PINETUM BRITANNICUM. 
Those that were killed were at Appleby Hall, in Lincolnshire (lowest temperature —11°); at Thorpe 
Perrow, in Yorkshire (lowest temperature—12 0 ); and Brough Hall, in Yorkshire (lowest temperature not 
stated). At Lanrick Castle, in Perthshire (lowest temperature 3 0 , marked as probably having died from 
other causes); and at Newton, in Aberdeenshire (lowest temperature—8°) : places where the cold had 
been excessive, judging from the temperatures above given. 
The following are the heights of some of the best specimens in England, most of them taken in 1862 
or 1863. The age, where known, is added. We have included none under 30 feet in height: 
Place. 
County. 
Height 
in 
Feet. 
Supposed 
Age. 
Bloxholme Hall ... 
Lincolnshire . 
50 
25 
Woburn Abbey ... 
Bedfordshire. 
47 
35 
Bibton . 
Devonshire . 
40 
30 
Egg es ford. 
Devonshire . 
4 ° 
3 ° 
Patterdale Hall 
Westmoreland . 
40 
22 
Redleaf. 
Kent . 
35 
20 
Bownnoe . 
Cornwall . 
35 
20 
Ambleside. 
Westmoreland . 
35 
2 5 
Place. 
County. 
Height 
in 
Feet. 
Supposed 
Age. 
Cuerdon Hall . 
Lancashire . 
34 - 
26 
Studley Royal . 
Yorkshire . 
33 
25 
Highnam Court ... 
Gloucestershire. 
1 2 — 
23 
Longwood . 
Hampshire . 
31 
18 
Carclew. 
Cornwall . 
30 
14 
Wimbledon . 
Surrey . 
30 
30 
Windsor Castle. 
Berkshire . 
30 
26 
Calderstone . 
Lancashire . 
30 
35 
The highest which we have a note of from Scotland is at Rossdhu, in Dumbartonshire, 26 feet high, 
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and 18 years old. In Ireland there is one at the Earl of Shannon’s, Castle Martyr, near Cork, 26 feet 
high and 15 years old ; and another of the same size, but 20 years old, at Caledon Hill, in Tyrone. 
It suffers from rabbits in its youth, when they are apt to bark it, but when older they do not meddle 
with it. We have met with only one instance of its being attacked by the pine beetle, Hylurgus fimifierda, 
but it was got rid of by the usual sacrifices and precautions. It does not stand the wind well, at least in its 
younger state. Its growth is rapid, and appears to be faster than that either of the Scots Fir or the Wey¬ 
mouth Pine. 
Commercial Statistics .—In 1851, 1 and 2 year seedlings sold respectively at 20s. and 30s. per 100; 
plants 1 foot high, 9s. per dozen ; and 18 to 24 inches, 3s. 6d. each. In 1855, 1 and 2 year-old seedlings 
sold at 35s. and 75s. per 100; plants, 18 to 24 inches, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each; and fine specimens, 8 and 9 
feet, at 63s. to 84s. In i860, i-year seedlings, 5s. per 100 ; plants, 9 to 12 inches, 50s. per 100. In 1867, 
seedlings, 6 to 12 inches, 6s. ; and 18 to 24 inches, 12s. per dozen ; good specimens, 6 to 10 feet high, 
1 os. 6d. to 2 is. each. The price of clean seed, in 1861, was 12s. per oz., and, in 1867, 7s. 6d. per oz. 
