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compact and conical appearance. The branches grow each from a 

 sort of protuberance on the main trunk of the tree; especially the 

 larger ami lower branches. I have never observed cones. Nothing 

 is known of the history of the tree ; but, from its position, it is probable 

 that it was planted at the same time as those in its neighbourhood, 

 several of which are common spruce and silver fir, and are of much 

 greater size : perhaps 70 ft. or 80 ft. high.' 



" The specimens sent to us by His Lordship were considered by Mr. 

 Frost ami Mr, Gordon, who have attended in a particular manner to 

 the Jbiethue, to belong to A. alba, or A. nigra, rather than to the 

 common spruce. We have subsequently received specimens from 

 Harewood House, which we have distributed among the nurserymen, 

 under the name of A. e. stricta. The gardener at Harewood has never 

 observed any cones on the tree ; which induces us to consider it as a 

 kind of monstrosity, like the last variety mentioned, and A. e. Clan- 

 brasiUdmi ; the species being prone to produce extraordinary varieties 

 of this kind." 

 Page -J " > 1 ( ) . Before " Statistics" introduce: — 



" Diseases, Fungi, Spc, In the Magazine of Natural History is a commu- 



nication from the Rev. W. 13. Clarke, A.M., 



from which it appears that the barnacles 



(Xepas onatifera) are found on the wood of 



race fir, as well as on that ofthcoak. 



In February, 1834, part of the branch of a 



spruce fir, v\ith the bark on, was picked up 



in Poole Harbour, completely covered with 



barnacles. In fig. 254)1., A shows a por- 

 tion of this wood, much perforated with 

 Fer&do i s, the L£pas, with young 



individual-, growing upon t he older. shows 



the animal i ;■'- ( 'i by the removal of the 



upper lower Valve; ft, the under lower valve; b 9 the body of lobes, that of each 



; a pair of ciliated tentacula or feet; e, the double interior tubes. 



• pair of ciliated feet, magnified ; a, one of the two strong joints 



I ic bifui i ation. 'I he \\r branch is supposed to have been two or three 



