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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



lV<\r Aottifolium in the Environs of Dublin. At Castle Town, 30 ft. high, the trunk 18 in., and 

 the bead 30 ft in diameter : at Cypress Grovej SO ft high ; at Terenure, 4U years planted, and 30 ft. 

 high, in dry soil, on a calcareous subsoil; in Cullenswood Nursery./. A. croceum f 9 ] 12 vears 

 planted, and 17 ft high. L ' 



Itet Aqu/foliuni South of Dublin. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 40 years planted, and 

 43 ft high, diameter ofthe trunk Si in., and of the head 28 ft., in brown loam, on gravel In Munster 

 at Castle Freke, 3S ft high. 



1 \ - Hum North of Dublin. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, the species and several varieties 



from 90 tt to 90 ft high. In Down, at Ballyleady, 60 years planted, and 34 ft high. In the Park' 

 at Moira, 25 tt. nigh. In Antrim, at Belfast, in Mr. Templeton's garden, 15 ft. hi^h. 



r/c-j- Aqutfoiium in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 50 years planted 

 ami 90 tt. high ; in the Botanic Garden at Toulon, 48 years planted, and 18 ft. high • at Nantes' 

 in the nursery of M. Xerrin, 60 years planted,, and 30ft. high. In Saxony, at ' Worlitz, 3.5 

 years planted, and 16 ft. high. In Austria, at Briick on the Leytha, 30 years planted, and 12 ft 

 high. In Prussia, the holly grows wild in a forest 20 miles from Berlin, nevertheless, in the 

 Benin Botanic Garden, it requires protection during Winter-; at Sans Souci, 9 years planted', it has 

 attained the height of 8 ft. In Hanover, at Harbecke, 6 years planted, it has attained the height 

 Of 9 it. ; in the Botanic Garden at Gottingen, it requires protection during winter. In Denmark, 

 in the Royal Gardens at Copenhagen, it is 3 ft. or 4 ft. high, and requires protection. In Sweden, 

 in the Botanic Garden at Lund, it is 2£ ft. high, and requires protection. In Italy, at Monza, 30 

 years planted, it is SO ft. high 



Commercial Statistics. In the London nurseries, two years' seedlings ofthe 

 species are Is. a thousand ; transplanted plants of 3 and 4 years' growth, 

 from 8*. to 10s. a thousand ; variegated hollies, in sorts, one and two years 

 planted, from 50s. to 75s. a hundred. At Bollwyller, the species, of 3 or 4 

 years' growth, is 1 franc a plant, and the different varieties 3 francs each. 

 At New York, the species is 50 cents a plant, and the different varieties, 

 which, in that part of America, require protection during winter, are 1 dollar 

 each. 



f. 2. I. (A.) balea'rica Desf. The Minorca Holly. 



Identification. Desf. Arb., 2. p. 262. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. jgo 



Synonymes. I. ^/quifblium var. 5 Lam. Diet., 3. p. 145. ; /. made- 



rensis Willd. Enum. Suppl., 8. according to Link. 

 Engraving. Our fig. 183. 



Spec. Char.) S/c. Leaves ovate, acute, flat, shining, 

 entire, or spiny-toothed. Umbels axillary, few- 

 flowered, short. (Do?fs Mill., ii. p. 17.) A very 

 distinct variety of the common holly, readily dis- 

 tinguished at sight, by its yellowish green leaves, 

 which are sharply acuminated, but very slightly 

 waved at the edges, and with few prickles. As it 

 is considered by some authors as a species, and 

 has very much the appearance of one, we have 

 thought it best to keep it apart. It is propagated 

 by budding or grafting on the common holly. 

 There were formerly large plants of this species 

 in the Mile End Nursery. Plants, in the London 

 nurseries, are 5s. each. At Bollwyller and New 

 York it is a green-house plant. 



1 3. /. opa x ca Ait. The opaque-fctf^rf, or American Holly. 



Identification. Ait. Hort. Kew, 1. p. 177. ; Dec. Prod., 2. p. 14. ; Don's Mill., 2. p. 17. 

 Synonyjnes. Agrifblium vulgare Clayt. Flor. Virgin. ; /'lex ^quifblium Gronov. and Walt. Fl. 

 Car. 241. 



hags. E. of PL, No. 1824. ; and the plate of the species in our Second Volume. 



Spec. Char., Sec. Leaves ovate, flat, coriaceous, acute, toothed in a scalloped 

 manner, spiny, and glabrous, but not glossy. Flowers scattered, at the 

 base of only those branches that are a year old. Teeth ofthe calyx acute. 

 Sexes dioecious. (Dec Prod., ii. p. 14.) A beautiful evergreen tree, a na- 

 tive of North America, from Canada to Carolina, sometimes, according to 

 Pursh, growing to the height of 80 ft., with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. 

 Introduced in 1744. The flowers are white, and produced in May and 

 June, and the berries are starlet, round, and handsome, remaining on all the 

 winter. According to Rafinesque, in the northern parts of North America 

 this species forms a bush under JO ft. in height; its medium height, in 

 favourable situations, being about 40 ft. This specks was formerly sup- 

 d to be only a variety of* /. /fquifolium. In America, it is applied to 

 all the uses which the common holly is in Europe. It forms hedges; is an 



