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STATISTICS 



OF 



CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



The details of the Conifers in Britain given in the following Tables 

 were collected in connection with the preparation of the paper 

 on " The Value in the British Islands of Introduced Conifers," 

 read at the Conference on Conifers at Chiswick. They contain 

 a large amount of valuable information about the Newer Conifers, 

 with practical remarks upon their treatment in over a hundred 

 different parts of the country, which may be studied with advan- 

 tage by all who are interested in the prosperity of the woods and 

 forests of the United Kingdom, or in the adornment of the land- 

 scape. The following twenty-four Conifers were specially named 

 as species about which it was desirable to get information ; and 

 hence, to a certain extent, their predominance in the returns, 

 viz. : — 



Abies Albertiana Pinus austriaca 



The correspondents were also requested to give details of the 

 merits and dimensions of any other Conifers that had proved in 

 a marked degree to be useful or ornamental ; with the result that 

 about one hundred other species and varieties are mentioned, 

 and the details concerning them appear in the Tables. The 



By Mr. Malcolm Dunn, F.R.H.S. 



,, Nordmanniana 

 Araucaria imbricata 

 Cedrus atlantica 

 ,, Deodara 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana 



,, magnifica 

 „ Menziesii 

 ,, nobilis 



,, concolor 

 ,, Douglasii 

 „ grandis 



,, Cembra 



„ excelsa 



,, insignis 



„ Jeffrey! 

 Laricio 



,, monticola 



,, ponderosa 

 Taxodium sempervirens 

 Thuya gigantea 

 Thuyopsis borealis 

 Wellingtonia gigantea. 



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