28 Principal Pinetums in France. 



to moss roses, one to French roses, one to Scotch roses, and 

 one to mixed roses ; the outer bed in each garden being planted 

 with standards or climbers, or both, of the kind of rose planted 

 within. 



Art. V. Notice of the principal Pinetums and Collections of AhiS- 

 tincB in France. Drawn up from Communications of various 

 Correspondents. 



The number of what may be strictly called Pinetums in France (that is to say, 

 of complete or very extensive collections of pines and firs, and especially of col- 

 lections that are properly named) does not amount to more than three. These 

 are, that of M. Ivoy of Bordeaux (a few leagues from that town) ; that of the late 

 Dumont de Courset, at Courset, near Samer, about four leagues fromBoulogne- 

 sur-Mer ; and that of Madame Adanson at Baleine, near Moulins, department of 

 AUier. The collection of M. Vilmorin at Barres, although, perhaps, one of 

 the most interesting in a scientific and arboricultural point of view, which 

 exists in France, or even in Europe, is not a true pinetum ; M. Vilmorin not 

 being so anxious to form a complete collection, as to have the means of 

 studying thoroughly the useful kinds of pines and firs, by a comparison of their 

 different varieties, &c. 



There are a number of interesting amateur collections, besides others 

 which may be termed experimental forests (foj-cstieres experimentales'), con- 

 taining frequently only a small number of species, but yet of great importance 

 in a scientific point of view. Of this kind is the collection of M. Delamarre, 

 at Harcourt, in Normandy (department of the Eure), near Brionne, on the 

 road from Paris to Caen. The collection of M. Delamarre was bequeathed 

 by him to the Royal Agricultural Society of Paris, which has committed the 

 management of it to M. Michaux, conjointly with a commission of which 

 M. Vilmorin is a member. The plantations, which contain upwards of 100 

 acres, are composed almost entirely of the Pinus Pinaster and P. sylvestris; 

 and they may be considered of some importance, as it was from them that 

 M. Delamarre derived all the practical views which be has published in his 

 work entitled Historiqiie de la Creation (Time Richesse Millionaire par la Cul- 

 ture des Pins; Paris, 1827. The Agricultural Society intend to establish a 

 true pinetum on these grounds next year; so that, in the end, the name of 

 Harcourt will become celebrated for pines and firs. Other very interesting 

 plantations are those in which only one species is cultivated : for example, the 

 plantations of P. Larlcio, by the Count Lemarrois, near Coutances ; those of 

 larch, by the Count de Rambuteau, prefect of the Seine, in the Cote d'Or, 

 at some leagues' distance from Autun. 



The following may be considered as a synoptical view of the pinetums and 

 collections of yJbietinae in France: — 



1. True Pinetums {Collections botaniqucs'). — Madame Aglae Adanson, at 

 Balenie, near Moulins, AUier ; Dumont de Courset, at Courset, near Samer, 

 Pas de Calais ; M. Ivoy, at Bordeaux. 



2. Botanical Forests {Botanique forestihe'), — M. Vilmorin, at Barres, near 

 Nogent sur Vernisson, Loiret, 



3. Amateur Collections less complete than the Pinetums.^ Count de Mont- 

 bron, at. Chatellerault ; Baron de Tschoudi, at Metz; Viscount Hericart de 

 Thury, in the environs of Paris; M. Bobee, near Chateauneuf, Haute Loire; 

 M. De Lorgeril, at Baumanoir, near Rennes ; Marquis de la Boessiere, at 

 Malleville, near Ploermel ; Baron de Morogues, at La Source, near Orleans ; 

 M. Mallet De Chilly, at Sologne, near Orleans; M. De la Giraudiere, So- 



