis_, Menziesw; Picea nobilis, Webbzrma, Pindrow, balsamea, pecti- 

 nata. [In the above enumeration we have altered the names of some of the 

 kinds from those given by Mr. Roy to those adopted in our EncyclopcBdia of 

 Trees and Shrubs; separating, for example, Picea from J^bies. Mr. Roy 

 mentions that he found a fine weeping variety of ^^bies excelsa at Newman's 

 Nursery, Chichester, and in the collection at Stow.] 



An iMex, a Cotoneaster, a iJhus, and a Cornus from Nepal, will be noticed 

 on another occasion. 



A carrot with a violet-coloured root, and seeds heavy and nearly round 

 like caraways, received from Nepal, has been tried, but is found to run very 

 much to seed. — J, R. 



Ireland. 



Glasnevin Botanic Garden, Dublin; I). Moore, Ctorator. — The following 

 hardy trees and shrubs have been raised during the year 1842: — 



Xantlwxylon hastile, Nepal. 



Celtis tridndra Rox. Nepal. 



Vrdxinus floribimda G. Don. Encyclopcedia of Trees and Shrubs, p. 653 

 fig. 1270. Introduced in 1822, but lost during the severe winter of 1837-8. 



Lordcera altdica Pall., syn. L. caeridea L. Encyclopcedia of Trees and 

 Shrubs, p. 540. figs. 1005 and 1006. The seeds received from M. Otto of 

 Berlin. 



A Lonicera from Nepal, a F7'dxi7ius or O'rnus from Cabul, and two beau- 

 tiful evergreen shrubs apparently belonging to 'Rhamndcece, have also been 

 raised. These Brazilian shrubs have stood out during the last two winters 

 without protection. — D. M. 



Carton, the Seat of the Duke of Leinster. — There are a great many fine old 

 specimens here, of which dimensions have been sent us, which we shall pub- 

 lish in a future Number. In the meantime we notice a cupressinous tree, 

 which appears to be the cedar of Goa. It stands in what was once the 

 nursery ground of a Mr. Smith, long since dead. It is 28 ft. high, the head 

 18 ft. in diameter, with a stem 2 ft. 6 in. in circumference at one foot from the 

 ground, with long pendulous branches, which grow very gracefully, and hang 

 down almost perpendicularly, like those of a weeping willow. Specimens have 

 been sent us by Mr. Moore, curator of the Glasnevin Garden, and also by 

 Mr. Alexander, the gardener at Carton, and we have shown them to dif- 

 ferent persons, most of whom think them the cedar of Goa, Cupressus 

 lusitanica, Arb. Brit, and Encyclopaedia of Trees and Shrubs. 



