STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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General Eemarks. — In this place Conifers grow freely and make very fine 

 specimens when sheltered from the fierce winds that sweep over us. Abies 

 Smithiana and A. Wehhiana are good in shelter; and so are Cryptomeria ja;ponica 

 and Taxodium seiTipervirens. 



Menabilly. J. Kashleioh, Esq. 



Corrcsjwndent : Mr. W. Bennett, The Gardens, Menabilly, Fowey. 



General Eemarks. — I have sent two branches of Mexican Pines : one is 

 labelled Pmus oocarpa or Rtmelliaim" as Mr. Kashleigh is not quite sure which 

 it is, but it was sent hither under the name of Russellimia ; the other is Pinus 

 Montezumce. 



P. oocarpa or Russelliana is a tree 21 feet high, and covers an area 69 feet in 

 circumference with its irregular pendulous branches, some of which are resting 

 on the ground. It bore three cones this season, and although there were male 

 blossoms on the tree at the same time, they withered and dropped olf . 



P. Montezumce is 16 feet high and covers an area of 66 feet. It is bearing 

 cones, which are about 4 inches long and 2 inches in diameter at the base, 

 slightly incurved at the point. These trees have been growing here for about 

 eighteen years. 



"We have also a number of young plants of Pimis Montezumce Lindleyana — 

 about four years old, raised from seed received from the British Consul at 

 Mexico ; they are from 1 to 4 feet in height, and some of them have made 1 foot 

 7 inches growth this season. We do not protect these during the winter months, 

 as we find the more they are exposed the freer they grow ; in fact, several of 

 them are planted on an exposed place, with a north-east aspect. 



Pinus monticola is 21 feet high, and bears cones freely. 



Pinus parTiflora, 8 feet high, has been planted here about four years, and has 

 borne cones the last three seasons ; it is looking well. 



Picea Pindrom, 25 feet high, covering 50 feet area, bore cones last season. 

 Alies ajanensis, 25 feet high, covering an area of 44 feet. 



Picea fjrandis, 30 feet high, planted about eleven years (it was about one foot 

 high when planted), covering an area of 55 feet. 



Picea lasiocarpa is 27 feet high and 54 feet in circumference of branches. 



Picea religiosa is 24 feet high. This tree felt the severity of last winter, but 

 is now looking fairly well. 



Retinospora leptoclada, about 4 feet high, and has borne cones for some 

 years. 



All the above are growing in a deep loamy soil, about 140 feet above sea level 

 in a north-by-east aspect. 



Pinus insignis, sent hither by the Horticultural Society under the name of 

 P. radiata, and planted by J. Eashleigh, Esq., in the year 1843, is now 61 feet 

 high and 10 feet 6 inches in girth at 3 feet from the ground. 



Pbius insignis, sent hither and planted by J. Eashleigh, Esq., in 18-16, is 61 feet 

 high, and 11^ feet in girth at 3 feet from the ground. 



The Pines we find grow fastest here are Pinus insigriis and P. muricata; 

 and the two fastest-growing Firs are Picea or Ahies grandis and A. Po^tglasii. 



Atlirotaxus laxifolia, 14 feet high and covering an area of 21 feet, is planted 

 on a slight mound in peaty loam ; this has fruited for several years. 



I have sent these notes to give an idea of the growth which some of these 

 plants have made in a few years. 



