36 SYLVA FLORIFERA. 



Earl of Chichester at Stanmore,near Brighton, 

 we have seen a hedge of laurel about 220 

 yards in length, where they have grown to 

 the height of thirty feet, and some of the 

 principal trunks measure three feet in cir- 

 cumference, at about two feet and a half from 

 the ground. These trees have been planted 

 about fifty years, and have never been injured 

 by the frost. 



The laurel approaches so near in appear- 

 ance to the orange tree, that when planted in 

 the shrubbery as a screen for defending the 

 citrus tribe, and a few standard laurels inter- 

 spersed, a very inconsiderable number of 

 these tender trees may be made to give the 

 effect of a plantation of orange trees, at the 

 season when they can be removed from the 

 orangery, or the conservatory. 



It will generally be found that the laurels 

 raised from seed produce the finest plants, 

 particularly for standards, as those obtained 

 from cuttings or layers incline more to a ho- 

 rizontal growth, and produce a greater num- 

 ber of lateral branches, but which are also 

 desirable for some situations in the shrubbery. 

 The berries are seldom perfectly ripe before 

 October, when they should be immediately 

 sown in a dry soil, at about two inches deep, 



