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JOUEXAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



SUNDRY STATISTICS. 



At the time of the Conference a paper asking for statistics and for a 

 consensus of opinion on various points was issued by the Society inde- 

 pendently of — indeed in ignorance of — the paper issued by Mr. Malcolm 

 Dunn. A large number of returns were sent in. Some of the statistics, 

 where they traverse the same ground gone over by Mr. Dunn's re- 

 turns (see p. 481), are not repeated here ; but the following tables drawn 

 up from the consensus of opinion as to Conifers suited for particular 

 uses will be found of much value to planters. 



In the following tables the names adopted are those of Dr. Masters' 

 synopsis (see p. 188), and they are placed in the order of merit which 

 results from a tabulation of all the returns. 



TABLE I. 



Conifers most suitable for Park Trees. 



Varieties receiving less than 5 votes are omitted. 



Order of 



Merit ^^^^ 



Ko. of 



Votes 



Order of „ 

 Merit ^^^^ 



Kg. of 



Votes 



1 



Abies nobilis 



. 28 



20 



Abies pectinata . 



. 10 



2 



Pseuclotsuga Douglasii 



. 26 



21 



,, cephalonica 



. 9 



3 



Abies Nordmanniana . 



. 23 



21 



,, magnifica . 



9 



3 



Sequoia gigantea 



. 23 



21 



Picea sitchensis . 



9 



5 



Cedrus Libani 



. 22 



21 



Pinus insignis 



. 9 



6 



Abies grandis 



. 21 



21 



,, silvestris . 



. 9 



7 



Pinus Laricio nigricans 



. 19 



26 



Abies concolor , 



. 8 



7 



Thuya gigantea . 



. 19 



26 



Larix europeea 



. 8 



9 



Cedrus atlantica 



. 18 



26 



Picea excelsa 



. 8 



10 



Pinus Strobus 



. 17 



26 



Pinus monticola . 



. 8 



11 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



. 16 



26 



„ ponderosa , 



. 8 



11 



Tsuga Mertensiana 



. 16 



26 



Sequoia sempervirens . 



. 8 



13 



Pinus Cembra 



. 15 



32 



Abies Pinsapo 



. 7 



13 



„ Laricio 



. 15 



32 



Picea Alcockiana 



. 7 



15 



Cedrus Deodara . 



. U 



34 



Cupressus nootkatensis 



6 



16 



Araucaria imbricata . 



. 12 



3i 



Picea orientalis . 



. 6 



16 



Cupressus ncacrocarpa 



. 12 



36 



Abies lasiocarpa . 



. 5 



18 



Pinus excelsa 



. 11 



36 



„ Lowiana . 



. 5 



18 



Picea Morinda . 



. 11 



36 



Cryptomeria japonica. 



. 5 



