CHAP. XCIII. LAVRA^CEM. LAU'RUS 1299 



at Killerton, 90 years planted, it is 26ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. In Somersetshire, at 



Nettlecombe, 70 years planted, it is 22 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 20 in., and of the head 39 ft. 

 In Surrey, at Claremont, 25 ft. high, as a bush, the branches covering a space 15 ft. in diameter. In 

 Sussex, at Arundel Castle, it is 25 ft. high. 



Lauras ndbilis North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Southhill, 22 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 

 In Berkshire, at White Knights, SO years planted, it is 13| ft. high. In Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, 20 

 years planted, it is 18 ft high ; at Eaton Hall, H years planted.it is 9 ft. high, and the diameter of the 

 space covered by the branches l()ft. In Shropshire, at Willey Park, 10 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. 

 In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 60 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Great Livennere, 12 years planted , 

 it is 18 ft. high. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 40; years? planted, it is 14 ft. high, against a 

 wall. In Yorkshire, at Hackress, 16 years planted, it is 8 ft. high ; at Grimston, 13 years planted, 

 it is 14ft. high. 



Lafirus ndbilis in Scotland. At Gosford House, 36 years planted, it is 15 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the space covered by the branches 12 ft. ; at Dalhousie Castle, 14 years planted, it is 15 ft. high, 

 against a wall. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 35 years planted, it is 14ft. high, against a wall. In 

 Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 10 ft. high. In Aberdeenshire, at Tnainston, it grows 8 in. 

 in a year, and stands the winter well in sheltered situations. In the Isle of Bute, at Mount Stewart, 

 it is 27 ft. high, and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 26 ft. In Ross-shire, at Brahan 

 Castle, it is 11 ft. high. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, 45 years planted, it is 14 ft. high. 



Laiirus ndbilis in Ireland. At Cypress Grove, Dublin, it is 50 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 

 2 in., and of the head 25 ft. In the Cullen's Wood Nursery, 35 years planted, it is 25 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2j ft., and of the head 24 ft. In Wicklow, at Shelton Abbey, 16 years planted, 

 it is 34 ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 30 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. 



~Laurus ndbilis in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Botanic Garden, Toulon, 14 years planted, 

 it is 19 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 in. ; at Vaucluse, among the scattered houses not far 

 from the fountain, it was 15 ft. high, in 1H19. Throughout Germany it is a green-house plant. In 

 Russia, in the Crimea, it requires protection during winter. In Italy and Spain it attains a larger 

 size than any where else in Europe, forming immense bushes, from 50 ft. to 70ft. in height. 



Commercial Statistics . Plants of the species in the London nurseries are Is. 

 each, and the varieties from Is. Qd. to 2s. 6d.; at Bollwyller it is a greenhouse 

 plant ; at New York, plants are 1 dollar each. 



B. Plants evergreen ; half-hardy. 

 1 2. L. caroline'nsis Catesb. The Carolina Laurel, or Red Bay. 



Identification. Catesb. Car., 1. p. 63. ; Michx. Fl. Amer., 1. p. 245. ; Pursh Fl. Amcr. Sept., 1. p. 276. ; 



Spreng. Svst, 2. p. 665. 

 Synonymcs. L. Borbbnia Lin. Sp., 529., Syst., 383., Martyn's Mill., No. 13., N. Du Ham., 2. p. 163., 



Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; L. axillaris Lam. ; BorbonzTi sp. Plum. Gen., 4. ic. 60., .Persea Borb6n/« 



Spreng. ; the broad-leaved Carolina Bay ; Laurier rouge, Laurier Bourbon, Laurier de Caroline, 



Fr. ; Carolinischer Lorbeer, Rother Lorbeer, Get: 

 Engravings. Catesb. Car., t. 63. ; Michx. N. Amer. Syl., 2. t. 82.; N. Du Ham., 2. t.33. ; and our 



fig. 1168. after Michaux, and fig. 1169. after Du Hamel. 



Spec. Char., cfc. Evergreen. Leaves oval, lanceolate, slightly glaucous be- 

 neath. Flowers in peduncled axillary groups. (Spreng. Syst.,n. p. 265.) 

 An evergreen tree, a native of North America, from Virginia to Louisiana ; 

 introduced in 1739, and flowering in May; but seldom found in collections. 



Varieties. 



1 L. c. 2 glabra Pursh has the leaves slightly glabrous. 



* L. c. 3 pubescens Pursh has the leaves slightly pubescent. 



Z L. c. 4 obtusa Pursh has the leaves ovate-obtuse. 



All these varieties were introduced in 1806; and they all flower from 

 May to July. In our Hortus Britannicus, and other modern catalogues, L. 

 Borbonia and L. carolinensis are made distinct 

 species ; the former being said to be tender, 

 and introduced in 1739, and the latter to be 

 hardy, and introduced in 1806. Both, however, 

 are said to be the American red bay ; and in 

 Pursh's Fl. Amer. Sept., and in the N.Du Ham., 

 they are considered identical. It appears pro- 

 bable that this is the case ; and, as it appears 

 from Michaux (N. Amcr. Sylva, ii. p. 150.), that 

 the tree differs exceedingly according to the lati- 

 tude in which it grows, L. Borbonia (fig. 1 168.) 

 may be the form it assumes in the southern 

 states, and L. carolinensis (fig. 1169.) its ap- 

 pearance in the more northern ones. 



Description, Sf-c. The red bay, though it sometimes, in the south of Georgia 

 and the Floridas, attains the height of 60 ft. or 70 ft., with a trunk from 15 in. 



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