8338 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



1 ft to 16 it. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 45 years planted, it is 50 ft. high. In Durham, at 

 Stanwick Park, is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Essex, at Audley End, 60 years planted, 

 it is SO ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 Ft, and of the head 24 ft. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 

 SO years planted, it is 36 ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 49 years planted, it is 72 ft, 

 high. In Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is SO ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 11 in., 

 and of the head 44 ft. In Northamptonshire, at Wakefield Lodge, 16 years planted, it is 20ft. high, 

 In Northumberland, at Hartburn, 83 years planted, it is 138 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., 

 and of the head 40 ft. ; another is 96 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 38 ft. 

 These two trees, on account of being superior in height to all the trees around them, are here called 

 the " Nod Queens." In Oxfordshire, in Tew Park, it is 110 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 5ft., and of the head 54ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 68ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2ft 4 in., and of the head 40 ft. In Shropshire, at Willey Park, 18 years planted, it is 

 30 ft high ; another, 9 years planted, is 30 ft. high ; at Kinlet, 60 years planted, it is 80 ft. high. In 

 Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 14 years planted, it is 34 ft. high ; at Stretton Rectory, it is 90 ft. high, 

 with a trunk 4 ft. din. in diameter. In Warwickshire, at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 70ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6in., and of the head 80ft. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 

 50 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 40 ft. In York, 

 shire, at Castle Howard, it is 130 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in. ; at Sudley, it is 96 ft. 

 6 in. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. G in., and of the head 50 ft. In Scotland, near Edinburgh, at 

 Woodhouselee, the tree already mentioned, p. 2337. ; at Hopetoun House, 100 years old, it is 90 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 7 in., and of the head 45 ft South of Edinburgh. In Ayr- 

 shire, at Kilkerran, it is 90 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter; at Auchincruive, it is 80 ft. 

 high, with a trunk 3ft. 6 in. in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 8 years planted, it is 15 ft. 

 high. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 2ft. 10 in. in diameter. In 

 Roxburghshire, at Minto, 75 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in. — 

 North of Kdinburgh. In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 13 years planted, it is 18 ft. high ; at Rose- 

 neath Castle, 138 years old, it is 124 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk, at 3 ft. from the ground, 6 ft. 

 4 in., and of the head 74 ft. ; another, of the same age, and about 120ft. high, has a trunk 7 ft. in 

 diameter at 1 ft. from the ground ; there is also the remarkable tree figured in our last Volume. 

 In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 8 in., and of the 

 head 45 ft. In Clackmannanshire, in the Garden of the Dollar Institution, 12 years planted, it is 

 26 ft high. In Cromarty, at Coul, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the 

 head 90 ft. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 80 years planted, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft., and of the head 50 ft. ; at Courtachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft. 6in.,andof the head 32 ft.; at Gray, there are several specimens 80 ft. high, 

 with trunks nearly 4 ft. in diameter. In Morayshire, at Ballindalloch, are two silver firs, one 

 78ft high, and 10 ft. 6 in. in girt at 1ft. from the ground, and 8ft. 6 in. at 10ft. from the 

 ground; the other is 96 ft. high, 13 ft. 4 in. in girt at 1ft. from the ground, and 9 ft. 6 in. at 10 ft. 

 from the ground. In Perthshire, at Dupplin, it is 55ft. high, with a trunk 5ft. in diameter; at 

 Taymouth, it is 90ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. In Stirling- 

 shire, at Blair Drummond, 120 years old, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the 

 head 36 ft. ; at Airthrey, it is 80ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter; at Sauchie, 30 years planted, 

 it is 26 ft. high ; in Bannockburn Wood, it is 89 ft. high. 



In Ireland. At Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In 

 Kilkenny, at Woodstock, 80 years planted, it is 91 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6in., and 

 of the head 52 ft. In Down, at Mount Stewart, 50 years planted, it is 56 ft. high ; at Moira, it is 

 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 46 ft. ; at Tullymore Park, 60 years 

 planted, it is 84 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft, and of the head 60 ft.; at Ballyleady, 60 

 years planted, it is 52 ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 20 years planted, it is 36 ft. high ; 

 at Castle Coole, 50 years planted, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In Sligo, at 

 Makree Castle, it is 86 ft. high, and the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in. 



In Foreign Countries. In France, at Coloinbey, near Metz, 70 years planted, it is 69 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft In Hanover, at Harbcke, 10 years planted.it is 16 ft. high; in 

 the Gb'ttingen Botanical Garden, 40 years planted, it is 50ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in 

 the English Garden, 50 years planted, it is 70 ft. high. In Prussia, near Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 

 years planted, it is 40 ft. high ; in the Pfauen Insel, 35 years planted, it is 36ft. high. In Denmark, 

 at Droningaard, 40 years planted, it is 100 ft. high. In Sweden, in the Botanic Garden at Lund, 

 it is 30 ft. high. In Italy, at Monza, 70 years planted, it is 75 ft. high. 



Commercial Statistics. Price of seeds, in London, 2s. Qd. per pound : plants, 

 two years' seedlings, are 15*. per 1000; transplanted plants, 6 in. high, 20s. per 

 1000 ; from ( .i in. to 12 in. high, 30*. per 1000 ; 1 ft. 6 in. high, 10s. per 100 ; 2 ft. 

 high, Ids. per 100. At Bollwyller, plants are 3 cents each ; P. cinerea, 4 francs 

 each. At New York, plants of the species are 75 cents. 



1 2. P. (p.) Pi'chta. The Pitch Silver Fir. 



Synonymrs. Pinus Pichta Lodd. Cat., ed. 1836; P. sibirica Hort. ; /fbies sibfrica Ledebour Icon. 



/■/ I / Ron ,t. 199., Lindl. in Penny Cyc, No. 2. ; A. Pichta Fischer; Pichta, Muss. 

 Engraving. Led. Icon. PI. PL Ross., t. 499. 



Spec, ('liar., cyc. Leaves solitary, tetragonal, dark green. Cones cylindrical, 

 erect. Scales cuneate-obovate, rounded at the apex, quite entire, convex 

 externally. A native of the Altai Mountains, at an elevation of 4000 ft., 

 where it forms whole forests; towards an elevation of 5272ft., it gradually 

 becomes more rare. (Ledeb.) Introduced in 1820, and differing from a 

 young silver fir, chiefly in having the leaves closer set on the branches, and 

 not so silvery beneath. Professor Don suspects it to be only the Siberian 

 variety of Picea pectinate, which ranges from the Atlantic to the Pacific. 

 The tree in the Horticultural Society's (iarden was, in 1837, after being 

 V v< ai •■-. plantedj 2 ft. in. high. 



