species in the prindiml Pinetums of Europe. 29 



logne, near Blois; M. Macarel, near G'len ; M. Doiiblat, at Epinal; Viscount 

 de Courval, and Count de Burnonville, in the environs of Paris ; Count de 

 Tristan, at Orleans. The late M. De Courson, near St. Briene ; the late 

 Du Hamel du Monceau, at Denainvilliers, at Monceau, and at Vrigny, near 

 Pithiviers ; and of M. De Malesherbes, at Malesherbes. 



4. Ex2}erimental Plantations (^Plantations (non plus Collections) foresfieres 

 experimentales, — M. Delamarre, at Harcourt ; M. Marcellin Vetillarcl, at Mans ; 

 M. Berard, sen., atMans; M. Bataille de Mandelat, at Autun ; M. Doulcet, 

 La Fay, near Aubigny; and the government plantations in the forests of 

 Fontainebleau, Compiegne, and Villers Cotterets, and in the Bois de Boulogne. 



3. Plantations of particular Species. — Pinus Laricio, by M. Le Roy, at Bou- 

 logne-sur-Mer; andthe Count Lemarrois. P. sylvestris, by the Viscount 

 Jluinard de Brimour at Rheims ; and many others in Champagne, iarix 

 europae'a, by the Count de Rambuteau. Picea pectinata, by M. De Cande- 

 coste, at Laigle ; besides many other plantations in Normandy, 



In the foregoing statement, no notice is taken of the Pinus Pinaster, which 

 is cultivated on a large scale in the Maine and in the Landes de Bordeaux ; 

 of P. sylvestris, the seeds of which are now beginning to be sown in many of 

 the finer parts of the Maine. In Sologne on Seine, there are already ex- 

 tensive plantations, especially of P. Pinaster, and a few of P. sylvestris. In 

 Champagne, also, there are a good many plantations of P. sylvestris. In the 

 south, there are a few isolated plantations of P. Pinea, and some forests 

 containing trees of P. halepensis, which is cultivated for its wood, as well 

 as for its resinous products. There are also the natural forests of the Vosges, 

 Haguenau, Jura, the Alps, the Pyrenees, and the mountains of Auvergne. — 

 Paris, 1837. 



In Belgium, there is a pinetum belonging to Baron de Serret, near Bruges, 

 of which we hope that gentleman will enable us to give some account in an 

 early number. 



Art. VI. A tabular View of the Species of KhietincB contained in the 

 principal Pinetums and Collections of\hietincB in Great Britain, 

 and on the Continent of Europe. 



The names of the pinetums are arranged, as nearly as could be ascertained, 

 in the order in which they were commenced ; and the species and varieties 

 in the order in which they are described in the Arboretum Britannicum. The 

 existence of a species or variety in any pinetum is indicated by its height in 

 feet, according to measurements sent us in 1837; but, when the height is not 

 exactly known, the existence of a species or variety in any pinetum or coMee- 

 tion is indicated by a cross, thus + . When the species or variety is of 

 doubtful existence in any collection, a point of interrogation is used ; and 

 when it is wanting, a cipher is introduced. A number of varieties are omitted, 

 as being of little consequence, or as only occurring in one or two of the 

 pinetums. 



The dates assigned for the commencement of these arboretums may not in 

 every instance be correct, but one object of this tabular view is to direct 

 attention to these dates, in order that we may make them perfectly correct 

 when we republish the tables in the Arboretum Britannicum. 



The finest pinetum in England for large trees, and also one of the most 

 complete in regard to species, is that at Dropmore ; out, if we include 

 jTaxacese and C'upressinge in the idea of a pinetum, then by far the most 

 complete collection of Coniferce in Great Britain is that at Elvaston Castle, 

 a list of the species and varieties in which we shall give in our next 

 Number. 



