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JOURNAL
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EDITED BY THE
REV. W. WILKS, M.A.
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REPOLT OF THE CONIFER CONFERENCE
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CONTENTS.
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SOME FEATURES OF INTEREST IN THE ORDER OF CONIFERS. By
Diva HEE 0. MASTERS "E: RaS., NARZELS, 6c. . cei eecccncsesedoces
THE CONIFERZ OF JAPAN. By Mr. H. J. VEITCH, F.L.S., F.R.H.S.
CONIFERS AS SPECIMEN TREES FOR LANDSCAPE GARDENING. By
MiG HOSONICHOLSONACA:S., HaRcES, 2 verses cseccdecesSoccceeesesers
CONIFERS FOR EcoNoMiIc PLANTING. By Mr. A. D. WEBSTER,
THE DECORATIVE CHARACTER OF CONIFERS. By Mr. E. J.
SEP AMisT Tintern ya terete se ere fat ere rare cle dVaiotsielales cin Srohiwts vues Coisiesio arsismiaicltveloeciolasclowrs
CONIFERS AT DROPMORE. By Mr. CHAS. HERRIN .......cc.ccceeseesee
CONIFERS AT ORTON LONGUEVILLE. By Mr. A. HARDING.........
OPENING ADDRESS (Second Day). By Mr. W. T. THISELTON DYER,
AINE Cer HUIS AOC Pula h sles sels cstslalsatesisicinciensiaioe els cotcsioteaitsiv etsuinelseeslon'ens
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THE QUALITY OF CONIFEROUS TIMBER As AFFECTED BY SYLVI-
CULTURAL TREATMENT. By W. SOMERVILLE, D.(ic., B.Sc., &c.
THE TIMBER OF EXOTIC CONIFERS. By Mr. D. F. MACKENZIE...
DISEASES OF CONIFERS. By Prof. MARSHALL WaRD, M.A., F.R.S., &c.
INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CONIFER. By Mr. W. F. H. BLANDFORD,
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE COUNTIES OF ENGLAND, SCOT-
LAND, AND IRELAND. By Mr. MALCOLM Dunn, F.R.H.S.
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PREFACE.
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In sending out this memorial of the Conifer Conference, 1891,
we would draw attention to the fact that it contains far more
than a mere verbal report of the Conference, Dr. Maxwell T.
Masters, F.R.S., and Professor Carl Hansen, of Copenhagen,
having promised at the time to recast their notes more fully.
This they have done most kindly and with infinite labour and
research, but not without some little expenditure of time, the
final sheets of MS. having only come into our hands in July,
and the corrections extending up to the 29th of September.
Nomenclature.—The names adopted by Dr. Masters and
Professor Hansen may, of course, be relied upon as representing
the latest decisions of botanical science in England and on the
Continent of Europe respectively, though future research may
necessitate some still further slight alterations. However, the
hitherto inextricably confused nomenclature of Conifers may
safely be described as settling down upon the lines adopted in
this volume by these two eminent authorities, who, although
not yet in absolute agreement, will be found to approach very
nearly. After most careful consideration we have thought it
better to leave the names in the papers read at the Conference
and in the List of Returns almost unchanged, for had we altered
the various and varying names, erroneously used, into those
scientifically correct, the writers would in many cases have
hardly recognised the plants of which they were speaking.
Having set forth a correct system of nomenclature for Great
Britain in Dr. Masters’ ‘‘ Synopsis,”’ we must refer all readers to
it for verification of names occurring elsewhere in the volume,
and leave it to time to bring about a slow and gradual reforma-
tion whereby the discarded names may become changed into
vi PREFACE.
those scientifically correct. At the same time we would venture
io urge all nurserymen and growers of Conifers to at once begin
the substitution of the correct for the erroneous names, adding
perhaps for some few years to come the now obsolete one in
brackets, thus :—‘* Sequoia (Wellingionia) gigantea,” or “‘ Tsuga
Mertensiana (Abies Alberiiana).’’ In proof of the great confusion
and diversity of nomenclature, the reader has but to refer to the
“« Tast of Conifers Exhibited ”’ (see page 579), where every speci-
men shown appears under both the name used by the exhibitor
and that by which it should be more properly known.
The Index.—lt has not been thought necessary to make the
general index to the volume include the coniributions of Dr.
Masters and Professor Hansen, as they are themselves of the
nature of indices. The reader referring to the General Index
must therefore bear in mind that he will probably find the plant
he is searching for mentioned in Dr. Masters’ and Professor
Hansen’s lists as well as at the page indexed. To have indexed
these lists would have been in great part to repeat them.
The Exhibitors——The thanks of the Society are due to all
the exhibitors for the profusion of specimens sent, which formed
such a collection of coniferous planis as all experis agree had
never before been collected in any one place. And herein we
cannot help mentioning how greatly the Conference was indebted
to Mr. Malcolm Dunn and the Scottish contingent.
Iniroducers.—The mention of thanks to the exhibitors can-
not but remind one of the vast debt of gratitude which we of
to-day owe to the intrepid men who have gone before us, and
who for the most part introduced these beautiful plants; and no
one can read the following pages without perceiving that it is
to our Royal Horticuliural Society that Great Britain in great
measure owes both the first stimulus of miroducmg and the
largest number of useful mtroductions. Douglas and Hartweg
and Fortune, to whom the chief honours are due, were all sent
out directly by the Society, and the rich harvest of their dis-
coveries was distributed freely by the Society throughout the
length and breadth of Great Britam. If our Society had no
other record than this of the miroduction of Conifers, it would
still have deserved the cordial support of all who love our country
woodland scenes and parks and copses.
JOURNAL
OF THE
ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
Vou. XIV. 1892.
CONIFER CONFERENCE,
Hetp at CHISWICK, Octrosrer 7 ann 8, 1891.
OPENING ADDRESS ON “SOME FEATURES OF
INTEREST IN THE ORDER OF CONIFERS.”
By Maxwewtut T. Masters, M.D., F.R.S8., Corresponding
Member of the Institute of France.
Axsourt this time last year, in this very place, Mr. Shirley Hibberd,
whose presence on occasions like this we so greatly miss, declared,
in the emphatic manner characteristic of him, “ that the Dahlia
was the most wonderful of all flowers.”’ Nobody gainsaid him.
A short time afterwards, also in this place, under like circum-
stances, the same speaker asserted ‘ that the Chrysanthemum
was the most wonderful of all flowers!’’ Still nobody contradicted
him.
In truth, all plants, all living creatures, are so wonderful that
it is impossible to say which is the most so. Those which come
under notice at the moment must therefore be admitted to have
the greater claim to precedence.
# Permit me, in opening the business of this Conference, to
advocate the pretensions of the Conifers, and if, in so doing, I
travel in some particulars a little outside the bounds of practical
horticulture, I do so of set purpose, in order to introduce variety
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into our discussions, and also because practical matters will be
treated of in these meetings by specialists of greater competence
than myself.
It must suffice here to touch but lightly and superficially on
some points of interest to all plant-lovers, and the few points
selected must be taken as suggestive of the vast stores at the
disposition of the earnest student rather than as in any way
exhaustive.
ANTIQUITY.
And first as to antiquity. We may smile at the fable of a
Montmorency swimming about in Noah’s flood with the family
pedigree held in his mouth for safety, but the story, at any rate,
illustrates the respect we all more or less pay to a continuous
record of unbroken descent. But the pedigrees constructed by
genealogists and heralds are only as the records of seconds on the
limitless dial of Time. I shall not attempt to sketch even the
outlines of the geological history of Conifers, as it has been taught
us by Williamson, Carruthers, Starkie Gardner, and many others.*
It must suffice to say that the first traces of the order are met
with in the Devonian and Carboniferous series—shall we say
about half-way down the record of the earth’s strata as we know
it? but in any case so very long ago as to be utterly beyond
computation.
But let us note particularly: The earliest Conifers of which
geologists tell us were Araucarias. Pines followed not long after
in the scale of geological time. Now these Araucarias and these
Pines are about the most highly organised of the Conifers of the
present day—and, so far as we can see, they were quite as highly
organised then as they are now. Moreover, it is certain that
many forms equally highly developed, or even more so, existed
then, and in still earlier times, which have since disappeared. We
must go still further back, then, for the origin of these Conifers.
But how much further back? Who can tell? ‘Such know-
ledge is too wonderful for me. It is high—TI cannot attain to it.”
* The reader will find an admirable epitome of the history of the Gymno-
sperms in Mr. Starkie Gardner’s “ British Eocene Flora,’ published by
the Paleontographical Society, in which the labours of British and Conti-
nental naturalists are summarised, and also in the learned and cautious
‘Fossil Botany ’’ by Professor Count Solms-Laubach, of which an English
translation has just issued from the Clarendon Press.
SOME FEATURES OF INTEREST IN THE ORDER OF CONIFERS. S
GENEALOGY.
But whilst it is utterly impossible to say when Conifers
made their appearance on the surface of the globe, we have,
nevertheless, some means of ascertaining with a high degree of
probability what their lineage has been. All the available
evidence goes to show that we must look for the ancestry of the
Conifers among some group now extinct, but which must have
been closely allied to existing Lycopods and Selaginellas.
This presumption is based upon certain very remarkable
peculiarities in the organs of fertilisation—in the pollen as well
as in the ovule—originally observed in part by Robert Brown,
and subsequently investigated in detail by Hofmeister, Stras-
burger, and many others. I cannot enter upon these points at
any length, but I may put it thus: If, as is now proved, the
construction of the innermost penetralia of the microspore and
of the megaspore (of the pollen and of the seed, if I may so
speak) be the same, if their method of working be substan-
tially identical in the groups before mentioned, or if, to be
more precise, the ovule of a Conifer contains a megaspore with
a prothallus bearing archegonia, then the relationship between
the Conifers and the higher Cryptogams must surely be con-
sidered to be established.
STAGES OF GROWTH.
There are other pieces of evidence which can be appreciated
by any of us, even by those who are not trained microscopists,
and they can be worked out better in the garden or in the
forest than in the herbarium. ‘They depend on the circum-
stance, which seems to be generally admitted, that the progres-
sive changes which may be observed during the development
and growth of each individual living creature are the reflections
of similar changes and of similar stages of growth in their
ancestry. Now the growth of Conifers presents a very close
resemblance to that of Lycopods and Selaginellas. Of them-
selves these resemblances might be treated as merely superficial
and unimportant, but when considered in association with those
other embryonic ‘“‘ characters’’ that I have mentioned, it is
impossible to resist the conclusion that we have to deal with
“homologies ’’—that is, with real affinities, not with superficial
or misleading resemblances.
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An investigation of the various stages of growth of each
species is not only of the greatest importance from a genealogical
point of view, but it supplies the explanation to many a puzzling
circumstance in their cultivation, and furnishes us with many
hints which we may utilise in our daily practice. I would, there-
fore, strongly urge upon those who have leisure to devote to such
investigation the comparative study of the living Conifers during
the successive stages of their growth. They should not confine
themselves to the investigation of any one species taken as a
type, but they should examine comparatively, organ by organ,
member by member, as many forms as they can obtain, and
they should arrange and classify the results in due order, and
with a due sense of proportion. In this manner the student
should pass in review the whole life-history of the plants from
the egg-stage to that of the “‘oospore”’ or, ripe seed, and from
the first formation of the embryo to the close of embryonic life—as
represented in the process of germination, ‘‘ the hatching of the
chicken,” and the complete development of such parts as were
originally within the fertilised egg.
After germination comes an adolescent or transition stage,
which is a particularly interesting one in Conifers. After the
seed-leaves have been formed there are produced in very many,
if not in all Conifers, leaves of a shape differing, on the one hand,
from that of the seed-leaves, and, on the other, from that of the
adult foliage. Such leaves are, of course, familiar to all who
have had to do with the raising of Conifers. Again, look at the
Junipers, especially such a one as J. chinensis, and you will see
on the same branch two kinds of leaves, the one transitional and
temporary, the other characteristic of the adult form.
The Retinosporas, so called, of our gardens have no separate
existence aS a genus, or even as species. They are mere
stages in the growth of certain species of Thuya, of Cupressus,
of Chamecyparis, or of Juniperus. On the selfsame bush we
find specimens of two or three different kinds of Retinospora,
and we see others reverting to the adult form, and bearing the
cones peculiar to it.
Of the adult stage I need say no more on this occasion than
may serve to remind you that this is pre-eminently the stage in
which the plant is adapted to reproduce itself, either by bud or
by seed.
SOME FEATURES OF INTEREST IN THE ORDER OF CONIFERS. 5
Thus we have the characteristics of the plant in the bud-
stage and in the egg-stage to study ; and whilst the peculiarities
of the latter are more specially the objects of study for the
microscopist and the physiologist in the laboratory, the differences
of the former (the bud-stage) are particularly fit for the obser-
vation of the horticulturist or the forester, and abound in prac-
tical lessons for his consideration. Some of the stages here
alluded to more or less overlap one another, occur simultaneously,
or are connected one with another by intermediate gradations, so
that they cannot in all cases be sharply defined.
Now, as each individual plant passes, has passed, or may pass
through any or all of these stages, so it must be that the species,
which is only a collection of individuals, must have passed
through the same stages. Some of the variations which puzzle
us so much to-day, in all probability represent the conformation
of the progenitors of existing plants; at any rate there is ample
evidence to show that Conifers in those remote times passed
through the same stages as the existing ones do now, and that
they were as well adapted to meet variable conditions as their
descendants now are.
If, therefore, to repeat what has been said before, we find
that the Conifers pass through the same stages, say, as the
Selaginellas do, we naturally conclude that they have been
derived from the same stock. Again, if we find that the Conifers
pass through some of the stages visible in certain vascular
Cryptogams, but not through others, we deem the relationship
less close; whilst if the phases of growth be almost wholly
different, we naturally conclude that the relationship is propor-
tionately remote.
I have mentioned these matters to show how botanists and
geologists attack problems, with a reasonable chance of success,
which on first consideration you might deem to be quite
insoluble by mortal men—mere matters of speculation beyond
the capability of actual demonstration.
PuysioLocy, Movements, &c.
I have so far endeavoured to show you how the geologist, the
morphologist, the microscopist, the genealogist find rich mines
for observation and research among the Conifers. The physio-
logists are none the less fortunate. You will have seen already
6 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
that this must be so; but I should like to add an illustration
which presents itself every spring, and always excites increasing
wonder. I allude to the remarkable growth-movements of the
shoots, especially of the leader. During the period of rapid
growth this may be observed particularly well in some species
of Abies in which the shoot bends from the vertical nearly or
quite to the horizontal, whilst its point is directed in the course
of a few hours to each point of the compass in succession.
Similarly the side-shoots are twisted as growth goes on. These
are growth-movements such as Darwin watched so carefully in
climbing plants and in root-tips, and which probably occur in some
degree in all plants, but which one would hardly expect to see in
so marked a degree in the stiff-looking shoots of the Conifers.
These movements depend upon the circumstance that the
activity of growth and the fulness or turgescence of the cells of
the shoot, which is a necessary accompaniment, are not equal in
amount in all parts of the shoot at the same time, but are greater
at one time in one part, at another time elsewhere. Another
circumstance inducing these gyrations, which is frequently over-
looked, is the amount of resistance offered by certain parts of
the shoot itself. Thus the most active growth is at the base of
the shoot (centrifugal). The apex of the shoot is occupied by
cells which are smaller, and which are, moreover, checked in
their growth by the compression exercised by the more or less
tightly packed leaves and bud-scales which surround the tip of
the shoot. The tip of the shoot then grows more slowly than
the basal portions, and, acting as a check or curb, causes the
shoot to twist just as we may conceive the radicles to do in
consequence of the restrictions offered by the root-cap.
The movements of the leaves are of a different nature, and
are very conspicuous in some species, as in Abies Veitchw and
Picea ajanensis. By these movements the stomate-bearing sur-
face—whether it be, as is usual, the lower, or, as it is by exception,
the upper surface, as in Junipers and in Picea ajanensis—is
exposed to the heat and light of the sun, and the evaporation o
vapour is proportionately facilitated.
PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATIONS.
I do not advocate the comparative study of Conifers through-
outall the stages of their growth for purely scientific reasons.
SOME FEATURES OF INTEREST IN THE ORDER OF CONIFERS, 7
It is also because I believe the propagator and the planter may
derive valuable hints from it that I venture to mention the
subject to-day. Let me give you one or two illustrations.
Many of you know the difficulty there is in obtaining a “ leader”’
in some species—as in Abies amabilis, for instance—and this
quite independently of any insect or fungus injury. On what
circumstances does this difficulty depend, and how can we apply
aremedy? A partial answer at least to these questions can be
given after noticing the arrangement of the buds at the ends of
the shoot. You will find in all cases a terminal bud at the end
of the shoot and a cirelet of closely packed lateral buds immedi-
ately around it. Notice, too, how, in most species of Pinus, the
terminal bud starts into growth in spring before the side ones
- do, and compare this state of things with what happens in Abies
(Silver Firs), where the side-buds usually push first. There isan
entire ring of these side-buds, and unless the central bud starts
away first it will be pressed upon by its companions, its growth re-
stricted, and its supplies of nourishment largely appropriated by its
more vigorous companions. I have sometimes fancied that there
is in some of the Silver Firs and in Araucarias an alternation of
growth in different years, so that whilst in some seasons the
terminal bud starts first, and manifests the greater amount of
energy, in others the side-shoots are the first to move and the
most vigorous in growth. But this is a matter which requires
the observation over different years of a much larger series of
specimens than I have been able to compass.
In any case, if what I have said be true, we have an easy
means of securing a leader by simply suppressing the lateral
buds.
I may also call your attention to the way in which the
shoots of some species of Pinus are clothed to the base with leaves,
whilst in others the base of the shoot is bare. The scraggy,
unfurnished appearance of some old Pine-trees is accounted
for by this peculiarity. What to suggest as a remedy in this
case is not so easy. Nevertheless the frequent appearance of
numerous adventitious shoots on the trunk of such species as
Pinus rigida, P. Sabsmana, or Sequoia sempervirens seems to
show that by a judicious disbudding or removal of the tips of
some of the upper shoots forming the head a more bushy, or,
as gardeners call it, a more furnished, habit would result.
8 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
The buds and the scales which envelop them afford valuable
objects for study and comparison, the more so in that they are
not so much influenced by external conditions as are some other
organs, and that the “ characters’’ they offer are therefore more
constant than some others and proportionately well suited for the
discrimination of one species from another. The manner in
which the young growing shoots either push their way through
the bud-scales, leaving them in the form of a tube or sheath, or
lift them off in the form of a conical cap, is also a point worthy
of attention, for, though not exempt from variation, it is
sufficiently constant to be useful for purposes of discrimination.
The form of the young shoot after it has protruded beyond the
bud-scales also merits attention. Sometimes it is cylindric or
conic, sometimes brush-like, at other times nearly flat, or with a
central depression. These differences depend in the first instance
upon the arrangement of the leaves in the bud, and in the next
on the way in which they arrange themselves as the bud
lengthens into the shoot.
The direction which the side-shoots assume when growing,
independently of the gyratory movement before alluded to, is also
worthy of notice. In some cases the most energetic growth is,
at any rate for a time, on the lower surface of the shoot, whence
arises an upward direction of the tip of the shoot and a curvature
of the shoot itself, which is convex on the lower, concave on the
upper surface. In other species the greatest growth-power is on
the upper side of the shoot; the lower side now acting as a curb
causes a downward bending of the tip of the shoot and a general
curvature whose convexity is upwards. ‘These are the condi-
tions which botanists denote as ‘‘epinasty’”’ and ‘‘ hyponasty ”’
respectively. Whether there is any definite relation between the
‘* epinastic’’ condition and the downward bending of the so-called
pendulous or weeping varieties of Spruce, of Sequoia, &ec., is a
matter for further inquiry and observation in the garden.
The branching of the Conifers is associated in most people’s
minds with the idea of formal symmetry, especially when the
trees are young, and in some cases that remains true to the end;
but, in most instances, wind and storm, frost and snow, and the
innumerable contingencies that occur during the life of a tree
leave their marks upon it, and the primitive regularity is replaced
by a ruggedness of outline delightful to the eye of an artist,
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interesting to the botanist, and one which unconsciously im-
presses the spectator, much in the same way that the human
face, with its tale of trials surmounted, of cares ingrained, or of
patient trust, arouses his interest and appeals to his sympa-
thies.
Many of the “ curiosities”” among these plants are dependent
upon the inordinate development of the branches in size or in
number. Thus thecurious ‘‘ Snake Firs” (Piceaexcelsa monstrosa),
with their long, lithe, unbranched arms trailing on the ground,
owe their peculiar appearance to the circumstance that the side-
buds are almost entirely suppressed or undeveloped. In such
branches the leaves are often unusually large, asif to compensate
for their diminished number and to ensure as large an amount of
leaf-surface as if the branches were developed in the usual way.*
The peculiar elegance and great diversity in the sprays of
Cypresses and Thuyas is likewise due to variations in the direc-
tion and in the degree of branching of the ultimate twigs. A
fascinating subject for investigation is here presented to the
student, and one which would not only be useful to the scientific
botanist, but specially advantageous to the propagator. ‘Those
who raise these plants from cuttings, say of a Retinospora, know
well how important it is that the cutting should be taken from a
leading and not from a lateral branch.
There are numerous other matters connected with the growth
of these plants upon which gentlemen who have these trees
under daily observation might give information. Isit a generally
observed fact that the Eastern Arbor Vite (Biota) will not unite
by grafting with the Western Thuya occidentalis; that the
Golden Larch (Pseudolarix Kempferi) will not graft on the
common Larch, nor the Douglas on the Silver Fir; that Abies
Lowiana (Parsonsiana) as a grafted plant is always unsatisfac-
tory, whilst, on the other hand, that Picea pungens always does
well when grafted on the Spruce? Again, is it generally known
that Thuyopsis borealis must be propagated by cuttings rather
than by seed, whilst the not distant Thuya gigantea (Lobbw of
* Since the Conference an obliging correspondent has informed me of
an Araucaria imbricata which, after producing two tiers of branches,
ceased to develop any side-branches, whilst the leader-shoot has con-
tinued to lengthen year after year. The analogy between the lithe
branches of the Araucaria and those of the Snake Firs must often strike
the observer.
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gardens), like the Wellingtonia, does better when raised from
seed than when propagated from cuttings ?
Systematic information is also needed as to the hardiness
and rate of growth of particular species on particular soils.
Many such particulars are buried in the “‘ Pinetum Britannicum ”’
and in the horticultural journals; but it is time that they were
made more accessible, and that the observations made some
years since should be added to and correlated with the results of
more recent inquiry, so that the records of this Congress may
afford the most complete information on the growth of these
trees in Britain.
Beauty oF Form AND CoLourR.
Some will say they feel no interest in speculative chronology,
internal structure, or mysterious laws of growth; they love
beauty for its own sake. Beitso. They will find a rich harvest
among the Conifers. The exhibition to-day furnishes abundant
illustrations. Listen also to those who have traversed the
forests of the Californian Sierras, and note how rapturously
they speak of beauties which not even the Palms or Tree-Ferns
of the tropics can excel—of majesty, of stature and dignity of
form that the mountains only can surpass.
In point of colour we have every shade of green, from the
tender green of the Swamp Cypress to the deep hues of the
Cypress so expressively noted by Mrs. Trollope :
“ And a cypress mystic-hearted
Cleaves the quiet dome of light,
With its black-green masses parted
But by gaps of blacker night.’’,,
In point, too, of colour, to say nothing of the many varie-
gated and coloured forms so well represented to-day, the unfold-
ing buds and shoots are marvels of beauty in the spring season,
whilst the orange and crimson and purple of the male catkins,
of the female flowers and of the young cones are not to be out-
done in intensity of hue by any other plants whatever. Those who
assert, as I have heard them assert, that Conifers are monotonous
in point of colour can evidently never have seen the trees either
when they put on their spring attire or when they don their
mature bridal dress.
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STATURE.
As to size, some of the Conifers are as veritable sons of Anak.
Only some of the Kucalypts of Australia can approach them in
this particular. We have Sequoias close upon 400 feet in height,
Pinus Lambertiana and ponderosa not greatly inferior, whilst
at the other extreme we have in New Zealand, as we learn from
Professor Kirk, Dacrydiums smaller than our Polar Willow.
What we have not got, and what geologists and explorers
are on the look-out for, is an herbaceous Conifer or one which
would link on to such a plant as Isoetes.
UTILITY.
Turning now to more utilitarian considerations, there is no
need for me to remind you of the extreme importance of the
Conifers. From the time we get up in the morning till we take
our rest at night, from our cradles to our graves, we of the
northern hemisphere at least, are daily availing ourselves in
some way or another of the products of these trees. Without
petroleum, tar, timber, or coal, where would our civilisation and
prosperity be? To maintain an adequate supply of timber, to
protect existing forests, renew old ones and plant new ones, is an
urgent duty upon us as cultivators,* and one which will not be
lost sight of in the proceedings of this Conference.
NOMENCLATURE.
Scientific nomenclature, of course, is subject to the vicissitudes
of scientific progress, and thus changes occur which, though
highly embarrassing to practical men, are historical landmarks to
the botanist. The subject is not one which can be discussed at
* How urgent it is may be gathered from the following figures, taken
from Dr. Schlich’s “ Manual of Forestry,” vol.i., p. 58, et seg. :—Annual
average value of imported wood, fifteen million pounds sterling, of which
twelve millions represent the value of coniferous woods, oak, &c., which
could be produced in this country, to say nothing of minor produce, such
as bark, resin, &c. Dr. Schlich computes that 5,869,667 loads of timber
are imported annually which could be grown in Britain. For the produc-
tion of this amount six million acres of land, roughly speaking, would be
required. Out of the total area of 26,757,000 acres of waste land in
Britain, it may be assumed that at least six millions would be suitable for
tree-culture. Large tracts in Ireland and the Hebrides now unproductive
might be planted, and it is all the more desirable that this should be done
as the prospects of a continuous importation of timber from Canada and
Northern Europe, whence at present we derive our principal supplies, are
by no means assured.
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any length here, but I venture to counsel the general adoption
by gardeners and foresters of the generic names as given in
Bentham and Hooker’s ‘‘ Genera Plantarum,” and, in the main,
of the specific names as found in Veitch’s ‘‘ Manual,’ the more
recent ‘Handbuch der Nadelholzkunde” of Beissner, or the
catalogue published by the same author under the title of
‘‘ Handbuch der Coniferen-Benennung.”’ The want of an
acquaintance with the German language forms no obstacle to
the employment of this list, in which also are included the
principal synonyms. As to the Abies-Picea question, concern-
ing which so much has been written, I shall not attempt to
add anything beyond the recommendation to our gardeners to
adopt, for uniformity sake, the now all but universal plan of
calling the Spruces ‘‘ Picea ’”’ and the Silver Firs ‘‘ Abies.’’ This
is the plan adopted by Bentham and Hooker and all modern
writers on Conifers.
In dealing with specific names we are, I consider, bound
by the spirit, if not always by the letter, of the ‘‘ Lois de
la Nomenclature Botanique”’ formulated by M. A. de Candolle,
modified and adopted at the Paris Botanical Congress in
1867. According to the general spirit of this code we adopt
as the proper name that which we believe to be correct both
as to its generic and as to its specific portion. The two por-
tions form one name. Hither by itself is incomplete. Thus
botanically we do not now speak of Abzes Douglasiw because
Carriére’s proposal to form a separate genus Pseudotsuga has
been generally recognised as correct and is adopted in standard
books. The plant, then, is now, for those who adopt the French
botanist’s ruling, Pseudotsuga Douglasw of Carriére. Any other
names it may have had are relegated to the list of synonyms.
But this practice does not commend itself to some of our Trans-
atlantic friends, who consider that priority and precedence should
be given, not necessarily to the generic half of the name, but to
the specific half only. It so happens, for instance, that Pseudo-
tsuga Douglasw was first made known as Pinus taxifolia of
Lambert. Few botanists nowadays would include it under
Pinus, so that the generic half of the name had to be changed.
In changing it Carriére omitted to associate with his new
generic name Psewdotsuga the old half-name taxzfolia, but adopted
in its stead the name Douglasi. Carricre was perfectly justified in
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what he did, although it would have been better had he adopted the
part-name taxifolia. Accordingly, as this last word is decidedly
older in its application than is ‘‘ Douglasii,”’ Dr. Britton proposes
to call the tree in future Pseudotsuga taxifolia, Britton. This
plan we venture to think is objectionable and unfair to Carriére.
Had the latter botanist been proved to be in error in his deter-
mination, it might have been right to have rejected his name ;
but as Carriére was quite within his rights in framing the name
Pseudotsuga Douglas, and no one proposes to alter the generic
name he adopted, it seems unfair to deprive him of his rights asa
nomenclator. The new-old name is further open to objection in-
asmuch as, by implication at least, it leads the reader to assume
that Dr. Britton has in some way or another contributed to
our scientific knowledge of the tree. This, indeed, may be so,
but so far as we know his only title is that of unearthing a partial
and incomplete appellation that once it might have been better
to have adopted, but which, under the circumstances, may now
be more advantageously forgotten, or at best consigned to the list
of synonyms. Where no important principle and no injustice are
involved we may be excused for following established custom and
the law of convenience rather than inelastic convention.
Whilst the botanists are settling these points we may as
horticulturists, without impropriety and with much convenience,
continue to employ the name of the “ Douglas Fir.” There
are occasionally times and circumstances, and this is such a
case, when it is best to employ a ‘‘ popular ’’ name, although in
most instances such epithets are unmitigated nuisances, if not
worse.
INTRODUCTION OF SPECIES INTO CULTIVATION.
In this connection I may be permitted to remind you that,
with the exception of the Scotch Pine, the Yew, and the Juniper,
no species of Conifer is wild in Great Britain, and that in con-
sequence we are, and always have been, largely dependent on
foreign supplies. Our earliest records referring to the introduction
of these plants do not go beyond the sixteenth century. We know
that the Norway Spruce, the Cypress which grew in Gerard’s
garden, and was, as he asserts, “‘ well knowen to most,” the Arbor
Vite, the Silver Fir, and the Stone Pine were in cultivation
prior to 1548, and had probably been introduced much earlier.
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The Pinaster was known here in 1596, the Larch in 1629, the
Lebanon Cedar in 1664, shortly before the time of the great fire
in London. It would be tedious to enumerate the dates of intro-
duction of even the most remarkable only of the Pines and Firs, but
in an assembly like this we ought gratefully to recall the services
of Bishop Compton, by whose agency the Balsam Fir and various
Atlantic-American species were introduced, and of John Evelyn,
always a most honoured name in horticulture, who is credited
with the introduction of the so-called Red Cedar (Juniperus
virginiana). The Corsican Pine is said to have made its way
hither in 1759, through whose instrumentality we do not know.
In 1796 Araucaria imbricata was introduced from Chili by
Menzies. ‘The only survivor of that introduction is still at Kew
in the shape of a decrepit veteran.
From 1827 to 1833, or thereabouts, Douglas startled the
botanical and horticultural world by the number and importance
of his discoveries in North-west America. The Douglas Fir,
the Lambert Pine, the Menzies Spruce, Abzes amabilis, A.
grandis, A. nobilis, and many others may be mentioned as
having been either discovered or introduced into this country
by Douglas. To Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society it
must always be a source of legitimate pride that these magni-
ficent and important discoveries (like those of Hartwee and
Fortune later on) were made by officers of this Society, and
that the plants were in the first instance grown and distri-
buted from these very gardens of Chiswick. Amid the many
memories which cling to Chiswick, amid the recollections of the
many vicissitudes which have befallen our old Society, we may
ever proudly remember the part that it has played in the intro-
duction of these noble plants. Surely it is Incumbent upon us
to venerate the memory of the collectors who conferred so much
honour on our Society and so much benefit on mankind.*
About the same time that Douglas was sending home the
first instalment of these treasures, the Deodar was introduced from
the Himalayas, and the Atlas Cedar appeared shortly afterwards.
The useful Austrian Pine was introduced in 18385 from South-
east Hurope. In the next decade Hartweg introduced numerous
* The Lindley Library, however, contains no portrait of Douglas, of
Fortune, or of Hartweg! Contrast this with the recent erection of a
statue to Roezl at Prague.
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species, including the Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens). These
also were sent to Chiswick, grown and described by George
Gordon, whose name will always be associated honourably with
these plants, whatever view his successors may take of his work
in detail. In 1846, and the subsequent years, Robert Fortune,
whose name, like that of Douglas, should be inscribed in the
golden book of the Society, introduced the Cryptomeria
japonica and various highly curious species from China and
Japan, to which I can only allude in passing.
In 1850 William Lobb, by the discovery and introduction
through Messrs. Veitch of the Wellingtonia (Sequoia gigantea),
renewed the excitement and astonishment which his predecessor
Douglas had occasioned. There is no need for me here to
do more than allude in passing to the marvels attaching to
the Mammoth Tree and its near ally, the Redwood; but I may
point out that, wonderful as they are in history and stature, they
are surpassed in practical utility by another of William Lobb’s ©
introductions—I mean the Lobb’s Thuya (Lhaya gigantea).
In 1853 Thomas Lobb introduced from Java a single specimen
of the very extraordinary Umbrella Pine (Sczadopitys verticil-
lata), but it was not till 1861 that it was introduced in quantity
by John Veitch and by Fortune. In the same year our Scottish
friends sent out Jeffrey to Oregon, and to him we are indebted,
amongst others, for the introduction of the magnificent Libo-
cedrus decurrens. In the following year William Murray made
known the very valuable Lawson’s Cypress, or Port Orford
Cedar. This was described by his brother Andrew Murray,
at one time the secretary of our Society, and one whose know-
ledge of these plants was only equalled by his quaint humour
and genial kindliness. In or about 1860 the late John Gould
Veitch was sending us from Japan several most beautiful and
promising species, many of which were described by Andrew
Murray in his “ Pines and Firs of Japan,’’ originally published
in the Journal of our Society. Veitch’s labours were supple-
mented nearly twenty years later by those of Charles Maries.
The history of the introductions made by these two botanists,
is it not written in the excellent “Manual of the Conifers ”
published by Messrs. Veitch ?
I must needs curtail my remarks on the introduction of these
plants, but before quitting the subject it may be interesting to
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note that in introducing the Araucarias from Chili and Australia,
the Sequoias and Libocedrus from the North-west Pacific, or
the nearly allied Cyeads from South Africa and Australia, we are
but bringing back plants which flourished at various epochs upon
our own soil. I donot know anything more wonderful from this
point of view than the history of the genus Ginkgo, species of
which once overspread the whole of the temperate and warmer
regions of the globe, and one of which, the Maidenhair tree, known
to us as wild only in China and as a cultivated plant, cannot be
distinguished from the fossil plants. It is, in fact, a survivor
from those extremely remote times of which mention has been
made.* Ifin the course of our rambles we were to meet a living
Icthyosaurus,} or any other uncanny monster, such as those
whose models are placed in the grounds of the Crystal Palace,
we should probably be not a little startled. And yet in the
Ginkgo of China, the Araucaria Cunninghamii of North Australia,
the Libocedrus decurrens of North-west America, the Servian
Spruce (Picea Omorika), and even the Redwood of California,
we have actually living in our gardens trees indistinguishable
from those, some of which must have existed on the soil of our
own land, such as it then was, ages before the gigantic Saurians
before mentioned.
Kconomic VALUE.
But it is our business to study the prospects as well as the past
history of these trees, and I venture to hope that one result of
the present Conference will be the accumulation of evidence con-
cerning the economic value of these introductions, especially of
some of the more recent ones. We all know the value, as a
decorative tree, of the Lebanon Cedar, one of the earliest of intro-
ductions of this kind, and we have had opportunity of testing the
value of the Weymouth Pine. But with regard to many others
we are still in doubt. Has not the Deodar, for instance, which
was introduced with such great hopes, rather disappointed our
expectations? Is the Douglas Fir likely to be of any great value
ag a timber tree? Will either of them equal the Corsican
Pine or the Menzies Spruce, which were introduced at an earlier
* Its powers of endurance are further curiously illustrated by the fact
that this tree tolerates the smoky atmosphere of towns as well, if not
better, than most others.
+ See Dr. Schlich’s remarks on the Earl of Mansfield’s plantation of
Douglas Firs in Gardeners’ Chronicle, Noy. 10, 1888, pp. 583, 568, and 598
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period? Again, considering the distressing failure of the Larch
in many situations owing to the attacks of a fungus, carefully
studied of late by Mr. John Carruthers, what have we among
the new-comers that we may fairly look forward to with con-
fidence as substitutes for it? I venture to think we have
several, and I would hope that some of those present may favour
us with their opinion on the prospects of such trees as e.g.
Lobb’s noble Cypress (Thuya gigantea), the Lawson Cypress,
the Redwood (Taxodiwm sempervirens), the Nootka Cypress
(Thuyopsis borealis), the Abies brachyphylla, and some others
of Japanese origin. At one time I should have been disposed to
have included the stately Nordmann Fir (Abies Nordmanniana),
but, alas! it falls too ready a prey to the attack of a woolly aphis
allied to that which, under the name of American blight, attacks
our Apple-trees. In any case, it is to be feared that many of
the Conifers, so handsome in their youth, are too precocious in
this climate, and attain their full span of life much sooner than
in their native country. Many of the Pines especially are already
showing signs of decrepitude, which render them unsightly and
sadly interfere with their value as timber trees.
Did time and space permit, I would fain say something more
about the botanists by whose patient labour and piecing together
of imperfect and discontinuous evidence the confusion that once
reigned is becoming gradually cleared and the nomenclature
more settled. The Mexican species are still imperfectly known,
but the Californian and Japanese species are now much better
defined than formerly, whilst, thanks in a great degree to Dr.
Henry, much of the mystery investing the Chinese species has
_ been dissipated, and Henry and the Abbés Delavay and David have
enabled us to clear up the history of certain very interesting
species previously only known as coming from Chinese gardens,
and the structure and affinities of which were previously im-
perfectly known.
Such are ‘‘ some of the features of interest ’’ connected with
this family. I might have dwelt on them at much greater length,
I might have introduced a much larger number and a greater
variety of illustrations, but there are limits even to your patience,
and I must no longer interpose between you and the gentlemen
who have undertaken to address you.
I shall have failed if I do not leave with you the impression
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that, as was stated in the beginning, we have to deal with a most
wonderful group of plants—one the importance of which to
mankind is hardly second to any other; one with few or any
superiors in interest, beauty, majesty or stature; one which
supplies numerous links in the evolutionary chain connecting our
present times with those periods when the foundations of the
globe were laid; one which has had its share in making the
world what it was in the past, and what it is in the present,
whilst, so far as we are permitted to see, its influence will be no
less potent in the future.
THE CONIFERA OF JAPAN.
By Mr. Harry J. Vurrcx, F.L.8., F.R.H.S.
In the programme of to-day’s proceedings, the Council of the
Royal Horticultural Society have assigned to me the subject of
“* Japanese, Chinese, and Californian Conifers,’’ which covers a
wide field for discussion, so wide indeed that, extending over two
of the richest coniferous regions of the world, abundant subject-
matter can easily be found for a separate paper on each. To
attempt, therefore, to bring under review within a limited time so
many objects of interest that have originated in the countries
named, must necessarily result in a very imperfect rendering of
the task assigned ; for this reason I have preferred to confine my
remarks to the Conifers of Japan. Moreover, I have an especial
interest in these Conifers from the circumstance that the greater
number of them were introduced to British gardens by our firm,
through my brother, the late John Gould Veitch; all the intro-
duced species and varieties have been since cultivated at our
Coombe Wood Nursery, and have thence been long under direct
observation.
With the view of bringing the subject before you in a con-
nected form, I propose first to sketch the history of the discovery
of the Japanese Conifers, then to compare the geographical
positions and climates of Japan and Great Britain, and lastly
to pass in review the species and varieties according to their
tribes as seen in Japan and as we see them in Great Britain,
noting instances where, and the conditions under which, they are
found to thrive satisfactorily in our country.
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The first glimpse of the magnificent vegetation of Japan
obtained by a European naturalist was afforded to Kempfer in
the 17th century, but the record he left of it was too meagre to
excite in those early days any interest respecting it. Nearly a
hundred years elapsed before another HKuropean naturalist, the
Swedish botanist Thunberg, landed in Japan. He stayed at
Jeddo for about two months, and while there and at Nagasaki
collected such materials as were within his reach, from which
he afterwards compiled his ‘‘ Flora japonica.’’ Nine Conifers are
included in this ‘“ Flora,’’ of which five belong to the Fir and Pine
tribe, and to which he gave the names of the European and
American species they most resemble; three he referred to
Taxus, of which Z. nucifera and T'. macrophylla are now
brought under Torreya and Podocarpus respectively. The
ninth, which he also mistook for a member of the Yew tribe, is
the remarkable Sccadopitys verticillata. This was all that was
practically known of Japanese Conifers till the Austrian
physician Siebold entered the Dutch service nearly half a
century later, and proceeded to Japan, where he resided several
years. The publication of Siebold’s “ Flora ’’in 1842 was the first
reliable intimation of the wealth of subjects that awaited intro-
duction from that remote quarter of the globe; the figures and
descriptions are carefully executed and drawn up, but they are
those of cultivated plants only. Forty plates are devoted to
- coniferous trees and shrubs, but several of the species figured
are not indigenous to Japan; and as the author had to draw his
materials from native sources, it has, unfortunately, happened
that, owing to the Japanese practice of applying the same name
to two or more closely allied species, Siebold has, in one in-
stance at least, mixed up two species under one name. A
similar case happened to my brother, to which I shall have
occasion to refer presently. It should here be noted that
Thunberg during his stay in Japan was not permitted to leave
the coast, and that Siebold during his long residence could not
go beyond the limits assigned to him at Tokio (Jeddo) without
special permission, and accompanied by a military escort. The
botanical literature treating of Japanese Conifers during the
twenty years following the publication of Siebold’s “Flora”’ con-
tains little else than transcriptions from that work.
The opening up of Japan in 1859 to Huropean intercourse,
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and the appointment of Sir Rutherford Alcock ag British
Minister, was an opportunity not to be neglected, and accord-
ingly my brother, John Gould, proceeded to the East in the
spring of 1860, and before returning home in the following year
succeeded in discovering three Abies not previously known to
science, two of which he introduced, in addition to all the in-
digenous Conifers known to Siebold, of which two, Pinus
densiflora and P. Thunbergu, had previously found their way to
Europe, probably through Siebold’s agency. The Cryptomeria
had been introduced from China by Fortune several years
before, and Podocarpus macrophylla had also been brought
from that country in the early part of the century. Fortune
introduced Thuya Standishu (properly T. yaponica) in the same
year that my brother returned; about ten years later seeds of
Abies brachyphylla were distributed from the Botanic Garden
at St. Petersburg, the seedlings afterwards receiving in addition
the names of Veitchw and Harryana. The latest acquisitions
were made by Maries, who, while collecting for our firm in
Japan, 1877-79, discovered the very distinct Fir that bears his
name; he also sent to us the true Abies Veitch, which John
Gould Veitch had discovered but failed to procure seeds of, and
A. sachalinensis, a northern tree with small cones like those of
A. Veitchii, and with foliage resembling that of A. szbirica.
The extensive knowledge of Japanese Conifers acquired by
Maries in their native country enabled us to give in our Manual
much interesting information respecting them not previously
known; and the excellent materials brought home by him, which
were placed in the hands of Dr. Masters for determination, led
to the publication of a most valuable paper by our learned friend
in the Journal of the Linnean Society (vol. xviii., p. 478). This
paper contains the most complete enumeration of Japanese
Conifers yet compiled, and I therefore gladly follow it for our
present purpose. The latest contribution to our knowledge of
these trees comes from Dr. Mayr, Professor of Forestry at Tokio
(Jeddo), who, by a systematic arrangement of a large series of
observations of the trees 27 sitw, has put us in possession of an
array of facts sufficient to allow of a tolerably just estimate to be
formed of them as seen in their native country.
Dr. Masters says: ‘‘ The Conifers recorded as natives of Japan
admit of being grouped in thirteen genera, of which one only ig
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peculiar to that country, viz., Sciadopitys. The thirteen genera
comprise forty-one species exclusive of varieties and doubtful
natives, distributed thus:—The Silver Firs (Abies) have four
endemic species in Japan, and two others common to Japan and
North-east Asia; of Picea (the Spruce Firs) there are five species,
three of which are peculiar to Japan; and of Tsuga (the Hemlock
Spruce) there are two species. Larix has one species peculiar to
Japan ; Pinus has five species, but none of them endemic. Thuya
(including Thuyopsis, Biota, and Retinospora) has four species
peculiar to Japan, including 7’. japonica or Standishu, and one
- common to Japan and China; Juniperus is represented by five
species, of which two are common to Japan and China. Crypto-
meria also occurs both in Japan and China. Cephalotaxus is
represented by three species; one Yew is peculiar to Japan,
another is common to that country and China; Torreya has
one species, and Podocarpus four. It may therefore be said that
there are forty-one species of Conifers in Japan, of which no
fewer than twenty-two are endemic.’ Upto the time of the pub-
heation of Siebold’s ‘‘ Flora ’’ scarcely half a dozen of the endemic
species were accurately known to science; thirty years ago only
three of them were known in British gardens; at the present
time, with the exception of two or three northern species un-
suited to our climate, we have them all in our midst, both those
peculiar to Japan and those common to that and other countries,
some thriving better than others, but by far the greater number
sufficiently acclimatised and playing a conspicuous 7éle in the de-
coration of our gardens and parks.
This enumeration reveals the startling fact that, in proportion
to the area of the country, the Flora of Japan includes more
coniferous species than that of any other country in the world,
and enormously in excess of the same element in the Flora of
Great Britain, which includes only three indigenous species, the
Scotch Fir, the common Juniper, andthe Yew; yetthe geographical
position of the two groups of islands, Japanese and British, the
one lying on the eastern and the other on the western side of the
oreat Huro-Asiatic continent, although not similar are somewhat
analogous, for while our group lies between the 50th and 60th
_parallels of north latitude, the Japanese group lies between the
30th and 45th parallels, that is to say, from 15 to 20 degrees
. hearer the equator than we are.
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Notwithstanding the much greater proximity of the Japan
islands to the equator, there is much similarity in the climatic
conditions of the two groups, especially between those of England
and Nippon, or Honda, the climate of the North of Scotland ap-
proaching more nearly that of Southern Yesso. Thus the
isothermal line for 50° Fahrenheit which passes through Ireland
and England between the 50th and 55th parallels curves below
the 45th where it passes through Japan, which is the same as
saying that the average yearly temperature of the two countries
where that line passes, and to a certain distance on each side of
it, is the same; but there the similarity ends. Turning to the
other important factor in climatology, rainfall and atmospheric
humidity, we find a great disparity between the two. The annual
rainfall in the south-eastern counties of England rarely exceeds
25 inches, in the southern and western counties there is sometimes
registered from 80 to 85 inches, in parts of Devonshire and
Cornwall as much as 50 to 60 inches, and in particular localities,
but of limited area, in Ireland, Wales, Cumberland, and the
extreme south-west of Scotland it is even greater, but these
cases must be regarded as exceptional ones due to local causes ;
on the other hand the annual rainfall in the eastern and midland
counties ranges from 20 to 22 inches. InjJeddo the registered
annual rainfall is 70 inches, with a gradual decrease northwards
towards Yesso, where, in the absence of meteorological stations,
it is estimated to be not much greater than in the midland coun-
ties of England; southwards from Jeddo the rainfall in each
year seldom sinks below 50 inches. As the Gulf Stream exercises
a great influence on the hygrometric condition of our atmosphere,
so there is an analogous agency at work in Japan, which has a
still greater influence on its climate; this is the north equatorial
current of the great Pacific Ocean. This current flows west-
ward parallel with the northern tropic till it reaches the island -
of Formosa, near the coast of China; it thence turns northward,
when it becomes known as the Japan current, washes the
southern shores of Kiusiu and Sikok, the southernmost of the
Japanese islands, where its influence on the temperature and
moisture of the climate is so great that such tropical Orchides
as Dendrobium, Aérides, Angreecum, and Calanthe are indigenous.
Continuing its course along the eastern shore of Nippon, the
atmospheric humidity of Central Japan, through its means, Dr.
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Mayr estimates to be fully 10 per cent. greater than in Western
Kurope. We have here a clue to the presence of a luxuriant
coniferous vegetation on the range of mountains stretching
through Nippon, culminating in the peak of Fusi-yama, which
rises to 17,000 feet, and is covered with coniferous forest above
the limits of the Oaks and Chestnuts, up to nearly the snow-line,
the upper limit being occupied by Larix leptolepis.
At the risk of being tedious, I have brought before you these
elementary geographical facts ; but, simple as they are, they have
a most important bearing on the distribution of coniferous vegeta-
tion, for we may learn from them that a high degree of humidity
in the atmosphere is an all-important factor in the development
of these gigantic coniferous trees. This phenomenon is present
wherever gigantic coniferous trees exist. The enormous Crypto-
‘merias of Japan, the grand Deodars of the Himalayas, the
mammoth Sequoias of California, and the towering Firs of Oregon
all owe their lofty proportions more to this than to any other
cause. That the soil in which these trees grow is but a sub-
ordinate factor is shown by many examples. Pinus densiflora
erows upon slopes of almost bare rock; William Lobb found
Abies bracteata on the slaty débris of the Santa Lucia, where it
would seem impossible for any vegetation to exist, and other
instances could be adduced. We thence infer that when these
and all other Conifers growing under the same conditions are
planted in countries like England, for example, where the
amount of atmospheric: humidity is less, the moisture of a re-
tentive soil, although favourable to coniferous growth, cannot of
itself, in a drier atmosphere, fully compensate the hygrometric
deficiency, and, carrying our inference a step further, we arrive
at the conclusion that the gigantic Conifers I have named will
never in this country attain the enormous dimensions reached
by them in their native homes.
The southern islands of Japan have a sub-tropical climate,
and nearly all the native Conifers belong to a sub-tropical
genus, Podocarpus. The other Conifers met with in Southern
Japan are believed to be cultivated plants brought from the cen-
tral provinces, or introduced from China. On the other hand,
the northern islands, Yesso, Sachalien, and the Kurile group, are
subjected to the rigours of an almost Siberian winter ; the period
of active vegetation is restricted to four or five months. These
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islands are but sparsely inhabited; they are for the most part
covered with coniferous forests of the Siberian type, composed
very largely of trees of the Fir and Pine tribe, and include
A. sachalinensis, A. jezoensis of Siebold (the A. microsperma of
Lindley), A. Glehnw ; a Pine resembling a stunted Pinus Cembra,
which Mayr calls P. pwmila; and also a Larch, to which Mayr
has given the name of Larix kurilensis. The first two have
been introduced by our firm, but the mildness of our winters
compared with that of their natural home stimulates them into
premature growth, which is destroyed by spring frosts—au injury
from which they but imperfectly recover, and hence they are
practically useless for the British Arboretum; we will, therefore,
dismiss them with the suggestion that they might be tried in the
North of Scotland.
With these exceptions, all the Japanese Conifers cultivated
in Great Britain have been brought from the principal island,
Nippon, or Honda as it is sometimes called, and from that
portion of it that les between the 35th and 40th parallels, where
the climate is intermediate between the extremes just mentioned,
and in the highest degree favourable for their development. But
here it should be noted that within this tract, owing to the
presence of a dense population, comparatively little is left of the
original vegetation ; it is only to be seen here and there in the
neighbourhood of shrines and temples, on inaccessible hanging
rocks, on the steep places on the mountain-sides unsuited for
cultivation, and on the summits of the mountain ranges.
We are now prepared to pass in review the Conifers of Nippon
in the order of their tribes, commencing with the Firs and Pines.
Abies firma.—This is the common Silver Fir of Japan. It is
spread generally, either wild or cultivated, over the southern half
of Nippon. It also ascends to a considerable height on the central
range, a circumstance that seems to affect its hardiness in this
country ; for, while some seedlings are killed outright by a severe
winter, others escape unscathed, and this may have resulted from
the situation of the trees from which the cones were gathered.
It sometimes attains a great size; trunks 150 feet high and
4 feet in diameter have been measured. In its young state it is
a fast-growing, symmetrical tree, remarkable for the variability:
of its foliage, which has caused it to be encumbered with many
synonyms. In this country it is not so often seen as could
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be wished; the handsomest specimens known to me are at
Pencarrow in Cornwall, and at High Canons near Barnet,
where, in the midst of many fine Conifers, it proclaims its
individuality so decidedly as to suggest its more general use as
an ornamental tree.
Abies homolepis or brachyphylla, for it is now clear that the
trees to which these names have been applied belong to one and
the same species. Thisis a later introduction than A. firma,
and no.large specimens yet exist in this country; but all that have
come under observation, and these have been planted in many
different soils, attest its suitability to our climate, and as an
ornamental tree for the park and pleasure-ground it igs un-
questionably destined to take a high rank. In Japan it often
attains a height of 125 feet. The silvery whiteness of the under-
side of its leaves becomes more intense and striking with the
age of the tree.
Abies Vettchiz is an alpine tree ascending to 6,000 feet and
upwards, in places forming unmixed belts of considerable extent ;
in its lower limit sometimes mixed with A. Tswga and A. polita.
It is the most rapid grower of the Japanese Abies, and forms a
slender tree upwards of 100 feet high, with rather short branches
more distantly placed than in many other Firs. Plants eight to
ten years established in this country are now showing a decided
upward tendency. We may, therefore, expect this Abies to form
a spirelike tree cf ight and open aspect. Its foliage is hand-
some, and may be compared with that of A. amabdilis and
A. Nordmanniana, between which it is intermediate in colour,
but the leaves are far more silvery beneath than either.
Abies Mariesw is the smallest of the Japanese Silver Firs, and
in some respects the most remarkable of them. Its geographical
position is between A. Veichu and A. sachalinensis, to either of
which it bears but a slight resemblance. Its principal station is
at Awamori, in Northern Nippon; it also occurs sparingly on
the Nikko hills. Its cone declares it to bea true Abies, but its
foliage resembles that of a Tsuga or Hemlock Fir. Being the
latest introduction among the Japanese Abies, its ornamental
qualities are not yet developed; its hardiness is, however,
assured, both from its geographical position and from the
experience of last winter (1890-91).
The Spruce Firs are next in interest, These are now often
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called Piceas; and, although I purposely refrain as much as
possible from introducing purely botanical questions into this
paper, such is the unfortunate state of the nomenclature of some
of these Firs and of other Japanese Conifers in its relation to
horticulture, that occasional reference to it cannot be avoided.
The names here used are those by which they are best known.*
Abies polita usually occurs mixed with other trees, and in
favourable situations attains a height of upwards of 100 feet,
but its timber is reported to be of but littlevalue. Mayr observes
that it is the stateliest of the Japanese Spruces, and commences
its season’s growth later. Our experience of it in England
agrees with this; its growth is slow in its early life, but when
established it is one of the most distinct and ornamental of its
race, perfectly hardy, and thriving in many varieties of soil.
Evidence of this is seen in the fine specimens growing at Linton,
Tortworth, Pencarrow, Carclew, Warham Court, and other places,
some of them now 20 feet high.
Abies ajanensis.—This was discovered by John G. Veitch
while ascending Fusi-yama in company with Sir Rutherford
Alcock. It grows in the cooler region of the mountain, associated
with another Spruce Fir, to which the Japanese at that time
applied the same name. Seeds of the two species were unwittingly
mixed together, and seedlings of both were distributed under the
name of Abies Alcockiana. Several years elapsed before the
confusion became sufficiently apparent to call for correction, and
the matter was at length referred to Dr. Masters, who retained
one species under Lindley’s original name Alcockiana, and
referred the other to the A. ajanensis of Fischer. This was a
satisfactory solution of the difficulty for the time; but, unfor-
tunately, doubts have been raised since as to the accuracy of
the identification, for Fischer’s ajanensis is a northern tree
inhabiting Yesso and Sachalien, where it is often mixed with
Abies sachalinensis, but our ajanensis, according to Mayr, is not
found north of the 88th parallel. Thisis perplexing enough, and
will have to be dealt with in due course; for the present let us
turn to the practical side of the question. In A. ajanensis
(Masters) we have a useful ornamental tree, of sturdy growth,
not capricious as to soil and situation, remarkably distinct in the
* For the correct botanical nomenclature of Conifers and Taxads, see
Dr. Masters’s ‘‘ Synopsis,’’ page 179 e¢ seq.
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colour of its young cones, which are produced very freely, even
in the early age of the tree, and in the silvery whiteness of the
underside of its leaves, surpassing in this respect every other
Spruce Fir.
Abies Alcockiana—or perhaps it will be more correct to say
the tree at present known under this name—is evidently not
destined to receive so great an amount of favour among planters
as the preceding species. It has also a formidable competitor in
the recently introduced A. Omorika from South-eastern Europe.
A. Alcockiana grows on the higher slopes of Fusi-yama, along
with A. Vetch and Larix leptolepis, where it is less common
than our ajanensis.
Abies Tsuga, the Japanese Hemlock Spruce, is a more orna-
mental tree than the Canadian species ; its foliage is of a brighter
and more attractive colour. Thirty years’ experience of it in
this country has proved its hardiness in the southern, western,
and midland counties, and probably further north. In its native
country it spreads as far south as Kiusiu, often mixed with
A. firma, and attains a height of 100 feet. A second species,
called by Maximowicz and Mayr diversifolia, but known in
British gardens as T'suga nana or T'suga Sreboldw, for there
is, I think, but little doubt that they are the same, is an alpine
tree growing near the upper limits of the timber-line on the
central mountains. In this country it grows slower than
the typical Tsuga, to which as an ornamental tree it is quite
subordinate.
Lariz leptolepis differs from the Kuropean Larch in its
longer leaves, which are glaucous when first developed, in its
differently shaped cones, and in other details; it grows much
more slowly, and hence is more suitable for decorative than for
economic use. Its ornamental qualities are well developed at
Tortworth, where there is a fine specimen in front of the
mansion. This tree has a more spreading habit than the
common Larch; its aspect is ight and open, and affords an ex-
cellent contrast to the broad-leaved trees standing around it. In
its native country Larix leptolepis is an alpine tree ascending in
places to near the snow-line, where it is often distorted by the
wind; at the lower limits of its vertical range it attains the
dimensions of the European Larch.
We now come to the true Pines, of which there are five
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(perhaps six) species, all, with one exception, available for the
British Arboretum.
Pinus densiflora attains its greatest development on the sides
of the hills in the interior, in places where no other tree can
grow. It is known as the Red Pine in Japan, and often attains
a height of from 100 to 120 feet. Good specimens are now
growing in various parts of Kngland, notably at Eastnor Castle,
where there is a tree 25 feet high, which was planted in 1865;
this gives the annual average growth at something less than
12 inches.
Pinus Thunbergu was figured and described by Siebold in hig
‘ Wlora’’ under the name of P. Massoniana; it was also intro-
duced by him under that name, whence it became current in
European gardens; but as another Pine from China had been
previously figured and described as P. Massonmana, we must
adopt Parlatore’s name, ‘‘ Thunbergii,’”’ for the Japanese species.
This is the Black Pine of the natives, and attains its best develop-
ment near the coast, which suggests that it would be suitable for
our own seaside if not too much exposed. It is far less common
than P. densiflora, and so few seedlings have been raised in
this country that it is still comparatively rare. The best speci-
mens known to me are in the Royal Gardens at Kew.
Pinus koraiensis is believed to have been originally intro-
duced into Japan from the Corea, but so long ago that it may
be regarded as indigenous. Its height and size vary much with
the soil and situation ; in some places it is 50 feet high, in others
not half so much. It is comparable with the Cembra Pine of
Europe, but more spreading in its habit. In this country it
grows freely and soon forms a handsome specimen.
Pinus parvifloraa—Under this name we have two distinct
forms, that introduced by J. Gould Veitch, and called the
cultivated parviflora, and that introduced by Maries, which he
calls the wild parviflora. Mayr has observed both forms in their
native home, and expresses his opinion that the cultivated
parviflora is a transitional form between Cembra and Sirobus,
and that the wild form is a true Strobus, and specifically distinct
from parviflora (giving his reasons for that conclusion). The
wild form, as we call it,is the most robust of the two; it belongs
to the cooler region of Nippon, and spreads farther north than
parviflora, The latter, as we see it, is one of the most distinct,
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and certainly one of the most ornamental of the small Pines; it
may be used as a decorative plant where the larger Pines are
unsuitable. !
Before dismissing the Japanese Pines, a circumstance of
exceptional interest in connection with two of them should be
noticed; thisis Mayr’s hypothesis of the existence of natural
hybrids between Pinus densiflora and P. Thunbergu. Seminal
variations among Conifers are common occurrences, of which
many striking instances of known origin are now in cultiva-
tion. In the case of the two Pines in question, Mayr detected
intermediate forms in which the characteristics of the two
species are so intimately blended that they cannot be regarded
as seminal variations either of the one or the other. He observed
two groups of these supposed hybrids, one approaching nearer
the Black Pine (P. Thunbergu) and the other nearer the Red
Pine (P. densiflora) ; he thence infers that one group must have
resulted from the opposite cross of the other. When we bear in
mind the enormous quantity of pollen produced by a single
Pine-tree, which, when shed, is blown by the wind in clouds,
sometimes to a great distance, the possibility of the cones of one
‘species being fertilised by the pollen of a closely allied species
commends itself to us as a very possible natural event.
To return to our review of the Conifere of Japan.
Scradopitys verticillata, or the Umbrella Pine as it is often
called, is one of the most remarkable monotypes in the Order.
It has now been in our midst more than thirty years, but there
are not yet to be found in this country specimens 30 feet high,
or even half 30 feet, or if so they are extremely rare. Com-
plaints reach us from all parts that it will not grow, and yet
the answer to these complaints is simple enough, and may be
thus formulated. Where the Rhododendron thrives the Scia-
dopitys will grow. This means that the soil in which it is
planted must be sufficiently retentive to afford a constant supply
of moisture to the roots while the tree is growing. Where this
supply is intermittent—that is to say, when the Sciadopitys is
planted in a soil that is sometimes dry and sometimes wet,
according to the changes of weather—it will not grow. In the
highly saturated atmosphere of Central and Southern Nippon,
the Sciadopitys towers to a height of 100 feet. In the moist
climate of Cornwall, where the annual rainfall ig greater than
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in most other parts of England, the finest specimens in England
are to be found.
Cryptomeria japonica is now become one of the most fami-
liar of Japanese Conifers, yet it is a remarkable fact that the
Cryptomeria we so often see is not the Japanese type, but a
variety of it brought from Shanghai in China by Fortune’in 1844 ;
but it may perhaps be accepted as the representative of the
Chinese type, for there is now sufficient evidence at hand to
show that the Cryptomeria is indigenous to both countries.
Much nearer the Japanese type is the variety known as Lobb’s
Cryptomeria, which was introduced from the botanic garden at
Buitenzorg in Java ten years later than the Shanghai form.
Maries sent us in 1879 what he affirms to be the true Cryptomeria
japonica, but any opinion at the present time as to its merits
as an ornamental tree would be premature. ‘The two forms intro-
duced by Fortune and Lobb respectively are too well known to
need description ; the variability in habit of the one and the
comparative constancy of the other have been frequently
remarked. Of the numerous varieties and sub-varieties of
Japanese origin that called elegans is well known as the most
distinct and most useful for ornamental planting. Its striking
aspect and peculiar huein winter is owing to the foliage con-
sisting entirely of the primordial leaves; hence it is what
is called a juvenile or larval form, a phenomenon by no means
unusual among the Conifer, especially in the Cypress tribe.
Retinospora squarrosa, R. ericoides, Biota meldensis, B. de-
cussata (all properly Thuyas) are instances of perpetuated
juvenile forms. Perhaps the most curious fact about Crypio-
meria japonica elegans is that it retains its primordial character
so long. Trees of it from twenty to twenty-five years old
show no tendency to develop the normal foliage of the species,
although a slight difference in habit among them is observable,
due probably to local circumstances. At Linton a tree nearly
30 feet high presents to the eye a dense mass of foliage with
an irregular outline caused by the weight of snow resting upon
it last winter; at Tortworth the trees are more formal, more
open, and the bole more or less exposed. In the more humid
climate of Cornwall, at Tregothnan and Scorrier for example,
where they grow more rapidly, their tops bend down under the
weight of the branches and foliage, and during the storm of last
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March some were broken off at a few feet from the ground; at
Pencarrow and Menabilly they are more upright; but in all the
cases observed the larger trees had formed a colony around the
parent stem, the lower branches sweeping the ground, often
rooting, and the ends of the branches ascending like the leaders
of the parent.
Six or seven species of the Cypress tribe are peculiar to
Japan, and three or four others are common to that country and
China. Four of the endemic species are brought under Thuya
in the Genera Plantarum, but for the convenience of horti-
culturists I will use the names by which they are best known ;
the others are Junipers. One of the former, a true Thuya—
T. japonica, or Standishit, as it is sometimes called—is a hand-
some species worthy of a place in any garden, and saying thus
much of its merits, time forbids further mention of it. Un-
doubtedly the first place in the Thuya group must be assigned to
Thuyopsis dolabrata. Comparatively slow-growing in the early
years of its life, whether raised from seed or from cuttings, the
older plants are now developing into stately trees that at once
arrest attention by their distinct habit and foliage. Almost
everywhere the finest specimens present the aspect of a conical
outline with a very broad base in proportion to the height. The
largest specimen known to me is at Killerton, near Exeter,
which is now 25 feet high, and the spread of its branches at the
base covers a circular area fully 18 feet in diameter. This tree
has a history of its own, for it or its parent seems to have been
introduced prior to the multitude of plants now distributed over
the country. A plant was brought, presumably from Japan, by
Captain Fortescue and presented by him to the late Earl Fortescue
at Castle Hill; from this three were propagated, and one of them,
which has developed into the specimen in question, was presented
to Sir T. Dyke Acland. It would be highly interesting to know
the exact date of the introduction of the parent plant.
The Retinosporas now constitute a group of great interest;
but before noticing the most conspicuous members of it, it will
be right—nay more, it will be rendering a service to horticulture
—to emphasise the fact here that the name Retinospora can
have no place in scientific nomenclature ; even its orthography
is faulty, and horticulturists will show a wise discrimination
in grasping this fact. The changing of names, especially of
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popular plants in common use, is always an irritating incoi-
venience, but when the inevitable occurs the best course is to
accept it. For the nonce let us call this group of Conifers
Retinosporas, and, numerous as they are, they have all been
derived from two, and only two, types or species, so surprisingly
polymorphous have these species proved under Japanese cultiva-
tion. The twospeciesare obtusa aud pisifera, and the numerous
varieties of Retinospora naturally fall into two groups, of which
these two species are the types. In its native country R. obtusa
is a lofty tree, often attaining a height of 150 feet where the
annual rainfall is greatest; A. pisiferaisa much smaller tree. In
Great Britain the proportions thus far are reversed; the tallest
observed specimens of the former do not exceed 80 feet, while
‘specimens of f. pisifera are to be seen 40 feet high. Both in
habit and aspect the two species may be readily distinguished
from each other; in £2. pisifera the branches, both primary and
secondary, are longer and more slender than in Lv. obtusa, and the
tree more open. S&. obtusa has a more regular conical outline,
denser in aspect, deeper in colour. Neither of them have the
massive, almost columnar growth of their North American
affinities, Cupressus Lawsomana and C. nootkatensis (Lhuyopsis
borealis).
The varieties of both species are dwarfer, more compact, and
of slower growth than the types. Of the obtusa varieties
jilicoides and lycopodioides are dense bushes remarkable for the
peculiar form of their branchlets and the rich green of their
foliage ; the best-coloured form is gracilis aurea, the smallest
is pygmea, a dense tuft useful for the rockery. Of the pisifera
varieties pluwmosa is a universal favourite ; its sub-variety awrea
and pisifera awrea are the richest-coloured forms to be found
among Retinosporas, while squarrosa, a juvenile form, is almost
unique in its grey primordial foliage; jfilifera also is a striking
form on account of its slender drooping branchlets. The chief
drawback attending these Conifers is that they will not grow
everywhere ; they fail entirely in a chalk soil and in soils with
a, limestone substratum. Even amidst the rich coniferous sur-
roundings at Eastnor Castle, Mr. Coleman informs me that the
Retinosporas do not thrive. A good retentive soil with a porous
substratum suits them, such as we find in the sandy loam at
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Tortworth, in the Kentish rag at Linton, and in the Wealden
clay at Warnham Court.
I have already detained you so long that the remaining
Japanese Conifers must be briefly disposed of. Juniperus rigida
is one of the best of Junipers for ornamental planting when it is
free from the attacks of red-spider, for, unfortunately, this proviso
must be added. Two coloured dwarf forms of Juniperus chinensis,
brought from Japan by J. Gould Veitch and named respectively
aurea and awreo-variegata, have proved constant. The Taxads
include some useful and distinct forms, notably the fastigiate
variety of Cephalotaxus pedunculata and Torreya drupacea,
which has in places adapted itself to our climate better than any
other Torreya. The Japanese Yew is distinct from all the seminal
varieties of the common Yew, but perhaps not quite so generally
hardy.
The foregoing is necessarily an imperfect sketch of the
Japanese Conifer, because [am unwilling to encroach further
upon the available time of this Conference, and because the field
of observation has been a limited one—a deficiency, I trust, that
will in a great measure be made good in the reports which the
owners of Pineta and amateurs of Conifers have been invited to
furnish. Nevertheless, some general conclusions may be arrived
at which may be thus summarised :—
The whole of the Conifere of Japan indigenous to that
country between the 35th and 40th parallels are available for
the British Arboretum under certain restrictions, chiefly of soil
and situation.
The members of the Fir and Pine tribe grow generally in a
greater variety of soils and situations than those of the other
tribes, and with them may be associated the Cryptomeria and
its varieties.
The members of the Cypress tribe, especially the Retinospora
group, and the Taxads are more capricious. The Retinosporas
only thrive under the conditions already mentioned.
The most restricted at present is the Sciadopitys, but this
requires a more extended trial.
The general hardiness of the Japanese Conifere must ever
make them valuable in this country for ornamental planting,
and the variety of form and colour to be found among them
must always render them favourites with all who plant for effect.
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CONIFERS AS SPECIMEN TREES AND FOR LANDSCAPE
GARDENING.
By Mr. George Nicuorson, A.L.S., F.R.H.S.
THE subject on which it has fallen to my lot to speak is a
rather formidable one, and would require, for anything like an
exhaustive treatment, much more time than is available at this
Conference, where Conifers have to be looked at from other points
of view than that of ornament. Were time not so much an object,
and space no object at all, an entire volume of the Society’s
Journal could be filled without the question being thoroughly
thrashed out. It would scarcely be possible for one man to give,
from his own experience, a series of lists which could be relied
on by planters in all parts of the British Islands. Not unfre-
quently—even where soil and some other conditions seem nearly
identical in character—various Conifers thrive remarkably well
in one spot, and in another, a few miles away perhaps, do not
succeed nearly so well, or refuse to grow at all. It is to be
‘hoped that this Conference will be the means of bringing together,
focussing, and arranging experiences of this sort for our own
benefit as well as for that of future planters. Many Conifers
seem to be indifferent to soil and situation, provided that such
physical conditions obtain as efficient drainage and shelter, as
well as absence of smoke. All Conifers object strongly to a
smoke or dust-laden atmosphere, and that is why none thrive
for any lengthened period in the immediate neighbourhood of a
large town. A partial exception to this rule may perhaps be
made in respect to the Ginkgo or Maidenhair-tree of China and
Japan. (Ginkgo biloba), which I have seen growing freely in the
High Street of Brentford, the branches overhanging the pave-
ment.
Since writing the foregoing sentence I have been to Brent-
ford to sce the tree in question. Not many years ago it was a
remarkably fine specimen, but the leader is now dead and it will
probably uct last much longer. It is to be found between the
gasworks and the Royal Brewery, and extension of buildings
seems to have injured the roots and restricted the space available
for them to work in.
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Comparatively few Conifers like a cold water-logged soil, some
thrive in very barren dry soil, but the majority hke good rich
eround, well drained. Pines, as a rule, succeed in dry stony
land, where Firs soon get covered with red-spider and become
stunted and unsightly ; generally speaking, the Firs like more
moisture in the soil than Pines, and a cool bottom.
It may be as well to say here that I do not intend entering
into a long disquisition on the merits or demerits of Conifers as
elements in the landscape. No doubt a park where Conifers
predominate very markedly lacks the beauty and variety of
another in which, Conifers not having been overlooked in the
arrangement, due advantage has been taken of fine deciduous
timber and other ornamental trees. There are places where
under the stress of a great love for Conifers, the owner has got
together a fine series of Pines, Firs, and their allies, but has only
succeeded in producing a general effect of sombreness and same-
ness objectionable from the artistic point of view.
All the taller-growing Conifers make striking objects either
as single specimens or in groups, and, skilfully arranged, may
be made to play an important part in the landscape. Wonderful
colour-effects are at the command of the planter who knows how
to make the best use of the material at hiscommand. From the
soft light green of the Larches and deciduous Cypress to the black-
green of the Austrian Pine there exists an extraordinary series
of shades. The leaves of the Golden Larch assume a fine rich
golden yellow before falling, and those of the deciduous Cypress
a fine brown. The young growths of many, too, contrast
strikingly with those of previous years. In the following list—
which could be very considerably extended for many localities—
only the hardiest are given, those, in fact, which may be most
generally recommended. It will probably be somewhat of a
surprise to many that the Douglas Fir finds no place in this
selection of large-growing Conifers for parks. In Scotland and
elsewhere I have seen magnificent specimens; I have also seen
the species fail completely in many places where most of the
Conifers I name succeed admirably. The Deodar is another case
in point.
The nomenclature adopted (except in one or twe instances)
in this paper, as also in the collection of specimens exhibited by
Key, is that of Beissner’s ‘‘ Handbuch der Coniferen-Benennung,”’
Da
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a useful little book which all Conifer lovers and growers should
possess.
LARGE-GROWING CoNIFERS FOR PARKS.
Taxodium distichum
Taxus baccata
Ginkgo biloba
Pinus contorta
» Pinaster
», Silvestris
» | Liaticio
» austriaca
» Coulterii
Sabiniana, the Digger Pine. At
Kew this is perfectly hardy and
forms, with judicious pruning, a
fine tree; the very large seeds were
formerly much used as food by the
Californian Indians.
Pinus ponderosa, the Yellow Pine
» deida
», Cembra
» excelsa
» Peuce
», Strobus, the Weymouth Pine
monticola
Cedrus Tibani
Cedrus atlantica
Larix leptolepis
» europea
» americana
Picea nigra
», alba, the White Spruce
», pungens and p. glauca
» excelsa and tall forms
yy) spolita
» orientalis
» ajanensis
sitchensis
Tsu oa Mertensiana
» Canadensis
Abies Nordmanniana
» numidica
», Pinsapo
», brachyphylla
» nobilis
» concolor
Thuya gigantea
» occidentalis
Chamecyparis Lawsoniana
SMALLER-GROWING CONIFERS AS SINGLE SPECIMENS FOR
Lawns, &c.
Only a limited selection is here given; no attempt is made to
give an exhaustive list.
Where the aim of the planter is not to
bring together within his limits all the species and varieties
possible, he could probably not do better than choose from the
names given below :—
Thuya occidentalis Wareana
" Vervaeneana
3) plicata
Chamecyparis Lawsoniana
Aa pisifera
‘ nutkaensis
5 obtusa
a spheroidea
Thuyopsis dolabrata
Biota orientalis
Juniperus chinensis and yar. atirea
5 virginiana and vars.
ne arizonica
a Oxycedrus
Cryptomeria japonica
Yews
Cephalotaxus
Sciadopitys. This likes plenty of
moisture and does well in peat.
Pinus Banksiana, the Serub or Gray
Pine; a low shrub or tree rarely
exceeding 20 feet in height.
Pinus Pinea
» tuberculata. Ahandsome Pine,
remarkable for the crowded whorls
of cones which, in a wild state,
persist on the stems and branches
from bottom to top until the de-
struction of the tree by fire, when
the cone-seales open with a loud
report, setting free the transparent-
winged seeds, to be carried away
by the wind and, perhaps, reforest
the region.
CONIFERS FOR LANDSCAPE GARDENING.
Pinus silvestris fastigiata and P. sil-
vestris aurea
Pinus densiflora
, flexilis; a Rocky Mountain
Pine and the most valuable tim ber
tree of Central Nevada.
Pinus Bungeana, the Lace-bark Pine
of China
Pinus Balfouriana, the Californian
Fox-tail Pine
Pinus koraiensis
», parviflora
», edulis, the Pinon or Nut Pine;
asmallcompact-growing tree, whose
large edible seeds furnish to the
Indians a valuable article of food;
it occurs wild from Colorado to
New Mexico and Arizona.
Pinus monophylla, another species
called the Nut Pine; a small,
bushy, compact-growing tree, in a
ov
wild state attaining a height of from
10 to 20 feet, with a trunk some-
times 2 feetin diameter; the large
edible seeds are invaluable to the
Indians of the “ Great Basin,” and
are their principal article of food.
Pinus Gerardiana, a species from Af-
ghanistan, is also of great import-
ance as a food-producer to the
natives of the districts where it
erows wild; in cultivation, as far
as my experience goes, however,
this seems to barely do more than
exist; our Kew plants are small,
miserable objects, and do worse
than any other Pine cultivated in
the open air in the Royal Gardens.
Cananyone furnish more favourable
particulars of thisinteresting Pine ?
Tsuga Sieboldii
» Pattoniana
CoNIFERS WHICH HAVE BEEN FOUND TO SUCCEED
ON CHALKE,
Norway Spruce
Cedrus atlantica
Abies Pinsapo
» cephalonica
ODIs
Pinus austriaca
3» . Juaricio
a eimaster
» silvestris
» excelsa .
» insignis
Larix europea
5, leptolepis
Chamecyparis Lawsoniana
A nutkaensis
derfully well
Vite do won-
also on peat
Cupressus macrocarpa (the Monterey
Cypress). This requires more
shelter than the rest of those
named. Both this and the Mon-
terey Pine (Pinus insignis) are
limited to a few miles of the
Monterey coast.
Biota orientalis, the Chinese Arborvitse
Thuya gigantea
Thuya occidentalis, the common
Arborvite of eastern North America
Junipers, most of the species
Yews, most of the species and very
numerous varieties
Ginkgo biloba
The Wellingtonia (Sequoia gigantea) and Deodar also thrive
on chalk, but neither has, as a rule, come up to the expectations
of the planters of from twenty to thirty yearsago. For landscape
purposes both have, in thousands of instances, proved useless.
Neither can stand a windy, exposed situation, and the Deodar
frequently begins to grow too early and iscut by late frosts. A
form of the Deodar (Cedrus Deodara, var. robusta), with larger
leaves of a darker green colour, begins to grow much later than
the type, and is more valuable as a hardy ornamental tree.
Probably this is a geographical form, and not a mere garden
sport. The Wellingtonia appears to like a warmer climate than
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that of Britain. I have seen perfect specimens in the neighbour-
hood of Tours and in other parts of Western France, also about
the Lake of Geneva, &c.
CONIFERS SUITABLE FOR WET GROUNDS.
Most of the trees here mentioned grow naturally in swampy
places or along the borders of streams; most of them, it is true,
thrive perfectly in cultivation under widely different conditions,
and their names have been mentioned under some of the headings
already given. This list could doubtless be greatly extended.
First and foremost is the deciduous Cypress, of which the finest
specimens I have seen are in the grounds of Syon House, the
residence of the Duke of Northumberland, an ardent lover of
trees. One of the many fine deciduous Cypresses in Syon Park
has developed numbers of the characteristic knees which form
so striking a feature of the species in its wild habitats.
Thuya occidentalis.—The garden varieties of this tree would
probably also succeed as wet-ground plants.
Chamecyparis spheroidea, the White Cedar of the eastern
United States. In a wild state this always occurs in deep cold
swamps. The interesting and pretty garden forms of this are no
doubt equally as suitable as the type for margins of water, &c.
It may perhaps sound strange to some to be told that the so-
called Retinospora leptoclada is a form of the American White
Cedar, but so it is.
In Veitch’s ‘‘ Manual of the Conifere,”’ an extremely useful
book, to which I am indebted for much valuable information, the
Red Cedar (Juniperus virginiana) and three of its varieties are
recommended for planting in proximity to ornamental water,
as are also Juniperus recurva and its variety densa. Taxodiwm
distichum pendulum, formerly known under the name of
Glyptostrobus pendulus, and at one time believed to bea Chinese ©
tree. should, like the common deciduous Cypress, be planted
near water where it is possible to do so.
Pinus contorta grows naturally in wet sandy soil, but under
cultivation it also thrives on a dry, hungry gravel.
Pinus rigida, the Pitch Pine, also grows in the driest and
most barren sandy soil or in deep swamps; this species is inter-
esting on account of the numbers of adventitious buds which are
produced on the stem and larger branches, giving the tree an
CONIFERS FOR LANDSCAPE GARDENING. 89
aspect totally unlike that of any other Pine I have named. It
may be as well to mention that the Pitch Pine of the timber-
merchant is not furnished by this species, but is principally
derived from P. australis, a long-leaved rather tender Pine
whose native habitat is the southern United States.
The American Larch or Tamarack (Larix americana), within
the limits of the United States, is, according to Prof. C. 8. Sar-
gent’s “ Catalogue of the Forest Trees of North America,” always
found in cold damp swamps. Under these conditions, however,
it is not of such value as a timber-tree as in Labrador and
Newfoundland, where it is not confined to swamps.
Tsuga canadensis, the Hemlock Spruce, I have seen do well
near water; in a wild state it is found in rather dry, rocky
situations, and generally on the north side of hills. Picea
sitchensis or Menziesw I have seen attain a large size in Scotland
in wet spots; in Alaska and California it is found in wet sandy
soil generally near the mouth of streams.
CONIFERS FOR THE SEASIDE,
Cupressus macrocarpa, the Monterey Pinus austriaca
Cypress 5, Pinaster
Pinus Laricio 5, insignis
P. Pinaster has been planted over immense tracts in the
Landes, adjoining the Bay of Biscay, and has served a double
purpose by binding the sand and also forming a screen, thus
preventing the great damage done by the frequent sand-storms,
which drove the sand-dunes inland and made them encroach
annually, at a rather alarming rate, on the cultivated ground.
P. halepensis, the Aleppo Pine, I have seen growing almost close
to the water’s edge along the Mediterranean coast, and in rocky
barren spots too where scarce another tree was to be seen.
P. Pinea, the Stone Pine, also occurs along the Mediterranean
under similar conditions. It would seem that these two species
might thrive, at any rate in sheltered places, along our south,
south-western, and western coasts. Have experiments to this
end been tried to any extent ? |
Gilpin, in his “ Practical Hints on Landscape Gardening,”
says: “It would seem that the Silver Fir stands the sea-breeze,
as some of the largest I ever saw are growing upon the highest
point of land at Tregothnan; but not having met with them
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anywhere else under such circumstances, I can only state the
fact. I have, in one or two instances, found the Cedar of
Lebanon flourishing under nearly similar exposure.” Possibly.
some one at this conference may be able to Corroborate Gilpin,
and add further names to my short list of seaside Conifers.
Pinus muricata grows along the Californian coast exposed
to sea winds and fogs. Has this been tried as a sea-coast plant
in Britain ? It does well inland, at Kew and elsewhere, but, like
P. msignis —at Kew at any rate—is more liable to be injured by
the attacks of the larve of Hylurgus puuperda than most other
Pines. The cones of P. mwricata have been known to persist
twenty or thirty years, and then release good seeds.
CONIFERS OF SMALL SIZE SUITABLE FOR RocKWORK, &c.
Thuya occidentalis Ellwangeriana Taxus baccata Dovastonii
Chamecyparis Lawsoniana nana Podocarpus alpina
a i » glauca Pinus silvestris pygmea
5 obtusa nana » montana
» aurea », Laricio pygmea
Juniperus Sabina prostrata Strobus nana
5 chinensis nana; or, as it is Picea nigra Doumettii
sometimes called, J Japonica Pp excelsa Clanbrassiliana,
hs nana » pygmea
Taxus baccata ericoides Cr yptomeria elegans nana
DISCUSSION.
The Rey. C. WotnEy Dop was surprised to find that Mr.
Nicholson had excluded the Douglas Fir from his list of trees
recommended for ornamental grounds. Twenty-three years ago
Mr. Dod had gone to live a few miles south of Chester, where
the soil was the stiff boulder clay of the New Red Sandstone
formation, with a cold and wet subsoil. There were then no
Conifers on the estate, except a few Larch and Scotch Fir.
The prevailing timber was Oak. Mr. Dod consulted Mr. John
Standish, then at Ascot Nurseries, and proceeded to try in
Cheshire every Conifer recommended as likely to prove orna-
mental or useful. New enclosures were made, old plantations
cut down and renovated, and every chance given to the trees to
do well. Of all the Conifers then planted the Douglas Firs have
done decidedly the best. Several hundred of these were planted
in different situations and aspects, and, except where exposed
fully to westerly gales, they have universally done well, some of
them being now over fifty feet high and well furnished. Of the
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Pine tribe the Corsican Pine has been most successful, having
grown rapidly; though for a few years they were liable to be
blown down, they have stood well when fully established. This
Pine was less molested than others by rabbits. The Austrian
Pine makes excellent shelter, but, except the Scotch Fir, other
Pines have failed, as compared with the Spruce tribe. The
Nordmann’s Silver Fir, however, has done worse than any.
Mr. Dod had persevered with this very ornamental tree, and had
planted several hundred in successive years, and in every variety
of aspects, but hardly one now survived, and he considered thig
species a total failure for stiff and cold land.
Of other kinds, two or three specimens of Abies grandis had
done very well in rather exposed places. Cedrus atlantica was
exceptionally good. Abzes Pinsapo had proved hardier than he
expected. Sequoia gigantea seemed satisfied with the soil and
climate, but was not a favourite. Cedrus Deodara and Abies
nobilis promised fairly well, except that the last-named pro-
duced cones in great abundance, showing precocious maturity.
Cupressus Lawsomana was a success everywhere ; but T’axodiwm
sempervirens, the Redwood, from which he had hoped great
things, because he had seen it do so well on the stiff soil of
Windsor Great Park, had failed entirely, in spite of repeated
trials. Mr. Dod hoped these hints might interest any who were
intending to plant Conifers on soils similar to his own.
CONIFERS FOR ECONOMIC PLANTING.
By Mr. A. D. Wesster, F.R.S.E.
Ir is a strange fact that out of nearly two hundred and fifty
species of coniferous trees that have been introduced to this
country only the following sixteen, so far as is at present known,
can be utilised in an economic sense, or for truly profitable
planting. Equally strange it is that, with perhaps one excep-
tion, the very trees the timber of which is imported in such large
quantities to this country for constructive purposes have received
but little attention at the hands of the British planter, being found
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unsuitable in one way or another for extensive planting in almost
every part of the country.
At the outset 1t may be well to clearly set forth my intention
of bringing under your notice, and, as far as I can, in consecutive
order as to value, only such Conifers as can from long personal
experience be confidently recommended for profitable planting
in almost any part of the British Isles.
The terms ‘‘ profitable’’ and ‘‘economic”’ as applied to trees are
used here in rather a restricted sense, and refer directly to the
quality of the timber produced and to the value of the tree for
purposes of shelter.
(1) The Common Larch (Larix europea) has no equal as
a profitable timber Conifer in this country, and I make this
statement after years of note-taking and comparison of it with
three other Conifers whose merits place them high in the rank
of kinds suitable for economic planting. In dealing with the
Larch I might well sum up its valuable properties as follows :
First, no other Conifer is so valuable in a young state, as the
thinnings from eight years old can be profitably utilised for
fencing and various other purposes, and this can be said of no
other Conifer grown in our woodlands; at least the durability of
the timber would not in any other tree be sufficient to repay
the cost of erecting or otherwise converting. Then the Larch
is a hardier Conifer than any other I know of, being in this
respect quite equal to the Scotch and Austrian Pines, while
it will produce timber rapidly on very poor soils, and timber
which, on comparison, is of greater durability, besides being
cleaner and more easily manipulated than that of any other
coniferous tree grown in this country. Another point or two in
favour of the Larch may be briefly pointed out.
Comparatively speaking, the trunk of the Larch is neither
knotty nor crooked—points that are much favoured by timber-
merchants—and I am not now referring simply to such trees as
are grown closely in a plantation, but to isolated specimens, for
above all trees the Larch is the one that is least inclined to
throw its vigour and substance into the formation of ungainly
side-branches. One other point in favour of this valuable tree
is that a greater number can be grown to the acre, or, in other
words, the number of cubic feet of Larchwood that can be produced
from an acre is greater than that of any other Conifer I know.
CONIFERS FOR ECONOMIC PLANTING. 48
Unfortunately, of late years in particular, this valuable tree
has, in certain situations and under peculiar circumstances,
suffered much from canker and blight, but now the tide of de-
struction seems to be on the wane, and less and less is heard of
this fell disease.
By far too little attention has been paid to a careful selection
of seeds from sound and healthy trees, the result being that
weakness and tenderness have got into the constitution of the
tree, and it is thus unable to withstand even a few degrees of
frost. So weakened, blight, fungus, and ulceration find a footing,
and thus the fell disease is generated about which so much has
been said and written of late years. My own opinion, strengthened
by careful investigation and research, is that induced tender-
ness in the constitution of the Larch is the primary cause ot
disease, cold winds and frost the destroying agent, and ulceration
the direct consequence. If we followed more closely Nature’s
method of dealing with the cones and seeds of this, as well, in-
deed, as of other trees, we should have less sickly and degenerating
forest occupants, and far less cause for the constant wail regard-
ing the decline of this noble and valuable timber-producing tree.
In its native country, the Tyrol, the seeds of the Larch are
never scattered from the cones until March and April, after
having been fully exposed and their contents thoroughly matured
by a winter’s frost. A comparison of such seeds with those
annually procured in this country, from which our stock of
plants is mainly raised from year to year, reveals marked differ-
ences, for not only are our home supplies of cones collected in
November before maturity is nearly attained, and when only
partially if at all wintered, but these are kiln-dried, so that the
immature cones may part with their seeds—in my opinion a
most pernicious practice.
With such treatment there can be little wonder why our once
healthy Larch is fast becoming unhealthy and gradually but
surely degenerating, as the reports from almost every part of
Great Britain too truly confirm. To further add to the evil, the
large demand for Larch seed creates rather a keen competition
for it to be supplied in time for early spring sowing, and so it
is that instead of the cones being allowed to winter on the trees,
they are collected in the greatest quantity in the autumn or early
winter so as to be forwarded in time to meet the demand.
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It is also well known that sickly trees, as if by a last dying
effort so as to propagate their kind, bear an unusually large
quantity of seed, and as these are in nine cases out of ten col-
lected at so much per sack or bushel, can it be wondered at that
the bulk of our home-saved seed is partially unfitted for repro-
ductive purposes? Itis well known that a diseased tree cannot
bring forth good fruit.
The durability of the wood of the Larch is well known, and,
as compared with that of Scotch and Spruce Firs, is about
doubly durable. A fence of Larch cut from trees of from twenty
to thirty years’ growth will last from seventeen to twenty years,
while that of the Spruce lasts about nine years, and Scotch Fir
five years. This refers directly to rails, not to posts, which decay
in about half that time. For mining and railway purposes
the durability of Larchwood makes it much sought after, its
value being still further enhanced by its extreme lightness, a
cubic foot of seasoned wood weighing only ‘34 lbs. Substitutes
for the Larch have often been recommended, but in the true
sense of the word none can be termed substitutes, except, indeed,
in the narrowest sense, although doubtless some of those whose
claims will yet be set forth might reflect one or more of its
valuable qualities, but this is the widest limit of comparison.
(2) The Silver Fir (Abies pectinata). is, so far as our present
knowledge leads us, the next most profitable Conifer to the Larch
that is cultivated in this country. Be it remembered, however,
that in a quarter of a century or so at least two other Conifers
may be found to be equally profitable as British timber-trees
with the Silver Fir, but at present we must deal with facts. On
several occasions I have pointed out that the Silver Fir is a
neglected forest-tree in this country, and that its timber is of
far greater value than is generally supposed. ‘The experi-
ments made or conducted on the Highland Railway proved so
far that the timber of this tree will bear the wear and tear of
rolling-stock and stand the climatic changes equally well with
the best Pinewood from Norway ; indeed, when last I saw the
experimental sleepers, those of Silver Fir were equally sound
with the Norwegian samples.
For roofing, few boards can equal those of the Silver Fir;
indeed, amongst all the Conifers grown in this country, I consider
it to be one of the best, as producing timber that is not liable
CONIFERS FOR ECONOMIC PLANTING. 45
t6 be affected by sudden changes from wet to dry. I have used
it largely for cleading sheds and strengthening river embank-
ments, as it stands the vicissitudes of dry and damp alternately
better than almost any other home-grown timber.
Another point in favour of Silver Fir timber is that, owing to
its being procurable in greater widths than that of any other
tree, if, perhaps, we except the Douglas Fir, the cost of utilising
is considerably lessened in proportion. The tree itself will grow
well beneath the shade and drip of other trees; grows with greater
rapidity and of a larger size than almost any other; is, practi-
cally speaking, fairly free from disease, and does not require a
particularly rich soil to grow it to perfection—all points of great
moment in treating of Conifers for economic planting. From
long experience of the timber of the Silver Fir grown in this
country, it may be safely said to be of great value for constructive
purposes, and numerous experiments carried out by those who
are practically acquainted with the conversion of our home-
grown timbers only serve to show that the wood of the Silver
Fir is not employed in anything like the quantity that its merits
deserve.
(3) The Corsican Pine (Pinus Laricio) is another Conifer of
ereat value for profitable planting in this country, and one that
I make bold to say will yet outrival in this respect any other of
the family to which it belongs. It is of very rapid growth, and
is well suited for planting even in the most exposed and wind-
swept situations; a non-fastidious subject as to soil, and withal
perhaps the most valuable timber-producer, excepting the Larch,
that has ever been brought before the British arboriculturist.
| Having as yet been tested to no great extent for timber-pro-
ducing purposes, it may, perhaps, be premature to speak too
loudly in support of its qualities in that respect; but as I have
cut up and utilised in various ways some of the biggest logs
that have ever keen grown in this country, I may be allowed to
at least venture the remark that the timber is of excellent quality,
and peculiarly suitable for constructive purposes. Speaking of
trees of fully fifty years’ growth, I have found the wood strong,
tough, elastic, very resinous, and easily worked. I have experi-
mentally used home-grown Laricio wood for many purposes, and
always with the most satisfactory results—some of the largest
planks employed in this way being fully 27 inches wide, and
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cut from trees with a girth of nearly 9 feet at a yard from the
eround. Planks that were used for several purposes both in and
out of doors have stood a test of nine years in such a manner as
to give one the impression that few of our home-grown coniferous
woods can equal that of the Pine in question. The Corsican
Pine can withstand long-continued and cold blasts at high alti-
tudes in an exemplary way, as note those in a plantation of
forty acres extent that I had planted at nearly 1,000 feet alti-
tude on a spur of the Snowdon range of hills; those at Blair
Athol, in Perthshire, at 700 feet; in Yorkshire, one of the
most barren and wind-swept of English counties, as well as on
Lord Powerscourt’s estate, where it has been most favourably
reported on by that veteran arboriculturist. At Chester, also,
the specimens planted by Messrs. Dicksons, which I saw
about a week ago, have in a given time produced a large quan-
tity of valuable timber, as well as having withstood the fully
exposed situation satisfactorily. In summing up, it may be said
that the Corsican Pine is perfectly hardy, peculiarly well suited
for planting in exposed situations, a rapid and valuable timber-
producer, a tree that is cheaply and easily raised from seed, and
one of the most non-exacting Conifers as regards choice of soil
that could be named—all qualities of the highest value in a
timber-producing tree, and such as are rarely so well concentrated
in any other species.
The Prussian Government has introduced it extensively into
the State forests, while in France extensive plantations of the
Laricio have been made.
(4) The Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga Douglasw) is, in certain
situations, a valuable timber-producing tree; but to grow it to
perfection rich alluvial soil and sheltered valleys are quite a
necessity. Had we the canons and deep hilly gorges of some of
the States of North America, there can be no doubt that the
Douglas Fir, from its suitability to our climate generally, would
be perhaps the most valuable timber-producing tree that we
could plant. In this country, under peculiarly favourable civ-
cumstances, | have known the Douglas Fir to produce 240 feet
of timber in fifty years, or nearly 5 feet per year for half a century.
The tree here referred to as having produced this almost
fabulous quantity of wood is still growing at Penrhyn Castle,
in North Wales, and as the notes and measurements were all
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taken by myself, I can vouch for their accuracy. By way of
experiment I had several large trees cut up and utilised for
various purposes—fences, door-posts, boat-masts, &¢., and with
fairly satisfactory results; but of course it is yet premature to
speak with too great an amount of assurance, as only nine years
have elapsed since the experiments were instituted. I do not
wish to say one word against this my favourite Fir, but the truth
must be told, and my own experience, gained principally on a
low-lying maritime estate, which favoured the growth of most
trees, is that the Douglas Fir must occupy a sheltered situation
if either ornament or utility be considered as points of importance ;
indeed, a lengthened experience gained on an estate where it is,
perhaps, grown in greater quantity than on any other, has now
fully convinced me that the Douglas Fir is an ill-chosen subject
for exposed ground. Regarding the Douglas Firs in some of the
Perthshire woods and plantations voluminous articles have been
contributed by Dr. Schlich and others; but it might here be well
to point out that scientific knowledge gained without practical
experience is rather dangerous, and should be most carefully
applied, particularly when dealing with matters arboricultural.
(5) The Weymouth Pine (Pinus Strobus), when viewed in an
economic aspect, is well worthy of a fifth place on our list. In
not a few ill-chosen places throughout the country this Pine has
behaved in anything but a satisfactory way; but it should also
be remembered that it has succeeded well and produced an
unusually large quantity of clean and firm wood in various
parts of Britain. This latter result is due to a careful study of
the soils, as well, indeed, as of the aspect and altitude, that have
‘been found best suited to the wants of the tree. Planted in
rocky débris, largely intermixed with vegetable refuse, the tree
has attained to giant proportions at Gwydyr Castle, in North
Wales, as also at Longleat and other places we could mention.
The Gwydyr trees are nearly 100 feet high, straight as arrows,
and branchless for three-fourths of their length, and girthing fully
8 feet at breast high. At Strathkyle, on the western border of
Ross-shire, at altitudes ranging from 100 feet to 1,200 feet, the
Weymouth Pine is thriving splendidly, while the Longleat trees
average 90 feet high, and girth 9 feet at a yard from the’ground.
In thinning a mixed plantation of the Douglas Fir and
Weymouth Pine of thirty years’ growth, I noted that trees of
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the latter were 57 feet high, with stems girthing 4 feet 2 inches
at a yard from the ground.
On comparing the wood of the Weymouth Pine produced in
this country with that sent to the late Colonial and Indian
Exhibition, the differences were slight indeed, and nothing more
than what would be expected to exist between an immature and
perfectly developed specimen of the tree.
The Weymouth Pine dislikes cold and draughty situations,
its favourite haunts being sheltered valleys at medium altitudes.
(6) The Scotch Pine (P. silvestris) —For economic planting
the Scotch Fir will, in all likelihood, hold a high rank, it being
of great value for planting on poor land in exposed situations.
No doubt this Pine will continue to be planted extensively wher-
ever shelter is of first importance, and rightly so, for few others
are so capable of withstanding the cold, cutting blasts of our
exposed hillsides. The almost valueless timber produced by the
tree will always be a serious drawback to the extensive use of
this particular species ; but this is in great part counterbalanced
by the hardy nature of the tree, the great amount of shelter it
affords, and the rapidity of growth on poor, thin soils. Of late ~
years in particular it has been well-nigh an impossibility to get
rid of the timber at any price. The best quality of Scotch Pine-
wood, such as that produced in some of the northern Scottish
counties, no doubt realises, even at the present time, a fair
price; but, generally speaking, that grown throughout Southern
Scotland, in England as a whole, and also in Ireland, is of so in-
ferior a quality as hardly to fetch the price of second-rate fire-
wood.
(7) The Giant Arborvite (Thuya gigantea).—Being only forty
years since the Giant Arborvitz was introduced to this country,
we must be careful in sounding its praises; but there can be
little question that in it we have, whether for utility or ornament,
a most valuable addition to our forest trees, and it is the
opinion of most practical arboriculturists that it will be one of
the trees of the future in this country. After a fair and
impartial trial on my own part, I have found it to be perfectly
hardy even at an altitude of 1,000 feet, a fast grower and rapid
timber-producer, a non-fastidious subject as regards the
quality of soil in which it is planted, and one of the easiest
managed and most accommodating of trees. From my note-
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book I find that the average annual rate of growth of twenty-
six specimens, growing under dissimilar conditions, is 22 inches,
but even this is greatly exceeded by young trees in the nursery
border. The quality of timber produced in this country is such
as to warrant me in speaking highly of it, and as the specimens
experimented with were only of thirty years’ growth, better
results may be expected from more fully matured wood.
(8) The Norway Spruce (Abies excelsa).—The value of the
Norway or common Spruce in economic planting is already
well known, fully matured timber having been largely cut up
and converted for not a few general estate purposes. Though not
equal to either the Larch or Silver Fir in lasting qualities, the
wood of the Spruce is yet sufficiently lasting to cause it to have
been largely employed in fencing and in the erection of temporary
sheds. One great point in favour of the tree is that it will grow
where many others would fail, while it grows rapidly and affords
a great amount of shelter.
(9) The Austrian Pine (Pinus austriaca), where shelter is a
point of first moment, stands unrivalled by any other tree of my
acquaintance. Of fairly good quality, too, is the timber; but
it is generally rough, knotty, and hard to work. The tree
inclines more to spend its energy in the formation of many
weighty side-branches than in the building up of a clean and
eradually tapering stem, and I have found that even by growing
the tree thickly together the knotty side-branches are hard to
remove. The Austrian Pine grows well on almost any class of soil,
and bears exposure to rough winds, as I have more than once
proved on the Welsh hillsides. Several large trunks I had cut
up for the express purpose of testing the quality of the timber
turned out well, the planks being remarkably resinous, of a dirty
yellow colour, and rather hard to work. It stands the changes
from wet to dry as well as any British timber I know, and the
experiments I undertook on the Ogwen River nine years ago
were perfectly satisfactory.
(10) The Cluster or Maritime Pine (P. Pinaster).—So far as
the value of the timber of this Pine is concerned the tree might
be deseribed as almost valueless for economic planting. That it
will thrive well and produce fine bushy specimens where few
other trees could succeed has been well exemplified along the
Mediterranean coast, as well, indeed, as in not a few maritime
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districts ot Great Britain. This of itself renders the tree one of
great value, and eminently qualifies it for using as a nurse to
other less hardy kinds. I have just learnt from a friend that the
Pinaster is being largely planted at the Cape of Good Hope, and
certainly the samples of wood forwarded to me for comparison
with that produced in Britain left little to be desired.
(11) Nordmann’s Fir (Abies Nordmanmana).—In a few years,
when better known and more readily and cheaply procured, this
beautiful tree will, I have little doubt, be largely used in the
formation of woods and plantations in this country. It grows
rapidly when suitably placed, a number of specimens of which
I kept a record having produced nearly two cubic feet of wood
annually, while the upward growth was 2 feet 8 inches in
the same time. From the appearance of the wood of trees
grown in this country, which have been cut up under my own
supervision, the quality of that produced in its native country
would seem to be well sustained, it being firm, clean, and readily
worked.
(12) The Redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) is rarely recom-
mended as a tree suitable for extensive or profitable planting,
and yet my own experience of it in sheltered valleys is far from
unsatisfactory. From actual measurements taken by myself in
Lord Penrhyn’s woods in North Wales, I have found that the
yield of timber by the Redwood nearly equals that of the
Douglas Fir.
On the banks of the Ogwen River, growing in alluvial deposit,
this tree has risen to the height of 84 feet in twenty-nine
years, the stems at the same time being bulky in proportion, and
clean and smooth as a Norway spar. The timber is very good,
and as the tree is one that is peculiarly suitable, from its rapid
rate of growth, for planting with the Douglas Fir, I have every
reason for believing that in suitable positions it will be a valu-
able forest tree in this country. Like the Douglas Fir, it will
not succeed in high-lying and exposed sites, sheltered valleys
and rich soil being more suitable to its particular wants. 3
(18) Lambert’s Cypress (Cupressus Lambertiana) is a
capital maritime tree, and its value in economic planting hes in
affording a great amount of shelter where few other trees can
succeed, and producing a clean and valuable timber.
(14) The Mount Atlas or African Cedar (Cedrus atlantica) has
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several good qualities that recommend it as at least a third-rate
tree for planting in our woods and parks. Better than almost
any other Conifer I know, the Mount Atlas Cedar will grow
on cold, stiff soils and where biting blasts are of frequent
occurrence. )
(15) Pinus rigida has been turned to good account on not a
few estates in Britain, particularly for planting on exposed sandy
tracts of land, where it affords a great amount of shelter to
other less hardy kinds. The timber is of no particular value.
(16) Lawson’s Cypress (Cupressus Lawsomana).—I was
agreeably surprised the other day to receive information from a
Scottish landed proprietor that the Lawson’s Cypress, when
planted as a forest tree, had done well with him and produced a
large quantity of excellent timber. On the Churchill estate, in the
North of Ireland, this tree has certainly exceeded every expecta-
tion, the rate of growth being rapid and the timber of good
quality. It requires a certain amount of shelter, fairly good soil,
and plenty of room to develop its side-branches, the latter being
the most serious drawback to it as a general forest tree.
Lecapitulation.—Out of the two hundred and twenty-two
species of coniferous trees that have been introduced to this
country, the sixteen species just treated of are about the only
kinds that I can, from my own experience, recommend for
profitable planting in the British Isles, and it is very questionable
if any others of equal merit can be added to the list. Nearly all
the newer and rarer Conifers have been under my charge and
planted by me in quantity, so that I have had ample opportu-
nities in three of the most favourable situations in the British
Isles for acquiring a good knowledge of their requirements and
value whether for ornamental or profitable planting.
Some others, such as Abies grandis and A. nobilis, Pinus
imsignis, Thuyopsis borealis, and perhaps the Mammoth Tree
(Sequoia gigantea), might, perhaps, have been included in my
list; but, from my own and others’ experience of these, they
are not to be recommended, whether on the point of utility or
hardihood, for general forest planting in almost any part of the
British Isles.
5a JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
THE DECORATIVE CHARACTER OF CONIFERS.
By Mr. Epmunp J. Barut, F.L.S.
A GLANCE at the programme giving the titles of the papers to
be read at this Conference shows how exhaustively the subject
has been considered, and is set down for treatment, and it will be
apparent how little room there is to stand upon where the ground
is so thickly covered. In the title chosen for my few remarks it will
be seen I am not to confine myself to the consideration of Conifers
alone as Conifers—that is to say, to the consideration of the
characteristics of Conifers, as separating them from other
ornamental plants and separating them from each other, in their
genera and species—but, rather, we are to look for a few minutes
on this interesting and beautiful family of plants considered in
combination with surroundings which are of a decorative character,
We are to consider the decorative character of Conifers, and, in
connection with this, the securing of decorative effects by their
judicious introduction.
The decorative character of Conifers as a subject therefore
includes the consideration of nature and art. The moment you
bring in decoration you necessarily touch art. Indeed, from one
' point of view, you cannot touch the Conifers themselves, in the
wider sense, without at the same time throwing yourself back
upon that discerning and selective process which can only be
described as art, and which has brought into Britain the
progenitors of this now naturalised family, in its beautiful
variation and diversity ; for, with but very few exceptions, Conifers
come under the classification tabulated ‘‘ Introduced—not native.”
Then, further, let us note, a chance seedling which comes up
where the hand of Nature has laid it is the offspring of
Nature, so to speak; but the moment you brmg man upon
the scene he looks about him and before him, and con-
siders what the effect will be when the tree he is now placing
here shall fill the place appointed for it. That is necessarily
the introduction of art. But art in association with the ideas
we are now considering has a wider range. ‘The idea of culture
in any of its departments, as applied to aspects of nature—say
horticulture, agriculture, or arboriculture—brings us face to
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face not with a phase of nature alone, but with a combination of
art and nature in the various directions more or less indicated
by the terms employed. Man in contact with nature thus quickly
imposes conditions of art. For the introduction of the Conifers
into this country we are indebted, as I have just said, to the exercise
ofthis art-faculty. Man has discerned the decorative value of
the Conifers and has introduced them to Britain, and they are
now not aliens, but so much parts of us that without them our
decorative resources would be impoverished indeed. What a
botanist regards and describes as natural distribution is the work
of nature, but thereit stops. Whenever man selects a place for
a plant, or a plant for a place, he is then in the domain of art.
He then is exercising the faculty of taste, and he is dealing with
that which is to partake of the character we call decorative—
though sometimes, through the exercise of a false judgment,
through lack of good taste, it is quite the reverse.
This faculty of taste—call it estheticism, sentiment, culture,
what you will—is an endowment of the human soul. What
we term fashion, either in flounces or flowers, either in garb or
garden, in the furnishing of the parlour or in planting a park,
introduces of necessity this exercise of taste. This displayed
determines the status, so to speak, of the person responsible,
and tells exactly to the discerning what his views may be on the
at times vexed questions which come within range of the canons
of ‘‘ good taste.”
We are familiar with the ribbon border, the geometrical beds,
the floral devices of the flower garden; the gay garters, the
ribbons, mottoes and monograms which were in so many places
such a conspicuous feature, say, in the Jubilee year. We have
seen eagles or peacocks, or the semblance of such, at times cut
out, or hacked out, of what would otherwise be an ornamental
tree. We have looked upon the wild garden, the evergreen
border, the wooded slope, the little bit of nature-weaving here
and there, the beautiful single specimen tree in its proper place,
and the delicately arranged group of Conifers standing out in the
open which one is fortunate enough to find here and there. All
these are in their respective places, and upon their several lines,
indications of the application of principles dictated by individual
taste.
The effects of combination of form and colour are considered
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and thought out as an idea, almost unconsciously at times, but
the taste-faculty acts and determines nevertheless, and the after-
wards materialised fact constitutes the features of the landscape
immediately about us. It has been pointed out that man’s
actions perpetually bring him out of concealment, and he is then
discovered; so no man can plant a tree, or arrange a group,
taking survey of the surroundings about him, without so far
displaying the bent of his genius, the level of his culture, and
the possession of taste.
There are few classes of plants in connection with the dis-
posal and arrangement of which it is so needful to exercise
care and judgement as the Conifere. They are so distinctively
decorative, and so decoratively distinctive, that it is readily
possible to make a thing of beauty with slender resources, or to
mar a beautiful thing or a beautiful place, or both, by putting in
plants of the wrong kinds in the wrong way in the wrong
situations.
A Cedar within a few feet of a main walk, an Araucaria in
the town garden where the space available was but a few yards
and the branches were thrown out in provoking proximity to the
drawing-room window, I have seen within the past few weeks,
in each case an evidence of misjudgment, bad taste, and a per-
petual eyesore to everybody.
The decorative character of Conifers is not confined to the
few features which seem at first to constitute the characteristics
which may be taken as forming the ornamental endowment of
trees aad plants which cannot be classed for decorative effect
amongst flowering plants, as, though the Coniferee come within
the division Phanerogamia, their flowers are indistinct and
nearly valueless as ‘“‘ornament.’’ If we think over what there
is to be found in Conifers tending to make them conspicuously
beautiful features, either singly or grouped, we should find how
rich the family is in points of grace and dignity, of colour-glory,
and in other features having, rightly, a claim to be classed
amongst the beautiful.
Linneus spoke of the Palm-trees as ‘“ princes of vegetable
nature.’ Whilst the Palm may claim this regal recognition in
the tropics, surely the Pines are princes also. I think in the
Gaelic tongue the Scotch Fir—so called, though really it should
be the Scotch Pine, as it is strictly speaking a Pine and not a
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Fir—the Scotch Fir, however, we will consider accurate enough
for our reference—in the Highlands the tree is particularised by
the title “King of the woods.’”’ It is so. And what a right
royal assemblage of kings does a Pine-wood present! A Pine-
wood has a majesty and dignity quite its own. There is nothing
else in the vegetable kingdom like it. Those stately shafts bear-
ing splendidly balanced branches and crowned heads of dense
deep foliage, standing back on the hillside, present a grandeur
which cannot be surpassed by any other picture in the Book of
Nature. Whilst there is the distinctive form so readily observable
in the Pines, and whilst they command our attention, and secure
our admiration, as they cover the mountain-side, or adorn the
crag, or stretch away until, mingling with the purple haze of the
horizon, lost in the indistinctness of the distance, there is an
equally marked individuality about the Cedars, the Cypress, the
Yew—all have their sharply defined characteristics which give
variety of a quality which cannot, after all, be secured by
deciduous trees, or even by evergreens outside the genus we have
under present consideration.
But, in addition to this splendid diversity of form in the
dignity of the mountain Pine, the stately grace of the Cedars, or
the dense rounded symmetrical beauty suggested, rather than
defined, by some of the smaller Conifer, there is an indescrib-
able richness in the colour tints peculiar to this race. Here it
is fitting to remind ourselves that Conifers are not dependent
upon the gay glory of inflorescence for decorative qualities.
They have no conspicuous flowers to attract, but they possess
a wealth of colour-suggestiveness that captivates not merely by
the delicate gradations which mark the passing of one shade into
another, but many of the species possess a distinctive charm in
a marvellously beautiful glaucous haze, equivalent to the bloom
on carefully grown fruit, too ethereal almost to be defined as a
character of the foliage, so delicate is it that it looks as though
it is an attribute of the atmosphere rather than a possession of
the plant itself. ‘There is then the grace of the form of feathered
plumes in the tenderness of the new foliage standing out distinct
and clear against the denser background to which it is such a
rich relief, but this background itself has its blendings of beauti-
ful colour with the deeper shades where the sharp outlines of
defined foliage are lost in the misty shadow, where the greens
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have melted into liquid greys and neutral tints which the eye of
the artist discerns everywhere pervading, save in the play of
light upon those parts of the plant brought into relief and
prominence.
If the Pines derive little interest, and no decorative effect,
from inflorescence, they have a distinctive gain in their cones.
The name of the genus is an indication of the fact that this is
a feature which ought not to escape observation, and indeed it is
an investiture that cannot fail to arrest attention just at this
season. How splendidly studded are the branches of Cedrus
atlantica with the soft purple-tinted tips standing up on the
flat fields of foliage like mushrooms in the meadows of the
fairies !
Take in your hand the symmetrical cone of Pinus excelsa,
and see what a study it is in purples and greens. Cast your eye
along the straight shaft of Abies nobilis, and see the great cones
levelled along the branchlets high up, almost like the tubes of a
telescope, directed some this way and some that, a marvel of
construction, and filled with that most refreshing odour of balsam
which is full of the spirit of the Firwood, and seems to waft
suggestions of cleanliness and health—why I never could see,
excepting that we seem to have the capacity for uniting certain
experiences with certain odours and certain conditions which
come within the range of one sense with certain facts suggested
through the medium of-another. And how can I attempt to
describe the slender grace of the drooping branches of Larch ?
Some things by their simple grace and delicate harmony defy
description. Nature then will not be brought within the limits of
language.
The growth and habit of Conifers, again, necessarily enter
largely into their decorative character. The Pines love the
heights. They seem to have been made for the mountains.
The Yew stands fittingly about the corners of God’s acre.
The lawn is graced by the sweep of the Cedars. The avenue
would look all the tamer, and the poorer, but for its fringe of
Austrian Pines, for the brighter green of the tender tasselled
Larch, and for the erect presence of the sober Spruce.
What should we say of the Araucarias at Bicton, of the
Golden Yews, the Junipers, the noble specimens in the Pineta
of many of the notable grand ancestral homes of the English
nobles, and what dare I say of the topiary work at Elyaston ?
THE DECORATIVE CHARACTER OF CONIFERS. 57
The true beauty and decorative character of the larger Coni-
fers can perhaps only rightly be seen just in proportion as the
trees themselves are allowed their freedom for development in
the open and in natural positions, but that is not the particular
aspect in which I can, in apaper of this character, and within
this limited scope, point out. The Conifer considered in relation
to natural adornment is a captivating subject, but we must not
be tempted to discuss it now. We must pass on all too rapidly.
Time is inexorable. Next to this isolation in native and natural
grandeur and stateliness I suppose we might place the Pinetum,
which is one of the methods of art to present the nobility of the
Coniferze in the majesty of individual isolation, but in a certain
order of classification or arrangement, to show, as far as can
be shown under such conditions, the true aspect and character
of each species, and to secure an artistic effect which shall at
once be a permanent source of attraction, of instruction, and of
ornamentation. Woburn, Chatsworth, Dropmore, Bicton, and
many other places have this splendid additional attraction to
the garden resources as ordinarily enjoyed, and it seems useless
to attempt to indicate by written word what is the impression
produced upon one by such noble collections of noble plants.
I had the privilege a few days ago of walking through the
Pinetum at the Bache Hall, near Chester, the charming
residence of Mrs. Hudson; and whilst the Wellingtonia, the
Pines and the Firs were all beautiful, Cedrus atlantica with
Pinus excelsa were so captivating as to make one throw aside the
pen and the brush as unworthy media to describe these queens
at home. And it is the same everywhere, whenever we find
them thus enthroned in their stately dignity. I pass along acor-
ridor of Conifers every morning in my walk through the Chester
nurseries, and 1 am always captivated by the charm of the varied
forms which blend so gracefully with the interwoven tints of
green and gold.
The next decorative feature to which the Conifers readily lend
themselves is the adornment of park or pleasure-grounds, where
the trees stand out in less solitary grandeur than in the Pinetum ;
yet even here we have single specimens here and there and
dotted about in groups—Firs, Cedars, and Pines, whilst Thuyas,
Yews, and other resources are all brought into requisition for this
purpose. Coming now into the closer and more confined quarters
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of lawns and gardens proper, the difficulty of making observations
is intensified, as other considerations come in for due attention.
In addition to the lawn itself, there is the fringe about the lawn,
whichis, perhaps, the most permanently attractive feature of the
ordinary suburban garden. Here, it seems to me, for sweep and
curve, a border fairly closely planted mainly with Conifers
(though I must make room for an Aucuba, with, say, a Silver
Birch here and there) nothing could be made prettier. I regret
I am not able in this brief paper to suggest varieties by name,
yet I cannot refrain from mentioning such indispensable plants
as Juniperus chinensis, Retinospora squarrosa, Thuyopsis
dolabrata, Cupressus Lawsoniana stricta and variegated forms,
Retinospora filifera, Retinospora obtusa, with the Red Cedar, the
Trish Yew, the Chinese Yew, and the Golden Yew. But having
once permitted myself and committed myself to names, how
shall I stop ?
These should be so arranged as to give that charm of variety
in form and colour which can be so well secured by this means.
The deep glaucous green of some of the Cupressus, notably, say,
stricta or, better, Alwmii, the deep heavy green of the Yews,
the fluffy prettiness of Retinospora squarrosa, relieved with the
rich golden glory of foliage for which some of the better
variegated forms of the Cupressus and the Yews are conspicuous—
these, with a background of the taller Cypresses and with here
and there a straight-stemmed plant of Pinus excelsa and Pinus
Cembra kept within bounds, leave little to be desired in the way
of effective decoration in the form of a dense screen and shelter,
which is a thing of beauty and a joy for ever. In the early
spring and in the late autumn there is an indescribable freshness
and brightness about a border of Conifers of this character which
must be seen to be realised, for it cannot be described.
Terraces and garden-beds may come in for consideration
here also, and I have always thought that there is ample room
for the freer introduction of Conifers for the purely ornamental
portion of the garden. We have scarcely gone any distance in
this direction, but wonderful effects are within reach, and these
would add real effectiveness to the brilliant beds and borders hot
with Geraniums and Petunias and Verbenas, and glowing with
the gold so profuse in the Lady-purses—the flowers of the gay
Calceolaria. It would be quite possible to invent a relief to this
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perpetual repetition by a judicious introduction of an arrange-
ment in quieter tone, a harmony in green and gold, or, shall we
Say, a nocturne in bronze and silver ?
If, despite Mr. Ruskin, Mr. Whistler can command a following
of admirers, and show in those fancifully named productions
works of art and the creation of genius, and produce points to
admire in the subdued tones of browns and greys, may we not
put on the canvas laid out before us not strokes and patterns of
gay-coloured brightness alone, but here and there some bold
outline in those matchless shades of green, some pretty design
which will appeal by contrast, and will not seek to offer itself in
competition with the dazzle and glitter—which, mark, is in
no way condemned, but may be beautiful, often is gloriously
beautiful—to the ribbon border, or the geometrical garden, or
the other forms and devices which are to be found within the
walls, or the hedges, of the flower-garden proper ?
If the notion is too heterodox for ready acceptance, might it
not be urged that a trial might be made for the winter flower-
garden, and for a bed or a corner in the spring garden before the
burst of summer brings its wealth of flowers and its festoons of
foliage? I saw a few days ago such a bedas I have in my mind’s
eye, a bed say ten feet by five, cut out like a panel, upon a rich
sward of velvet green; the bed was edged with close-growing
plants of Juniperus prostrata, growing each way, that is reversed
in the planting, thus securing growth one into the other. The
bed contained thirty plants in all, including Retinospora pisi-
fera lutescens, obtusa alba, tetragona aurea and squarrosa,
Cupressus Lawsomana alba var. and argentea, and a few
plants of upright dense Irish Yews. None of the plants exceeded
eighteen inches to two feet in height, and others were barely a
foot high, but they were graded and arranged as effectively as
seemed possible, and produced an effect which the glory of the
adjoining border, rich with the autumn wealth of Sunflower,
Phlox and Gladioli, could not hurt; it hada quiet impressiveness
all its own, and when the eye grew tired of the red and the
gold and the shades of purples and pinks in the herbaceous
border, it travelled back to this beautiful bed which illustrated,
powerfully, in one direction, the decorative character of Conifers.
I have not touched upon many other points which suggest
themselves, such as the place Conifers may take in the planting
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of avenues, of hedges, of screens for shelter, in the rock garden,
about the margins of lakes, on slopes within eye range of the
dwelling, where beautiful distant effects may be got, or for
memorial trees to stand in closer proximity to the house, to mark
in the memory some event with which the planting of the tree
has been linked. Conifers might be considered, too, in relation
to town gardens, and for the window boxes where even the town
garden is not possible. Iam quite aware of the fatal effect of
smoke and the heavy atmosphere of cities and centres of dense
population, yet in the possession of the knowledge that a few
months would probably mark the life-limit, at any rate for
decorative purposes, of some of the better kinds, I would advocate
a freer use of Conifers for situations and conditions even such as
these, for I am an earnest advocate for the introduction of plant-
life in all available forms, especially the prettiest, about the
homes of the people everywhere.
I have, however, come to the limit of my time and feel I
have only touched the fringe, and that but feebly and poorly, of
a subject wide, interesting, and familiar, for we are familiar with
the Pines and the Conifers generally. So common are they that
they are about us everywhere. Upon some of the more peculiar
types, such as the Araucaria and Salisburia, I have not spoken,
and yet upon these and upon all there is so much to say. I am
always thankful that these beautiful evergreen types of stateliness
of form and splendour of foliage both in character and colour
are so abundant and common on every side, and I feel inclined
to bring my remarks to a close with the words of Evelyn in his
“« Silva ’’—that splendid old English classic with which I hope we
are also familiar. Having discussed in his wonderful way over
the wide field brought before him, he concludes, as I shall ask to
be allowed to conclude, thus: “ Buta wise and thinking man
can need none of these topics; everywhere they are before him;
and yet we do not admire them sufficiently because they are
common and obvious: thus we fall into the just reproach given
by one of the philosophers to those who slighted what they saw
every day, because they every day saw them. As if novelty
only should’ be of more force to engage our enquiry into the
causes of things than the worth and magnitude of the things
themselves.”
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CONIFERS AT DROPMOREHE.
By Mr. Coartes HERRIN.
In the following short paper I have been requested to communi-
cate to the Conference notes on the present condition of the
Conifers at Dropmore, with a list of the more important ones,
their present height and girth, and, as far as possible, their date
of planting.
Before giving any description of the condition of the trees, I
may say the general character of the soil is of a light and
gravelly nature, and such as American plants grow freely in, the
substratum consisting of gravel and sand, into which the trees
root freely. Visitors to Dropmore generally suppose that the
soil must be exceedingly rich and good, but it certainly is not,
although many of the trees have in the past been occasionally top-
dressed with a heavy clayey loam, and any soil or refuse likely
to decay is carted away and spread about the roots of the trees.
Undoubtedly the top-dressing, especially that of a clayey nature,
has very materially benefited them, both by keeping the roots
in a moist condition and as a rooting medium, for wherever heaps
have remained under Cedars and other trees the roots have
worked up freely into it.
In taking the present condition of the Conifers into considera-
tion, they are, speaking generally, in a flourishing condition and
erowing freely, the majority showing no signs of old age or
stunted growth. There are some exceptions among the Pines,
a few of which have apparently passed the prime of life, although
they are really beautiful in their rugged and weird state, and for
this reason form pleasing features among other trees. This
remark applies to Pinus macrocarpa, planted in 18385, the seed
of which came from the Royal Horticultural Society’s gardens at
Chiswick; also P. pungens and P. rigida, each of which is
about 70 feet high, with many branches. Trees of the Silver
Abies (A. amabilis) are also exceptions, and of late years have de-
teriorated very much, having no leaders, and the upper branches
are partially dead and covered with lichen. One tree, the
largest, is 48 feet high, and was raised from a cutting and planted
in 1847. The original tree, planted in 1835, is but 385 feet in
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height, and was probably a grafted plant. The lower branches
of these trees are quite healthy and sweep the ground.
Perhaps the two most remarkable trees at Dropmore are the
large Abies Douglasu and the Araucaria imbricata, both kinds
of trees growing very freely. It may be interesting to give a few
particulars respecting them. The monarch Douglas Fir, planted
in 1880, has attained a height of 120 feet, girth of trunk 11 feet
9 inches, with beautiful spreading branches sweeping the ground,
covering a diameter of 64 feet. The leaves are also of a glaucous
hue, equalling in that respect many of the plants now sold from
nurseries under the name of Douglasw glauca. Snowstorms
have, unfortunately, broken down several of the upper branches,
but the vigorous growth the tree has made the past few years is
fast repairing the damage done by snow, young growths of the
present season varying from 12 to 21 inches in length. Rubbish,
weeds, and soil refuse are continually being wheeled under this
tree and spread to decay, which has no doubt produced very
beneficial effects. The seed that produced this tree was sent by
the Horticultural Society to Lord Grenville in December 1827,
and raised, and planted out here in 1830. Many trees have since
been raised from its seeds and planted out on the estate; one,
planted in 1848, is now 78 feet high, with a girth of trunk of
8 feet 2 inches, spreading 39 feet in diameter at base—a perfect
specimen.
Although the Araucaria is considered by many to be a formal
and heavy-looking tree, it must be conceded that a fine specimen
has a grand and imposing appearance. ‘The largest tree here ig
now 68 feet 6 inches in height, with abundant and vigorous
growth, very healthy branches sweeping the ground, spreading
38 feet in diameter. It is a male tree and annually produces
numbers of pollen-bearing catkins. No doubt the position in
which the tree is planted suits the requirements of the Araucaria
admirably. It is 60 feet from the edge of a piece of ornamental
water with a gentle slope of about 7 feet from the tree to the
water’s edge. The spot whereon the tree stands was once a
gravel pit which was filled up when the lake close by was made.
Consequently it enjoys a good depth of soil and perfect drainage,
with fairly moist surroundings. It is occasionally top-dressed
with a little clayey loam. This tree is supposed to have been
purchased at a sale in the Chiswick Gardens in the year 1829,
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and was one of four Araucarias planted here in 1880. The other
three trees have each produced perfect seeds, but are smaller,
the highest being not more than 50 feet. As far as I have been
able to distinguish, all the trees bearing pollen catkins are of
more robust growth than those producing fertile cones. This
has certainly been so at Dropmore during the past three or four
years. Ina group of Araucarias planted in 1842 the largest is
a male tree 50 feet high, 12 feet above either of the others
planted at the same time. One of these produced thirty fertile
cones this year.
The Cedars also form a notable feature at Dropmore. An
avenue numbering 140 trees of Cedrus Libam, planted about
eighty years ago, average 85 feet in height with a girth of 74 feet.
One of the first coniferous trees planted on the estate was a Cedar
of Lebanon near the house. ‘This tree, planted by Lord Gren-
ville in 1792, is now 104 feet high, with a girth of 13 feet 9 inches
at three feet from the ground. The Cedars seen on driving up
the carriage approach to the house from the Taplow entrance
are very striking ; they have an imposing appearance, and aptly
illustrate the effective use of these trees for ornamental planting,
especially in large places. Many of the Lebanon Cedars partake
much of the atlantica arrangement of branches, the points erect;
several are also very glaucous.
A very handsome tree is Cedrus Liban argentea—in the
sunshine almost like a sheet of silver—and a worthy companion
for C. atlantica; indeed it is rather difficult to detect any great
difference in the species; the only one perceptible is that the
points of the branches are less erect in the former than are those
of C. atlantica. There is also a structural difference in the cones
of the two trees. The tree here of C. L. argentea is 84 feet in
height, with a girth of 10 feet. Cedrus atlantica, planted in
1848, is a perfect specimen, 64 feet high, girth of trunk 5 feet
10 inches.
Many specimens of Cedrus Deodara have attained a height
of from 60 to 70 feet, and are full of health and vigour. One,
planted in 1840, stands 72 feet high, girth 9 feet 9 inches, the
diameter of branches 47 feet; another tree, planted earlier (in
1834), is 65 feet, girth 8 feet 9 inches. A cutting from this tree
was struck and planted in 18438, but the tree has made a very
poor specimen, scarcely 50 feet high, the branches very short
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and thinly disposed. Another, planted in 1838, inarched on the
Larch, has made a better tree, although not equal to others raised
from seed some years later. It is recorded that the largest
Deodar here was destroyed by lightning in 1881; it was supposed
to be the largest tree of the kind in the kingdom. Near the
eround the trunk was 12 feet 3 inches in circumference, and
good boards 38 inches in width were cut from it. This tree was
raised from seed given to Lord Grenville by the Hon. Leslie
Melville in 1831, who brought the cones from India.
Among the Pines, Pinus «insignis is deserving of a few
remarks. Here it is but seldom that this noble Pine is injured
by frost, or if so, but slightly. During the past winter of 1890-91
a few of the terminal shoots of the lower branches were killed. -
There are two good specimens. One, planted in the year 1889, is
90 feet high with a girth of 11 feet; another, planted the same
year, is 79 feet high, trunk 12 feet 10 inches in circumference.
It is on record that this tree, when only half an inch high, was a
present from Mr. Munro, chief gardener at Chiswick, and that
my predecessor, the late Mr. Frost, brought it home here in his
waistcoat pocket. Pinus Laricio, * the Corsican Pine,” planted
in 1829, has attained a height of 94 feet, with a fine clean bole;
girth, 9 feet. Another, also planted the same year, girths 9 feet
9 inches, and several others are of nearly equal proportions.
The following list includes many of the best trees, with their
heights and girths and date of planting (girth taken 3 feet
from ground) :—
Abies Douglasi, planted 1830. Height, 120 feet; girth of
trunk, 11 feet 4 inches; spread of branches, 64 feet diameter on
ground.
Abies Douglas, planted 1848. Height, 78 feet; girth,
8 feet 2 inches ; spread of branches, 39 feet.
Abies Albertiana, planted 1861. MHeight, 58 feet; girth,
5 feet 8 inches. A very handsome tree, of pyramidal habit, the
branches gracefully disposed, and spreading 40 feet in diameter
at base.
Abies grandis, planted 1861. Height, 64 feet ; girth, 6 feet ;
spread of branches, 85 feet in diameter on ground. A very
fine tree.
Abies amabilis, planted 1847. Height, 48 feet 6 inches;
girth, 6 feet 6 inches.
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Abies Pinsapo, planted 1848. Height, 65 feet; girth,
6 feet 10 inches; diameter of branches at base, 31 feet.
Abies Pinsapo, planted 1843. Height, 68 feet.
Abies Pindrow, planted 1848. Height, 27 feet. Young
erowths frequently injured by spring frosts.
Abies Brunoniana, planted 1847. Height, 41 feet; circum-
ference of branches, 134 feet. A spreading, bushy tree.
Abies nobilis, planted 1835. Height, 71 feet; girth,
7 feet 9 inches. Healthy branches to the ground.
Abies pectinata. Height, 94 feet; girth, 8 feet 6 inches.
Abies concolor, planted 1857. Height, 51 feet; girth,
5 feet 3 inches. A handsome tree.
Abies Smithiana, planted 1848. Height, 61 feet; girth,
7 feet; spread of branches, 38 feet in diameter. A beautiful
tree.
Abies Smithiana, planted 1848. Height, 51 feet; girth,
5 feet 10 inches.
Abies cephalonica, planted 1843. Height, 71 feet; girth,
7 feet. A fine tree.
Abies Menziesu, planted 1841. Height, 73 feet; girth,
8 feet 2 inches.
Abies Menziesvi, another specimen, planted 1841. Height,
61 feet ; girth, 8 feet.
Araucaria imbricata, planted 1830. Height, 68 feet 6 inches ;
cirth, 8 feet 8 inches; spread of branches, 88 feet in diameter,
sweeping the ground.
Araucaria imbricata, no date. Height, 61 feet; girth,
6 feet 10 inches.
Araucaria imbricata, planted 1842. Height, 50 feet;
girth, 5 feet. |
Araucaria imbricata, planted 1830. Height, 50 feet ; eirth,
5 feet.
Cedrus Libam, planted 1792. Height, 104 feet; eirth,
13 feet 9 inches. |
Cedrus Libani, no date. Height, 87 feet; girth, 12 feet
4 inches.
Cedrus Libani argentea, no date. Height, 84 feet; girth,
10 feet. A beautiful tree.
Cedrus atlantica, planted 1848. Height, 64 feet; girth,
5 feet 10 inches. A very handsome tree.
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Cedrus Deodara, .planted 1884. Height, 65 feet; girth,
8 feet 9 inches.
Cedrus Deodara, planted 1840. Height, 72 feet; girth,
9 feet 9 inches; diameter of branches, 47 feet.
Cedrus Deodara, planted 1840. Height, 67 feet; girth,
8 feet 3 inches.
Cryptomeria Lobbu, planted 1848. Height, 52 feet.
Cunnunghania sinensis, no date. Height, 39 feet; girth,
4 feet 10 inches. Some branches die annually.
Sequoia sempervirens, planted 1845. Height, 73 feet
6 inches ; girth, 10 feet. A handsome tree, with graceful branches
to the ground.
Pinus Benthamana, planted 1843. Height, 56 feet ; girth,
6 feet 8 inches, One of the handsomest Pines here.
Pinus Jeffreyi, no date. Height, 47 feet; girth, 4 feet
6 inches.
Pinus wmsignis, planted 1839. Height, 90 feet; girth,
11 feet 1 inch.
Pinus insigms, planted 18389. Height, 79 feet; girth,
12 feet 10 inches.
Pinus Pallasiana, no date. Height, 96 feet; girth, 11 feet.
Pinus Laricio, planted 1829. Height, 94 feet; girth,
9 feet. A fine clean bole.
Pinus Laricio, another tree, planted 1829. Height, 96 feet ;
oirth, 9 feet 9 inches
Pinus ponderosa, planted 1829. Height, 85 feet; girth,
8 feet 9 inches.
Pinus pyrenaica, no date. Height, 86 feet ; girth, 9 feet.
Pinus Lambertiana, planted 1848. Height, 71 feet; girth,
8 feet 8 inches. A fine tree.
Wellingtoma gigantea, planted 1857. Height, 67 feet;
girth, 11 feet 8 inches. A fine tree.
Wellingtoma gigantea, another tree, planted 1862. Height,
62 feet ; girth, 12 feet.
Thuya gigantea, no date. Height, 62 feet; girth, 6 feet
6 inches.
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CONIFERS AT ORTON LONGUEVILLE.
By Mr. A. Harpine.
As the Royal Horticultural Society, in promoting this Conference
on Cone-bearing Trees and Shrubs, is desirous of information re-
specting such plants grown in this country, afew remarks on the
collection grown at Orton Longueville may not be unacceptable.
The late Marquis of Huntly was a great lover of trees, Coni-
fers being especial favourites, and my present noble employer, the
Dowager Marchioness of Huntly, is quite as enthusiastic in her
love for trees, as also of all other kinds of plants, and to her lady-
ship I am greatly indebted for much useful information as to when
many of the fine trees here were planted. They have been under
my own observation for the last fourteen years, and some of them
have made great strides as to height and girth during that time.
The soil seems suitable for most kinds; nevertheless, a few of
them do not thrive well, notably Araucaria imbricata, or the Chili
Pine, and the handsome Silver Fir, Abies nobilis. The soil is a
fertile loam resting on gravel, in some places 3 or 4 feet deep, in
others not so much. According to the Ordnance Survey, the
altitude above sea-level is about 55 feet, and the rainfall averages
between 24 and 30 inches.
Foremost among the Conifere here stands the Wellingtonia,
or Mammoth Tree of California, upwards of 300 specimens being
planted in various parts of the grounds, ranging from 45 to 70
feet in height. The Wellingtonia avenue is 86 feet in width,
with a gravel drive 12 feet wide up the centre, the trees being
planted 30 feet apart on each side. The length of the avenue in
a straight line is 700 yards, containing about 140 trees—all of
which were raised in the gardens from seed or cuttings (the
majority of them from seed) when first introduced, and the first
and best batch of young plants were planted in this avenue about
the year 1859. Those raised from seed now show a marked
difference from those obtained from cuttings. Many of the former
are fine symmetrical trees with good leaders, and about 70 feet
high, while those raised from cuttings do not grow so freely, and
have besides a tendency to form many leaders. The girth of
some of the largest at a foot from the ground is 15 feet. A few
have been cut down, but the timber does not appear to be of good
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quality ; it is coarse-grained and spongy-looking, and noi at all
easy for the cross-cut saw to work through.
Of the Silver Firs there are some good specimens. Abies
Pinsapo, the Spanish Silver Fir, is a fine tree 60 feet high and
7 feet in girth. A. Nordmanmana, 58 feet high and 5 feet
6 inches in girth, a handsome specimen, produces cones freely
and some fertile seed. <A. amabilis, 38 feet hich, with 4 feet
6 inches girth. This tree has beautiful foliage, more dense and
silvery beneath than Nordmann’s Silver Fir. A. Morinda, the
Indian Spruce, is 538 feet high, 5 feet in girth, and is quite a
distinct species, having a weeping habit. A. Douglasw is 65
feet in height, with a girth of 8 feet. This has lost its leader,
owing to rooks and other birds resting upon it. ‘There are other
young trees of it growing well in a damp and rather shaded situa-
tion. Abies lasiocarpa is 60 feet high, with a girth of 8 feet
9 inches, and has increased 6 feet in height and a foot in girth
since May 1888. ‘This is one of the handsomest trees in the col-
lection ; it has dense horizontal well-feathered branches reaching
to the ground. ‘Three years ago it produced a quantity of cones,
but this year only two or three, and these are unattainable with-
out damaging the tree. A. cephalonica, the Greek Silver Fir, is
between 60 and 70 feet high, with a laree spreading head and
good trunk. It has produced fine cones this year.* It is grow-
ing in a damp situation with a northerly aspect. <A. grandis is
a fast-growing tree, some seasons making 3 or 4 feet leaders.
The tallest specimen is 65 feet high, with a girth of 7 feet. The
common Spruce, A. (= Picea) excelsa, is represented by several
good specimens, one of the best of which is 69 feet high, with a
good trunk. A. nobilis, as already stated, does not thrive well
here, the best being only 35 feet high, and is also of poor habit.
A. magnifica is distinct and beautiful, but there is only one young
specimen about 20 feet high. It, however, produced seven or
eight handsome cones three years ago. A. bracteata, measured
recently, is 50 feet high, and promises to form a good tree. It
has not, so far as I have observed, produced any of its remark-
able cones yet. A. amabilis produced one solitary cone two
years ago, but, unfortunately, I failed to save it. In May its
bright red-coloured catkins produce a telling effect against its
* Some cones of this species were exhibited at the Conference, and were
very beautiful.—Eps.
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dark green foliage. The best of the common Silver Firs, A.
pectinata, is 85 feet in height and 13 feet 6 inches in girth.
The genus Pinus is represented by some tall handsome trees.
P. Jeffreyu is not yet a very large tree, but produces fine cones.
P. excelsa, the Bhotan Pine, should find a place in every garden
of any size, owing to its distinct and beautiful appearance. The
tallest tree is 61 feet high, with a girth of 10 feet. P. Sabiniana
is 55 feet high and 7 feet 9 inches in girth. P. macrocarpa has
long drooping foliage a foot in length. The cones, although at
present produced but sparingly, are remarkable for their size—
the largest are 9 inches in length and 18 inches in circumference.
The tree is 55 feet high, with a girth of Sfeet. There are several
trees of the heavy-wooded Pine, P. ponderosa, the tallest of
which is 68 feet, and 6 feet in girth. It has a columnar
appearance, like the Italian Poplar. PP. Laricio, or Corsican
Pine, grows freely and makes a good head; it also produces
whorls of cones profusely. The tallest tree is 60 feet, with a
girth of 7 feet. P. austriaca is 45 feet high, and forms a dense
head of foliage. It is good for shelter. Among others are
P. monticola and P. muricata, Bishop’s Pine, with whorls of
cones of several years’ growth. It has a very distinct dwarf
habit, bemg only about 20 feet high, although it is as old as
some that have a height of 60 feet. The Weymouth Pine,
P. Strobus, and a few others are also represented.
The three kinds of Cedrus are represented by good specimens,
the handsomest of which, in my opinion, is C. atlantica, or
Mount Atlas Cedar of Northern Africa. It produces cones in
. abundance, and throughout the summer and autumn months its
glaucous foliage and hundreds of cones have a very telling effect.
It is over 60 feet high, with a girth of 8 feet 6 inches.
C. Deodara is 46 feet high, and has a trunk 8 feet in circum-
ference. It has not yet produced any cones, but plenty of pollen-
bearing catkins. C. Libani, or Cedar of Lebanon, rises to 60
feet high—has good trunks, bears cones abundantly, and this
year myriads of catkins also.
Of the Incense Cedar, Libocedrus decurrens, there are several
trees, the tallest of which is 50 feet, with as symmetrical columns |
as one could wish; it thrives remarkably well, is about thirty
years old, and produces curious little cones. This species was sold,
and perhaps is now known by some, under the name of Thuya
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gigantea, which, according to recent authorities, is quite another
kind of tree altogether. Yaxodiwm distichwm, the Deciduous
Cypress, is growing freely near water; and another deciduous
Conifer, the Maidenhair tree of Japan, Ginkgo biloba (Salisburia
adiantifolia), is 85 feet high, with a girth of 4 feet. This is
erowing in a drier situation and shallow soil. Cupressus
macrocarpa, Which is represented by about forty specimens—
some of them rising to a height of 60 feet—has not proved itself
quite hardy, twenty degrees of frost injuring the foliage, and the
winter of 1860 killed some, as did also the recent severe winter
of 1890. There are two distinct forms of it, but the foliage and
fruit are similar. Their habit is different, one being upright or
fastigiate, the other having more horizontal and spreading
branches. Cupressus Lawsoniana grows freely, and produces
good seeds in abundance. Several trees are about 40 feet high,
and one has a trunk 5 feet 9 inches in circumference. The
Redwood tree of California, Taxodiwm sempervirens, has a trunk
13 feet round, and is 68 feet high. Its’ cones, though much
smaller, are very similar to those of the Wellingtonia, thus
showing the two genera to be closely allied. The bark also
bears a strong resemblance. There is a marked difference,
however, in the timber, for while the Wellingtonia appears
coarse and of bad quality, the Redwood has a close fine grain,
and appears to be durable. A tree of it was cut down eight or
nine years ago, and, although exposed to all weathers, appears
now to be none the worse. The common Yew and the Irish
Yew, Taxus fastigiata, flourish well; there is a good tree of the
latter, very much resembling the Florence Court Yew. One of
the most curious of the Taxads is the Fetid Yew, Torreya
Myristica, a tree, or rather a bush, about 20 feet high, and having
a spread of branches of about 60 feet. It produces its singular
fruit annually, in greater abundance some years than others ; but
throughout the summer months it has the appearance of a bush
laden with green plums. They are about the size of, and have
also a husk or outer covering enclosing a solitary seed like the
walnut. The fruits usually drop off in October, and the outer
covering, if bruised, emits a very offensive odour. About ninety
per cent. of the seeds grown from this tree have proved to be
good. The plant should be in every collection of Conifers, if
only for curiosity.
There are not many kinds of Juniper, Cephalotaxus, or
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Retinospora, but there is a good plant of the Whipcord Thuya,
T. plicata, also Cupressus sempervirens, Jumperus chinensis,
and J. excelsa stricta. Thuwya gigantea is represented by many
specimens rising 60 feet high, and thrives well. It has trunks
as straight as a gun-barrel, and seeds freely. Young plants
germinate in the gravel paths and other places; one even
sprouted up on a large stone covered with damp moss and
liverwort, and has grown 10 feet high in as many years. I raised
young trees from seed twelve years ago, and many of them are
now 25 feet high. A healthy tree will, in one season, make leaders
of 8 and 4 feet. The foliage is good for decorative purposes, and
as an ornamental hedge it stands clipping well, but this opera-
tion should be performed in March or April.
Some of the trees above alluded to were planted before 1844,
such as the Cedrus Libam, C. Deodara, C. atlantica, Pseudo-
tsuga Douglasu, Pinus macrocarpa, P. Sabumana, P. excelsa,
and a few others; but most of them were planted in the fifties
and sixties. It should be stated that all the girths stated above
were taken at about a foot from the ground. Thealtitude was
taken by a tree-measurer on correct geometric principles.
Before closing these few remarks on the Conifere at Orton,
there is one thing I wish to add as to the culture and well-being
of these trees, and that is, never dig beneath them so as to
mutilate their roots. I have found out from observation
that the majority of them have active feeding roots near the
surface, and although some kinds of trees and shrubs would not
suffer much, established trees of the Conifer family suffer con-
siderably. By all means, cut or hook out coarse weeds, but let
the foliage that falls from the trees remain. In their forest state
it is their own natural food and protection for the roots. As a
matter of course, on lawns where trees have lost their bottom
branches, and close turf grows up to the trunks, the leaves
cannot be suffered to remain, for the sake of tidiness; but there
are a large number of species that remain feathered to the ground
for many years, and their leaves may be raked or put under these
branches as food for the roots; and if time and material be at
hand, a 3-inch covering of ordinary garden soil placed over
this dead foliage would greatly benefit them, not only as more
nourishment, but the extra weight of material on the surface
acts as a preventive of the trees being blown over by strong gales
of wind,
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CONIFER CONFERENCE.
OcToBER 8, 1891 (Second Day).
OPENING ADDRESS.
By Mr. W. T. Tutsevton Dyrr, C.M.G., F.R.S., &e.
In the absence of Professor Isaac Bayley Balfour, who.was suffer-
ing from ill health, Mr. W. T. Thiselton Dyer, C.M.G., was
moved to the chair. He expressed his regret that Professor
Balfour was unable to be present, and he-read a telegram from
that gentleman, then in Carlsbad, wishing the Conference every
success. Mr. Thiselton Dyer thought there could be no doubt
whatever as to the success of the Conference, and it was largely
due to the energy of Professor Balfour and his friends from
Scotland. A glance at the splendid exhibition proved that it
had been possible to get together a most complete collection of
coniferous plants grown in the British Islands.
- Anyone who had not travelled in Scotland could form no
idea of the extent to which rare Conifers were cultivated in that
country, and the splendid development which they attained. The
Chairman, by way of illustrating these remarks, directed the
attention of the audience to some large photographs representing
specimens of Coniferze to be seen at Murthly Castle in Perthshire,
where they flourished, and where stately and magnificent exam-
ples, 70, 80, and 100 feet high, were to be met with. Such trees
could only be seen in Scotland, and were the result of a peculiar
association of physical conditions. In the south-west of England
it was impossible to find a parallel, although even on the sun-
burnt soil of Kew good specimens of the Pines proper were occa-
sionally to be seen. With regard to the Abies, however—that
section of Conifers of which the Spruces may be taken as a type—
a, state of things prevailed in Scotland which could not be rivalled
in England. On the other hand, the climate in the south-west
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of the latter country was fairly suitable for some other Conifers,
and many of the fine Mexican Pines could be grown there.
The Chairman said he would not occupy the meeting with
further remarks, as he had taken the chair at very short notice,
and was quite unprepared for any formal address. He therefore
asked the attention of the audience to Mr. Malcolm Dunn’s paper,
especially as that gentleman had displayed great enerey in pro-
moting the success of the Conference.
THE VALUE IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS OF
INTRODUCED CONIFERS.
By Mr. Matcotm Dunn, F.R.H.S.
THE subject which has been assigned to me at this important
Conference—‘‘ The Value in the British Islands of Introduced
Conifers ”’—is a deeply interesting one to all concerned in the
management of our forests and woodlands, the beautifying of the
landscape, or the amenity and prosperity of the country. Year
by year the forests and woodlands in this country are becoming
a more important factor in the amount of revenue derived from
the land; and as time rolls by, with its fluctuations in com-
mercial and rural prosperity, landowners are eager to adopt any
reasonable method by which their property may be improved
and its value permanently enhanced. From the dweller in the
stately mansion of the wealthy to the inhabitant of the lowly
cottage with its small garden plot, all are anxious to adorn their
places of abode and make them more beautiful and attractive.
For this purpose the treasures of the vegetable kingdom have
been ransacked throughout the civilised world, and often beyond
it, in the anxiety to secure the best and most beautiful of hardy
trees and shrubs for shelter and decoration.
In carrying out these two leading objects—the economic and
the esthetic—exotic Conifers have played an important part, and
more particularly during the century which is nearing its close.
A little less than seventy years ago the Royal Horticultural
society nobly led the van, when it despatched the intrepid David
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Douglas in 1824 to explore the sylvan riches of the North-west
American coasts, from whence he was the means of introducing,
through the Society, many of the stateliest and most beautiful —
Conifers which now adorn the British landscape and add interest
and profit to our woodlands, foremost among which may be placed
that valuable forest and ornamental tree, the Douglas Fir (Abies
Douglasti), which so worthily commemorates his name. Others
have followed in the footsteps of Douglas during a long succes-
sion of years, until scarcely a corner of that extensive and richly
wooded region is left unexplored or unknown to the eager search
and keen eye of the plant-collector. Among others who have
been engaged in the introduction of the trees and shrubs of North-
west America since the time of Douglas, probably the two most
worthy of mention are William Lobb and John Jeffrey. Arriv-
ing in California in 1849, Lobb explored the forest regions of
that and the adjoining states as far north as the lower Columbia
River ; and, through Messrs. Veitch & Son, of Exeter and Chelsea,
whose agent he was, he introduced to Britain quite a host of
useful and beautiful Conifers, among which the Mammoth Tree
of California (Wellingtoma gigantea), introduced by him in 1853,
is a substantial and, let us hope, a never-dying record of energy
and enterprise rarely equalled. In the following year (1850)
Jeffrey was sent out from Edinburgh, by the Scottish Oregon
_ Association, to explore the forests of British Columbia and
Oregon ; and on arriving in the country in 1851 he immediately
began, with characteristic energy and enthusiasm, the collection
and despatch to Edinburgh of the many grand Conifers which it
was his good fortune tointroduce. Among them may be specially
mentioned Abies Albertiana, A. magnifica, Thuya gigantea, and
Pinus Jeffrey2, the latter of which commemorates his name.
While North America was thus being searched from end to
end for new Conifers, other parts of the world were not neglected,
although, till the opening up of Japan to travellers and explorers
about thirty years ago, no really valuable additions were mace
from those parts to our list of hardy Conifers. 7
In Eastern as in Western exploration and search for hardy
trees and shrubs the Royal Horticultural Society was among the
pioneers, who, with praiseworthy zeal and resolution, determined
to introduce to Britain at the earliest opportunity the sylvan
wealth of temperate Hastern climes. In 1842 the Society sent
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out Robert Fortune to explore the recently opened-up regions of
the Chinese Empire, and from thence were acquired most of the
coniferous trees and shrubs indigenous to the then accessible
parts of that extensive country. Comparatively few of these
have proved hardy, or sufficiently so to be valuable for cultiva-
tion in this country, and it was not till he visited Japan in 1860
that he was the means of introducing many rare and beautiful
varieties of hardy Conifers which now occupy prominent positions
in every demesne and garden of any pretension in this country.
The last of the great names connected with the search for and
the introduction to Britain of useful and beautiful Conifers which
space will permit me to mention is that of John Gould Veitch,
an enthusiastic and energetic member of a well-known firm of
enterprising nurserymen who have done more than most people
in their day to introduce hardy Conifers from all the known
parts of the earth, and to encourage a taste for their cultivation
in Britain. Mr. Veitch arrived in Japan in 1860, soon after that
country was opened to Western nations, and by his indefatigable
perseverance, tact, and skill was enabled to collect and transmit
home many rare and beautiful Conifers, some of which were
entirely new to this country, and even to science. Although a
generation has not yet elapsed since these extremely useful and
ornamental trees found a place in our gardens and woodlands,
their refreshing appearance and healthy progress give promise of
enduring beauty in our ornamental grounds, as well as of per-
manent value in our woodlands, in the ages to come.
In estimating the value of exotic Conifers, my scope has
been judiciously limited by the Secretary of the Society to those
which have been introduced to the British Islands during the
past hundred years, more or less, for the satisfactory reason that
the value of previous introductions is perfectly well known,
and their merits fully appreciated. This limit excludes such
valuable exotics as the Larch (Larix ewropea), the Norway Spruce
(Abies eacelsa), and the Silver Fir (Abies pectinata), as well as
several fine ornamental coniferous trees and shrubs, of which
the Cedar of Lebanon (Cedrus Libani) is a notable example.
The two main points to be kept in view in determining the
merits and weighing the value of the newer Conifers in Britain
are, first, their economic value as timber-producing trees, adapted
for forest planting, for commercial and industrial purposes; and
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second, their esthetic value, as trees and shrubs of healthy growth,
graceful habit, and attractive appearance, suitable for adorning
the landscape and other purposes of embellishment. Keeping
these points before us, our subject naturally divides itself into
two sections—(1) Conifers as Forest Trees, and (2) Conifers as
Ornamental Trees and Shrubs.
I.—ConiIFERS AS Forest TREES.
When beginning life as a gardener, in the middle of the
“ fifties,’’ my lot was cast in Perthshire, the county par excellence
in Scotland at that period famed for the formation of collections
of Conifers in Pineta, and where the new Conifers were being
freely planted in the policies and woodlands on many an estate
throughout the district. The excellent work and foresight of
those days is now seen in the numerous collections of well-grown
Conifers which so thickly stud the wide straths and well-wooded
elens and hill-sides of that extensive county. Among the earliest
planters in the county of the new Conifers may be mentioned
the Earl of Mansfield, at Scone; Sir William Stewart, Bart., at
Murthly ; Sir Robert Menzies, Bart., at Castle Menzies; Sir
William Stirling, Bart., at Keir; Lord Justice Patton, at The
Cairnies ; the Duke of Athole, at Dunkeld; the Earl of Kinnoull,
at Dupplin; the Marquis of Breadalbane, at Taymouth ; Lord
Kinnaird, at Rossie Priory ; Sir Wiliam Keith Murray, Bart., at
Ochtertyne; and many other owners of estates in the district,
who planted on their demesnes more or less of all the new
Conifers then supposed to be hardy in this country. In all in-
stances where the Conifers were planted with care, and in suitable
soil, the hardy species have generally thriven with a vigour which
can scarcely be surpassed in their native countries, and some of
them, especially certain species from the North-west of America,
have quite outstripped, in height and girth of stem, the Larch,
Scots Fir, and Norway Spruce, growing alongside and planted at
the same time.
Coming to England in 1856, the “ Conifer rage,’’ as it was
popularly characterised, was then approaching its height. The
Wellingtonia, the ‘Mammoth Tree” of California, which had
been lately introduced, was being distributed over the length and
breadth of the land, and connoisseurs in Conifers pointed out
———
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with pride and pleasure to their wondering and admiring friends
the sapling giant, which they considered cheap at “a crown an
inch”?! Residing in England for nearly a decade, and in half a
dozen widely separated counties, many opportunities occurred, of
which advantage was taken, for observing the habits and rate of
srowth of the new Conifers, and noting their merits and value
under varying circumstances and different methods of treatment.
Scarcely a noted collection in the country but was visited
and examined with keen interest during that period, and much
valuable information as to their general treatment and special
requirements was gathered.
Crossing to Ireland in the latter half of 1865, the next six
years were passed in that favoured country for Conifers, particu-
larly for those of a somewhat tender nature. Residing at
Powerscourt, in the County of Wicklow, and actively engaged
under Viscount Powerscourt in the formation of the extensive
collection of Conifers for which that beautiful estate is well
known, a wide field of practical knowledge was opened up, from
which much special information was acquired in regard to the
cultivation, growth, and merits of all the hardy species of
Conifers. Since returning to Scotland in 1871, to fill my
present office at Dalkeith under the Duke of Buccleuch, scarcely
an opportunity has been missed, in any part of the United
Kingdom where duty called or friendship led, for increasing my
Inowledge of the merits and qualities, good or bad, of the
various species of the Conifere.
Knowing well that unsupported testimony in respect to
questions of this nature, however wide and long sustained the
personal experience may have been, is liable to be obstinately
doubted and proof called for, I have taken the precaution,
through the willing aid of numerous friends, to whom Iam much
indebted, to provide substantial grounds of proof, which all may
examine, in support of the value I may place upon any
coniferous tree or shrub grown in Britain. That evidence hag
been gathered within the last few weeks from almost every part
of the British Isles where Conifers are growine—from the
southern counties of England and Ireland to the Orkney
Islands, and from the eastern coasts of Great Britain to the
wind-swept wilds of Connemara, where Pinus insignis and
Cupressus macrocarpa luxuriate in the moist and saline-laden
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breeze from off the Atlantic. The details collected from that
wide area will be found in tabulated form at page 481.
In treating of such Conifers as give promise of forming
useful forest trees, the timber of which may be applied to
constructive purposes with fairly good results, we will take them
in alphabetical order, as being the most convenient method for
our purpose. The trees selected have attained to timber dimen-
sionsin some parts of the United Kingdom, and on certain soils
and situations they are found to thrive well, and grow with
vigour and rapidity, of which note will be made in proceeding.
The girth given of the stem is always at 5 ft. from the base of
the tree, unless a different height is expressly stated.
Abies Albertiana (Prince Albert’s Fir)—or, as it is now
called by botanists, T’suga Mertensiana—is one of the finest
and hardiest of Jeffrey’s introductions from the North-west of
America, which he sent home to the Oregon Association in
1851. It is already tolerably common in Scotland, although
seldom met with except in ornamental, grounds in the other
divisions of the United Kingdom. It is seen thriving and
erowing with marked rapidity in many northern districts, as
well as at rather high altitudes, wherever it has been planted
with ordinary circumspection, and it is likely to prove one
of the most useful, as it is one of the most eraceful, of the
' new Conifers introduced by the Scottish Society. At Balmoral,
Aberdeenshire, planted 26 years ago, it has attained a height
of 35 ft., with a girth of 2 it. 6 in., at an altitude of over
900 ft., and of the many trees growing there, all seem to be
perfectly at home. At Castle Menzies, Perthshire, it is 72 ft.
high and 5 ft. 9in. in girth; at Munches, Kirkcudbrightshire,
69 ft. high and 4 ft. 3 in. in girth; at Riccarton, Midlothian,
68 ft. 6 in. high and 3 ft. 25 in. in girth—these being noted
places for fine collections of Conifers, and where this tree was
planted soon after its introduction to this country, exactly
40 years ago. At The Cairnies, Perthshire, at an altitude
of 680 ft., it is 63 ft. high and girths 6 ft. 9 in., the greatest girth —
recorded. At Dolphinton, Lanarkshire, at an altitude of 830 ft.,
it is 55 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth, raised about 27 years
ago from home-grown seed. In England the tallest tree recorded
is at Linton Park, Kent, a well-known home for exotic Conifers,
where at an altitude of about 300 ft., at 380 years of age, it is
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68 ft. high and 4 ft. 3 in. in girth. In Wales it grows freely,
and at Stackpole Court, Pembrokeshire, it is 56 ft. high and
6 ft. 5in. in girth, at 385 years old; and at Golden Grove,
Carmarthenshire, it is 52 ft. high and 6 ft. 5 in. in girth, at
the early age of 22 years. It also seems to be quite at home
in Ireland, the finest trees recorded being at Shane’s Castle,
Antrim, 49 ft. 6 in. high and 3 ft. 11 in. in girth, at 27 years
of age; at Baron’s Court, Tyrone, 48 ft. high and 38 ft. in girth,
at 32 years; and 46 ft. high and 4 ft. 2in. in girth, at 24 years
of age, at Powerscourt, Wicklow. The wood is of good quality,
and, so far as such a recent introduction has yet been tested,
it is fairly durable, clean in the grain, and suitable for all ordinary
purposes; and its bark, like that of its near relation the Hemlock
Spruce (Tsuga [Abies] canadensis), may be found to be useful to
the tanner when it can be produced in quantity at a moderate cost.
Abies cephalonica (Grecian Fir) was introduced by General
CG. J. Napier, from Cephalonia, in 1824, and is now generally
disseminated over the country. Where it escapes injury from
spring frost, to which it and several others of the Fir tribe are
rather liable in a young state, it grows with freedom and forms
a fine tree. The tallest recorded is at Studley Royal, Yorkshire,
75 ft. high and 8 ft. 3in. in girth; and the tree with the greatest
girth is at Boconnoc, Cornwall, which, with a height of 78 ft.,
has a girth of 9 ft. 6 in.; but it is nearly equalled by one at
Linton Park, which is 9 ft. 4 in. in girth and 70 ft. high. The
finest in Scotland in the recording tables is at Whittinghame,
East Lothian, 55 ft. high and 8 ft. in girth. The best in Ireland
is at Woodstock, Kilkenny, 61 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth.
It is chiefly grown for ornamental purposes, and succeeds well
even in the far north of Scotland; but the figures given show
that it may be planted as a forest tree, with good prospects of a
profitable result, where its peculiarities are suited and Fir timber
of average quality isin demand. It generally thrives best on a
north aspect.
Abies concolor.—This very fine Fir was introduced from North-
west America in 1851 by both Jeffrey and Lobb. It is a variable
species with several varieties, the best known being A. lasio-
carpa, which has an upright habit of growth with a slender
stem, and A. Lowiana,* with wider spreading branches and
* See Dr. Masters’ Synopsis, p. 192.
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generally a rather thick stem. Both varieties grow vigorously,
and are among our hardiest Conifers when grown on well-drained
land and in situations not too much affected by spring frost.
The species has been freely planted, and when standing clear
of other trees it forms a very handsome and well-furnished speci-
men. As a forest tree its clean rapid growth, and the quantity of
timber it makes in a given time, render it a fit subject for a
wider trial than has yet been given toit. The finest tree recorded
is at Linton Park, 64 ft. high and 8 ft. 7in. in girth. The tallest
tree in Scotland is at The Cairnies, where it is grown as a forest
tree, 55 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth; the tree with the greatest
cirth being at Brahan Castle, Ross-shire, and is the thick-
stemmed variety Lowiana, a very fine ornamental tree, girthing
7 ft., but only 40 ft. high. In Ireland the tallest is at Coollattin,
Wicklow, and is 46 ft. high and 4 ft. 3 in. in girth; but the tree
recorded at Abbeyleix, Queen’s County, girths 6 ft. 10 in., and is
45 feet high. These figures indicate vigorous growth and excel-
lent wood-producing qualities in the forty years which have
elapsed since the seed of this tree arrived in Britain.
Abies Douglas (Douglas’s Fir)—now known to botanists
as Pseudotsuya Douglasua—is a grand tree in every respect,
and so far has proved to be the most valuable Conifer intro-
duced to Britain since the Larch reached our shores early in
' the seventeenth century. It was one of the first Conifers sent
home by Douglas to the Royal Horticultural Society, in 1827,
from the North-west of America, and worthily bears the name
of that intrepid explorer of the primeval forests of the Far West.
It has long been a favourite with the tree-planter, and under
suitable conditions no tree grows more satisfactorily. Of late
years it has been freely used as a plantation tree, raised chiefly
from home-grown seed, which is produced in abundance. It is
thus raised in large numbers at a comparatively small cost, so
that it can be planted in quantity as a forest crop at about the
same rate as ordinary forest Conifers, all of which it quickly
leaves far behind in height and girth of stem. To see it atits .
best as a forest tree at the present time one has to visit some
of the Perthshire estates, where for many years it has been
more frequently planted than any other one of the newer
Conifers. At Scone (of which David Douglas was a native),
Murthly, The Cairnies, and many other places it is planted in
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quantity, thriving well in the woods, under ordinary treat-
ment, along with the common coniferous trees, and occasionally
forming plantations by itself, as on the Scone estates. The
tallest tree recorded is the famous Douglas Fir at Dropmore,
Buckinghamshire, which is 120 ft. high and 11 ft. in girth. The
equally famous trees—there are two of them—at Lynedoch, Perth-
shire, are respectively 91 ft. 9 in. high and 12 ft. in girth, and
72 ft. 2 in. high and 11 ft. 2 in. in girth. These fine trees grow
in a free loamy soil, at an altitude of 340 feet, in a tolerably well-
sheltered spot, near the small river Almond. They are the oldest
trees of the Douglas Fir in the district, and were planted in the year
1834. The smaller tree is the prolific seed-parent of the many
thousands of the Douglas Fir now growing on the Scone estates.
Two plantations of pure Douglas Fir have been formed on the
estates, of trees the progeny of the seed-bearing one at Lynedoch.
The one at Scone was planted in 1857, and the other at Tay-
mount, a few miles distant, in 1860. They both stand at about
the same altitude, 250 to 300 feet, on a moorish soil with a tilly
subsoil ; and the dimensions of some of the trees at the present
time, given in the table furnished by Mr. Bayne, forester to the
Earl of Mansfield, for this Conference, tells a very satisfactory tale.
Other trees of the Douglas Fir recorded in the tables that are
over 90 ft. high in Scotland, are at Dunkeld, 94 ft. high and 12 ft.
in girth; at Castle Menzies, 92 ft. high and 7 ft. 1 in. in girth;
and at Durris, Kincardineshire, 90 ft. high and 10 ft. 3 in. in
girth. Nine more trees are recorded from 80 to 90 ft. in height
and from 6 to 12 ft. in girth. It is notable that three trees (at
Lynedoch and Dunkeld, Perthshire, and at Buchanan, Stirling-
shire) are all recorded of the greatest girth—12 ft. ; and that eight
others in Scotland girth over 10 ft., one of these growing as far
north as Dunrobin, Sutherlandshire, and girthing 10 ft. 10 in.
To return to England for a moment, where the splendid tree at
Dropmore bids fair to rival at no distant time its stately pro-
genitors in British Columbia, we find the Douglas Fir thriving
well in every part, except in the chalk districts and on strongly
calcareous soils, for which it is not adapted, and should not be
planted thereon if profitable trees are desired. In the cooler
soils in the north and west of Kngland it thrives admirably ;
at Hewell, Worcestershire, it is 75 ft. high and 6 ft. 6 in. in
girth, growing on ‘‘the highest tableland in England;”’ at
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Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire, 66 ft. high and 7 ft. 10 in. in girth;
at Orton Longueville, Huntingdonshire, 65 ft. high ; at Revesby,
Lincolnshire, 62 ft. high and 7 ft. 1 in. in girth; at Golden
Grove, Carmarthenshire, 62 ft. high and 7 ft. in girth; and at
Howick, Northumberland, 60 ft. high and 7 ft. 4 in. in girth,
and all generally described as being healthy and vigorous. The
tallest tree recorded in Ireland is at Castlewellan, Down, which
is 100 ft. in height, but no girth is given. The tree with the
greatest girth grows at Coollattin, and girths 10 ft. with a height
of 74 feet. At Markree, Sligo, a tree is recorded 80 ft. high and
5 ft.2 in. in girth; on Fota Island, Cork, 80 ft. high and
6 ft. 8 in. in girth; and at Powerscourt, 75 ft. high and 7 ft. in
girth. Great numbers of the Douglas Fir have been planted all
over Ireland, where it promises to prove, in suitable soils and
situations, one of the best and most thrifty of forest trees. At
Powerscourt, in Wicklow, where almost every exotic Conifer that
will live in the open air has been planted, and where many of
them are thriving remarkably well, Lord Powerscourt thus
expresses his opinion of the Douglas Fir in a letter to the
Secretary in reference to this Conference: ‘‘ Of all the trees I
have planted here—and I have planted many thousands of the
rare Conifers—Abies Douglasw is the best and finest of them
all;’’ very high praise indeed, coming from such an experienced
and impartial authority. The timber so quickly produced in
Britain by the Douglas Fir has been submitted to many severe
tests, and has come through them all with marked success,
proving it to be, even at the early age at which it has been
used, one of the very best of the coniferous woods grown in this
country.
Abies grandis is another of the giants introduced by Douglas
in 1831 from North-west America, which grows with great
vigour in the British Isles under much the same conditions as
the Douglas Fir, and, not being at all fastidious as to soil, it is
sometimes seen outstripping that rapid grower on poor and cool
ground. It was not, however, till the days of Jeffrey and Lobb —
that fertile seed of this valuable Conifer arrived in Britain in any
quantity, and the finest trees of it in Scotland are the produce of
the importations made by the Oregon Association. The tallest
tree recorded grows at Riccarton, Midlothian, 83 ft. 3 in. high
and 8 ft. 84 in. girth; this particular tree haying been carefully
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measured by the owner, Sir James H. Gibson Craig, Bart., and
found to have grown 58 ft. in height in the last twelve years, or an
average of 4 ft. 5 in. annually—a most remarkable growth, and
showing what the tree can do in fair soil under good treatment.
The late Baronet of Riccarton, Sir James’s father, was a lead-
ing member of the Oregon Association, and the collection at
Riccarton, which has always been tended with the greatest care,
is at present the finest in the county, and contains many beautiful
Specimens of new and rare Conifers. The next tallest tree
is at Dolphinton, a high-lying estate at the south end of the
Pentland hills, where the owner, John Ord Mackenzie, Esq.,
an enthusiastic admirer of Conifers, has grown them with great
success for many years, and his Abies grandis is 68 ft. high and
5 ft. 5 in. in girth. The tree with the thickest stem in Scotland
grows at Poltalloch, Argyllshire, and girths 7 ft. 9 in., with a
height of 64 ft. The tallest tree in the English record is at
Revesby, 70 ft. high and 6 ft. 6 in. in girth; and the one with
the thickest stem is at Golden Grove, which girths 7 ft. 8 in.
and is 60 ft. high. This tree seems specially well suited for
Ireland, where it grows with great vigour and makes a fine
clean straight stem. The tallest recorded is at Carton, Kildare,
80 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth; and the thickest stem is at
Curraghmore, Waterford, 8 ft. in girth and 68 ft. high. Planted
side by side with the Douglas Fir at The Cairnies, on a poor
moorish soil and tilly subsoil, it is now, at thirty years of age,
slightly the superior both in height and girth. As a timber tree
it will undoubtedly take a front place among the Firs.
Abies magnifica is in truth a stately tree, and one of the
handsomest of all the taller-growing Conifers for ornamental
purposes. Weare indebted to Jeffrey for its introduction in 1851,
through the Oregon Association, from that fertile region of
majestic Conifers—North-west America. No doubt, owing to
the source through which it first arrived in Britain, it is much
more common in Scotland than in England or Ireland, but its
desirable qualities as a decorative tree are appreciated by all who
have seen the many fine specimens scattered over the North, and
it will yet become a popular tree all over the country. Like
several of the beautiful Firs, the native habitat of which extends
over several degrees of latitude in North America, this species
exhibits considerable variety in habit, according to the locality
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in which it grows in a state of nature. To this characteristic,
probably, may be ascribed much of the vexatious confusion
which has arisen in regard to the identity of this and several
other perfectly distinct Conifers. This species was introduced
from its southern habitat, and widely distributed in Britain in
the ‘ fifties,” and onwards, as the ‘‘ Abzes amabilis of Douglas,”’
and to this day it is known in many places only by that erroneous
appellation. It is well known that trees over 10 ft. high of
Douglas’s Abies amabilis (Lindley) are extremely rare in Britain.
In collecting my statistics, however, I have had a large number
of specimens of “ Abies amabilis”’ returned between 80 and
70 ft. in height, most of which I have found, on examining
samples of them, to be A. magnifica; the remainder including
such diverse species as A. Albertiana, A.concolor, A.grandis, A.
nobilis, A. Nordmanmana, A. pectinata, and A. Webbiana, but
not a single specimen of the true A. amabilis among them all.
In Scotland, Abies magnifica thrives well at The Cairnies—the
finest tree there, and the finest recorded, being 50 ft. high
with a girth of 3 ft. 6in.; and at Durris it is 45 ft. high and
4 ft.2 in. in girth. In England the best tree recorded is at
Revesby, 40 ft. high and 5 ft.in girth. It does well in Ireland,
and specimens are growing at Abbeyleix 40 ft. high and 4 ft.
4 in. in girth; at Shane’s Castle, 35 ft. 10 in. high and 3 ft.
2 in. in girth; and at Powerscourt, 35 ft. high and 4 ft. in girth.
It is one of the very hardiest of the Firs, and is seldom affected
by spring frost; and the timber being straight, clean-grained,
and of good quality, it will no doubt be a useful forest tree.
Abies Menziesw (Menzies’ Spruce)—or, as it is now called
by botanists, Picea sitchensis—is still another of the giants
of the forests of North-west America, which in suitable soils
of a moist, cool nature has made remarkable progress in
Britain, particularly in Scotland, and in some parts of Ireland,
for which its seems specially well adapted. It was introduced
by Douglas in 1831, and found its way over the country along
with the Douglas Fir, but it has never become so popular as that
species, although it will grow and thrive well in soils and situa-
tions where the Douglas Fir grows with much less vigour, if it
thrives at all. The finest tree recorded in Scotland grows at
Castle Menzies, and is 46 years old; 96 ft. 6 in. high and 11 ft.
in girth, as accurately measured a few days ago for this Con-
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ference. Near Castle Menzies, in the Perthshire highlands,
Archibald Menzies was born in 1754, after whom Douglas named
this fine Conifer, which was first discovered by Menzies about
100 years ago, when accompanying Vancouver, as naturalist, in
his celebrated voyage of discovery round the world. Many other
fine trees of Menzies’ Spruce grow in Perthshire, and one at least,
which was measured in Keillour pinetum this autumn, but of
which the exact height was not obtained (approximately guessed
at over 95 ft.), was found to be of the great girth of 18 ft.
9 in. at five feet up, and carried its straight massive bole
high up the tree with comparatively little taper. This tree
is known to have been planted in 1834, or fifty-seven years
ago, and this great girth shows an average annual increase of .
about 3 in. throughout that long period. The tree when planted
was a small one, like all the others employed in forming the
pinetum at that date, and had probably not reached 5 ft. in
height two years afterwards, which would give exactly 3 in. annual
increase of girth in fifty-five years. The tallest tree recorded
in England is at Howick, Northumberland, 90 ft. high and
9 ft. in girth ; andthe one with the thickest stem is at Boconnoe,
Cornwall, 12 feet in girth and 85 ft. high. The finest tree in
Ireland, and the tallest recorded in the United Kingdon, is at
Curraghmore, 110 ft. high and 10 ft. in girth. Another tree,
at Coollattin, is 80 ft. high and 9 ft. in girth ; while at Markree
there is one 75 ft. high and 4 ft. 10 in. girth; and at Shane’s
Castle 71 ft. high and 9 ft. in girth. All these dimensions
show a great production of timber in the period, and the ex-
cellent quality of the wood places this tree at the head of the
Spruces, and the most valuable of that tribe as a forest tree in
soils and situations where it thrives. It is well known to be
quite unsuitable for dry and hot soils, and should not be planted
on them as a timber tree.
Picea (Altes) Morinda (Indian Spruce), also known as Abies
Snmuthiana, is the only Spruce from the North of India which
is of any value as a forest tree. Although it is tolerably hardy,
and thrives well in favourable situations as far north as the Moray
Firth, its rather slow progress is against its general use for a
timber tree ; but for ornamental purposes, in suitable soils and
proper sites, 1t is of great value, and forms a very effective and
picturesque tree. It was introduced from India to Scotland by Dr.
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Govan, of Cupar, Fife, in 1818, who gave the seed of it to the Karl
of Hopetoun, and his gardener, Mr. James Smith—after whom
the tree was named A. Smuthiana—vraised the first plants of it
in Britain, one of which is still growing and thriving well at
Hopetoun, in West Lothian. It is the finest tree recorded,
being now 76 ft. high and 8 ft. in girth. The next isin England,
at Linton Park, 71 ft. high and 8 ft. in girth; and the third in
Ireland, on Fota Island, 62 ft. high, but only 4 ft. 3 in. in girth.
Many fine specimens growing in various parts of the country
exceed 6 ft. in girth and are about 60 ft. high. It is, like all the
Spruces, not well suited for growing on dry, parched soils, but
thrives with much vigour and freshness on those of a cool, moist
nature, which are not sour from stagnant moisture.
Abies nobilis is still another of the valuable Conifers sent
from North-west America by the indefatigable Douglas to the
Royal Horticultural Society in 1831, and which has thriven
remarkably well, in places that suit it, throughout the length and
breadth of the United Kingdom. The strong, gross, brittle leader
which it sends up when growing in good soil is apt to get broken
by the wind in exposed places, and in damp or low-lying spots
it occasionally suffers from frost-bite in spring, but on well-chosen
ground and moderately sheltered sites it grows rapidly and
forms timber quickly, which is straight, but rather coarse and soft
even fora Fir. The tallest tree recorded grows at Birr, King’s
County, Ireland, which is 83 ft. high and 6 ft.in girth. The
next isin Scotland, at Keir, Perthshire, 82 ft. high and 5 ft.
8 in. in girth; but the finest tree of it in Scotland is pro-
bably the splendid specimen at Coul, Ross-shire, which is 77 ft.
6 in. high, 7 ft. 10 in. in girth, and beautifully furnished
from base to apex with branches clothed with the rich silvery
foliage which renders the glaucous variety of A. nobilis one
of the best of ornamental coniferous trees. The best recorded
in England is at Linton Park, and is 72 ft. high and 6 ft.
4in. in girth. Taking it all round, it is likely to prove only
a second-rate forest tree, but quite first-rate as a decorative
Conifer.
Abies Nordmanniana (Nordmann’s Fir) is said to have been
introduced into Britain from Eastern Europe so recently as 1848,
and until the past few years it was popular with planters, but its
apparent liability to insect attack has caused it to be looked upon
a
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with suspicion in many places where it formerly throve well.
Nevertheless, where it is free from insects, it is a fine handsome
Conifer, and grows moderately fast as a timber tree. The wood
is a good quality of Fir, and where the tree thrives it is not to
be despised in a forest. The finest tree recorded is at Poltal-
loch, Argyll, 70 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth; the next in Wales, at
Penrhyn, 70 ft. high. The tallest in Ireland is at Markree, 60 ft.
high and 2 ft. 10 in. in girth ; and the thickest stem at Killarney,
10 ft. 6 in. in girth and 50 ft. high.
Araucaria imbricata (Chilian Pine) is the most distinct, and
probably the most effective in contrast with other trees, of all
the Conifers that have been introduced into Britain. Although
brought home from Chili by Archibald Menzies, naturalist to
Vancouver’s expedition, as far back as 1796, very few specimens
in this country are over fifty years old. Since then, however, it
has been a favourite with the ornamental planter, and in suitable
places it thoroughly deserves the prominence that has been
given it as a landscape tree. It is one of the hardiest, as it
is the sturdiest, of all Conifers in withstanding the force of the
wind. It thrives well, and grows with a straight upright stem,
in exposed places where few other trees can struggle upwards
with stems lying at any angle above the horizontal. It thrives
with remarkable vigour in the moist climate of our western
coasts, where on open free soil through which water freely
percolates it keeps pace in height with common forest trees.
In the western islands of Scotland it grows and thrives remark-
ably well; and even in the Island of Shapinshay, one of the
Orkneys, it is among the tallest of the Conifers which can be
grown in that stormy latitude and maritime climate. Its usual
growth in the drier parts of the British Isles seldom exceeds a
foot in height annually, often much less; but in the moisture-laden
air of our western shores it makes a growth of 18 in. in many
localities, and in those parts may yet form a valuable timber
tree, as the stem is always perfectly straight and the wood of
excellent quality. The grand specimen at Dropmore, of which
all Conifer lovers have heard, if they have not seen it, is
68 ft. 6 in. high and 8 ft. in girth, the finest tree probably in
the northern hemisphere of the Araucaria imbricata. It is
sixty-one years old, in vigorous health, and growing freely. The
next tallest recorded, and a very fine tree too, is in Scotland, at
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Poltalloch, and is 55 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth. The third is in
Ireland, at Woodstock, 54 ft. high and 8 ft. 4 in. in girth; and
a fourth at Dupplin, Perthshire, is 54 ft. high and 5 ft. 6 in. in
girth. Many others are recorded from 40 to 50 ft. in height
and from 4 to 6 ft.in girth, and most, if not all, of these are
under forty-five years of age.
Cedrus atlantica is a comparatively fast-growing tree in
many localities, and as a rule forms a cleaner stem than either
the Cedar of Lebanon or the Deodar. It was introduced to
Britain in 1841, exactly fifty years ago, and has been much
planted as an ornamental tree, but is not often seen except in
pleasure-grounds or asa park tree. ‘The tallest recorded is at
Mulgrave Castle, Yorkshire, 66 ft. high and 5 ft. 10 in. in girth;
and another at Orton Longueville is 60 ft. high. In Scotland,
at Hopetoun, it is 59 ft. high and 6 ft. 8 in. in girth ; at Whit-
tinghame, 59 ft. high and 6 ft. 6 in. in girth ; and at Cultoquhey,
Perthshire, 59 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth. The finest in Ireland
is at Carton, Kildare, 56 ft. high and 8 ft. in girth.
Cedrus Deodara (Deodar or Indian Cedar) is the most grace-
ful of the family, or rather species, as it is generally agreed
that the three well-known types—Lebanon, Indian, and Atlantic
—are only distinct varieties of the same species, and has been
much more freely planted as an ornamental tree than either of
the other two within the past half-century. It was introduced
to Britain from India in 1881, exactly sixty years ago. As a
decorative tree it has few rivals among Conifers when growing in
a suitable soil under favourable conditions. As forest trees the
Cedars are not likely to occupy more than second rank in this
country ; still, in favoured spots and under special conditions,
they may be found to be worth their room as timber trees. The
finest Deodar recorded in Britain is at Studley Royal, 70 ft.
high and 7 ft. 6 in. in girth; the next, at Rossie Priory, Perth-
shire, 70 ft. high and 5 ft. 9in. in girth ; and the third, on Fota
Island, 65 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth. The tree with the greatest
girth of stem is at Coollattin, which girths 10 ft. 6 in., and is
46 ft. high. There ig another at Linton Park, 9 ft. 6 in. in girth
and 60 ft. high.
Cryptomeria japonica (Japan Cedar) is another of the Conifers
introduced to Britain by the Royal Horticultural Society—Robert
Fortune having sent seed of it to the Society from China in 1844,
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It thrives fairly well in many parts of the country, especially
in Ireland and in sheltered places along the western shores of
Great Britain, preferring a moist climate and a well-drained soil.
It is a useful and very effective ornamental tree, but its progress
so far in this country does not give evidence that it will ever
attain with us the important position it occupies among timber
trees in China and Japan. The tallest tree recorded in the
United Kingdom grows at Coollattin, and is 67 ft. high and 5 ft.
in girth; another, on Fota Island, is 56 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in
girth ; while the third, in Ireland, is at Powerscourt, 48 ft. high
and 7 it. 6 in. in girth. The finest in England is at Boconnoe,
64 ft. high and 7 ft. in girth; and the tallest in Scotland grows
at Riccarton, and is 43 ft. high and 2 ft. 8 in. in girth; another,
at Keir, Perthshire, being only 6 inches less in height, with a
sirth of 9 ft. 8 in., the greatest girth recorded.
Cupressus Lawsomana is among the most recent and valuable
of all the coniferous trees which have been introduced to Britain
from the North-west of America. It was sent home to Messrs.
Lawson & Son, Kdinburgh, by Wiliam Murray in 1854, and
as it has proved one of the hardiest, and seeds abundantly, it is
now one of the commonest of the newer Conifers, and grows
freely in all parts of the country. Having spread from Edinburgh,
it naturally found its way over Scotland faster than in the other
divisions of the United Kingdom, and we therefore find most
of the large and vigorous trees in the North. At Dupplin itis
55 ft. high and 4 ft. 3 in. in girth; Rossie Priory, 55 ft. high and
4 ft. in girth ; and Murthly, 50 ft. high and 3 ft. 8 in. in girth.
All these are in Perthshire, but numerous trees of 40 to 50 ft.
in height, and even greater girth than any of the foregoing, are
recorded in most parts of Scotland. The tree with the thickest
stem grows at Torloisk, in the Isle of Mull, and girths 8 ft. 6 in.,
with a height of 34 ft.6in. The finest tree in England is at
Linton Park, 47 ft. 6 in. high and 4 ft. 5in.ingirth. The finest
in Ireland grows at Killarney, and is 46 ft. high and 6 ft. 2 in. in
girth. Seeing that the tree has been only thirty-seven years in
this country, these figures show a free growth of wood, and the
quality of the timber, so far as it has been yet available and
tested in Britain, indicates a useful forest tree; and the orna-
mental qualities of its best varieties ere it a high value as a
decorative Conifer,
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Cupressus macrocarpa is one of the fastest-growing and most
beautiful of the trees of California which have proved fairly
hardy in Britain. The variety with a spreading habit, introduced
in 1838 under the name of C. Lambertiana, is perhaps the
most ornamental; but the typical variety—introduced by
Hartweg from California, through the Royal Horticultural
Society, in 1846—with an upright habit and straight stem, is
much the best forest tree. It grows very freely, and is tolerably
hardy on light warm soils in many parts of the country, but it
thrives best and is a most useful tree in the moist climate of
our western coasts, where numerous fine specimens are growing
with the greatest vigour and forming splendid trees. In its
native habitat, in Monterey County, California, it grows along
the coast of the Monterey peninsula in the full sweep of the wind
from the Pacific Ocean, as graphically described in a letter I
lately received from Mr. Thomas Lee, a gardener who lives
in Monterey, and knows the district and trees thoroughly well.
He says: ‘‘ Cupressus macrocarpa is found growing in natural
forests a few miles to the south of the City of Monterey, and
at Cypress Point they grow with great vigour and tenacity
right over the sea-bluffs in the full force of the gales from the
Pacific, clinging with a firm grasp of their strong roots to the
face and crown of the bluffs, and defying the strongest storms to
uproot them. On the crest of the bluffs the trees are much bent
over, with the boughs gnarled and distorted by the force of the
fierce blast, but a short distance inland they rear their heads
straight into the air and form splendid trunks, five of which,
taken at random, I measured for you and found them to be in
girth as follows: 10 ft. 4 in., 11 ft., 12 ft. 8 in., 13 ft. 6 m., and
15 ft., all taken at 5 ft. from the ground. The average height
of the trees at this spot would be about 80 ft., but they reach a
much greater height further inland. When the noted Hotel del
Monte (Hotel of the Woods) was built, about a dozen years ago,
the land between it and the Bay of Monterey, about 1,000 yards
wide, was principally sandhills or dunes, which were continually
shifting with the action of the wind. The gardener at that time,
a Mr. Ulrich, conceived the idea of planting the sands with
Cypress and Pines (Pinus imsignis and P. muricata) almost to
high-water mark, as a shelter and wind-break to the hotel and
grounds. Hundreds of loads of soil were carted to plant the trees
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in, the Pines being dug up in the woods and the Cypress raised
from seed. The trees nearest the bay were planted several times
before success was attained, but with the low shelter of a bush-
fence, made of the branches of Lupines—Lwpinus arboreus
and L. littoralis, both admirably suited for the purpose—the
trees ultimately got a start, and the whole dunes are now covered
with a forest of healthy trees, which have proved an effectual
wind-break. At ten years old from the seed, the average height
of the Cypress is about 10 feet.” The excellent qualities of
the Monterey Cypress as a maritime tree have already been
proved in Britain. In the storm-swept district of Connemara,
in the west of Ireland, it is reported by Mr. Farmer, Kyle-
more, Galway, as follows: ‘‘ By far the best of all the species
of Conifers growing here for withstanding the salt breeze (from
the Atlantic) are Pinus imsigms and Cupressus macrocarpa,
which seem to grow with increased vigour under its influence,
and have far outstripped all other Conifers in their growth.”
From the Island of Mull and from the Orkneys come the same
report as to its high merits as a seaside tree, and where it is
found to thrive so vigorously under such conditions it will prove
a valuable Conifer to plant. The tallest tree recorded in Britain is
on Fota Island, and is 76 ft. high. At Castlewellan it is 70 ft.
high; at Coollattin, 64 ft. high and 9 ft. 3 in. in girth; and at
Powerscourt, 63 ft. high and 7 ft. 6 in. in girth, all showing its
adaptability for the soil and climate of many parts of Ireland.
The tallest tree recorded in England is at Linton Park, 61 ft.
high and 8 ft. in girth; and in Scotland, on the Island of Bute,
57 ft. high and 5 ft. 83 in. in girth.
Cupressus nootkatensis, or, as itis perhaps still better known,
Thuyopsis borealis, is one of the very hardiest and most beautiful
of all the Cypress tribe, and appears to thrive everywhere in the
British Isleg. It was discovered by Menzies at Nootka Sound,
Vancouver’s Island, in 1794, but did not reach this country till
about forty years ago. Since then, however, it has made rapid
progress in popular favour as a handsome ornamental tree which
will thrive in almost any place and soil not too hot and dry. As
a timber tree its branchy habit is somewhat against it, but
when care is taken to plant the trees close, and to see that a
leader gets a start, it, like most other Conifers of the same habit,
quickly forms a clean straight stem, of which the timber is of
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excellent quality and very useful. The tallest tree recorded in
Britain is at Murthly, 50 ft. high and 1 ft. 9 in. in girth; a
second in Ireland, at Woodstock, 50 ft. high; the next at
Brahan, Ross-shire, 45 ft. high and 2 ft. 8 in. in circumference ;
and the fourth at Powerscourt, 40 ft. high and 4 ft. in girth.
The tallest in England are at Revesby, 40 ft. high and 2 ft. 6 in.
in girth ; Orton Longueville, 40 ft. high; and at Cheswardine,
Shropshire, 40 ft. high.
Pinus.—Many species of the Pine tribe have been introduced
to Britain ; but, on the whole, they have not proved so valuable
with us, either as ornamental or timber trees, as those of the
Fir, Spruce, and Cypress tribes, although a few are notable ex-
ceptions to the general rule, and are found to be most useful
trees for certain situations, soils, and purposes. We may,
therefore, deai with them shortly, noticing only the most useful.
Pinus austriaca* is a capital wind-break, but a coarse timber
tree of indifferent quality, and too sombre to be a favourite orna-
mental tree where better kinds will grow. ‘The finest tree
recorded in the tables is at Linton Park, 74 ft. high and 8 ft.
in girth. The tallest in Scotland, at Whittinghame, 51 ft. 6 in.
and 6 ft. 9 in. in girth; and in Ireland, 55 ft. high and 11 ft.
9 in. in girth, at Shane’s Castle.
Pinus Cembra is one of the most distinct species of Pine,
and from its compact columnar habit it is a very useful
ornamental tree. It is too slow-growing in this country to
make a useful forest tree. The finest tree recorded of this
species is also at Linton Park, 68 ft. 6 in. high, with a girth of
5 ft. In Scotland, it is 55 ft. high and 7 ft. in girth at Aber-
cairney, Perthshire; and at Balmoral, at an altitude of over
900 ft., it has attained a height of 42 ft., with a girth of
4 ft. 1 in., growing with vigour and forming a distinct and
pleasing feature in the Royal pleasure-grounds. The finest
in Ireland is at Garbally, Galway, 50 ft. high and 6 ft. 8 in. in
girth.
Pinus excelsa, from the North of India, thrives fairly well
in favoured sites, and is then a very ornamental tree ; but in
exposed places it soon becomes ragged and unsightly. It grows
and forms wood moderately fast, but it is of little value in
this country as a timber tree. The tallest recorded is at Studley
* Now botanically known as P. Laricio nigricans. Vide p. 232.
ee a 7 =
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Royal, 70 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth ; the next at Orton Longue-
ville, 69 ft. high ; and at Linton Park, 60 ft. high and 3 ft. 8 in.
in girth. In Scotland, at Munches, it is 60 ft. high and 6 ft.
1 in. in girth. At Coollattin, in Ireland, it is 16 ft. in girth
and 44 ft. high.
Pinus insignis is the fastest growing of all the Californian
Pines introduced to this country, and in a suitable soil and
climate it soon forms a large and well-furnished tree. Itisa
native of the Pacific coast in California, and was introduced to
Britain by Douglas in 1833. It is not sufficiently hardy to form
a useful forest tree in most parts of England and Scotland,
but notable exceptions to the general rule are seen near the
coasts in both countries, and also far inland, as, for instance,
the splendid trees of it growing at Dropmore. It is in Ireland,
however, where the tree is seen growing most frequently with
the greatest vigour, and for many parts of that country it is one
of the most useful of forest trees. As mentioned when speaking
of the Monterey Cypress, Cupressus macrocarpa, this is also a
first-rate tree for withstanding the saline breeze in maritime
districts; and | may again quote a few lines from Mr. Lee’s
letter, bearing directly on Pimis wmsigiis in its native habitat:
“The Pinus insignis grows wild on the high ground and mountain-
sides around Monterey, and away round Point Pinos and to the
southward along the coast for many miles, in full exposure to
the heavy gales from the Pacific Ocean, and flourishes there
much better than in the drier parts of the County of
Monterey lying beyond the mountains and sheltered from the
ocean breeze. It reproduces itself freely from seed, and fre-
quently in the forest a few square feet of ground will furnish
a hundred or more of nice seedlings, which we lift and trans-
plant with perfect success. The tree grows rapidly, and for
a number of years it is well clothed with its grass-green leaves,
and is very handsome; but when it attains a good age and full
height, the lower branches gradually disappear and the tree
becomes flat-headed. The wood is not considered of much
value here, where we have abundance of fine timber from other
trees ; but it is largely used for common purposes, and furnishes
the principal fuel of the district, its heating powers being
among the best of our native trees. I have before me the
dimensions of the fine Pinus imsigms at Linton Park, Kent,
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England, when measured in 1877, namely, 68 ft. high, with a
girth of 9 ft. at 3 ft. up, and a spread of branches 52 ft. in
diameter. Of course it will be much larger now, if still alive,
but it was then the best I had seen. I have just measured a
few natural trees here for comparison, and find their girths areas
follows : 10 ft. 2 in., 9 ft.3 in., 9 ft. 2 in., 10 ft. 5 in., 10 ft. 83 in.,
9 ft. 10 in., and 11 ft. 4 in., all taken at 5 ft. from the ground.
They will average about 100 ft. in height, and are a fair sample
of the Pine growing in the natural forest around here.’”’ These
remarks by Mr. Lee coincide with the character of the tree where
it grows freely in Britain, and indicate the localities where it may
be planted with the best results. The tallest recorded in Britain
is the fine tree at Dropmore, 90 ft. high and 11 ft. in girth, about
equal to the trees at Monterey. A second tree at Dropmore is
12 ft. in girth and 79 ft. high ; and one at Boconnoc is 18 ft. in
girth and 68 ft. high. The tallest in Scotland is 57 ft. 6 in.
high and 4 ft. 11 in. in girth, in the Isle of Bute; and the next
55 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth, in the Isle of Mull, showing the
merits of the tree for insular localities. The tallest in Ireland
is at Powerscourt, 82 ft. high and 10 ft. in girth; the next at Wood-
stock, 78 ft. high and 10 ft. 9 in. in girth ; Clonbrock, Galway,
73 ft. 9in. high and 10ft. 8in. in girth; Adare Manor,
Limerick, 72 ft. high and 7 ft. 6 in. in girth, and so on, the
big trees of Pinus wmsignis in Ireland being as thick as black-
berries, particularly in the south and west.
Pinus Jeffreyt was introduced by John Jeffrey, whose name
it bears, in 1852, through the Oregon Association, and, like
some others of his introductions, it is more frequently seen in
Scotland than in England or Ireland. It is one of the Red
Pines of Northern California, and as a rule grows slower than
the typical species, Punus ponderosa, with which it is closely
allied, and is probably only a variety which owes its character-
istics to the locality it came from. ‘The tallest tree is at
Fordell, Fife, 50 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth; in England,
at Revesby, 48 ft. high and 6 ft. 8 in. in girth; in Ireland, at
Powerscourt, 40 ft. high and 2 ft. 3 in. in girth.
Pinus Lambertiana is another of the giant Pines of California
and northwards, introduced by Douglas in 1827, and tolerably
hardy in this country, forming in isolated cases a very hand-
some tree, but generally speaking it does not give much promise
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of ever attaining half the size it grows to on its native moun-
tains in Northern California. So far, the timber grown in
Britain does not indicate a high quality. Its extraordinary
length of cone is an interesting feature, when they are produced,
which has not been frequently in Britain, but it may occur
oftener as the trees attain age. The tallest noted are at Revesby,
50 ft. high and 6 ft. 8 in. in girth; and at Woodstock, in
Ireland, 50 ft. high and 4 ft. in girth. At Keir it is 46 ft.
high and 6 ft. in girth, and at Poltalloch 45 ft. high and
9 ft. in girth.
Pinus Laricio was introduced from Southern Europe in
1759, beyond the limit assigned to the newer Conifers, but it
is often classed among them, although nearly a century and
a half in this country. It is a robust-growing, vigorous Pine,
and on a suitable soil and situation isa good forest tree. Many
full-grown trees of it are growing in various parts of the country,
so that its merits as a timber tree are well known. The tallest
is at Boconnoce, 79 ft. high and 5 ft. in girth. At Hopetoun it is
71 ft. high and 7 ft. 3 in. in girth; at Fota 70 ft. high.
Pinus macrocarpa, otherwise more correctly known as
P. Coulterw, is another robust-looking Pine from California. It
was introduced by Douglas in 1832, and planted to a consider-
able extent in Pineta and ornamental grounds in Britain, but has
not proved a success either as an ornamental or a timber tree.
Its enormous and strongly hooked cones are the only notable
feature about it, and if they were produced freely in this country
it would merit a place among interesting trees. Of the specimens
recorded, the best is at Linton Park, 44 ft. high and 4 ft. 6 in.
in girth.
Pinus monticola is probably the best of all the White Pines
of North-west America which grow freely in this country.
It was introduced by Douglas in 1831, but for twenty, years
afterwards few of it were planted, until Jeffrey sent home seed in
quantity in 1852, the produce of which has been prettty freely
planted in Scotland, and generally with very satisfactory
results. Itis perfectly hardy, and grows with a straight clean
stem toa great height, and promises to become a useful forest
tree with wood of excellent quality. The finest tree recorded
erows at Scone, 71 ft. 6 in. high and 5 ft. 11 in. in girth. At The
Cairnies it is 70 ft, 6 in, high and 5 ft. 8 in. in girth; at Murthly
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67 ft. high and 5 ft. 6in. girth; and at Altyre, Morayshire, 60 ft.
high and 38 ft. 10in.in girth. Jn England, at Orton Longue-
ville it is 58 ft. high. In Ireland, at Woodstock, 46 ft. high
and 4 ft. 8 in. in girth.
Pinus Pinaster, introduced to Britain from the shores of
the Mediterranean by the Harl of Aberdeen in 1825, has been
chiefly planted along our sea-coasts as a wind-break, or where
no more useful tree would thrive, its well-known merits as a
maritime Pine making it valuable for seaside planting, where
the soil and climate suit its nature. As a timber tree it is
of small value in this country, and the other products, for
which the tree is highly valued in Gascony, France, and other
parts where it flourishes, are not utilised in Britain. The best
tree recorded is in Scotland, at Haddo, the Earl of Aberdeen’s
seat in Aberdeenshire, 43 ft. high and 6 ft.in girth. In England,
at Hewell, it is 68 ft. high and 10 ft. in girth ; and at Woodstock;
in Ireland, it is 60 ft. high and 7 ft. 9 in. in girth.
Pinus ponderosa is the typical Red Pine of North-west
America, and on the whole is the most satisfactory of that sec-
tion which grows in Britain. Introduced by Douglas in 1827, it
was nearly a quarter of a century later before it was planted freely
in pleasure-grounds and Pineta throughout the country; it
eventually found its way into plantations, and it is now amongst
_the commonest of the long-leaved Pines met with in Great
Britain. It is avery sturdy and moderately fast grower in a soil
and climate that suit it, and in course of time it may prove
worthy of a place. among timber trees, as the wood is of excellent
quality when fully matured, which none of it is yet in Britain.
The finest trees recorded are in Eneland, at Linton Park, 68 ft.
high and 9 ft. 21n. in girth; and at Orton Longueville, 63 ft. high.
In Scotland it is 50 ft. high and 4 ft. 6 in. in girth at Whitting-
hame; and in Ireland 36 ft. high and 2 ft. in girth at Powers-
court.
Pinus pyrenaca, a native of the Pyrenees as its name
implies, has been grown in Britain since 1834, and thrives |
tolerably well in sheltered places, where as a young treeit has an
attractive appearance. Asa timber tree it does not yet rank high,
and its chief use in this country is as an ornamental tree. At
Keir it is 85 ft. high and 5 ft. 4 in. in girth; and at Glamis,
Forfarshire, 32 ft. high and 8 ft. in girth.
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Pinus Strobus, the Weymouth Pine, is an early intro-
duction, having come to Britain from the eastern parts of
North America in 1705, and at one time it was a popular
tree with the planter, owing to the high reputation it bears
as a timber tree in its native country. It has, however, failed
to prove a success as a forest tree in any part of Britain,
although we occasionally come across a well-grown specimen
of it. Its chief use is as an ornamental Conifer, and when
young and growing fast it forms a pleasing object among other
trees. At Logie Almond, on the Scone estates, Perthshire,
it is 90 ft. high and 7 ft. 6 in. in girth, and at Murthly 50 ft.
high and 7 ft. 8 in. in girth; at Revesby it is 50 ft. high
and 5 ft. in girth, and at Hewell 35 ft. high and 5 ft. 6 in.
in girth.
Sequoia sempervirens is another of the gigantic trees of
California for the introduction of which to Britain we are in-
debted to the Royal Horticultural Society, fertile seed of it
having been sent home by the Society’s collector, Hartweg, in
1846, from which the first plants were raised in this country.
Since that period it has been freely planted throughout Britain ;
and although in cold, bleak situations it suffers from exposure,
and is rather liable to frost-bite in spring, still in many places
favourable to its growth it has attained splendid dimensions.
It makes a very large bulk of timber in a given time, and it
may yet prove to be a profitable timber-tree in the mild and
moist climate of our western coasts, where it generally thrives
well within the influence of the sea-breeze. In England, at
Boconnoe, it is 75 ft. high and 18 ft.in girth; in Ireland, at
Fota, it is 75 ft. high and 7 ft. 6 in. in girth; and in Scotland,
at Castle Menzies, 74 ft. high and 4 ft. 6 in. in girth.
Thuya gigantea is a rapid-growing tree of a very distinct
type, which has proved itself in the highest degree a success
in Britain since its introduction from North-west America by
both Jeffrey and Lobb in the same year (1858). Being easily
increased by cuttings, or raised from seed, which it produces
freely, it soon found its way into all parts of the country, first
as an ornamental tree, but for a good many years now it has
been freely used in plantations, where, in suitable soil, it grows
rapidly, and forms a straight, slender stem of excellent wood,
which promises to rival the Larch for telegraph-poles and such-
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like purposes, where straight, clean timber of equal thickness and
good durability is required. As an ornamental Conifer it occupies
a high place, being one of the very best of the feathery habited,
erect-growing trees, which are of the greatest service to the land-
scape gardener, and always produce an interesting and pleasing
effect. The finest tree recorded in England is at Linton
Park, 65 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth; in Scotland, at Poltalloch,
65 ft. high and 5 ft. in girth; and in Ireland, at Shane’s Castle,
62 ft. high and 5 ft. 2 in. in girth.
Wellingtonia, or rather Sequoia gigantea, the King of the
Giant Trees of California, was introduced by Messrs. Veitch
through their collector, William Lobb, in 1858, and about
three years afterwards distributed by them—the anxiety being
ereat among the growers of Conifers to obtain a plant of the
‘Mammoth Tree of California,” as it was familiarly termed.
Hence the many specimens of about the same age, planted in
1856 or 1857, met with in nearly every collection in the country.
In deep, light, rich soil and sheltered but airy situations its
progress has indeed been remarkable, even among the many
rapid-growing Conifers of the newer kinds which so deservedly
occupy a place in our parks and pleasure-grounds. Should it
never produce timber fit for any economic purpose besides fire-
wood, it must hold a permanent place among handsome trees of
the greatest utility and beauty for purposes of adornment. To
show the universality of the Wellingtonia in this country, it may
be stated that it is mentioned, and details of a specimen given,
in 86 out of the 98 returns from all parts of the United Kingdom
which are to be found tabulated at p. 481, the Douglas Fir
alone coming near it in 84 returns. The tallest Wellingtonias
mentioned in the returns are: In England, at Linton Park,
Kent, it is 72 ft. high and 10 ft. 6 in. in girth, the thickest stem
recorded in England; at Studley Royal, Yorkshire, 72 ft. high
and 8 ft.in girth; at Orton Longueville, Huntingdon, 70 ft.
high; at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, 70 ft. high; at Revesby,
Lincolnshire, 65 ft. high and 8 ft. 8 in. in girth; at Chetwynd
Park, Shropshire, 65 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth; at Howick
Hall, Northumberland, 60 ft. high and 9 ft.in girth; at Stackpole,
Pembrokeshire, 60 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth ; and at Pampis-
ford, Cambridgeshire, 60 ft. high and 4 ft.in girth. In Iveland,
at Shanbally, Tipperary, 70 ft, high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth,
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erowing in deep soil, in a sheltered glen, at the foot of the
Galtee Mountains; at Castlewellan, Down, 69 ft. 6 in. high; at
Coollattin, Wicklow, 64 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth ; at Wood-
stock, Kilkenny, 60 ft. high and 6 ft. 4 in. in girth; at Fota, Cork,
60 ft. high and 5 ft. in girth; and at Killarney, Kerry, 55 ft. high
and 12 ft. in girth, this being the thickest stem of a Welling-
tonia in Ireland. In Scotland the tallest is at Murthly, 66 ft.
3 in. high and 9 ft. 8 in. in girth, and a second tree, several
years younger, and raised from a cutting at Murthly, is 61 ft.
high and 6 ft. 6 in. in girth ; at Rossdhu, Dumbartonshire, 65 ft.
high and 11 ft. in girth; at Whittinghame, Hast Lothian,
64 ft. 6 in. high and 7 ft. 9 in. in girth; at Castle Leod, Ross-
shire, 61 ft. 2in. high and 10 ft. 3 in. in girth—a grand tree
for that northern latitude; at Methven Castle, Perthshire,
61 ft. high and 7 ft. 5 in. in girth; at Scone, Perthshire, 60 ft.
6 in. high and 7 ft. 4 in. in girth; at Buchanan, Stirlingshire,
60 ft. high and 9 ft. 8 in. in girth ; and at Castle Menzies,
Perthshire, 52 ft. high, with the great girth of 13 ft. 9 in., the
thickest stem in all the record, and probably not exceeded by
any other Wellingtonia in Britain. Most of the specimens are
in vigorous health, and growing fast, and promise to retain their
handsome appearance for at least another generation. The
Wellingtonia is so easily raised from seed and cuttings, that a
succession of handsome, young, and vigorous trees can always
be had for decorative purposes, or to replace those that have
become unsightly from age or other causes. The wood is soft
and very light, and may prove useful for certain work, although
it does not, thus far, seem to be very durable; but no definite
Opinion can yet be expressed as to its real value for economic
purposes when grown in the British Isles.
We have now passed in review the principal species of the
newer Conifer which, from the experience already gained of
their hardy nature and free growth in our soil and climate, are
worthy of a wide and prolonged trial in this country as forest
or economic trees. Their real value for commercial purposes
cannot be accurately estimated until the trees have reached their
full maturity and their products can be put into the market in
_ their best condition. This may take another century with
some of them, but enough has been shown in the returns
which have been quoted, that a fair proportion of them will
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in the end prove an unqualified success in Britain, and form
a permanent addition to our forest trees of the greatest value
to the country.
Il.—ConIFERS AS ORNAMENTAL TREES AND SHRUBS.
In this section we have a much wider range of subjects to
deal with, including most of the trees already enumerated, which,
particularly when in a young and well-furnished state, are very
beautiful and extremely useful as ornamental plants. The
ornamental character of Conifers generally, and their special
merits as decorative subjects, are, however, so well known and
highly appreciated that it is unnecessary to dwell at length on the
details of every species of beautiful and handsome tree or shrub,
even should the limits of a paper of this nature permit it, and a
short summary will suffice for showing their value in the British
Islands.
Their beauty of outline and graceful habit specially qualify a
great majority of the hardy species for the adornment of the
gardens, lawns, and pleasure-grounds around country mansions ;
and as many of them are in harmony with rich architectural
embellishments, they find an appropriate place in the neighbour-
hood of the most elaborately designed mansion with its terraced
gardens, costly statuary, and richest works of art. For such
positions the more formal and shapely Conifers are chiefly em-
ployed; and whether they be few or many their effect is always
charming and attractive, so long as their natural outlines are
not disfigured by the hand of man in attempting to give them
unnatural forms. The compact and upright-growing varieties
of Cypress, Juniper, Thuya, and Yew are chiefly employed for
this purpose ; but occasionally a Cedar, Pine, or other “ bonnet ”’
or flat-headed Conifer, is used with excellent effect. In the
decoration of the flower-garden a great variety of Conifers in a
small state are found suitable and of great value, either as
single specimens arranged in formal order to set off the design,
or in massed numbers to fill the beds in winter, or when more
permanency is required than the ordinary flower-garden subjects
afford. Here the dwarf and richly coloured varieties of Biota,
Cypress, Juniper, Retinospora, Taxus, Thuya, and Thuyopsis are
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found most valuable for planting in beds; and the larger
varieties of these genera, especially those of a distinct colour and
erect form, along with the choicest kinds of dwarfish habit of
the Firs, Pines, and Spruces, are used as single specimens to
complete the design, and to give a well-balanced and harmonious
effect to the whole space.
On the lawns, and in the pleasure-grounds at a greater
distance from the mansion, almost every hardy Conifer is of
value as a decorative tree or shrub. Space is there found for
the most gigantic specimens of tree-life, and at proper distances
apart the biggest of them may be grown with good effect, if the
tree is naturally of a handsome contour, such as the Wellingtonia,
and remains so for the greater part of its lifetime. A selection
for this purpose need not be named, because all ornamental
Conifers are eligible; but in this division room should always
be found for a specimen or two of the rarer and more interesting
Conifers which are not sufficiently hardy and robust to grow
everywhere, such as Abies bracteata, A. Pindrow, A. religiosa,
and A. Webbiana; Athrotaxis, Cephalotaxus, Cryptomeria,
Cunninghamia, Dacrydium, Fitzroya, Saxegothea, and Taxo-
dium; various species of Cypress, Juniper, Libocedrus, Pinus,
Podocarpus, and Torreya; and especially the curious and interest-
ine Golden Larch (Pseudolarix Kempferuw), Maidenhair tree
(Ginkgo biloba), and Umbrella Pine (Scradopitys verticillata).
Nor should we omit to mention here the later introductions of
Fortune, Veitch, and others from the Far East, as most of
the “‘Japanese’’ Conifers have proved to be perfectly hardy
in Britain and are thriving well in our soil and climate.
Among them are many valuable decorative trees and shrubs
admirably suited for the lawn and pleasure-ground, and some of
them are promising to grow into useful forest trees in course of
time.
All of the larger and vigorous-erowing Conifers are invaluable
to the landscape planter for the embellishment of parks and
policies. When disposed with skill and taste over a domain,
in avenues, clumps, or single trees, they give a charm and fresh-
ness to the landscape, especially in the winter season, that at
once attracts interest and admiration, and which no other
trees can supply in our climate. The Araucaria, Cedars, Firs,
Pines, Spruces, and the Wellingtonia, as well as the taller
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Cypresses and Thuya, furnish a great variety of form and colour
that is of the highest value to the landscape artist.
For many other purposes of an ornamental and useful nature
Conifers are found to be of great value, such as the Cypress and
Yew in churchyards and cemeteries ; the Arborvite, Cypress,
Pine, Spruce, and Yew for evergreen hedges, screens, and shelter ;
and especially for memorial trees, for which a few of them are
eminently adapted. For the latter purpose, the selection of the
species of Conifer for a particular spot and occasion is a matter
which should always receive the most careful consideration, so
as to have an appropriate kind, and the most durable tree that
it is possible to select. |
In fact there is scarcely a purpose for which trees and shrubs
are employed in Britain for which Conifers are not of value.
The most conspicuous purpose for which Conifers are wnsuitable
is for planting in large towns, aithough even in them the Cypress,
Yew, and that nolc me tangere, the Araucaria, if once well
established, will flourish amid the dust and vitiated atmosphere
for a considerable time. Still, Conifers are not subjects to be
recommended for planting in such places; nor are many of
them at all adapted for planting in an arid climate and parched
soil.
In conclusion, allow me to impress on this influential meeting
the importance of giving the newer Conifers, of which we have
been treating, a well-balanced position in all planting operations,
neither overdoing the matter by planting them under all circum-
stances and for every purpose, nor totally neglecting them because
of a single failure, arising, probably, from ignorance of the nature
of a new species or other causes, which skill and perseverance
can and will overcome. With a judicious use, most of the
hardy members of the coniferous family are valuable in the
British Islands.
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AFFECTED BY SYLVICULTURAL TREATMENT.
By W. Somervitte, D.Cic., B.Sc., F.R.S.E., F.L.S.
Wale all acknowledge that much may be done by careful
seasoning and the use of suitable preservatives and antiseptics
to increase some of the valuable properties of timber, it is pro-
bably not so generally admitted that the quality of timber may
be materially influenced by the conditions under which the trees
exist in the forest. Toanyone who is not intimately acquainted
with the anatomy of wood and the laws of growth, it does
indeed seem scarcely possible that anything the forester can do
for growing trees will have any material influence on the
quality of the resulting produce, however much his method of
treatment may affect the quantity of the yield. It is too often
supposed that Spruce timber, for instance, is just Spruce timber
no matter whether it is yielded by trees scattered singly through
a park or by those that have stood in dense masses in a close
wood ; no matter whether the soil is good or bad, or the eleva-
tion low or high. This view appears to receive strong support
from the fact that our home-grown supplies, drawn though they
be from plantations that have been constantly under careful
supervision, are entirely neglected by architects of high-class
structures in favour of material that has been yielded by
primeval forests where the management has been entirely left to
nature. That this is the case there is no denying, for our foreign
imports of timber are nearly all drawn from the great natural
forests of North America, the North of Kurope, and other parts
of the world; but it does not follow on that account that man
cannot improve upon nature. A great natural forest that has
been uninterfered with by man’s hand teaches much that
may be profitably imitated and much that may be advan-
tageously avoided. Our imporis testify as to the high quality
of much of the timber produced under such circumstances ;
but the cost, although it appears to be nothing, is really out of
all proportion to the returns. When the lumbermen invade the
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rising tall and straight, and so close that not a ray of direct
sunlight ever reaches the ground, they indeed find a rich harvest
awaiting their axes; but while they reap the hundred and fifty
or two hundred trees that stock an acre, they are apt to
forget the many thousands that originally grew there, but have
succumbed and crumbled into mould in the struggle for exist-
ence. Under an artificial system of sylviculture these thinnings
would have gone to form the intermediate returns, which may
amount to 50 per cent. or more of the whole; so that, although
their loss may not seriously affect the quantity or quality of the
jinal felling, it will very materially influence the gross financial
returns. :
Provided a natural forest consists of trees all of the same
age, and is felled before heart-rot has appeared in the trees that
have survived, the quality of the timber forming the final yield
may be of the very highest class; and, if we neglect the inter-
mediate returns, it could hardly have been improved upon by
the most careful sylvicultural treatment. But, in reality, such a
state of things seldom, if ever, occurs. The magnificent timber
that reaches this country from the great virgin forests of the
Old and New Worlds forms but a small proportion of the
material actually found there. Many of the trees are so much
decayed as to be entirely useless, others are rotten at the heart
for many feet from the ground, and only the upper two-thirds or
so is fit for shipment; so that the timber yielded by a given area
may not represent one-half of the total quantity of material found
on the ground. Nature is generally extremely prodigal of her
gifts. Of the thousands or, it may be, millions of seeds pro-
duced by a tree during its lifetime only a very few find them-
selves in circumstances favourable to development ; whereas had
the seeds been carefully harvested, and then sown and tended in
a piece of ground specially prepared for their reception, man’s
intervention might have been the means of enabling the greater
number of the seedlings to surmount the dangers common to
youth and develop into stately trees. It is very much the same
with regard to the timber. When nature is the forester she can
and does furnish much that can satisfy human wants, but at
what a cost the confused heaps of useless stems that mark the
trail of the woodmen eloquently testify.
In considering the effect that scientific sylviculture may exer$
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on the quality of timber, the first question that seems naturally
to arise is: Has the source or origin of the seed anything to do
with the character of the trees? This question has often been
discussed by British foresters at the meetings of the two great
arboricultural societies, but the scope of this paper prohibits our
doing more than briefly glancing at some of the points raised
by such a question, important though they are when viewed in
the light of the whole subject of forestry. For instance, scarcely
any belief has gained such universal acceptance amongst our
foresters as that the Larch-disease is fostered and intensified by
the propagation of young trees from seed gathered from diseased
parents. I believe, however, that this view is held only by
those who ignore the fungoid character of the Larch-blister. To
prove that there are any good grounds for holding such an
opinion it would be necessary to demonstrate the existence of
mycelia or spores in or on the seeds, and this, so far as I am
aware, has never been done. Whether, however, Larches raised
from the seed of parents enfeebled by the ravages of Peziza
Willkommut inherit the debilitated constitution of their parents,
and so become predisposed to infection, must for the present
remain a debated question; but in view of the fact that it must
take many generations to give rise to any considerable modifica-
tions of structure favourable to the attack of the parasite, it is
hardly to be expected that this has anything to do with the
rapid spread of the disease in our woods during recent years.
Leaving out of account the influence of origin on the trans-
mission of fungoid disease, there appears to be no room for
reasonable doubt that the success of forestry may be considerably
modified by the care that is bestowed on the selection of the
seeds. ‘Those that are gathered in an early district are certainly
not suitable for culture in a late one, largely because the resulting
trees are predisposed to unfold their leaves and shoots before the
danger from late frostsis past, and suffer accordingly.
Very bad results have always attended the raising of trees in
a dry climate from seeds that have been harvested from trees
erown in a region where the atmosphere is never very far from the
point of saturation. Where the atmosphere is moist, interchange
between the gases that permeate the intercellular spaces of the
spongy parenchyma and the outside air is encouraged by the
stomata being large and the cuticle sparingly developed. The
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modifications of structure that are favourable under such cir-
cumstances prove very disadvantageous in a dry climate, where
the tendency for rapid diffusion of the moist gases in the tissues
of the tree with the outside air must be checked by a thick
cuticle and by small stomata. Trees, therefore, that are raised in
a dry climate from seed gathered in a humid region are, in their
early stages, very apt to suffer excessively from drought, and
may die altogether, although, should they survive the period of
youth, they may become acclimatised and adapted to their new
conditions.
Many practical foresters lay considerable stress on the careful
selection of the best-formed trees from which to save seed, and
this appears to be at least a safe courge to pursue. It is true
that some entirely deny that the seeds of trees stunted by high
elevation or poor soil produce seeds of like character. Others,
again, point out that, even granted that they do, such trees will
be overgrown very early in the life of a wood by the more
vigorous trees, and as they are removed in the thinnings they do
not affect the main yield. This is, of course, assuming that all
the young trees made use of in forming a wood have not been
raised from the seed of stunted trees, but that such seed has
been mixed with other seed yielded by large and well-developed
trees. In a plantation, and still more in a natural forest, the
strugele for existence and the survival of the fittest can be very
‘advantageously studied. Those trees which, owing to inherent
qualities or injuries, or the accident of position, display lack of
vigour in early youth are immediately overgrown by their
more robust neighbours, and cease to take any further part in
the history of the wood. The result is the same whether man
interferes or not. If it is a virgin forest these weaklings simply
die, decay, and disappear; while, if the wood is under artificial
management, they are removed in the thinnings. During the
whole existence of the wood there is a constant shedding-out
process at work, the weakest individuals succumbing and the
strongest surviving; so that at the end of a hundred years or so
—and in the absence of abnormal disturbing causes, such as
wind—the two hundred trees or so that occupy an acre repre-
sent those of the original number that were best fitted for the
circumstances under which they were placed. In nature it is
chiefly those trees that shed the seed from which the succeeding
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generation will spring, and it seems but reasonable to expect
that good results would ultimately accrue did man follow nature’s
example and only make use of seed from such trees also. There
need be no difficulty in doing so where seed is gathered for
private use; but unfortunately, in the case of professional col-
lectors, there is a strong temptation to gather that which is
most easily procured, and therefore—except where trees are
felled—stunted trees with their low-reaching branches are objects
of special attraction.
When young trees are planted out into the positions they are
permanently to occupy, great care should be bestowed on the
manner in which the operation is performed. Ido not propose
to describe the various methods and modifications of pitting and
notching, but whichever system is adopted the planter should be
careful to secure a firm support to the young tree on the side
furthest removed from the prevailing winds. These, in this
country, blow from the south-west, so that, if the trees be
planted by notching, the slit into which the young tree is in-
serted should have a north-west to south-east direction; and, if
pitted, the larger and firmer sod should be placed on the north-east
side of the tree. In exposed situations especially, the neglect of
this simple precaution will make it possible for the trees to sway
backwards and forwards in the slit, and in the course of two or
three years many will become semi-prostrated on the ground.
Although afterwards their upper part may assume a vertical
position, the basal portion will remain permanently crooked, and
the value of the timber, especially of the thinnings, will be
seriously reduced. :
Where the ground is soft, more particularly in exposed
situations, many young Conifers up to eight or ten years of age
will be found to be much inclined by the wind, even when the
precautions that I have just indicated have been observed; and
it is therefore advisable that young woods should be attended
to every two or three years, and any trees that are visibly
swayed should be supported in an upright position by placing a
large stone or firm sod behind them. If this work is attended
to while the trees are still small, it will not be necessary to
employ stakes, and indeed the trouble and expense attendant on
their use preclude their employment when sylviculture is con-
ducted on a large scale.
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The production of high-class timber is greatly facilitated by
a considerable degree of closeness in plantations, especially at
an early age. It is quite impossible to lay down any hard and
fast rules on this subject, because everything depends on the
species of tree and the character of the situation. What one
should aim at in planting out the trees is that they should be
placed so close together that their lateral branches will begin to
touch and overlap in about seven or eight years. Where we are
dealing with a quick-erowing tree, such as the Larch or Scotch
Pine, this state of things will be sooner attained (assuming that
an equal number of trees have been planted on an acre) than in
the case of such trees as the Spruce or Silver Fir. Similarly as
regards the situation. If this is of superior quality—if the soil
is deep, the elevation moderate, and the clmate favourable—
then, other things being equal, the trees grow more quickly, and
begin to close in on each other sooner, than under opposite
conditions. We thus arrive at the general rule as regards the
number of trees that should be planted out on a given area:
The more rapid-growing the trees are in youth, or the better the
quality of the locality, so much the wider may the distances be
that intervene between the young plants.
The advantages attending a complete shading of the ground
and the lower part of the boles at a comparatively early age are
many. It secures that the lower branches shall be killed while
still small, and these, decaying and separating themselves from
the stem at an early age, leave a clean bole and timber as free
from knots as it is possible to have it. It is not enough that
the branches should be killed merely, for if they remain adhering
to the tree for a considerable number of years after they are
dead they prejudicially affect the quality of the timber more than
if they remained alive. The knots formed by living branches
are in complete union with the wood of the stem, so that, when
the tree is cut up into planks, or any other form of manu-
factured timber, they do indeed diminish the strength, but at all
events they cannot easily be knocked out. On the other hand,
when the base of a dead branch is enveloped by the wood of the
stem, a loose knot is produced, which very often falls out owing
to shrinkage, so that a hole is left in the beam or plank. It
cannot be too strongly insisted upon that dead branches behave
to the tree just as foreign bodies do. The effect of a dead branch
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on a Larch-tree would not be changed were the branch suddenly
transformed into oak or iron. Pruning is one way by which
dead branches may be got rid of, but, on account of the labour
involved, this method cannot be profitably adopted in dealing
with trees on a large scale. It is distinctly an arboricultural as
opposed to a sylvicultural operation. The same good effects
may, however, be secured by crowding the woods in youth, and
so killing the lower branches while they are still of small
dimensions. If this be attended to, the dead branches will not
long remain attached to the trees, but, decaying, will soon drop
off under their own weight.
The amount of crowding that will clean the stem of the Larch
or Scotch Pine will not be sufficient to secure the same result in
the case of the Silver Fir or the Spruce. This is owing to the
fact that the leaves and branches of the latter trees will remain
alive under conditions as regards light that would speedily prove
fatal to those of more light-demanding trees. It is therefore less
necessary to crowd woods composed of light-demanding trees,
and not only so, but it would also be very bad practice to do this.
In order to show normal development the crown of a Scotch Pine,
for instance, must be in the enjoyment of more space, and there-
fore of more light, than such trees as the Silver Fir or Spruce.
Investigations carefully conducted in Germany show that for a
situation that suits the various species equally well, one may, at
the age of thirty years, have 100 Silver Firs on an area that
would offer sufficient growing space to only 91 Spruces or
64 Scotch Pines; while at the age of sixty years the proportions
would be 100, 75 and 56.
Then, as regards the situation, more trees will find room on
a certain area for any given age the less favourable all the
conditions are for tree-growth. This follows from the fact that
the poorer. the locality so much the less luxuriantly will the
individual trees.be developed. Thus, in the case of the Scotch
Pine (according to Weise), at the age of thirty years the number
of trees on a given area of a third-class locality should be 100,
for a second-class locality 75, and for a first-class locality
only 47.
Not only does a considerable degree of closeness in woods
tend to the production of timber with the minimum number and
size of knots, but it is also the only practicable means at the
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forester’s command, where dealing with large wooded areas, of
improving the shape or ‘“‘ form”’ of the boles. A perfect clear
bole, so far as form is concerned, would be of the same diameter
just below the crown and immediately over the surface of the
sround—that is to say, it would be a cylinder. Although such a
bole is very seldom met with, at least when of any considerable
length, it is the ideal form that should constantly be kept in view.
The more the bole of a tree deviates from the shape of a cylinder
—that is to say, the more rapidly it tapers from base to crown—
so much the more wood must be sacrificed as slabs in manu-
facturing the timber. Now, a very brief consideration of the
laws of growth will show that in the sylvicultural treatment of
woods the forester has the power of very considerably modifying
and improving the form of trees. The material from which
wood and other plant-tissues are formed comes down from the
crown, and according as this nourishing stream is great or small
so will the total amount of wood formed be much or little. If a
tree occupies an isolated position, and possesses a large low-
reaching crown, it will be able to produce so much formative
material that the cambium at the base of the stem will be as
well nourished, and be able to form as broad rings, as the
cambium situated higher up. This being the case, it is evident
that little if any improvement in form can be expected in such a
stem. It may increase very rapidly in volume, but it will always
retain a form that necessitates much waste when manipulated in
the saw-mill. Trees situated in a wood where a proper amount
of closeness has been preserved grow somewhat differently from
isolated trees. In their case the crown is confined to the upper
half or upper third of the stem, and the sun has free access to it
only from above, instead of from all sides. The amount of
formative material is thus considerably restricted, being sufficient
to afford normal nourishment to the cambium near the source
of supply—that is to say, near the crown—but being insufficient
to satisfy the wants of the cambium nearer the base of the stem.
The result in this case is that the stem increases in thickness at
a greater rate immediately beneath the crown than at any point
lower down, and so the tendency is constantly in the direction of
improvement of form. Suppose the case of a Scotch Pine which
at the age of thirty years, has a diameter of 12 inches at the
distance of 4 feet above the surface of the ground, and of 3 inches
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95 feet higher up. If, during the next forty years, such a tree
forms rings of an average breadth of 4 inch at the height of
29 feet, and of ), inch at the height of 4 feet, it follows that,
when seventy years old, the diameter at the upper point of
measurement will be 13 inches, while at the lower it will be
17 inches. Suppose, further, that during the succeeding forty
years the breadth of ring at 29 feet from the ground averages
+g inch, while 4 feet from the ground it is .), inch, it is evident
that when the tree has reached the age of 110 years its diameter
at the upper point of measurement will be 18 inches, while
4 feet from the ground it will be 195 inches. Regarded from the
point of view of form, the ratio of 3 : 12 is not nearly so favourable
as 18:17, noris 13:17 so favourableas18:194. All through the
life of this tree the shape has been undergoing steady improve-
ment, so that, in “‘squaring’’ the bole in a saw-mill, the
proportion of wood wasted in slabs will be much less at the age
of 110 years than it would have been at the age of seventy. For
80 feet lengths of planks or battens the wood sacrificed in glabs
for each 100 cubic feet of manufactured timber, at the age of
seventy years, would be about 108 cubic feet, whereas at the age
of 110 years it would only be about 71 cubic feet.
Although in crowded woods the individual trees are smaller
in size than in woods that have been kept opener, still the
amount of useful timber in the former case will always be greater
than in the latter, provided the crowding has not been overdone.
By interposing an uninterrupted stratum of foliage between the
sun and the earth, the maximum amount of light is made use of
for the decomposition of carbonic acid gas and the formation of
wood; whereas, if the stratum be broken, some of the sun’s rays
escape, and are lost so far as the production of timber is con-
cerned. Suppose the case of any given area of land that can
just afford space for the unrestricted growth of 100 trees fifty
years old. If, instead of 100 trees, such an area had been stocked
with any greater number, say 101, then the amount of material
yielded by the stem and branches of each individual tree would
be somewhat less, although the gross yield might have suffered
no diminution. Suppose, further, that instead of having 100
trees on the area one had had 150, it is apparent that the op-
portunities for individual development in this case will be
very much curtailed. But when the space for development is
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restricted, the first effect is to diminish the number and size of
the branches, while the annual increase in volume of the stem
is much less affected. 'The consequence is that by judiciously
crowding woods one produces a larger yield of timber, though
possibly not in all cases a larger aggregate yield, if one includes
both branches and timber. If the crowding be carried too far,
then the yield of timber will begin to decline, because the vital
functions of the trees are interfered with, but where the exact
turning-point is will depend on situation, species, and age.
To continue this subject further would lead us beyond the
limits of this paper, but those desirous of further informa-
tion may be referred to Professor Schlich’s English adapta-
tion of Weise’s “ Tables for the Scotch Pine,” published by
Allen & Co.
Not only does the right degree of crowding ensure the pro-
duction of stems of the best form and timber comparatively free
from knots, and therefore timber which is strong and easily
worked, but it is now recognised to have a very powerful in-
fluence on the durability of timber. The capacity of timber to
resist decay depends largely upon the proportion of each wood-
ring occupied by the dense autumn-wood; that is to say, the
more this portion of the ring is developed, and the less the zone
of spring-wood is represented, so much the higher will be the
‘quality of the timber. The spring-wood, so called, is chiefly
formed early in the growing season, while the autumn-wood is
formed later, and if by any means the commencement of the
formation of wood can be delayed, the production of spring-wood
is kept in check, and the zone of inferior wood in each annual
ring is represented in relatively small proportion. By delaying
the period of the commencement of activity in the cambium cells,
the total breadth of the annual ring will be less than it would
otherwise have been, but the average quality of the wood will be
very considerably higher. There seems little cause to doubt that
this is the reason why coniferous timber with narrow rings is
generally of such superior quality to wood of rapid growth. The -
period at which the cambium will become active is chiefly regu-
lated by temperature, so that if there is a deficiency of heat in
late spring or early summer the commencement of growth will
be delayed. This will be most likely to occur:
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quality of coniferous timber produced in the North of Europe
and in Canada,
(2) At high elevations, and so the popular belief in the good
quality of the timber of cone-bearing trees grown in mountain-
ous regions receives confirmation.
(8) In close woods, where the dense umbrage excludes the
sun’s rays. Professor Hartig’s researches bring out very
strikingly the superior quality of coniferous timber yielded by
dense woods, as compared with that produced by isolated or
semi-isolated trees. His views,as set forth in ‘‘ Das Holz der
Nadelwaldbiume,”’ are shortly as follows. Where the stems of
Conifers are well protected from the sun’s rays the cambium does
not become active for about three weeks after growth in thick-
ness has begun in similar trees whose stems are not thoroughly
shaded. This delay carries the trees over the period of the
year when the conditions are unfavourable for the production of
cells with thick walls and small lumina—that is to say, the
period when much of the spring-wood is formed. He maintains
that the inferior character of the wood produced early in the
season of growth is entirely due to the want of a sufficiency of
nourishment to thoroughly lignify the young wood-cells. If the
cambium cells have been stimulated into activity by heat, they
are forced to divide to form new wood, but the wood then
formed is very deficient in lignine, and is therefore lacking in
durability. But if the temperature is kept below the stimulating
point, and the cambium cells remain inactive till after the
unfavourable climatic conditions of late spring or early summer
are past, then, according to Hartig, when the formation of wood
does begin it can proceed under circumstances favourable to the
production of improved quality. By that time the days are
longer, the skies less clouded, and the weather more genial, and
consequently, assimilation being more active, the cambium and
young wood-cells are well provided with formative materials.
Not only is it very desirable that the boles should be well
protected from the sun’s rays, but also complete shading of the
surface of the ground is one of the first principles of modern
sylviculture. This prevents grass and other forest weeds from
covering the ground and diminishing the amount of water at the
disposal of the trees. A covering of herbaceous ground vegetation
also retards the rapid accumulation of humus which tends go
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largely to raise the fertility of a forest soil. Anything that
reduces the fertility cf the soil at the same time lowers the
quality of the timber, for the more plant-food there is available,
so much more the lignine will be formed, and so much the
better will the timber be able to resist decay. Although narrow-
ringed coniferous timber is usually of higher quality than that
which has broad rings, this is by no means a universal law,
and only holds good when slowness of growth is due to retardation
of cambium activity owing to temperature, but never when slow-
ness of growth is due to poverty of soil. Other things being
equal, the best timber—dicotyledonous as well as coniferous—is
produced on the best soil, and anything that prejudicially affects
the fertility of the soil will react on the quality of the timber.
In the case of light-crowned and light-demanding trees, such
as the Larch, it is impossible to crowd the woods sufficiently to
secure the full results of the beneficial effects of shading on the
boles and ground, and so resort should be had either to under-
planting, or to even-aged mixing with some dense-foliaged or
shade-bearing tree, which will impart the beneficial effects of
shade while allowing the Larches to be kept sufficiently thin for
successful growth.
In order to produce high-class timber, sylvicultural operations
require to deal with wooded areas of considerable size. It is
quite hopeless to expect much return in timber from narrow
strips of trees planted for ornament or shelter. Such woods
may give a large return by beautifying a landscape or sheltering
acricultural or pastoral land, but itis asking too much to demand
a rent from the land in the shape of forest produce as well. If
a belt of trees is designed primarily for purposes of shelter, it
should be managed from the first with a view to securing this
end, and the production of timber should be a subject of quite
secondary importance. If a narrow strip of trees is to yield
permanent shelter, it must always be kept so thin that the trees
shall interfere with each other as little as possible. Only in this
way will the lower branches, which are most instrumental in-
breaking the force of the wind, be preserved alive, and the trees
be induced to provide themselves with a plentiful supply of roots
to withstand violent gales. At once we see that a shelter-belt
must produce extremely coarse timber. If the attempt is made
to secure shelter and good timber, then it is quite certain that dis-
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appointment will be the result. If the trees are kept so close
together in youth as to enable the boles to clean themselves,
then, of course, shelter is sacrificed at a very early age, and in
middle-age the wind will blow through amongst the bare stems
with scarcely impeded force. In any case, if the situation ig at
all exposed, the trees in a narrow belt are of insignificant
dimensions, being especially deficient in height. Even in a large
wood one can see that a considerable breadth on the windward
side does not contain trees of such large dimensions as are to be
found further in. This part is, in fact, a shelter-belt for the rest
of the wood, and should be treated accordingly. Although it
may not yield a full return in timber, it is fulfilling a most im-
portant office in protecting the rest of the wood from biting |
winds and violent gales. No attempt should be made to im-
prove the timber by pruning the outer row of trees. Their
coarse gnarled branches and short rugged stems best fit them
for acting the part of advance guards and of bearing the first
brunt of the storm.
In the foregoing remarks I have endeavoured rather to stir up
interest in the subject of this paper than to treat it exhaustively.
In our present state of knowledge, indeed, this would have been
impossible, for there is still much to learn regarding the con-
ditions of growth that affect the quality of timber. But what
we do know we should at least apply in practice; and, in view of
the somewhat unfavourable reputation attaching to home-grown
coniferous timber, it would appear to be for our interests to
embrace every opportunity that holds out the prospect of
improvement in quality.
THE TIMBER OF EXOTIC CONIFERS: USES AND
COMPARATIVE VALUE.
By Mr. D. F. Mackenzin.
THis subject embraces such a wide field for discussion that to
enter particularly into every detail would involve an amount of
description which to most people would seem uninteresting and
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superfluous. I shall therefore confine my remarks to the timber
of some of the most tried trees, apart from many of those of
early introduction already so well known as to require no mention
here—amongst the most prominent of the latter are the Larch,
Silver Fir, and Norway Spruce, three most valuable trees in this
country—and those of later introduction, of which little is known
of the value or quality of their timber.
It may be taken for granted that it is now beyond question
that many parts of this country, especially Scotland, are exceed-
inely well adapted for the profitable growth of many of the exotic
Conifers, the variety of soil and diversity of climate giving us a
ereat range of natural adaptation—our deep, narrow dells and
glens contrasting very favourably with the natural habitat of
several of the varieties after named. But we must not expect
that we can ever produce timber of the same size and quality as
that produced in the true and natural home of the trees enume-
rated below. Yet itis not too much to expect, judging from the
examples found in Scotland and elsewhere, that with proper
selection of soil, situation, exposure, and climate, four necessary
conditions, we can greatly improve our timber supply, if not in
quality at least in quantity, although it is to be regretted, for
many reasons, that quantity takes precedence of quality. A
large volume in a given time is really what is wanted since iron
beams have taken the place of those of timber.
Whatever opinions may be entertained by experts or by
persons having only a very limited knowledge of timber as to
the commercial value of many of our exotic Conifers, compared
with the native variety and those of early introduction, I have
by using the timber proved to the satisfaction of all who have
seen the timbers in use that they are very valuable indeed, both
in regard to colour and beauty of “‘ grain” as well as durability.
The data for comparative value I have taken from over forty
thousand measurements, and by giving a well-known tree, the
Scotch Fir, asa standard of value, the values of all are easily arrived
at. For example, Scotch Fir at 100 gives Larch a value of about
916, and with this in view I shall fix the standard of average
value of Scotch Fir at 100 per unit.
Taking the old nomenclature,* I begin with the beautiful
Abies Albertiana.—The timber of this tree is valuable on
* For correct names and synonymy see Dr. Masters’ Synopsis, p. 179 et seq.
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account of its elasticity. It is quite equal to the Larch, and not
unlike the wood of that tree, though as yet its durability in con-
tact with a moist soil has to be proved. Except in that case,
what is known of the timber of this tree grown in this country
proves it to be valuable. The wood is of a yellowish-white
colour, fine-grained, and takes a good polish; the saplings
make first-class ladders for slaters, plumbers, and the like, much
lighter and stronger, and in every way more reliable, than the
Norway Spruce. - Value 200.
Abies canadensis.—The wood of this tree resembles the
foregoing generally ; is less elastic, but better adapted for house-
fittings. The wood when old is hard, fine-grained, and stains dark
brown under treatment with French-polish or varnish. Good for
railway-line posts and housework. Value 75.
Abies Douglasw.—The timber of this valuable tree resembles
very much that of the Larch, though not so very strong or heavy
as that timber, owing no doubt to its very rapid growth. It is
capable of being profitably used in all works in which Larch is
used, except for boat skins, riddle and basket making. 'The wood
is extremely easy to work, and when dressed does not warp and
twist like the Larch. It takes varnishing well, and polishes to a
rosy-brown colour. There is little doubt that wood from trees
well matured by age will be quite equal in every respect to that
of the Larch, and can be used in all architectural work where the
yellow and other Pine timber could be used, and with much
better effect owing to its colour. For Gothic roofing, principals,
purlins, and sarking it cannot be equalled. Value 225.
Abies Menzies.—The timber of this tree at first sight
resembles the common or Norway Spruce (Abies excelsa), but a
closer acquaintance prove it to be a much more valuable wood
than the latter, being tougher and much easier worked. The
common uses of the wood are roofing and fittings of agricultural
and other buildings, and for lining rooms on the “lap joint”
system. Massive dining-rooms, studies, &c., done with this wood
are extremely beautiful, and examples of the work are to be seen
in the Birnam Hotel, near Dunkeld, and several of the best
houses on the Murthly property. The wood is easily worked,
though similar to common Spruce, and is suitable for piles,
aqueducts, staves and headings for ary-goods casks, as also
packing-cases, and where closely grown is suitable for herring-
barrels. Value 220,
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Abies Morinda or Snuthiana.—In appearance the timber of
this tree is a facsimile of that of Abies Menziesw, but with this
difference, that the tree being much slower in growth, the
timber is harder and more brittle. The wood does not appear to
possess valuable qualities, being of less value than that of the
Abies excelsa. Value 55.
Abies orientalis—The wood of this tree as grown in this
country resembles very much that of the black American Spruce
(Abies migra), but is much more valuable on account of its
toughness and durability. The “grain” is very marked by the
autumn erowths being so dark in colour and that of the earlier
part of the season white. Having only seen one log of Scotch-
crown A. orientalis, 1 am not able to give any particulars. It
is not a fast grower, but the wood has the appearance of being
valuable. Value 75.
Araucaria imbricata.—The wood of this tree when aged is
extremely hard and fine-grained. The heart-wood is of a rich
brown colour; it polishes well, showing beautiful silky shades,
owing to corrugations in the growth. Under certain treatment
it appears like the American Birch in figure, except that the Pine
lines are seen in both the end and longitudinal sections. The
timber ebonises well, and, besides the common uses of Pine timber,
it is adapted for various articles of furniture, and is easily worked.
| Value 140.
Cedrus atlantica.—The timber of the Mount Atlas Cedar is
so well known that describing it may be out of place. The wood
is very fragrant, beautifully marked, and polishes well. It is
highly suitable for bedroom furniture and linings of drawers,
cabinets, sideboards, and the like, but the chief use to which it
should be applied is flooring for bedrooms. No moth will venture
near where this wood is used, and no carpet would be required.
It diffuses an agreeable odour, which is believed by some to have
a slightly narcotic effect and to be beneficial to health. Value 144.
Cedrus Deodara.—The same remarks apply to the use of
this wood and other particulars. Without the aid of the -
microscope it is impossible to distinguish the wood of the one
variety from that of the other, they are so similar in every respect.
The timber of the three Cedars (atlantica, Deodara, and Libani)
is very similar, and one may be sold and used as any of the
three trees. The value of the Deodara is about 142.
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Cryptomeria japonica.—The timber of this tree is of a beau-
tiful red colour, strongly scented. The wood is very suitable for
the same purposes as the foregoing Cedars; makes beautiful
architraves, panel-frames, mantelpieces, and flooring. It is hght
and very tough, but easily worked. Value 130.
Cupressus Lambertiana.—This tree produces very valuable
timber, having an agreeable odour. It is suitable for many
purposes, but its chief uses are furniture and the fittings of the
best classes of dwelling-houses, drapers’ shops, and the like.
From its lightness, hardness, and, beautiful colour it is altogether
a most desirable wood, and, being a rapid grower in favourable
situations in this country, is valuable as a forest tree. Value
283.
— Cupressus Lawsomana.—The timber of this tree is also of
fine quality and strongly scented. The wood, which is easily
dressed, is elastic and of a yellowish-white colour. My experi-
ence of this timber is very limited, but, judging from the little I
have gained, I think it will be a useful and lasting timber. Its
commercial value is about 120 to 185.
Cupressus macrocarpa.—To the unaided vision the wood of
this Pine is in every way similar to, but having a little more
density than, that of Cupressus Lambertiana. The same
remarks apply to this timber as to the latter. Value 190.
Inbocedrus decurrens.—Why this is called ‘‘ White Cedar,”
while its timber is nearly as red as that of the Californian Red-
wood, one is at a loss to understand. In a young state the
timber is of a yellowish-white colour, but the heart-wood, which
begins to form usually about the eighth year, is of a mahogany-
red colour, strongly scented ; strong, elastic, durable, and easily
worked. It is highly suited for furniture, for finishings for
superior houses, and for shop fittings, as well as for the com-
moner uses for which Pine timbers are adapted. Value 110.
Picea grandis (Douglas).—A tree producing timber superior
in quality to that of Abies Douglasw, but less in quantity in a
given time. The timber is very white, elastic, and easily
worked. It is suited for most purposes for which Pine timber
is used—scantlings, beams, and general roofing and flooring.
In general appearance the timber of this tree is somewhat
unique. Value 160.
Picea lasiocarpa (Liobb).--This tree produces timber more
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dense than the foregoing, of the same colour, but having larger
knots and more inclined to heart-colour earler than the grandis
of Douglas. It does not, in my experience, produce nearly the
same amount of timber in a given timeas that tree. Value 140.
Picea nobilis.—A tree producing harder timber, but quite
as easily worked as either of the foregoing. Itis durable, and
when well seasoned is hard and light, eminently suited for
architraves, panelling, and framing for doors, windows, and the
like. In the young state it is not to be recommended for
flooring, as it is apt to get ‘‘ scooped ’’ out between the growths,
leaving narrow ridges hike corduroy. Its value is about 170.
Picea Nordmanuuana.—This tree is of much slower growth
than the tree last named. The timber has the same appear-
ance, but is harder and apparently more durable. In one or two
instances the timber shown to-me resembled very much that of
a fast-grown Picea pectinata, but timber from trees I have
known had very little resemblance to the wood of that tree,
especially the heart-wood. ‘The timber is useful for any purpose
for which ordinary Pine is adapted. Value 125.
Picea Pinsapo.—The wood of this tree does not appear to
be very valuable. It is difficult to work, very brittle on account
of the numerous knots, and rots quickly when in contact with the
soil. This and the timber of Picea cephalonica and Picea
numidica resemble one another so closely that it is almost
impossible to distinguish the one from the other. Value 96.
Pinus austriaca.—The timber of this tree is well known to
most people. It is coarse-grained, tough and durable, but con-
siderably inferior to the Scotch Fir. Value 70.
Pinus Cembra.— From the slow rate of growth, the timber of
this tree is of very good quality as a rule, being hard, even-
grained, easily worked, and very durable as flooring, scantlings,
window and door framing. Its value is about 60.
Pinus excelsa.—The timber of this tree is coarse and soit,
easily broken, and not very durable. The wood is faulty through
the numerous “ pools’’ of resin throughout the entire structure,
induced, no doubt, by the ulcerated condition of the bark, a
disease to which this tree seems especially hable. As to bulk of
timber it is about equal to Scotch Fir. Value 100.
Pinus Jeffreyi.—This tree produces valuable and durable
imber, very regular in growth, though rather soft while in
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the young state. It produces heart-wood rapidly, and thereby
becomes valuable for any purpose to which Pine timber may be
applied. Its value as to timber and quality is 140.
Pinus Laricio.—A well-known tree, fairly fast grower, wood
soft at first, but very hard when matured, durable and easily
worked. The wood is quite suitable for every purpose for which
the timber of the best Pine is used, and its comparative value is
about 125.
Pinus monticola.—The timber of this tree is valuable both
from the great bulk produced in a given time and from its
elastic quality. It is easily worked and stains beautifully. The
wood is light, tough, and durable, but liable to the depreda-
tions of moths. It produces wood highly suitable for house
furnishings, for which purpose it should be cut in winter, to
lessen its liability to attacks by moths. Its value as compared
with Scotch Fir is 210.
Pinus ponderosa.—The tree produces what may be called
dense, heavy-grained timber. The heart-wood is full of resin
and of a yellow-brown colour, the autumn growth being marked
by a very distinct line of a dark Spanish-brown colour, which
gives the wood a character of its own. The timber is exceed-
ingly well adapted for piles for jetties, embankments, dc.,
flooring, joisting and roofing; but probably railway sleepers, for
which it would excel the best Larch in point of duration, would
be the chief market for the timber. It is difficult to work, oil
being constantly required for the tools in working. The few
specimens I have had cut up exceeded in specific gravity any-
thing I have seen in the Mar, Rothiemurchus, Nethy or
Dulnain forests of thirty years ago. It promises to be a very
valuable timber when at full maturity, Its value is about 125.
Pinus pyrenaeca.—A tree producing timber similar in
appearance to austriaca, but finer grained, more elastic, and
better adapted for general purposes. Value 75.
Pinus rigida.—tlike the Pinus ponderosa, the timber of the
Pinus rigida is heavy and full of resin, and in other respects very
similar, being durable, and useful for the same purposes, and
equally difficult to work. So far as I have had opportunity of
observing the growth, it is slower and more formal than that of
Pinus ponderosa. The value is 95.
Sequoia (Laxodiwm) sempervirens (the Californian Red-
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wood-tree) produces beautifully coloured wood, suitable for many
purposes, chiefly shop and house fittings, panelling, dados,
picture-frame and mirror backs, mantelpieces, &c. The colour
under French-polish is a rich ‘‘ porty”’ brown, having, however, the
Pine markings quite distinct. The timber is not very durable in
contact with damp, but as it absorbs oils very freely it can be
made lasting at pleasure. Like the Kauri Pine, it is well adapted
for carriage panels, and forms beautiful work when used with
Butternut (Caryocar nuciferum). In any of the home-grown
specimens I have seen or have cut up I have not observed any
“curly? wood, but no doubt time would produce that figure in
the home as well as in the foreign article. For bulk as well as
for beauty of timber this tree is very valuable. As compared
with Scotch Fir its value is 204.
Wellingtoma gigantea.—The timber of this tree resembles in
colour that of the foregoing ; it is, however, more porous, lighter,
not so durable, and fractures more easily. It is very liable to be
attacked by fungi, but withal is a very , good timber, and is
chiefly suitable for the same purposes as the Sequoia sempervirens,
and for any of the purposes for which Pine timber is adapted.
The growth alone gives a value of 370 as compared with Scotch
Fir at 100.
It will be observed that I have omitted many very useful
trees from the above list. Had I been writing a theoretical paper
on the subject, I should probably have doubled the number, but
I have confined my remarks to the timber of such trees as are
well known to myself—trees the timber of which I have had cut
up and put into use. As must be well known, the timber was
cut from comparatively young trees, not in any way matured by
srowth ; at the same time they have been compared with the
Scotch Fir, Larch, &c.,of the same age and under thesame circum-
stances. As to the comparative values, the figures given repre-
sent the conclusions arrived at by actual measurements and
personal observation. While this is the case, I feel satisfied that
in many cases the values I have given will fall far short of what
the actual value will be when the trees arrive at maturity in this
country. I have little doubt most of those trees I have named,
and many I have omitted, will carry out the profitable rate of
srowth till maturity. If I am nearly correct in such an
assumption, there is a great and profitable future in store for
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those who will at once begin to plant on a large scale the trees
named.
It may not be amiss for me to say a word about the planting
of one or two varieties, because the success or otherwise of that
operation has a marked effect on the quantity and quality of the
timber produced.
If my advice were asked by the owners of large, or even small,
woods and plantations that have become ‘“‘blanky”’ through the
injurious action of the winds and other causes—conditions very
common in the woods throughout Scotland—I should at once
advise the planting of these spaces with those beautifnl trees
Cupressus Lawsomana, Abies Albertiana, and Thuya gigantea.
I need not here enter into reasons for such advice further than
to say that these trees of all others are pre-eminently suited for
such work. For pitwood alone these trees are invaluable. In,
say, twenty-five years an acre of these would be worth about £60,
planted as above or even in forests by themselves. In this
respect they would on a given area, in a given time, exceed the
value of the best Larch. The great drawback at present is the
cost of the plants. Unlike other commodities, however, demand
in this case would cheapen the article.
What I advocate here about Cupressus Lawsonana, Abies
Albertiana, and Thuya gigantea is no mere theory. In 1886 I
bought a quantity of the above plants, described in the catalogue
as from 24 to 3 feet, and a few Picea grandis (Douglas) 3 feet.
I planted these where the winds of the previous winter had
uprooted all the trees. At the present moment many of those
plants are 16 feet high, having a diameter of over 6 inches
at one foot from the ground, nearly every tree having a 6-foot
length suitable for common pitwood. In some cases they are
planted at less than 9 feet apart, in others more. Under the
above treatment Cupressus Lawsonana produces more timber
than P. grandis, although the latter is quite as tall, but it will
not bear crowding, while the other varieties will stand quite
thickly together without harming each other. A quality possessed
by the Cupressus Lawsomana and the other two trees I have
named is that crowding makes their timber of better quality,
while the quantity produced does not seem to be appreciably
diminished. ‘I'he three are undoubtedly shelter-loving trees, and
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should be treated as such in order to get the greatest possible
bulk of timber in a given time.
I feel I cannot close this paper without seoondine a curious
fact observed in the working of the various Pine timbers I have
named. It was found that the wood of those Pines having three
leaves in a sheath was, as a rule, much harder than that of those
having only two, while all those having five leaves in the sheath
were uniformly soft, and when dressed had a silky appearance.
So general is this characteristic that one could almost at once
tell to what class a certain plank of Pine timber belonged. The
same rule holds good with the Abies tribe, the timber of the true
Spruce, as represented by the Norway Spruce, being quite dis-
tinct in appearance in every particular from the pseudo variety
represented by A. Douglasw and others. This distinction is
also plainly visible in the timber of the Silver Firs, the variety
represented by P. Pinsapo being quite like the timber of Spruce,
while those represented by P. nobilis resemble the wood of the
five-leaved Pines.
While these characteristics are pretty be it is well known
that soil, exposure, and elevation have a very marked effect on
the figure, quality, and quantity of timber, so much so that it is
difficult to get the ‘‘ points” of character constant unless the
trees are grown side by side and in masses.
THE DISEASES OF CONIFERS.
By Prof. MarsHatt Warp, M.A., F.R.S., F.L.8., &e.
I UNDERSTAND that it is my duty to bring before your notice as
clear an account of the very long subject embraced under the
above title as can be summarised in comparatively few words.
The task is not an easy one for two reasons: firstly, because
there are so many diseases from which Conifers suffer, and,
secondly, because I cannot expect all my hearers to be well
acquainted with the class of facts with which I shall have to
deal, and from which generalisations must be drawn that lose
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or gain in force (like all scientific generalisations) according as
few or many well-established observations are borne in mind.
Speaking broadly, there are two great classes of diseases
which imperil the life of Conifers. There are, on the one hand,
diseases due to the more or less directly injurious action of other
living organisms—animals and plants—which injure or destroy
the roots, stems, leaves, &c., of the Conifer, and so bring about
the death of the whole or of parts of it; and, on the other hand,
there are dangerous physical conditions of the soil, climate,
atmosphere, and so forth, which render the life of the Conifer
more or less precarious, or even impossible.
As matter of fact, however, these two classes of dangers are
frequently found acting together, and so a given case of disease
may be complicated owing to the co-operation of many factors.
In other cases it is found that the symptoms known to be
characteristic of a particular disease are so closely simulated
in diseases due to quite other causes than those which produce
the primary malady, that confusion results, and barren lines
of action are started by the practical man who fails to dis-
criminate between the various cases.
Instances of this kind are so instructive that we may take
as an example the well-known disease of Pines characterised
by premature shedding of the leaves, as yellow and brown
needles, which collect in dense heaps beneath the trees.
Jt some cases it is certain that the leaves of young Pines
are cast suddenly, and in dangerous quantities, after a sharp
frost, or at least after a night so cold that the still soft foliage
is chilled. below a point which we might call the death-point
for these organs.
In other cases, however, similar leaf-casting occurs under
conditions which are very different in their action. Young Pines
suddenly lose their ‘‘needles”’ in warm sunny weather when
the ground is frozen hard; or these organs fall in showers after
a period of drought in a hot summer.
Now although the symptoms which preface and accompany
the above cases of premature leaf-casting are in the main similar
—the green leaves turn yellow, and then brown, and rapidly fall,
shrivelling in heaps, to the ground below—the disease is a
different one, and is caused by different agents in each instance,
and it is even possible to obtain fairly obvious evidence of this.
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In those cases where the fall is due to the direct action of
frost, or of cutting cold winds—+.e., where the leaves are killed
by the sudden abstraction of heat from their tissues—keen
observers have found that those basal parts of the ‘ needles ”’
which are enclosed in and protected by the sheathing-scales of
the short branches (‘‘tufts’’) may remain fresh for some time after
the exposed parts have turned brown and shrivelled up.
In the second class of cases, however, no such partial
shrivelling of the leaves is seen; the tissues dry up all along
the “needles,” from tip to base completely, and this is because
they have been killed by drought—either because the roots in
the frozen soil cannot supply water to replace what is being
transpired in the bright sunshine, or because the weather is so
hot and dry that there is not enough water in the immediate
environment at all.
Different as are the above causes of premature leaf-casting,
there are still others, of which the following is the most prevalent
and difficult to deal with. The leaves turn yellowish, with
brown and purplish spots and patches on them, and fall in
showers as before; but this time the disease is found to be
epidemic in character. Towards the end of the summer
numerous tiny black spots may be observed on the dying and
dead leaves, and these are the spermogonia of a definite fungus
(Hysterium Pinastri, one of the Phacidiacee of the Discomycetes).
In wet seasons, or if the leaves be kept moist through the
winter, the higher fructifications and asci may be obtained.
Researches have shown that Godppert* was quite right, so
long ago as 1852, in attributing this epidemic to the ravages of
the mycelium of the above fungus; the hyphe invade the leaf-
tissues during wet seasons, kill the cells, and so bring about the
browning of the ‘‘ needles.” When large quantities of needles
have been thus ruined, they suddenly fall in the showers which
bring dismay to the forester and horticulturist, and give the name
(shedding—schiitte of the German foresters) to the disease.
These are not the only causes of premature leaf-casting in
Conifers, but they are good examples of the commonest types,
and I have brought them forward here to show you how very
easy it is for anyone unacquainted with the facts to draw
erroneous conclusions as to the causes of the phenomena; and
* «“ Verhandl. d. schlesischen Forstvereins,’’? 1852, p. 67.
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it must be remembered that wrong conclusions—i.e., wrong
diagnoses—lead to improper treatment in plant-diseases, as
they do in human diseases.
The diseases of Conifers are, in fact, like the diseases of other
living beings, cases of disturbances in the struggle for existence
going on among the structural elements of the tissues, &e.
My task to-day is confined to the discussion of only two
categories of these diseases—those due to fungi, and those due
to disturbing actions of the inorganic environment ;* thesimplest
plan will be to take some of the groups of Conifers seriatim, and
touch briefly on their prominent maladies.
I. Tse PINeEs.
Owing to their very resinous nature, the Pines generally are
not so apt to suffer from injuries which result from the exposure
of open wounds as are many other trees, and it is astonishing how
much knocking about the hardy species will endure; breakages
from wind, heavy snow, the cutting and biting of man and other
animals, and so forth, are readily healed over by occlusion+ in
the case of most of the species.
A very common cause of disease and death in Pines is the
breaking of the ascending water-current from various actions of an
unsuitable environment. Speaking generally, the Pines require
light, open, and well-drained soils, as deep as possible; + and
many aspects of disease in them are due to the non-fulfilment
of these conditions.
Unquestionably one of the worst of these dangers results
from the clogging of the soil at the roots, whether due to wet
clay, stagnant water, the covering up or hardening of the surface
—e.g., by means of pavements, &c.—or other processes.
The general course of events is much the same in all these
cases. The primary cause of the injury is want of oxygen atthe
roots, for without due supply of that gas in the water to which
the living and absorbing parts of the smallest root-fibrils have
* Those diseases which are due to the injurious action of animals,
especially insects, being treated of separately.
+ I suggested this word in 1885 as a translation for the German
Ueberwallung, and it has been accepted by my colleagues and others.
+ We are not concerned with exceptions to this very general rule—e.q.,
the Austrian Pine and others will grow on shallow and even rocky soils,
and there is considerable latitude as to what particular Pines will endure.
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access the cells of the latter cannot do their work. That is to
say, the roots are unable to take up water, containing oxygen and
mineral constituents in solution, at periods when the ‘‘ evergreen ”’
leaves are transpiring large quantities of vapour into the atmo-
sphere. Consequently the young branches and tips of the tree
may die off rapidly, and if the source of mischief is permanent
the whole plant will die.
But the class of diseases due to “wet feet’’—as it is often —
called—is even more complex than this. The persistent rotting
of dead rootlets in a wet soil not only implies loss of root-power
as above referred to; it also entails the direct consumption of
oxygen and the fouling of the water by poisonous products of
decomposition, which diffuse through the dying tissues to higher
ones which were still healthy, and might have sufficed to supply
new rootlets &c. had the state of undue moisture been merely
temporary.
Moreover, the presence of excessive moisture, and heavy wet
soils, prevent the necessary warming of the absorbing rootlets,
and cases are not uncommon where the stiffness and moisture of
a soil, though insufficient to cause the death of the absorbing
cells by asphyxia—z.e., the deprivation of free and dissolved
oxygen—or by direct poisoning, are still so powerful in preventing
the necessary rise of temperature, which must take place before
the absorbing living cells can obtain, and pass on, the proper
supply of water, which the losses from the aérial parts of the plant
demand, and by means of which the minerals needed can alone be
furnished, that symptoms of death by drought make their appear-
ance, the leaves turn yellow and then brown, shrivel and fall,
and the tree may even die.
I have already shown you how a very similar state of affairs
may be brought about when young Pines have their aérial parts
exposed to dry air and hot sunshine, at a time when the soil is
frozen hard, and the roots are rendered inactive by the low
temperature of the ground.
The proper understanding of all these matters in detail
requires considerable acquaintance with the microscopicanatomy
and physiology of the plant, but anyone may readily gather the
main points concerned, and will see that preventive measures
can only be put into action intelligently and with hopes of success
if these points are apprehended.
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Obviously young Pines in beds should not be exposed to
powerful insolation at a time when their roots are in hard
frozen soil as above described, and in those cases where such
dangers are imminent a piece of gauze or other shelter will
reduce the chances of disaster.
Hiqually obvious is it that suitable drainage operations may
make all the difference to a locality not quite fitted for growing
such plants, and I want to take this opportunity of insisting
upon the very important fact—which applies to other plants as
well as Conifers—that the operation of drainage does not
consist in merely removing superfluous moisture; far more
important isthe pressing into the interstices of the drained soil
of atmospheric oxygen, which does so much work of various
kinds in the labyrinth of passages which it traverses, that a whole
lecture would not nearly exhaust the treatment of this subject
alone. Another extremely pertinent point in this connection is
that the drained soil can be warmed by the sun’s rays, or by the
higher temperature of the air referred to, not only more easily,
but also more equably.
Other advantages of suitable draining are too well known to
be dwelt upon. The dangers of improper or over-draining do
not immediately belong to my present subject, but obviously they
must be guarded against.
Passing now to the diseases due to unsuitable conditions
in the sub-aérial and atmospheric environment, the following
points may be considered.
Pines, especially when the foliage is young, and still more
particularly when the plants themselves are young, are apt to
lose many leaves, and even to be Iulled, by undue chilling of
the surfaces, cold dry winds being perhaps the most fatal agents
in this country. I have already referred to that form of leaf-
casting which is caused by this; but it is perhaps commoner
to see parts of the tree only, in the case of the more tender
Pines, with their foliage brown and shrivelled, than to have a
general fall of the leaves.
A curious class of diseases, not common in the Pines,
perhaps, but stated as occurring in P. Stvobus and some others
with thin cortex, are the various kinds of “ rifts’’—7.e., more
or less vertical fissures, which extend up and down the exposed
trunks of trees facing the south-west, The particular kind of
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rift here referred to rarely, if ever, appears in trees grown in the
open from their youth onwards, but is very apt to occur on the
south-west aspect if older trees previously closed up and well
sheltered are exposed by a cutting. J see no reasons for re-
jecting the explanation that such rifts are caused by the direct
rays of the sun beating on the thin cortex when the air is at
its highest temperature; whether the cells are killed directly
by the sun’s rays, or whether the damage is due to excessive
evaporation of their water, is as yet not certain.
I must be contented with the mere reference to these
phenomena here, however, and with the remark that difficulty
is experienced in distinguishing between these sun-rifts and
other cases of splitting, or even wholesale desiccation of the
cortex of the more tender Pines owing to sudden drought, frost,
cold winds, &c., to which they may be suddenly exposed by the
removal of neighbouring trees which sheltered them previously.
Of allthe sub-aérial agents which damage Pines, however, none
are perhaps more to be feared than the acid gases of our larger
manufacturing towns. Sulphurous acid, hydrochloric acid,
chlorine, coal-gas, and such-like chemicals are fatal to Pines
even in very small quantities; and it is no doubt to these, rather
than to the increased percentage of carbon dioxide, soot, or to
the diminished light, that the foggy exhalations of large towns
owe their enormous power for evil. Nor can we wonder at this
when we reflect that many Pines are mountain species, growing
normally in those purest of atmospheres which attract us for the
very reason of their purity.
I now pass to the consideration of those diseases of Pines
which are directly traced to the injurious action of fungi on or
in their roots, stems, or leaves.
These fungi belong almost exclusively to the groups of
parasitic Ascomycetes, Uredinee, and Hymenomycetes. It is
true that Phytophthora omnivora (one of the Peronosporee)
attacks and destroys the seedlings of these and other Conifers;
but the rule is that Conifers are exempt from diseases due to the
Peronosporee, Ustilaginee, Gymnoascese, or Gasteromycetes,
and also from those caused by Bacteria (with one exception*)
and Myxomycetes.
* Vuillemin, “Sur une Bactériocécidie ou Tumeur Bacillaire du Pin
d’Alep,’’? Comptes Rendus, November 26,1888. It may also be remarked
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A complete list of the parasitic fungi which injure the Pines
would carry us too far, and I must content myself with the
following selection of them.
Some of the most mischievous are Trametes radiciperda
(Polyporus annosus, Heterobasidion annosum), Tr. Pini, Poly-
porus mollis, P. vaporarius, P. Schwemitzu, and Agaricus
melleus.
These fungi, which are distinguished by technical characters
the discussion of which must be passed over here, differ consider-
ably in their mode of action and manner of inducing disease,* but
they allagree generally in that they eventually destroy the timber
of the trees, by dissolving and consuming the structural elements
which compose it. Now since the timber of the Pine furnishes
(1) the channels up which the water and nutritive materials
have to pass from the roots to the leaves, and (2) the supporting
columns by the strength of which the crown of foliage can alone
be held aloft and exposed to the light and air, it follows that
such destruction results in disease and death to the tree as a
whole.
Trametes radiciperda, now known very thoroughly from the
recent magnificent researches of Brefeld,t who also proposes to
re-name it Heterobasidion annosum from the remarkable conidial
forms which he has discovered, attacks the living roots of
P. sylvestris, P. Strobus, and others, sending its snow-white
mycelium beneath the cortex, and travelling thence up the stem,
to finally penetrate the wood by way of the cambium and
medullary rays. The rotting of the wood rapidly follows, with
symptoms so peculiar that the presence of this fungus can be
concluded with certainty from them. Owing to the reddish
discoloration of the timber which results, this disease has been
termed the “red-rot,’? a name which involves confusion, how-
ever, as several other similar discases of timber cause such dis-
colorations.
This disease is extremely difficult to eradicate, because the
mycelium travels from root to root in the soil, and the spores
that the roots of certain Conifers may have hyphe of Gasteromycetes attached
to them, though, so far as I can discover, they do not induce diseased con-
ditions in the tree as a whole.
* For a more detailed account of these matters see “Timber and some
of its Diseases,’ by H. Marshall Ward, M.A., F.R.S. (Macmillan & Co.)
+ “Unters. aus dem Gesammtgebiete der Mykol.,” H. viii., 1889, p. 154.
See also R. Hartig, “ Zersetzungserscheinungen des Holzes”’ (Berlin, 1878).
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are carried by subterranean animals from one place to another;
moreover, the matter has become more complex since Brefeld
discovered the second form of conidial spores. Of course the
fructifications should be destroyed by burning, as also the dead
and dying branches, stumps, &c. Hartig has found that moats,
dug so as to cut off sound trees from infected ones, have been of
service.
Agaricus melleus, though a less pronounced parasite, is not
less destructive; the details of its action on the timber are
different, and its mode of spreading from root to root in the soil,
by means of its long, purple-black, cord-like mycelial strands,
called Rhizomorpha, also differs. But the net results are much
the same in both cases. Very tangible signs of the presence of
Agaricus melleus, in the absence of the tawny yellow “ toad-
stools,’’ are afforded by the copious outflow of resin from the
diseased roots and base of the stem of the affected trees, and by
the above rhizomorphs in the rotting wood and soil around.
Most of the Polypori mentioned are decidedly wound-fungi—
that is to say, they only attack successfully those parts of the
timber which are already dead and exposed to the air; their in-
fluence for evil should not be underrated on that account,
however, for although they are saprophytes living on the wood,
their entrance into the trunk and branches means more or less
rapid hollowing of the heart-wood (thereby rendering the tree
liable to be thrown by winds, &c.) and the gradual production
or injurious substances which soak into the sound parts and
pave the way for the advance of the destroying mycelium into
living organs. Hence, though such fungi are saprophytes,
strictly speaking, in their local action, they nevertheless act to-
wards the whole tree—taken as a living individual—as parasites
which may induce dangerous diseases.
Remedial measures are of course to be directed to the
careful tending and covering of wounds, a mode of procedure
which has long been carried out on various trees at Kew, and
with decided success, I believe. 7
A complete list of the fungi known to produce diseases in
Pines would be a formidable affair in itself, and would include
a large number of Ascomycetes, of which some, recently investi-
gated, are very curious and interesting in themselves.
I have already spoken of Hysteriwm Pinastra as the cause
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of leaf-casting. Herpotrichia nigra* causes a tiresome disease
on Pinus montana, and also on the Spruce and Junipers at
high altitudes. Hysteriwm brachysporum kills the leaves of
the Weymouth Pine, and Farlow and Seymourt give a long
list of American forms that will necessitate much careful in-
vestigation before we can determine which are truly parasitic
and which merely saprophytic.
There is in Germany a disease of the Scotch Pine known by
a name which I may translate the “ Pine-twist.” Its prominent
symptoms are contortions and curved malformations of the tips
of the leading shoots, caused by the invasion of a fungus known
as Ceoma pinitorquum. The hyphe of this parasite so torture
the epidermal region of the young shoots that their growth in
length is no longer equal on all sides; considerable deformity
may result from the curvatures of the healthy parts about
the dead infested regions, and even the death of the tips
occurs in bad seasons—z.e., seasons too wet for the Pine, but
very agreeable to the fungus. In dry summers, however, the
fungus-layers may die off, and the injured spots be occluded.
Robert Hartig, in 1874, showed that this Ceoma pintor-
gquum is merely the ecidial form of a fungus long known as
Melampsora Tremule, and which develops its Uredo- and
Teleuto-spores on the Aspen and other Poplars.
Plowright failed to confirm Hartig’s results with these fungi.t
Hartig found, moreover, that a certain disease on the leaves of
the Larch is also connected with the above Melampsora, and this
was also confirmed by Plowright. But since the latter observer
has now repeated the infections, and confirmed Hartig’s ob-
servation so far as the Larch is concerned,$ we are justified in
hesitating before we reject the view put forward above. It is
interesting (and also important) to see, moreover, that Plowright
has shown that Melampsora Betulina, on the Birch, infects the
Larch with the same disease as does VW. Tremule.||
Perhaps there are two species of Melampsora here concerned,
both of which infect the Larch; or it may be that the Ceoma
* R. Hartig, ‘‘ Allgem. Forst. u. Jagd-Zeitung,’’ January 1888.
+ “A Provisional Host-Index of the Fungi of the United States,’
Part III., 1891, pp. 160-166.
t “Brit. Uredinee and Ustilagine,”’ 1889, p. 241.
§ “ Zeitschr. fiir Pflanzenkrankh.,’’ 1891, B.i., H. 3, pp. 1380, 131.
| Loe. cit., p. 131.
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of the Pine is different again. In any case there is an excellent
and neat little problem to be solved in these alleged connections
between various forms of Melampsora and Ca@oma, and I
recommend it to the attention of mycologists.
But of all the fungus diseases which affect Pines, none is
more interesting, and few more disastrous, than the one induced by
a form long known as Peridermiwm, and of which P. Pini is the
best known. This makes its appearance on various Pines as
bladder-hke bags of spores protruding from the leaves or cortex,
and springing from a mycelium which destroys the cell-tissues,
and which may kill the upper parts of the tree by ringing its
stem or branches.
As long ago as 1874, Wolff* showed that the form referred
to is merely the ecidium stage of a uredinous fungus found on
the leaves of certain species of Senecio, and known as Coleo-
sportum. Further investigations partly confirmed and partly
contradicted this conclusion, and led to the separation of the
Peridermium which invades the cortex’ and branches of the
Pines (e.g., P. silvestris, P. Strobus, P. Laricio, P. montana, &c.)
from the one which infests the leaves of various species of
Pinus.
Cornut especially, in 1886, repeated Wolff's experiments, and
found that the cortical form of Peridermiwm is the ecidial stage
ofa totally different Uredine(Cvonartiwm) on certain Asclepiadee.
The whole subject of the autonomy of these fungi has been
taken up quite recently by Klebahn,t and his investigations lead
to somewhat startling results. These are too lengthy to describe
in detail here, but the gist of the matter may be put as follows.
The Peridermium (or Aicidiwm) Pini of authors comprises at
least three, and perhaps four, distinct species :—
(1) PB. oblongisporiwm (Fuckl.) on the leaves of Pinus
sylvestris and P. austriaca, the ecidial stage of Coleosporvum
Senecionis (Pers.).
(2) P. Cornut (Rostr. et Kleb.) on the cortex of the Scotch
Pine, and which isthe ecidial stage of Cronartiwm Asclepiadewm
(Willd.).
* “Bot. Zeitung,’ 1874.
+ “Comptes Rendus,’’ 1886, pp. 930-932.
t “Ber. d. deutsch. bot. Gesellsch.,’’ B. viii., 1890 (Gen.-Versamml-
Heft), pp. 59-70.
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(8) P. Strobis (Kleb.) on the cortex of Pinus Strobus, P. Lam-
bertiana, and P. Cembra, and which is the ecidial form of a
Cronartiwm found on species of Ribes.*
(4) P. Pum (Willd., Kleb.), on the cortex of Pinus silvestris,
has nothing to do with Coleosporwwm Senecionis, and numerous
attempts have in vain been made to settle what its Uredo-spore
stage is, or on what host it grows; so that here again is a pretty
puzzle awaiting solution by those who have the opportunity.
Several other forms of Peridermiwm are known on various
species of Pinus. The following have hitherto been included
with the above under the common name P. Pim, but no one
will now be so bold as to retain them until further investigations
have decided as to their relationships. The forms in question
occur on the cortex of Pinus montana (Mill.), P. wncinata (Ram.),
P. maritima (Mill.), P. halepensis (Mill.), P. mitis (Mchx.),
P. Teda(l.), P. ponderosa (Dougl.), P. rigida (Mill.), P. insignis
(Dougl.), P. Sabineana (Dougl.), P. contorta (Dougl.), and some
other American Pines; as well as on the leaves of the Indian
P. longifolia (Liamb.), and of the American P. australis (Mchx.).
The great damage done by the cortical forms of Peridermiwm
is twofold in character. In the first place the cortex and
cambium are killed at the spot invaded, and this injury may go
so far as to ring the stem or branch. Then, in the second place,
an abnormal formation and excretion of turpentine is excited, and
this soaks into the wood and renders the passage of water
upwards difficult or impossible. The natural consequence is the
perishing of the parts above the infested places, and in dry
summers such a result is apt to follow rapidly.
Sections of Pine-stems, cut to 8-5 cm. thickness, thus per
meated with turpentine, are semi-translucent ; and, as has long
been known to continental foresters, the abnormally resinous
branches are excellent for torches, fuel, &c.
With isolated Pines, in parks and gardens, &c., it is not
difficult to eradicate the disease in its early stages by judicious
pruning, and burning the infested parts; far greater difficulties,
of course, are met with in the treatment of forests. This disease
* Sorauer has confirmed this quite recently, finding that the spores of
P. Strobt develop into Cronartiwm Ribicola (Dietr.) on Ribes rubrum,
RA. nigrum, and &#. alpinum (‘ Zeitschr. fiir Pflanzenkr.,” 1891, B. i., H. 3,
. 183).
p.18
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is likely to do much damage in nurseries, and I think you wil]
admit that a strong case is made out in favour of the need for
care and further observations as regards the weeds growing in
the neighbourhood of all places where Pines are cultivated from
seed.
Il. THe Firs.
I take this group in the broadest sense, including in it the
genera Picea (the Spruces), Abies (the Silver Firs), Z'swga (the
Hemlock Firs), and Psewdotsuga (the Douglas Fir). Much that
has been said of the Pines is also true of these predominantly
mountain trees. I shall therefore pass at once to the description
of the diseases due to fungi, merely remarking that those maladies
traceable to unsuitable climate, soil, atmosphere, &c., are much as
before. |
Here, again, some of the most disastrous forms of disease are
those due to hymenomycetous fungi which rot the timber, such
as Agaricus melleus, Trametes radiciperda and T. Pum, Poly-
porus vaporarius, P. borealis, P. fulvus, &e., and it is scarcely
necessary to add anything to what was said of these when
treating of the Pines.
Again, also, it happens that, with the exception of Phyto-
phthora onmwvora, which destroys the seedlings of Spruces and
‘Silver Firs, the disease-inducing fungi all belong to certain
sections of the Hymenomycetes, Ascomycetes, and especially the
Uredinese.*
Undoubtedly one of the most extraordinary of all these
forms is Calyptospora Geppertiana, a uredinous fungus which
alternates between the Silver Fir (A. pecinata), on the leaves of
which it develops an ecidial form long known as Acidiwwm
columnare, and the Red Whortleberry (Vaeciniwm Vitis-cdea),
a common undershrub in the German [ir-forests, the stems and
leaves of which it distorts and kills by means of the mycelium
of its Uredo-form (known as Calyptospora—or Melampsora—
Geppertianda).
So far as I am aware, this form has not yet been met with
in this country,+ but it does much damage on the Continent,
* The general application of these remarks to Conifere as a whole may
have to be modified when Ustilago F'ussiz (Niessl.) on species of Juniperus
has been properly investigated. (See Sorauer, vol. ii., p. 209.
+ Plowright (“ Brit. Ured. and Ust.,”’ p. 271) states that he has found a
similar form (Ac. pseudo-columnare) on various Silver Firs in England.
THE DISEASES OF CONIFERS. 137.
owing to the leaves of the Silver Fir dropping off in the second
' year, or even earlier, instead of persisting for several years as
in the normal course of events.
Another remarkable case is that of the ‘‘ Witches’ brooms,”’
very common in Europe, and by no means rare in this country.
I have myself found these on A. Pinsapo, as well as on A.
pectinata, in Windsor Great Park.
“‘ Witches’ brooms’’ are curiously tufted masses of twiggy
branches, which take their origin from parts of the stem
attacked by the mycelium of Mcidiwm elatinwm, the Uredo-
form of which is as yet unknown, and possibly does not exist.
The life-history was worked out very thoroughly by the late
Prof. De Bary.* The hyphe so irritate the growing tissues
of the young shoots that the latter gain enormously in dia-
meter, and put forth numerous shoots which alter their whole
character. Thus, instead of growing outwards in a nearly
horizontal plane, they turn vertically upwards, and branch
copiously in a fastigiate manner; then their leaves are smaller,
and arranged in regular spirals round the erect twigs. These
leaves are infested by the mycelium, and eventually bear the
AXicidia, and fall prematurely.
This mycelium is perennial in the cortex, cambium, and
wood of the stems, and does much damage by stopping the
leaders, and paving the way for rot-fungi. It happens not un-
frequently in this country that the mycelium simply sojourns in
the stems, and does not lead to the full development of the
Witches’ broom,” but only causes tumour-like swellings of
the axis.
The treatment of infected trees resolves itself into careful
pruning and removal of the monstrous organs. It would be well
worth the time of some capable investigator to undertake further
researches into the nature of this disease.
This malady, by the way, has nothing to do with the
*« Witches’ brooms’’ developed on Birches, Cherries, Hornbeams,
and other Dicotyledons, which are due to the ravages of various
species of Hxoascus, curious ascomycetous fungi allied to the
one that causes ‘‘ Bladder-plums.”’
Farlow has found Ac. elatinwm on Picea concolor (Gordon) t
*~ “Bot. Aeitune,’’ 1867.
{ “A Provisional Host-Index of the Fungi of the United States,”
Part III., 1891, pp. 158-170.
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and Abies balsamea (Mill.), and it will probably turn out to be
more widely spread than has been hitherto suspected.
The Silver Firs suffer from a number of other Uredinex, of
which C@eoma Abietis pectinate is a form reminding us, by its
habit and behaviour, of Calyptospora Geppertiana.
The Spruces (Picea) are also apt to suffer much from Uredinee,
of which the genus Chrysomyxa is one of the most important.
Several species of this fungus do considerable damage to the
leaves, by causing them to fall prematurely—e.g., C. Abietis,*
C. Fhododendri and C. Ledi—the former being autecious, and
only occurring in the Teleuto-spore stage, so far as is known ; the
two latter being hetercecious, the Aicidia developing on the leaves
of the Spruce, and the Uredo-forms on the leaves of Khodo-
dendron ferrugineum and f. hirsutum, and on those of Ledum
nalustre. Farlow says that C. Abzetis occurs on T'suga cana-
densis (Carr.), which suggests the probability that this form
again is more widely spread than has been supposed hitherto.
Minter states that Picea alba (Lk.) is not affected by this
disease. I quote from Sorauer,; and cannot speak from my
own knowledge; but Farlow does not give this fungus on P. alba.
Spruces (and to a less extent Silver Firs and Pines) are often
affected with a disease caused by an Ascomycete (Neciria
Cucurbitula), the hyphe of which find their way through small
wounds in the cortex, into the sieve-tubes, &c., of the phloem,
and set up a struggle for existence, which is very interesting to
the biologist, though it may be viewed with different feelings by
the horticulturist. It appears that so long as the Fir is doing
well, the parasite is confined to the resting parts of the phlem,
and cannot make its way into the active cambial region, the
living cells of which go on dividing and growing quite normally;
if the attacked branch is particularly vigorous, the formation of
a layer of cork may be accomplished, which cuts off all the
diseased tissues, which then dry up and are thrown off.
It is a particularly instructive fact, however, that if the season
is one unfavourable to the rapid and vigorous development of the
cambium, or the tree generally, or if conditions exist in the soil
or atmosphere which retard the vegetative activity of the cells,
* Beautiful figures of this are to be found in Willkomm, ‘‘ Die mikro-
skopischen Feinde des Waldes,’’ 1867, Taf. IX. The text is now chiefly
of historical interest.
+ ‘“Pflanzenkrankheiten,’’ 2nd edit. 1886, vol. ii., p. 248
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the mycelium of the Nectria is enabled to conquer the tissues
of the cortex, and even to kill the cambium and penetrate into
the young wood.
If this happens all the parts above the attacked place are apt
to dry up and die, evidently from the stoppage of the water
currents up the stem; this very often occurs with thin watery
twigs—so-called ‘‘ unripened wood’’—such as may be found in
shaded situations, or in very damp summers.
From the dead cortex come the white conidial cushions,
about as large as pin-heads, followed by the scarlet stromata
with immersed ascogenous fructifications.
There are many other very interesting points about this
disease ; and as it is a typeof an exceedingly important series of
diseases, very little understood in England, I shall venture to
direct your attention for a few minutes to some of the results.
While relying for the most part on the researches of Hartig,*
so far as this particular species is concerned, I ought to say that
the following conclusions are based on some experience of my
own.
These Nectrias, though very common indeed, are usually
found as decidedly saprophytic fungi, living in the dead wood
and cortex of fallen branches, or the parts of trees killed by
entirely different agencies—e.g., frost, breakage, insect injuries, &c.
—and experiments show that the germinal tubes developed from
the spores are unable to penetrate the sound tissues of living
branches. On the other hand, it is quite easy to infect a tree if
one punctures the sound cortex with the poimt ofa scalpel on
which afew spores have been rubbed. The puncture kills a
number of cells, and the hyphe feed on the solution of food-
materials thus formed; and it is only from a position of
advantage like this that the mycelium, waxing in vigour day by
day, is able to invade the tissues around, and gradually lull and
destroy those that are not active enough to resist it. As already
said, the mycelium may fail to do more than establish itself in
the more worn-out portions of the inner cortex, and may then
be cut out and cast off by layers of cork. There is considerable
reason for believing that it makes all the difference to the fungus
what kind of start it gets; if the mycelium is still young and
feeble, the active tissues of the cortex may cut it out very soon,
* “Unters. aus dem forst-bot. Inst. zu Minchen,”’ I, p. 88.
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and the ordinary observer can find no trace of the invading
fungus, or of disease, but if it starts in a bed of dead and dying
cells capable of yielding it sufficient food-materials (the hyphe
can grow in a matrix flooded with turpentine) its rate of
spread depends almost entirely on what resistance is offered by
the vegetative activity of the cells around. MHartig found that
the germinal hyphe of N. Cucurbitula find entrance into Spruce
Firs through the wounds caused by certain insects (especially
~Grapholitha pactolana), and also through such as are caused by
the heavy blows of hailstones, which bruise and tear the tissues
of young shoots. In the case of other Nectrias, which cause
wounds on non-coniferous trees, [ have convinced myself that
ruptures caused by frost, mechanical injuries (e.g., such as are
produced by climbing trees to piuck fruit, &c.), pruning, &c.,
afford the opportunities of entrance to the fungi.
There is a deeper problem beneath all this, however, and
that refers to the exact nature of the mutual actions and re-
actions between the hyphe and the living cells of the host; all
I can say here is that itis pretty clear that the hyphe excrete
some poison-like substance which the living cells of the cortex
and cambium either break up and destroy, or merely resist the
action of, so long as they are strong, well-fed, and vigorous.
Once let such cells fall below a certain standard of health and
activity, however, and the hyphe make their way in and
demolish all before them. Obviously the factors of the in-
organic environments-—soil, temperature, light, atmosphere,
and so on—may determine the balance of events in this con-
nection.
In conclusion, I may add that Nectria Cucurbitula is not
uncommon in this country, where it is usually found on dead
branches, and Farlow reports the occurrence of this species on
Pinus Strobus in the United States, and of several other species
on other North American Conifere.
The Douglas Fir (Pseudotsuga Douglasir) has, so far, shown
but few fungus diseases in this country and on the Continent,
but since Agaricus melleus and Trametes radiciperda are among
its enemies, it is not improbable that it may be found to suffer
from maladies not found on it in (or at least not reported from)
its native country. Farlow adds Zrametes Pini to the list of
its hymenomycetous enemies.
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So recently as 1888,* Von Tubeuf has discovered a disease
on this Fir which may prove very troublesome in wet districts.
The tips of the branches droop, and their leaves fall off, but
remain hanging by means of a greyish mycelium, which holds
them together as if attached to the tips by means of spiders’ web.
This mycelium gives rise to sporophores and sclerotia, which
prove it to be a Botrytis (B. Douglasu, n. sp.), and if it turns
out to be as destructive as some of its congeners (e.g., the
Botrytis of the Lily-disease+), foresters will certainly have to
reckon very seriously with it.
The damage is done by the mycelium penetrating between
the cells of the leaves and young shoots, and killing the tissues
- forthwith. One source of danger is that this fungus can live as
a, saprophyte in the dead foliage, &c., on the ground, as well as
parasitically in the living shoots; and that it develops very
efficient resting organs, known as sclerotia, which enable it to
tide over unfavourable seasons.
It appears that this Botrytis has also been observed on the
Larch, and on Silver and Spruce Firs.
It is as yet too soon to attempt to decide as to the extent of
the danger with which the fungus threatens us; we know very
little, moreover, as yet, as to the capabilities of the Douglas Fir
itself in this country. Perhaps the greatest damage so far done
te it is by winds, but for my own part I feel that this Conifer is
still too new to the British Islands t to be finally reported upon,
and it is not surprising that we know as yet very little about its
diseases.
It is with the Firs as with the Pines, as regards the large
numbers of diseases due to fungi: the American lst is very
long, and our own is by no means either short or exhausted.
‘The Hemlock Fir, Silver Fir and Spruce suffer in Germany
from a leaf-funeus (Trichospheria parasitica) which reminds
one in many respects of some of our Hrysiphe@. The seedlings
of these and other Firs are destroyed by Phytophthora ommni-
vora and by a Pestalozzia lately re-examined by Von Tubeuf.
Almost as I write$ comes the announcement of another
* « Beitr. zur Kenntniss d. Baum-Krankh.’’ (Berlin, 1888).
+ See “Annals of Botany,”’ vol. i1., 1888, ‘‘ A Lily Disease.”
t I am told that it was only introduced in 1826.
§ Yeitschr. f. Pflanzenkrankh.,’’ B.i., H. 3, 1891, p. 179; see also B.i.,
1, 1891, p. 47:
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disease of the Spruce, said to be found “all over Germany,”
and due to the hitherto unsuspected parasitism of a Septoria,
and so the work goes on.
Ill. THe LARcHEs.
The European Larch is apt to suffer very much from com-
binations of circumstances in the environment, when planted
in this country ; and when one compares the conditions under
which it is attempted to grow it with those prevailing in the
natural home of this tree, the wonder is, surely, not that our
Larches suffer, but rather that any of them escape.
The European Larch is a native of the Alps, and of the
higher mountains of Northern Europe, growing naturally at
altitudes which ensure a pure atmosphere, brilliant sunlight,
plenty of distributed moisture, and rapid drainage; in its
mountain home it has a relatively long and thorough winter rest,
from which, like Alpine plants generally, it rapidly awakens
late in spring, and then makes vigorous growth through the
brilliant and comparatively hot summer.
In this country the diseases of the Larch are almost all
initiated by late frosts, damp soil, insufficient sunlight, and
alternations of periods of drought with periods of excessive
moisture, in various degrees of combination.
Late frosts, or chills which approach such, are among the
most deadly agents. The tender tufts of bright green foliage,
to which the Larches owe their spring beauty, are usually forced
~ out in this country from a month or six weeks too soon—as com-
pared with what occurs in the Alps, &c.—and the succulent
shoots and leaves are thus apt to suffer from the sudden on-
coming of cold winds or frosts as they slowly drag along their
precarious development. Once they get well over this early
dilatory period of sprouting, all is safe; their safety is ensured
in their mountain heights by (1) their not beginning to awake
from the long winter rest till danger of frosts is practically over,
and (2) by the extreme rapidity with which they run through the
period of tenderness.
Our damp climate, moreover, is calculated to bring it about
that the roots of Larches, as of other Conifers, run risks not
likely to be incurred in the rapidly drained soils of their Alpine
homes. But the conditions referred to thus briefly are just those
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which favour certain enemies of the Larch at the very time that
they are acting prejudicially to that tree itself.
I have great confidence, therefore, in the well-thought-out
view, first put forward, I believe, by one of the most distinguished
and able of modern investigators—Professor Robert Hartig, of
Munich—that the appalling lability of the Larch to disease at
low altitudes, and in climates which are too moist and variable
during the spring and early summer, is due to the co-operation
between the factors of the imorganic environment and the
directly injurious action of its living enemies.
The Larch suffers severely from several fungus diseases—
Agaricus metleus, Trametes Pini, Polyporus sulphureus, and
others being among them; but all other forms have sunk into
insignificance beneath the overwhelming importance of the
‘‘ Larch-disease,” or ‘‘ Larch-canker,’’ due to the parasitism of
a minute discomycetous fungus known variously as Peziza
Wilkommu, Lachnella calycina, Dasyscypha calycina, &e.*
The main facts f which are of importance to you are, that this
Peziza develops from its spores a mycelium which, when once
it hag established a hold in the inner cortex of a branch of the
Larch, can go on growing and extending into the cambium;
this it kills, destroying a larger area year by year, and producing
the so-called ‘‘ canker ”’ patch, which is simply a shrivelled mass
of dead tissues impregnated with exuded turpentine or resin. If
the dead patch extends all round the branch or stem, all the
parts above may die off, partly because, the cambium being
destroyed, there is no more wood developed at that region to
carry up the water supplies to the leaves, and partly because the
resin blocks up the wood which it permeates.
To understand how it is that the Larch-fungus spreads so
rapidly and with such dire effect in Great Britain, it is necessary
to note some peculiarities not always properly appreciated.
Peziza Wilkommi, like other fungi, requires merely water,
oxygen, and a suitable (not very high) temperature for the ger-
mination of its spores; given these, the germinal hyphe are
developed anywhere. The mere germination of a spore may,
therefore, take place on any damp surface exposed to the air—
* For the synonyms consult Phillips, “ Brit. Discomycetes,’’ p. 241,
and Saccardo.
+ An illustrated detailed account of this and similar diseases is given in
“Timber and some of its Diseases’? (Macmillan & Co.).
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e.g., the soil, the bark of old trees, or the thin cortex and leaves
of the twigs and young trees, &c.
But millions of spores may go through this process of ger-
mination, and then the germinal hyphe diz off for want of
further food-supplies; whereas if any one of these hyphe finds
its way into the succulent cortex of a Larch, it is nourished at
the expense of the tissues, spreads into the cambium, and
brings about the disease referred to as the “canker of the
Larch.”
As matter of experiment—and only by experiment can we
arrive at such knowledge—it is found that if spores of this
fungus germinate on the sound bark, cortex, leaf, or other part
of the Larch-tree, the germinal hyphe fail to effect an entrance ;
if, on the other hand, the spores are sown on a wound,
however slight, in the cortex of the tree, it is able te enter and
infect the latter.
Now the thin cortical covering of a young Larch stem or
branch is a dangerously tender envelope to the tissues below,
and it is rapidly protected later on by a rather thick coating of
cork. As matter of fact the corky “ periderm ”’ begins to form,
just below the epidermis, before the end of the first year, and is
increased every year afterwards. When the tree is about twenty
years old the real bark begins to be formed, owing to the develop-
ment of internal layers of cork.
Obviously the period most dangerous to the Larch is that
during which its cortex is still tender and its leaves succulent
and delicate. In its Alpine home this period is rapidly passed
through; in the lowlands of HKurope, and in damp insular
climates, this period is apt to be a dilatory one, and severe
checks from frosts, cold winds, periods of dull, misty, ‘‘ sunless ”’
days, &c.,are apt to cause the trees to suffer in all kinds of ways.
But such periods are not calculated to check the spread of
fungus-spores to any comparable extent; and so we may
regard these conditions as disfavouring the Larch, but not its
enemy.
Moreover, such conditions indirectly favowr the fungus, for
the tender shoots and young leaves of the Larch are apt to be
cut by frosts, bruised and torn by winds, broken by snow, and
injured in various ways by the inclemency of weather which
would not injure them before the buds opened, or after the twigs
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and leaves were hardened and in full working order. In fact, if
we could persuade our Larches to remain dormant for a month
later in the spring, they would escape the evils of which they
now run the gauntlet, as it were.
It is during this period of dalliance in the opening of the
buds and pushing of the young shoots that all kinds of small
wounds are made by frost-cracks, bruises from hail and wind,
breakages from the snow and storms, and, I believe, insect-
injuries, and it is into these small wounds that the hyphe of the
Peziza penetrate.
This view is fully borne out by the observations in the open
that the young ‘‘ cankers ’’ commonly start around the base of a
dead shoot ; that trees growing in damp situations are particu-
larly apt to suffer ; the prevalence of the disease in neighbourhoods
and seasons where and when certain insect-enemies of the Larch
abound (e.g., the moth Coleophora laricella, and the aphis
Chermes Laricis). |
I have entered into some of the above details regarding the
above case of a struggle for existence, partly on account of its
intrinsic interest and importance, and partly because a recent
writer,* in an article on the ‘‘ Canker of the Larch,’ which I
cordially welcome as a very neatly written outline of some of
the leading features of the subject, and as giving evidence of
interest in these matters as yet too rare in this country, has
misunderstood some of the points at issue, no doubt owing to
loose usage of the word “bark.’’ There is no true bark ona
young Larch stem or branch, but only cortex protected by
periderm. However, allowing the misuse of the word “ bark,”
the statement that ‘‘ This funeus has the same power as the
Potato-fungus of penetrating the protective covering of the plant,
but in this case it can penetrate only the young bark,’ is one of
those allegations that have no value whatever to a scientific man
unless supported by proof. Nor is it correct to say that “ the
fungus does not penetrate the wood, so that when the bark is
removed the seat of the disease is got rid of.” I wish such were
the case; but the fungus, unfortunately, may find its way right
into the wood and through the medullary rays even to the pith.
In the case of park trees, and such specimens as horticulturists
* J. B. Carruthers, “ Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of Eng-
land,”’ vol. ii., ser. 8, part 2, 1891.
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are dealing with, much may be done by careful pruning and
paring, combined with drainage and protection ; but unquestion-
ably this Larch-disease is a difficult matter to struggle with
when once it has made headway. The best “ cure’’ is, of course,
prevention—.e., plant sound trees, learn to recognise the earliest
stages of the disease, and if it appears cut out the young patches
and burn every trace of diseased cortex.
Very few Larches are cultivated, and I do not know whether
the Himalayan L. Griffithw suffers from the disease just dealt
with. Farlow mentions Trametes Pim as occurring on JL.
americana.
A subterranean fungus known as kiazina undulata has lately
been found to be very destructive to young Larches, Silver Firs,
and other Conifers (e.g., Zsuga Mertensiana, Pseudotsuga
Douglas, Picea sitkensis, and Pinus Strobus). It seems to
belong or be related to an obscure group of fungi known as
Rluzoctoma, which still need careful investigation.*
It will probably be observed that I have followed no very
strict classification of the Conifers in this address, but have
simply chosen groups convenient for the purpose in hand. I
propose to take the remainder of the Conifers in equally arbitrary
groups, and first of all certain of the Cupressinez.
lV. THE JUNIPERS.
The most remarkable diseases of the Junipers are those due
to various species of a uredinous fungus known as Gymno-
sporangvum, the hyphe of which so irritate the cambial region of
the stems of these Conifers (in which the mycelium is perennial)
that peculiar woody swellings are produced, sometimes in such
quantities as to distort, and even kill, the stems. From these
swollen parts of the branches the Teleuto-spores are produced in
enormous quantities during the spring, and some most remark-
able facts have been elucidated by the researches of recent years—
facts which show that there is still much to be done before we
have exhausted the biology of these disease-inducing fungi.
It has long been known that these Gymnosporangia, confined
to the various species of Juniperus, are merely the Teleuto-spore
condition of forms which when growing on certain species of
* « Sitzungsber, d. Bot. Yer. in Miinchen,”’ Jan, 12, 1891,
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Rosaceex—e.g., Pear, Hawthorn,Mountain Ash, Service-tree, &¢c.—
present a totally different appearance; these ecidial forms on
the Rosacez received the name of Restelia.
Various ‘‘species’’ have been described of both. Besides
this, Farlow has investigated a number of American forms, found
on Cupressinee and Rosacee in the United States.*
A number of careful experiments have been made in this
country by Mr. Plowright, one of the best authorities in
England on the Uredinew, and he came to the conclusion that
about four species of Gymnosporangiwwm may be upheld as far as
this country is concerned. ‘These species occur on J. Sabina
and the Pear; J. Sabina and the Hawthorn and others; J.
communis and Hawthorn, &c.; and J. communis and the Moun-
tain Ash.
But Mr. Plowright’s cultures, like those of others, suggested
that much difficulty is incurred in attempting to keep the forms
distinct ; and with the caution of a true scientific man, Mr.
Plowright, in one case at least,f suspected he had perhaps used
mixed Teleuto-spores, instead of concluding on insufficient evi-
dence that the Teleuto-spores of Gymmnosporangium Sabine infect
both the Pear and the Hawthorn ; perhaps it was less commend-
able on Mr. Plowright’s part to form a new species (G. confusum),
though at the same time it is difficult to see how he should
avoid it without much further research, and only those who
have had much experience know how troublesome such in-
vestigations are.
The results of such infection-experiments from various
sides were to arouse suspicions as to the autonomy of some of
the species, though some of the main points were confirmed by
all. Credit is due to Mr. Plowright for establishing the con-
verse culture of the Aicidio-spores on the Juniper, in the case of
G. clavarieforme.
Some recent experiments by Tubeuft seem to have raised
the whole question of the species of Gymnosporangia again, and
I mention this here because it seems to me of importance that
the question should be settled, as it affects the cultivation of
* “The Gymnosporangia, or Cedar-Apples of the United States,’ Ann.
Mem. Boston Society of Natural History, 1880.
t ‘‘ Brit. Uredinex and Ustilaginex,” p. 233.
t “Centralbl. f. Bakteriologie u. Parasitenkunde,”’ B. ix., 1891, p. 89.
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Pears, Apples, Hawthorns, and other Rosacee, as well as
Junipers and other Conifers.
Tubeuf says that one and the same Gymnosporangium can
produce various forms (so-called species) of Restelia; and that
different species of this Uredine may be made to infect the same
host-plant.
If G. clavarieforme is sown on Crategus, it produces
Restelia cornuta. On the Mountain Ash and on Cydonia
vulgaris it only goes so far as to produce spermogonia. On
other hosts it grows and infects the leaves, but does not get
beyond the production of yellow humps.
When the same Gymnosporangvwm was sown on various
species of Crategus, Tubeuf says he got both Restelia lacerata
and R. cornuta, though these two forms have usually been
supposed to belong to separate species. No results were ob-
tained on Apple, Sorbus aria, Medlar, &c.
Whether further researches show that these results are
confirmed or not, it is certain that we have in these forms of
Gymnosporangim and Restelia parasitic fungi which are
highly polymorphic,* and hetercecious between Cupressines and
Rosacee (as many other ‘“ Rust-fungi’’ are between Graminez
and dicotyledonous plants), causing diseases of the cortex and
wood of the one, and of the leaves in the other. Obviously it is
advisable to take these facts into account where it is wished to
grow either of these classes of plants in the best way.
V. OrtHER CoNIFERS.—CONCLUSION.
Agaricus mellews is recorded by Farlow as occurring on
Chamecyparis spheroidea (Spach.), and the same authority
mentions Botrytis vulgaris on Sequoia; whether these are
parasitic, I do not know, and in fact the whole of the very long
list of American Conifer-fungi wants careful overhauling before
we can decide as to their share in producing diseases.
I have found the roots of Wellingtonia badly infested with
mycelium which seems to be that of a Hymenomycete; and
Araucarias occasionally suffer from similar forms.
The Yew seems to be very little affected with fungi; at least
* T. purposely omit discussion here of such points as Kienitz-Gerloff’s
discovery of alleged Uredo-spores among the Teleuto-spores of these fungi.
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I can recall no satisfactory case of fungus disease in this
Conifer.
Little or nothing seems to be known of the diseases of
Cryptomeria, Taxodium, Cephalotaxus, Ginkgo (Salisburia), or
Podocarpus and other allies; and I know of no records of
specific diseases of the Cedars. Two species of Cladosporium
are said to injure Pines, and MHoffmann* attributes the
« Witches’ brooms’’ of the Scotch Pine to these Pyrenomycetes.
Several AXcidia are known to grow on the scales of various
cones (e.g., 4. Strobilinum, AZ. conorun), and there is a curious
formin Finland and Sweden (4. coruscans) which so alters the
aspect of young Spruce-shoots that they resemble cones.t
Several Conifers, especially the Pines, are known to have
subterranean fungi at their roots, but apart from any symptoms
of disease. The fungus causes the attacked root to swell and
alter its form, and the symbiotic compound body is called a Mycor-
rhiza. These curious phenomena lie outside of my present theme,
however, as also do the no less remarkable abnormal-looking
outgrowths—so-called ‘‘ knees ’’—from the roots of Taxodiwm
distichum, and the tubercles caused by fungi on the roots of
Podocarpus.
More to the point at present are the cases of ‘‘ sooty-leaves ”’
of Araucaria excelsa and the Yews, due to the black mycelium
of species of Capnodium, and those of the Silver Fir, due to
Apiosporium. Septoria Pint (Fuckl.) on the leaves of Picea
excelsa may be the spermogonia of the Hysteriwm nervisequum
found on that plant. An observation of Farlow’s in 1884, that
certain Acidia on the Firs of the White Mountains only occur on
the dwarfed trees at great elevations, seems deserving of further
examination.
A. Cucurbitaria (C. pithyophila, Fr.), reported as occurring on
the cortex of living and dead branches of Conifer, also requires
investigation. The same remark applies to Cooke’s Asterina
cupressina on leaves of Cupressus, and to Saccardo’s Melola
Abietis on Abies, Ellis’s Corynewm juniperinum on leaves of
American Junipers, Cooke’s Dothidea halepensis on Pines and
D. spheroidea on Junipers, and the Pleospora laricina of Rehm ;
* “ Allgem. Forst- und Jagd-Zeitung,”’ 1871, p. 236.
+ Not to be confounded with the cone-like deformations on the same plant
due to insects—Chermes viridis.
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also a large number of as yet very obscure forms, such as
Spherella, Stigmatea, &c., &e.
With regard to a large number of these forms, and to even
more numerous foreign forms, we are as yet quite in the dark
as to whether they are parasites or not.
Experience warns us, however, that in many cases epidemic
fungus-diseases suddenly force themselves on our attention
owing to some form, hitherto occurring sparsely and known only
to the curious expert, having become suddenly favoured in its
struggle for existence. I have already given you several examples,
notably that of the Larch-disease, into the life-strugeles of which
we have succeeded in peering rather deeply. Surely such con-
siderations should alone suffice to extend and cement that
sympathy between the practical horticulturist and the persistent,
though perhaps unobtrusive, investigator which, Iam happy to
see, is becoming more and more pronounced as each understands
better the ways and high aims of the other. ,
It should be borne in mind, finally, that plant-diseases, like
human diseases, cannot be fully elucidated by a layman—though
it is astonishing how frequently the contrary assumption is acted
upon in the case of both. There seems to be a fatal temptation
in the idea of disease to the minds of most men, and the
response is dogmatism.
INSECTS INJURIOUS TO CONIFER.
By Mr. W. F. H. Buanprorp, M.A., F.R.H.S., F.Z.S.
Or all families of trees the Conifere suffer most severely
from the attacks of insects, owing to the large number of species
which they support, and to the difficulty which, on account of
their physiological characteristics, they have in withstanding
injury.
The wide area over which forests of these trees extend
increases the danger of insect-attacks, in accordance with a
well-known law which holds with injurious insects, and it is
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among Conifers alone among trees, and among the forest-
species of Pine, Fir, and Larch—for the Yews, Cypresses,
Thuyas, &c., do not now concern us—that have happened those
repeated instances of widespread destruction over large forest
areas which, occurring even before economic forestry began to
change the character of the primitive mixed woods, probably
increased in number and severity at that epoch, and have con-
tinued at intervals to the present day.
A striking example of this destruction is that which
happened in the period 1853-68 in East Prussia, Poland, and
Russia, when the Spruce was killed over an area of 7,000
square German miles. A similar instance is that afforded last
year in the Bavarian forests by the plague of the same destruc-
tive insect (Liparis monacha); the loss caused by this to the
revenue was estimated at £40,000.
The immense importance of these attacks has given an
impetus to the study of forest-insects on the Continent, and
a not inconsiderable mass of literature has sprung up. In this
the foremost place must be given to theworks of Ratzeburg, who
was the first to place this branch of entomology on a truly
scientific basis. His books, from the monumental ‘‘ Forst-
Insekten’’ (1839) to the equally remarkable sequel ‘Die
Waldverderbniss ’’ (1868), are a testimony to his unwearied
industry and success in the collection of facts and the study of
obscure life-histories, and of his capacity for marshalling these
so as to deduce important general principles; while the idea of
the “struggle for existence’? running through them demands
that everyone who seriously studies this later conception shall
be acquainted with their contents.
Of the two books referred to, ‘‘ Die Forst-Insekten ”’ is con-
cerned with the life-histories and habits of injurious insects. In
some respects this work is out of date, as is the case with all
entomological works of that period ; but the numerous details
given, the original descriptions of species and the excellence of
the illustrations, at least in an original copy and notin a badly
coloured reprint, make it a classic. ‘Die Waldverderbniss”’ deals
with the effect on the trees of insect-attacks, and is especially
valuable for the plates, which form a unique atlas of vegetable
pathology illustrating the altered appearance both of stems,
branches, &c., damaged by insects or mammals, and that of
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the whole wood when the majority of its trees have suffered.
This book is not as well known as it should be—a circumstance
due, perhaps, to its being too entomological for most botanists,
too botanical for most entomologists. The text and plates are
arranged according to the species of trees, beginning with the
most important, and it is interesting to note that the whole of
the first volume (274 pp.) is occupied by the Pine and Spruce-Fir ;
the first eighty pages of the second volume are taken up by the
Silver Fir and Larch, while the twelve genera of deciduous trees
occupy 264 pages, Forty-three plates illustrate these four
Conifers, and ten the deciduous trees, a fact sufficient to show
the immense importance of the subject of this paper.
Besides Ratzeburg and his pupils and successors, Perris in
France, Lindeman in Russia, and Packard in the United States
have especially contributed to our knowledge of Conifer-feeding
insects.
In Great Britain less has been done to advance our knowledge
of them, perhaps because owing to geographical position and
climate its msect population is comparatively small, and serious
damage is fortunately rare. The three worst enemies to Conifers
in Europe are the moths Gastropacha Pim and Liparis monacha,
and the beetle Tomicus typographus. Now G. Pini does not occur
in Great Britain ; L. monacha, though not rare in the Oak-woods
of the South of England, is unknown as a Conifer-feeder, and is
never destructive; and Tomicus typographus is very scarce and
most likely to be found as a ‘“‘casual’’ in the bark of imported
scaffold-poles, &e. There are, of course, many papers scattered
through British journals of entomology and sylviculture on those
six or seven species of insects which have done serious injury to
Conifers, but there is a deficiency of information with regard
to the less important kinds. |
In the large number of insects feeding on these trees only
a few are of habitual importance, but exceptional abundance
of a normally unimportant species will bring about unexpected
damage. ‘This sometimes occurs in Great Britain, and I have
heard complaints of damage which was not assignable to any
of the regular destroyers, but which could not be identified in
the absence of specimens. It is about these casually destruc-
tive species that we require to know more.
_ Now the standpoint of the systematic entomologist, or of the
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collector, is not the same as that of the economist, and papers
written by the one will not always serve for the enlightenment of
the other. The former is apt to neglect certain small points
bearing on the habits of the insect which do not immediately con-
cern him, and especially those connected with the appearance,
vitality, and aftergrowth of the plant on which his prey lives;
while the economist, more particularly the practical forester,
who thinks more of the injured plants than of the destroyer, has
occasionally a royal disregard of the sordid details of specific
characters, which brings him into trouble when he discovers
that closely allied species often have remarkably different life-
histories. In writing the account of any new injurious insect it
is essential that an exact determination of the species shall
be made, and the life-history constructed as completely as
possible from personal observation, especially with regard to
times of appearance, or if already recorded it should be verified
by observed facts.
It would not be difficult to compile a complete list of British
Conifer-feeding insects by collating such lists covering the whole of
Europe with our systematic catalogues, and by searching scientific
papers, and their biographies might be written by supplementing
the deficiency of British observations with the work of con-
tinental authorities. But such an account would not be satis-
factory. The times of emergence and number of broods of a
species, the habits and food-plant, often differ in different
countries. The process of leaning upon the observations of others
ean be carried too far, and not a few pitfalls await him who tries
to write the life-history and economy of a British insect from
materials collected in foreign countries. That of Luiparis
monacha, for example, would be singularly wide of the mark.
I propose in this paper not to surmount the difficulties which
stand in the way of giving an exhaustive account of our Conifer-
feeding insects, but to touch briefly on the few important and
well-known kinds, and especially on those points in the habits of
each which are directly concerned with practical treatment.
Unable as I have been to examine, in the intervals left by other
work, the mass of scattered information on the subject of attacks
in Great Britain, I cannot claim any special authority for, or
novelty of information in a paper put together with the assistance
of such literature as has been accessible. But the ignorance of
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insect-attacks, displayed even by responsible people, is often so
astounding that one has a right to expect that even the simplest
and best-known facts will have the charm of novelty for some-
body.
The special liability of some Conifere (Pinus, Picea, Abies,
Larix) to injury by insects, and the important character of such
injury, are due to the following facts :—
1. There is a very large number of insects which attack
them. Kaltenbach enumerates 299 on the forest Conifers in
Europe. ‘This number falls, indeed, far short of the 587 assigned
to the Oak, but neither list can be taken as strictly accurate.
Many species are omitted, especially from the former list, while
in the case of the Oak the number appears to be swelled by the
dragging in of species having little real connection with that tree.*
In Ratzeburg’s ‘‘ Forst-Insekten ’’ 95 species are tabulated as
injuring Conifers, while only 86 are referred to the Oak; but
subsequent researches would increase both these figures.
2. Every part of the tree is liable to energetic attacks from
one insect or another—the roots, the bark of the trunk and
branches, the wood, needles, shoots, and lastly the cones, the
seed-production of which may be greatly lessened by insects
feeding in their interior.
_8. A common form of injury, especially on the Continent, is
defoliation. Now complete defoliation of a Conifer, other than
the Larch, usually means the death of the tree, because of the
slowness with which the injury is repaired.
If an Oak is stripped by Tortriz viridana—an annual
occurrence in many English woods—or a Hawthorn by
Hyponomeuta padella, as in our London parks and gardens, the
tree generally grows a new crop of leaves late in the year,
provided that the defoliation is sufficiently complete and
sufficiently early ; but ifa Spruce or Pine be stripped and survive,
not only are no further needles produced the same year, but
next year’s growth may be delayed a month, and the new
needles are stunted and form the curious ‘“ bristle-needles”’
ficured by Ratzeburg. The tree will take four or five years to
recover its normal covering of needles, and with them its normal
process of growth; so that during that period the total incre-
* The list gives all insects occurring on the tree, whether injurious
or not.
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ment will only equal, or may even be less than, that of a single
ordinary season.
4, Defoliation renders a tree lable to the attacks of other
insects, especially of the much-dreaded bark-beetles, which
have so often completed the havoc begun in European forests by
hordes of caterpillars. Ido not intend to discuss here all the
various aspects of the perennial and much-vexed question as
to the economic importance of these and other wood-feeding
insects, and the susceptibility of perfectly healthy trees to their
attacks, but reference to it cannot be entirely omitted.
It may be true that bark-beetles and longicorns never attack a
tree in perfect health ; that is the opinion of many entomologists,
whose number by no means includes all those whose familiarity
with forestry compels them to keep sight of the practical side of
the question—men like Kichhoff, the leading authority on these
beetles and the head of a large forest-district, Judeich and
Nitsche, &c. Yet a disease would not be considered unimportant
by the physician because it rarely or never attacked the robust;
if it occurred as the sequela of other complaints, killing patients
whose recovery would have been certain, it would demand
serious attention. So these beetles, as the health of every tree
in a forest cannot be assured, still possess importance even if
their attacks are limited to the sickly plant.
But though no one doubts that they, in common with all
insects, prefer an unhealthy plant to a healthy one, they may not
always reject the latter. Here in Great Britain there is great
_ difficulty in arriving at a just conclusion, for many injurious
species are unknown or are exceedingly rare, and it is danger-
ous to argue about the habits of any one kind from analogy
with those of another. Though a species breeding in small
numbers in a wood with plenty of brood-material may let alone
timber which it would attack if it were present from any cause
in immense swarms impelled by the necessity of egg-laying and
with lack of suitable breeding-places, there is yet evidence that
these insects, if dying or injured wood is not at hand, attack
sound trees for egg-laying, and if the assault does not succeed,
the large number of attempted burrows serve to weaken the tree,
which may succumb after several repetitions. When itis recollected
that a square métre of bark has been known to contain nearly five
thousand larve of Tomicus typographus, it will be seen that a
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large quantity of suitable breeding-material may cause an increase
in the numbers of these insects that will jeopardise the healthy
trees. A particular form of injury inflicted by some of these
beetles is that of attacking and breeding in the crown and upper
branches of old trees whose vitality is not great. This attack,
which spreads down the branches till the main trunk is involved,
has been described on certain deciduous trees, and is of im-
portance as likely to be overlooked.
Damage by storm, snowfall, frost, or by forest fires, or cater-
pillar-defoliation, together with careless forestry and the slovenly
accumulation of loppings, felled timber, and unbarked logs, serve
to foster the development of such insects till serious injury is
risked. The thin-barked Spruce suffers more than the Pine, and
it was the forests of this tree that were so terribly ravaged by
bark-beetles in the Harz Mountains during the last century.
Except the Pine-beetle (Myelophilus piniperda), no bark-
beetles cause extensive damage in Great Britain; still many
injurious kinds do occur which might cause trouble if the
circumstances which favour them be disregarded through over-
confidence in their supposed innocuousness. Livery forest-tree
cannot possibly be in a perpetual state of robust health, and
there is one period when every tree is liable to insect-attacks—
after transplantation.
That bark-beetles have been associated with the insinesdes
of trees over immense areas is undoubted; and it lies with the
advocates of the theory that their presence is immaterial to show
what those forests would have died from in the absence of bark-
beetles, instead of invoking mysterious and unnamed ‘“ diseases.”’
The most serious attempt to prove another cause for the
destruction of the trees is that of Lindeman, who associated the
beetles with the presence of Agaricus melleus. This, however,
appears to be definitely disproved.
5. Not a few insects feed during some part of their lives on or
in the young shoots of Conifers, in the leader or the extremities
of the lateral branches. When the leader perishes the upward
growth is checked until one or more branches of the top whorl
twist round to supply its place. So lateral branches are de-
stroyed or have their growth stopped, and the tree becomes
altered in shape and appearance. Such mutilated Pines abound
in almost all woods in the South of England,
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_ 6. The practice of growing large pure woods of Conifers of
uniform age tends especially to widespread ravages. Most
Conifer-feeding insects will not touch deciduous trees, and many
are confined to a single species of Conifer. Others, again, limit
their attacks almost completely to a single period in the life of a
tree. Curculio Abietis is very destructive to trees under seven
years old, comparatively harmless to those of ten or more years.
In a pure wood the conditions favourable to increase of an
insect pest exist over the whole area at once, and there is no
limit to the supply of food, the facilities for egg-laying or for
migration to fresh districts from the part infected.
Under the circumstances, a bad insect-attack localised in one
spot of an extensive forest is an exceedingly dangerous thing,
and it has been necessary on several occasions to isolate such an
area in a European forest and destroy it with fire to prevent
the hatching of myriads of winged moths which would spread
over the neighbourhood. 'The danger and expense of so drastic
a measure are obvious. Itis a universal rule that the larger
the district cultivated with any particular plant the greater is
the risk of insect-attack, while small isolated plantations become
infested with difficulty. A good instance is afforded by the
annually recurring depredations in the Hastern Counties of the
Mustard-beetle (Phedon betule), unrecorded as a destroyer
before 1854; with the continual growing of Mustard there the
insect flourishes, and will continue to do so till farmers agree to
rotate their crops, so that no Mustard shall be cultivated for a
year over large areas.
Similarly the Raspberry-shoot borer (Lamproma rubiella)
appears to be increasing in the South-east of England, owing to
the enormous Raspberry-plantations which occur there. It is
not readily amenable to treatment, and is beginning to cause
annoyance to many growers. |
It will be convenient to take those insects now under con-
sideration in an order agreeing partly with the period in the life
of a tree when they are most mischievous, partly with the
character of the injuries they inflict, rather than in one deter-
mined by their zoological position.
Seedling Conifers, if the nursery be placed in a well-chosen
situation, secure from the inroads of Curcwlio Abietis, are usually
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exempt from the attacks of special Conifer-feeding insects, Their
chief enemies are the polyphagous wireworms, the larve of the
‘ click-beetles’’ Agriotes, Athous, Dolopius, &c., and the grubs
of the cockchafer Melolontha.
WIREWORMS.
Wireworms occasionally do much harm in ground newly
broken for nursery purposes. The damage lessens when the
ground has been cultivated for some time, for the destruction
during the first year or two 1s due to wireworms, which, having
sprung from eggs laid before the bed was formed, exist already in
the soil. When trees are actually growing there the parent
beetles lay eggs less readily or not at all, and thus the bed is
eradually cleansed.
When very young Conifers are attacked they are gnawed
completely through just above the roots, and such cut plants
sometimes strew the bed. Seeds are also destroyed before
germination. There is a risk of the importation of wireworms in
turf, earth, or possibly in manure; and associated with them in
the work of destruction are the millepedes (ulus, &c.) or
‘“‘ thousand legs,’”’ commonly confounded withthem. ‘True wire-
worms are hard, somewhat flattened, of a bright yellow-brown
in the species under consideration ; they possess twelve segments
after the small head and six short legs on the first three seg-
ments. Millepedes have a varying number of segments, which
may exceed forty, very nearly all of which bear two pairs of legs.
In one bad case of attack on seedlings which has come under
my notice, in which the systematic collection of the insects
was tried, the millepedes were, if anything, more abundant than
the wireworms, but no observations were made as to their share
of the destruction.
It is desirable to examine the ground selected for the nursery,
and to reject the plot if it appears badly infested, or to cleanse
it thoroughly before planting. As the acreage required is small,
there should be no difficulty in doing this by methods known and
practised in agriculture, such as paring off and burning two inches
of the top-soil early in the autumn, or dressing with gas-lime,
chloride of lime, or ammoniacal waste, and leaving it fallow till
the effect of the poison has worn off. Fallow land kept clean
and free from weeds during the period of egg-laying in June will
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have comparatively few wireworms, but in the absence of better
food these probably feed on humus, especially when young.
Tf seedlings are actually attacked, hand-picking is a good
remedy when facilitated by the use of potatoes, carrots, or sliced
mangold, laid on the ground as a bait and regularly visited. A
dressing of rape-cake or mustard-cake, popular in hop-growing,
may be tried, but the value of it under these circumstances
remains to be proved. Serious injury from wireworm is unlikely
to extend beyond the first year of growth.
CHAFER-GRUBS.
Chafer-grubs cause most damage in the neighbourhood of
woods and coppices of Oak and other deciduous trees, because,
though they feed underground on the roots of grass, low plants,
and young trees of all kinds, the predilection of the parent chafers
for such woods usually causes egg-laying to take place in their
vicinity. They do not frequent Conifer woods. At the end of
May and in June the females select and dig their way into the
lightest available soil for egg-laying ; the attack is consequently
worst when Pines are grown in sandy districts.
The larve feed at a depth of about three inches on roots,
biting away the smaller ones and gnawing the sides of the larger
ones, even when half an inch thick. They retire to the depth of
a foot or more from October to March, and remain under the soil
for just over three years, or longer in a cold climate, changing at
the end of larval life to a pupa in a cell situated from one to
three feet below the surface.
The best methods of prevention consist in the encouragement
of moles, birds, especially starlings and rooks, and in cleaning
the ground by hand-picking when it is being broken up, after-
wards surrounding it with a trench to prevent the immigra-
tion of larve from outside. In transplantation, when chafer-
attack is dreaded, care should be taken to break up the soil as
little as possible, as the female cannot burrow in hard, unbroken
ground, and it is better to leave it untouched till after the flight-
period isover. The beetles not only require a light soil in which
to lay their eggs, but refuse to penetrate through foliage or brush-
wood to the ground below. For this reason a shelter-wood is
especially valuable in situations and with plants where it can be
adopted, and seedlings can be protected by brushwood at the time
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of egg-laying. It is sometimes necessary to abandon a nursery
completely if it is found to be habitually and badly attacked. A
remarkable treatment recently introduced in France consists in
infecting a few grubs with the spores of a parasitic fungus
(Botrytis tenella) and ‘‘ dibbling’”’ them into the attacked soil,
where the disease is said to spread among them. ‘Tubes of the
fungus are now in the market in France; and it is open to any-
one who suffers from their presence to try this highly interesting
remedy, the value of which has yet to be established.
Destruction of the beetles is the method on which continental
foresters rely most. This is accomplished by shaking them
down from the foliage of young trees on to sheets placed below ;
large trees must have the branches shaken separately with a
long hooked pole.
The best time for the work is the early morning, and care
must be taken to carry it out in weather which is not so cold
and damp that the beetles refuse to drop, nor so hot that they
readily fly off. They are most easily killed with boiling water,
andif caught in large quantity can be mixed with quicklime and
afterwards used as manure.
With the larve the only suitable method employed is that of
digging them out. In badly infested ground the planting of
Lettuce as a bait between the young trees will serve to draw them
off, and they may be caught under traps of fresh bark or cut
shoots stuck in the ground.
PINE-WEEVIL.
The worst enemy to young Conifers, either in a badly situated
nursery or after planting-out, is the large clumsy Pine-weevil,
Curculio (Hylobius) Abietis, a blackish-brown beetle of convex
shape, with coarsely sculptured elytra sparsely decked with
patches of yellow hair. The weevils lay their eggs in spring
and early summer, in dead but not dry Pine or Spruce-wood,
choosing especially the cut stumps of recently felled trees ;
also unbarked logs and the lower part of the stems of dead
standing trees. Under the bark the grubs gnaw irregular galleries
in the sapwood, changing at the end of these to pupe. Like
the grubs of all weevils, they require shelter, and will not feed
exposed to daylight on loose brushwood, &c. They will, how-
ever, flourish in the closely packed sawdust of a saw-pit, which
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will serve excellently as a focus of infection. The duration
of larval life is very variable, and depends on the chmate and
the season. As arule, if the eggs are laid in the spring of one
year the imagos make their appearance in the summer and
autumn of the year following, live through the winter and
lay their eggs in the spring; or they may appear in the
spring and live through the following winter after egg-laying.
In any case the life of the perfect beetle lasts a year or there-
abouts, and does not, as is the case with most insects, finish at
the period of egg-laying. No injury whatever to growing plants
of any value is done by the feeding of the grubs; it is entirely
the work of the perfect beetles, which proceed on foot to young
trees, preferring Pine, but also attacking Spruce, Larch, Cypress,
&e., and occasionally Oak and deciduous trees when pressed by
hunger. ;
The insects can fly, but hardly ever do so, except at pairing-
time. They, therefore, frequent the neighbourhood of their
breeding-places, and judicious selection of the site for a nursery
away from such localities where the insect breeds will keep the
trees free till they are planted out. The beetles ascend the young
trees and feed on the bark of the shoots and smaller branches,
gnawing out circular holes with shelving sides, which may reach
the sapwood. In bad attacks these holes are placed so closely
as to coalesce, and thus patches of bark are completely destroyed,
the branches or the entire tree being killed. Flow of sap and
of resin follows the injury, the latter being often very conspicuous.
The trees chosen are usually from three to six years old, but
younger ones are not rejected, and those up to fifteen years are
sometimes attacked. Specimens can commonly be taken upon still
older trees, and they will probably attack any tree the lower
branches of which are not more than seven feet from the ground,
above which height they do not ascend. ‘They cannot injure
old bark, and the damage done to trees above ten years old is
usually insignificant.
The preventive treatment of this insect consists in keeping
the forest as free as possible from unbarked logs and trunks,
heaps of rubbish and of sawdust, and in preventing egg-laying
in the stumps of recently felled areas. This is done by barking
the exposed parts of stumps, earthing them over and beating
down the earth, or by washing them with an arsenical wash, either
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of sodium arseniate, Paris-green, or London-purple. Owing to
the deficient penetrating power of the two latter, which do not
form a solution, but are held in suspension by the addition of
dextrine or flour, the soda-salt would probably be preferable. Care
should be taken to apply such remedies before egg-laying has
taken place, and the spot to be protected is chiefly the junction of
the wood and bark. ‘The Paris-green or London-purple washes
can be used stronger than for living plants, for which the strength
should never exceed one ounce to ten gallons of water. No
advocacy of arsenic applied to stop insect-depredations is com-
plete without the reminder that all buckets and other apparatus
applied to that use should be kept solely for that purpose, and
should be carefully destroyed when done with; no scouring should
be trusted to free them from arsenic. If they are carelessly
employed for other work, a serious accident will some day dis-
credit this most valuable method of dealing with injurious
insects.
The best check of all on the propagation’ of this insect is to
clear out the stumps, for when there are no breeding-places there
can be no beetles. As these insects breed in and frequent the
neighbourhood of fresh clearings, they gradually die out if there
is no surrounding dead wood for egg-laying; this will be the case
if the felling areas are adjusted so that adjoining sections have
an interval of several years (at least four) between the periods of
cutting, no section being felled close to one previously cut and
planted till the new trees are well started. This can always be
managed by reducing the size and increasing the number of
areas; and if the forest-plan is carefully drawn out with that
view, the absence of the beetle will more than compensate for
the slightly increased trouble.
Curculio Abietis always does most harm when areas are cut
and planted in regular succession, so that every space covered
with young trees adjoins one covered with fresh stumps, from
which the weevils sally forth to the work of destruction.
Young plants can be protected by surrounding the base of the
stem with dry earth beaten flat with the spade, or with gas-lime
or similar compounds, or by ‘“‘ grease-banding’”’ the base of the
stem, and in the case of Spruce, by planting with them a few
Pines, which will be attacked in preference. If the area planted
is clean, beetles can be prevented from entering it from outside
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by surrounding it with dry trenches with vertical sides about a
foot deep. Into these they drop, and can be collected in large
numbers, especially if brushwood be placed at the bottom.
Other methods of attracting the beetles themselves are by
laying traps of Pine-bark on the ground with the inner side
downwards, shoots and fresh brushwood tied in bundles, or loose
logs, and by digging holes about a foot deep and filling them
with fresh needles and brushwood.
Whichever method be adopted, the traps must be visited and
cleared of beetles regularly, or they will do more harm than
good. This is true of all natural baits to attract insects.
PISSODES.
Two insects which somewhat resemble Curculio Abvietis
deserve passing mention; these are the beetles of the genus
Pissodes, P. Pini and P. notatus. Both are supposed to be
confined to the North of Kngland, and to Scotland. There is a
doubtful record of P. notatus from Bournemouth, and I have
myself found it in the New Forest. It is likely to occur in any
artificially formed Pine-plantation if the young trees have been
imported from a locality which it frequents. Neither species is
very common, but P. notatus at least has been reported as
injurious in Scotland. The weevils are smaller than Curculio
Abietis, more variegated in colour, and the thighs are not toothed.
They lay their eges on Pine-trunks, and the larve feed under the
bark where they hollow out pupal chambers.. P. notatus attacks
young trees from three to six years old, P. Pini older trees.
The injury caused by both is to be met by careful removal of
attacked trees and others which, being sickly, are liable to cause
attack, and by selecting sites for nurseries so that the trees shall
enjoy good general health. They do most mischief to Pines
planted in unfavourable situations.
PINE-SAWFLY.
As the trees grow up they suffer less from Curculio Abietis,
but new enemies arise, especially defoliating larve. In Great
Britain, in the absence of damage from Gastropacha Pini or
Liparis monacha, the most important of these are the Pine-
sawflies, Lophyrus Pint and other species of similar habits.
The females in late spring cut a longitudinal slit in a Pine-
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needle and lay init from 10 to 20 eggs, repeating the process
on the adjoining needles till about 120 eggs have been de-
posited. The larve hatch in a fortnight or rather more, and
live together in small companies on Pine-shoots, feeding on
the needles, from the midribs of which they strip away the sides.
They fortunately confine their attacks to the older needles, and
not to the young ones of the first year. Towards the end of
their two months’ life they devour the needles completely, dis-
regarding the midrib. They are caterpillar-like, with 22 legs,
and are somewhat variable in colour, being usually lighter or
darker green, darker along the back, with a blackish head and a
lateral series of black spots. After five or six moults each larva
makes a very small oval cocoon of leathery texture in rubbish at
the foot of the tree, or in moss, &¢., under the surface of the
layer of needles on the ground. In warm countries, and with us
in warm seasons, a second brood of flies appears from these
cocoons in August and September, and in the autumn their larve
feed up, very largely on the needles of that’year, which are then
suitable for food, and remain in shelter throughout the winter in
their cocoons, not actually changing to pupe till about three
weeks before the flight-time. The winter period is always passed
in the cocoon by the summer larve if there is no autumn brood.
The larve can be destroyed by shaking them down on to
cloths and there killing them, or they may be crushed zn situ,
by grasping them with a gloved hand or a wad of tow, or with
a metal implement like a pair of scissors, with two large flat
blades meeting face to face.
They can also be killed by spraying with a solution of helle-
bore, or sprinkling it on as a powder, but better results would be
got by the use of Paris-green, as for fruit-trees. The expense of
this treatment is not great ; low fruit-trees are sprayed for about
7s. to 10s. per acre, exclusive of the prime cost of the machine
used. A hand-machine which will spray trees up to 14 feet in
height can be bought for less than £3; it requires two men to
use it. Apparatus of this sort should find its way into every
large nursery where occasional trouble from defoliating or other
insects is experienced. The objections to the use of arsenic on
fruit-trees do not apply here, except when there is risk of injury
to game.
The pupe of Lophyrus can be destroyed by raking up the
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brushwood and upper layer of needles under the infected trees in
the winter with the contained cocoons, and conveying to a spot
where it may be safely burned. A very serious objection to
this plan is that it deprives the soil of its natural surface-
covering of needles, and if persisted in for a long time it will
injure the health of the trees. It should not be resorted to
without good cause, and when other remedies cannot be adopted.
The removal of brushwood, &c., as opposed to this covering of
needles, is always valuable for the prevention of insects.
There are a large number of other defoliating insects common
in England, as the moths fidoma piuaria and Trachea pin-
perda, which are rarely, if ever, reported as doing noticeable
damage. ‘They are occasionally very common, more particularly
the former, and it remains to be seen if their presence does not
sometimes tell injuriously on the trees. A favourite device of
the continental foresters to keep down caterpillar-attack is that
of letting swine run loose in the forest. They are zealous
searchers for and devourers of all pupe and larvae which come
within their reach; but, unfortunately, the cocoons of Lophyrus
are too leathery to be attacked by them.
LARCH-MINER,
A special form of injury is that inflicted on Larch-needles
by the larve of a tiny moth, Coleophora laricella, which
lays its eggs at the end of June on the needles of the lower
branches of Larches about ten to fourteen years old. The
caterpillar mines into and feeds upon the interior of the
needle, which becomes dry, yellow, and twisted ; it then bites off
the tip and detaches the needle about its middle, so as to form
a tube in which it lives and passes the winter, concealed in a
crack or under a bark-scale. In the spring it feeds on the new
needles, and enlarges its tube by spinning a fresh needle along its
side, biting it off and hollowing out the adjacent surfaces; in this
tube it changes to a pupa, and ultimately toa moth. This insect
is common in many English Larch-plantations, whose foliage, _
when the attack is bad, has a dull, withered look which is very
conspicuous; it does not kill the tree, but keeps it year after
year in an unhealthy condition.
Practical treatment is difficult ; picking off the injured shoots
is yery troublesome, and the only successful plan is to remove
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badly attacked trees, and burn the foliage before the moth flies
in June. it is best prevented by growing Larch in a suitable
mixture, and not in pure woods. Special importance attaches
to this and other Larch-feeding insects because the wounds
which they make probably serve as a nidus for the spores of
Larch-canker.
The insects which cause destruction to the shoots are chiefly
the caterpillars of the genus fetvua and the beetle Myelo-
philus (Hylesinus, Hylurgus) puniperda.
The etwias are small moths belonging to the group Tor-
tricuna (Leaf-rollers), of oblong form, reddish brown or grey in
colour with somewhat elaborate markings of paler streaks and
bands, assimilating in tint to the colour of Pine-bark of different
shades, a feature specially characterising Conifer-feeding moths.
PinE-sHoot Moras.
By far the most important species in Great Britain is Retinia
buoliana, though the scarcer R. turionella has got more credit
aS an Injurious species; it is equally destructive in habits.
Li. buohana appears at the beginning of July, BR. twrionella
some three weeks earlier.
Both moths lay their eges singly on young Pines at the
base of the buds of the terminal shoot or lateral branches ;
into these the caterpillars bore, hollowing out the centre bud,
and then attacking the lateral buds in the same way so as to
destroy the whole or part of the terminal whorl. The larve
live in the shoots through the winter, and pupate there in the
spring. Their presence is easily recognised by the altered and
stunted shoots which have failed to grow, and break off at a
touch, as well as by the flow of resin caused by the feeding,
especially of f. buoliana.
The effect on the tree of the loss of the terminal shoot has
been already mentioned; the lateral branches injured by bwoliana
subsequently grow twisted, and take on a characteristic curved
*‘ nost-horn ”’ shape which lasts for many years after the injary.
These insects suffer, fortunately, from the attacks of many
parasitic enemies, for practical treatment has met with little
success. The infested shoots have been persistently cut off and
burned for many years in succession without real benefit result-
ing; this treatment is only applicable to small isolated areas,
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and should be tried during the month before the appearance
of the moths. LEgg-laying takes place in the evening, and it
is sometimes worth remembering that the moths can be kept
off small patches of trees which it is important to preserve
by lighting weed-fires to windward, so that the smoke will drift
over. This is not capable of extended application, but may be
employed to protect ornamental trees which sometimes suffer
severely in the neighbourhood of large Pine-woods. These
insects are most troublesome when trees are crowded together,
neglected, and grown on unsuitable soil, and, as is usually the
case, when the wood is not mixed.
PINE-BEETLE.
Myelophilus (Hylurgus) piperda, the Wald-giriner or
Pruner of the German foresters, is, next to Curculio Abtetis,
the most injurious insect to Pines in Great Britain, over the
greater part of which it is very abundant. There are, however,
many districts where it does not occur, or has not been observed,
but almost any Pine-wood will yield evidence of its presence to a
careful searcher. It is a small oblong brown beetle of the family
Scolytid@, ox Bark-beetles.
The female, about the beginning of April, chooses a tree for
Oviposition. Those selected are newly dead or dying Pines,
especially freshly felled timber, unbarked logs and stumps,
or trees injured by storms, snow, or fire; they must have the
bark on, and are preferred as fresh as possible, provided that the
sap is not actually circulating. Occasionally the beetles make
use of Spruce, and, according to Dr. Somerville’s observations, of
Larch. She commences boring under a projecting scale, where
the bark is thick, often on the under side of a fallen trunk, if it
is free from the ground, and excavates a gallery in the bast
running, with the exception of the entrance which is oblique,
along the axis of the trunk. Itis from three to four and a half
inches long, and takes from three to five weeks to construct.
The eggs, which may reach 120 in number, are placed in
small hollows excavated alternately along its two sides. They
hatch in a few days, and the larve begin to construct lateral
galleries at right angles to that of the mother. The larval
galleries are at first small, but increase in size with the
growth of their inmates and soon take an irregular course.
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The larve, when full-grown, change to pupe in a small cavity
hollowed out in the bark at the end of the burrow, and appear
as perfect beetles in June or July, emerging from the tree by
eating out a circular exit-hole from the pupal chamber. 'Those
which hatch from the first-laid eggs are considerably in advance
of the grubs coming from eggs laid at the end of the five weeks’
task of the mother, whose dead body can be found at the end of
the burrow. The borings of the parents are not at first con-
Spicuous, but can be detected later by the dust thrown out
from between the scales of bark, whereas the holes made by the
exit of the beetles, which are in no way concealed, at once indi-
cate that they have bred in the trunk.
It appears from Dr. Someryille’s observations that the beetles
which appear as early as June breed at once, and a second
generation is produced in September. The harm done by the
breeding of this insect is not great, as, like Curculio Abietis,
it commonly avoids healthy timber. They do sometimes attack
sickly trees, and I believe that they not unfrequently complete
the destruction of isolated wind-swept clumps of Pine-trees. But
the special form of injury done to Pines consists in the boring of
the mature beetle into the young shoots for feeding purposes.
This is effected by making a lateral hole in the shoot at a dis-
tance varying from one to five inches below its tip. This hole
becomes marked with a circular ring or collar of exuding resin,
and from it there is bored a burrow for about an inch up the pith
of the shoot, which is killed, or, if the burrow is only partially
completed, crippled. These shoots break off readily above or
through the entrance-hole, and strew the ground after a high
wind. Their loss, repeated year after year, produces a striking
change in the appearance of the tree, which loses its compact
crown and becomes “ stag-headed,”’ the foliage being thin and
scanty, and dead branches sticking out. It is also liable to the
attacks of other insects, and to fungoid diseases.
At the beginning of winter the beetles quit the shoots, as a
rule, and hibernate in moss, &c., or in small burrows made in
the thick bark at the lower part of the trunk. The great treat-
ment for this insect, as for so many others, consists in not
leaving timber in the woods for the beetles to breed in—that
is to say, during the months from April to July—whether it be
felled in due course or destroyed by accident. If it is left till
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not later than the middle of June and then carted away, and
the bark stripped and burned before the beetles have emerged, it
will serve to greatly diminish the numbers of those present. For
this special purpose traps may be established, which consist of
standing trees ringed about February; after the beetles have
entered these, and are egg-laying and breeding in the bark,
they are cut down, and the bark is destroyed, as mentioned above,
before the larve hatch out. Great care must be taken to see
that such bark is destroyed by the proper time, or the whole
result will be to increase the number of beetles present in the
forest. All stumps and dead wood left i sztw should be barked ;
and sickly trees should be cleared. away before they have actually
- become a prey to the larve, unless they are to be used as tree-
traps. Much labour has been expended in clearing up the
blown-down shoots from the ground and in searching the
trees for those branches which contain holes. Neither plan is
commendable. The blown-down shoots are almost invariably
empty, and if the latter very troublesome method be adopted,
and the shoots are picked off and collected into a receptacle, it
will be found, when they are carried off to be burned, that the
beetles, if originally present, have all escaped.
Other species of bark-beetles like those of the genus Hylastes,
which sometimes attack the roots of young trees—Tomicus
sex-dentatus, acununatus, Laricis, chalcographus, and bidentatus,
all of which may occasionally prove troublesome—are to be
treated in the same way by the clearing out of brood-material,
and, if necessary, by the establishment of ‘‘tree-traps.”’
Itis to be noted that Myelophilus pimiperda never breeds in
the shoots where it feeds, and certain cases recorded where it is
supposed to have done so are due to a confusion between its larve
and those of Retina, or of certain other beetles (Hrnobius, &c.).
A peculiar form of injury is that caused by the sucking of
the two kinds of Chermes—the Spruce-gall aphis, C. Abietis, and
the Larch-aphis, C. Laricis. These insects, near neighbours of
the Phylloxera, have recently attracted much attention owing to
the peculiarities of their life-history, which have been investi-
gated by Blochmann, Dreyfus, Cholodovsky, Low, and Eckstein.
A résumé of all the recent papers on the subject would be
beyond the scope of the present article, and, indeed, all the
results are by no means certain, and a brisk controversy has
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been waged over them. Yet sufficient is known to have a very
distinct bearing upon practical forestry.
SPRUCE-GALL APHIS.
On the Spruce the Chermes appear in the spring as short,
oval, wingless insects of an ochreous colour, furnished with a
bristle-like rostrum. They have passed the winter in crevices
and under bark-scales, and early in April attach themselves
each to the base of a young leaf, which reacts by a small swell-
ing. These forms are parthenogenetic females, the foundresses
of the colony, and lay a mass of eggs at the spot (generally
at the junction of two branches) to which they attach themselves.
The larve, hatching, penetrate the surrounding parts of the
shoot with their beaks; the shoot swells, as do the bases of the
needles, and a growth commonly known as a “ Pineapple-gall”’
or ‘‘ Spruce-gall”’ results. This gall somewhat resembles a small
Fir-cone about an inch long, with the surface divided into small
convex areas, each bearing a short needle-like projection in the
middle; these are deformed needles, which, becoming swollen,
touch each other on the outside of the gall, but which are
separate inside, so that the gall contains a series of cavities or
chambers. In these cavities the larve live in numbers, either
entering the chambers during the growth of the gall or being
enclosed by the swelling of the surrounding needles; on this
point there is a difference of opinion.
The galls sometimes completely surround the base of the
shoot, sometimes they are only developed on one side. ‘The
larvee are closely packed in the chambers, from twenty to fifty
being found in each one. When they are fully grown in August
they acquire wings and leave the chambers by apertures left by
the shrinking apart of the leaves. These insects are winged
females, and their special function is that of spreading the
species on to other trees. The effect of the galls on the tree is
to cause crippling of the attacked shoot, and when they are
abundant the general growth of the tree is much impaired.
LARCH-BUG.
The females of Chermes Laricis, which also pass the winter
under bark, &¢., appear in the spring like those of C. Abietis ;
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they also are wingless, oval, of small shape, and of a purplish-
black colour, and have a long bristle-like sucker with which they
penetrate the needles to feed on their sap. ‘Towards the end of
April they lay forty to fifty eggs on the twigs. The young pro-
duced scatter themselves over the needles, and do not live
enclosed in a gall; at first very minute and blackish, they grow
rapidly and become covered with a whitish woolly down exuding
from pores on their body, giving the trees the appearance of being
covered with minute scattered snow-crystals. About June they
acquire wings and spread the especies, while further broods are
produced till the autumn. This insect occurs on Larches of
all ages, being found, perhaps, most frequently on trees of
ten to twenty years old; it not seldom affects young Larches in
nurseries, and may there be very troublesome.
The facts thus briefly given about the two kinds of Chermes
are those which are commonly known and recorded. It will be
seen that nothing is said about the presence of any male forms
or of a sexual generation ; and, indeed, till recently nothing was
accurately known about the existence of the male. In 1883 Mr.
Buckton detected the very minute wingless male of C. Abzetis in
England, and somewhat later the series of papers by German
observers already referred to have thrown much light on the life-
history of these insects. It may be taken as proved by them that
Chermes Abretis and Laricis are different forms of one and the
same species which migrates between two food-plants, certain
stages in the life-cycle being passed on the Spruce, certain stages
on the Larch. Such instances where the full cycle of forms is
not completed in one generation are not unknown amongst other
insects, especially among the Aplides, while the Phylloxera,
nearly allied to Chermes, supplies us with a familiar and striking
case. Similar examples are furnished by other parasitic
animals and plants, notably the tapeworms and liver-flukes, and
the Puccimas (Aicidiomycetes) among fungi. These life-cycles
are usually associated, as in the instances referred to, with a
change of host, or, as in the Phylloxera of the Vine, with change
of situation on the same host; that is, certain generations in the
life-cycle are always passed on or in one host, other generations
on another host, and it is commonly found among insects that
the complete cycle comprises one sexually produced genera-
tion, which may be said to start the cycle, and numerous
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parthenogenetic generations produced from female forms by
viviparous “ budding” or the laying of unfertilised eggs. The
host on which the sexual generation is found, which probably
represents the primitive food-plant of the species, 1s spoken of as
the “primary host” or ‘“ primary food-plant,”’ the other being
the ‘‘intermediate food-plant.” In Chermes Abietis-laricis (as
these insects should henceforth be called), the Spruce, upon which
the sexually produced egg is always laid, is the primary food-
plant, the Larch is the intermediate food-plant.
The cycle given for these insects by Dreyfus is as follows :—
Furst Year.
Generation I. passes the winter on the Spruce as Chermes
Abietis, and there lays eggs.
Generation II. develops in the Spruce-galls, and emerges
as the winged forms of Abietis in August. Part of these emi-
grate to the Larch, and, being now known as Laricis, lay eggs
on its needles. |
Generation III. hatches on the Larch, and passes the winter
under bark-scales, &c.
Second Year.
From the eggs of Generation III. appear Generation IY.
(the woolly form of C. Laricis), which acquire wings at the end
of May, and mostly return to the Spruce. There they are known
as C. obtectus,* and their eggs produce
Generation Y., the bisexual, consisting of true males and
females. From their sexually produced eggs develop gradually
from July to September the “‘ Stem-mothers,”’ which live through
the winter and correspond to Generation I. of the cycle.
Blochmann, who contests with Dreyfus the priority of these
discoveries—a dispute into which it is not necessary to enter—
gives a life-history differmg in the presence of a second gall-
inhabiting generation, and an additional one passing the winter
on the Spruce. These two generations will be interpolated
between I. and II. of the cycle just quoted, and the whole series
will extend over three years. The exact number of generations
is, however, not important in practice, and it is sufficient
* This form appears to be as yet unrecorded from Great Britain, and
its identification with the remigrant form of C. Laricis is disputed by
Blochmann.
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to know that migration does occur, that the Spruce is the
primary host, and on it is found the sexual generation. No
males of C. Laricis—that is, no male forms on the Larch—have
as yet been detected, and, if the life-history given is correct, there
is little reason for supposing that they ever will be.
| If this alternation of host, or ‘‘ hetercecism,’’ were merely an
interesting biological fact, it would have no place here, but all
such cases have an important practical side, whether they occur
among tapeworms, Wheat “ rust,” Hop-aphides, or Chermes ; and
the following questions immediately suggest themselves as a
result of the study of this life-cycle :—
As the species alternates between Spruce and Larch, is it
specially injurious to either tree when the two are growing in
- company, as in a Spruce-Larch mixture ?
- Can it support itself on, and injure Spruce when there are no
Larches in the neighbourhood ?
Can it support itself on Larch when there are no Spruces in
the neighbourhood ?
These questions cannot at present be fully answered, but it
is obvious that their solution can be furthered by anyone who has
large opportunities for studying the two trees growing together and
separately, and who is able to identify the ‘“‘ Spruce-galls ”’ and
the “ woolly-bugs”’ on the Larch-needles. No further entomo-
logical knowledge is necessary, and it is to be hoped that light
will be thrown on the subject by practical men; for it is by the
accumulation of evidence that the real practical importance of
the question must be decided.
In the papers already published more attention is paid to the
biological problems involved, but Blochmann says distinctly that
the first protective measure to be adopted is that of not growing
the two trees in company. In certain woods, where a mixture of
Spruce, Larch, and Pine was growing, he has observed the galls so
abundant on the Spruce that scarcely a twig was free. In others,
again, where the Spruce-plantations were almost entirely free
from Larches, there were large areas in which no galls could be
discovered, and he is strongly of opinion that the abundance of
Spruce-galls is correlated with the supply of Larches, on which
the laricis-form can live. At the same time he admits that
Spruces can be infected ata distance by the insects being carried
by wind. ;
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Dreyfus, on the other hand, takes a different view, and points
out with much probability that there are two parallel series of
life-cycles, a feature occurring perhaps with the majority of
insects with a cyclical life-history, and one which will serve to
explain many of the anomalies found, for example, in the
Phylloxera. By these “ parallel series ’’ he means that all the
members of one and the same generation do not migrate similarly,
but have somewhat different habits and offspring, and that thus
two different lines of descent are formed which converge later to
the same point, the generation from which the next cycle starts.
Thus, according to him, the whole of the winged forms of C. Abietis
do not migrate from the Spruce, but a certain percentage remain
to lay their eggs on it, and thus a series of generations is esta-
blished which live exclusively on the Spruce. In support of this
he mentions collections of young Spruces crippled with galls, in
whose neighbourhood there is only one solitary Larch some way
off, which is not very thickly infested with C. Lavicis. He has also
never seen a specimen of C. Abietis fly away from these infected
trees, and he even thinks that C. Laricis remaining on Larches
may possibly achieve a bisexual generation. Low pointsout that in
Lapland, where the Larch does not grow, Chermes certainly exists
—perhaps only another species (C. strobilobvuws)—and its migra-
tion must therefore take place on to the Pine. Such migration
Cholodovsky claims to have observed.
The necessity, therefore, of the conjunction of the two trees
for the support of these insects cannot be taken as proved, and
the questions proposed above have still to be answered.
Here in Great Britain the fact of the two trees being intro-
duced, and not indigenous, has caused an irregular distribution of
them, which affords many opportunities for observations on this
subject. May we hope that they will be seized ?
It does not follow because Spruce is not protected by isolation
from Larch that the converse is not true, because the Spruce is
undoubtedly the primary host of these insects, and there is less
probability of their being able to do entirely without it; and in
any case young trees in a nursery must be infected from outside,
and preferably from a tree of the opposite species. It would
therefore answer to try the experiment of growing Larches and
Spruces in separate nurseries, away from communication with
each other or from older trees of the opposite species, and it
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should be remembered that a better protection than separation
by a mere open space against the immigration of these insects
from distant trees is afforded by an intervening belt of trees of a
different species, as, for example, deciduous trees. If anyone who
has been troubled with the Spruce-gall aphis and the Larch-bug
in his plantation will endeavour to make separate nurseries of
the two trees, isolated in clearings of deciduous trees, his expe-
rience of success or failure in thus keeping away Chermes will
be most instructive.
As to the practical treatment of infested trees little can be
done, at least when they are moderately large.
On the Spruce the galls can be snipped off before they have
allowed the insects to escape in August; but the remedy is a
troublesome one to adopt. ‘They should be carefully burned
after gathering. If trees, especially avenue or ornamental trees,
are laden with galls, they had better be completely removed,
as the result will be serious stunting and deformity.
The experiment of washing the Spruces in April before the
gall has grown would probably lead to good results, and this is
the best plan to adopt in the case of the Larch-aphis.
The ordinary washes of kerosene (‘‘ paraffin oil’’) and soft-
soap are perhaps the most suitable, though they are not always
quite successful. The resin washes used in America are also
worthy of a trial. The formula is :—
Resin .... wisp eee 2 Oalinse
Caustic soda (70 per cent, aad hes Gr
Fish oil . a6 a0 nor Bate 3
_ The ingredients are “ee in a kettle, covered with water, and
boiled till saponified. Warm water is gradually added till the
mixture is made up to 100 gallons. Any common animal oil
can take the place of fish oil, and it will be seen that the
constituents are similar to those of common yellow soap with the
resin in excess. ‘This is, in fact, what the wash is, and it can
probably be modified by using hard soap instead of oil, and
somewhat reducing the amount of caustic soda.
Additions of tobacco-water, &c., to ordinary soft-soap wash
have been made and used, but are probably unnecessary.
Washes of dilute corrosive sublimate have also been tried with
some success, but no washes are proper to use against sucking
insects (Aplides, &c.), unless they contain soap, oily matters,
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or hydrocarbons, which will enable them to spread over the
surface of the plant on which they are sprayed. For these
insects arsenic should not be used.
There are many insects which take possession of the dead or
dying tree to lay their eggs therein whose Jarve burrow into and
penetrate the wood, making it useless for commercial purposes.
Of these the most important are the wood-wasps, Sirex
gigas and juvencus, large Hymenoptera of elongate shape.
S. gigas is yellow-and-black, and of a decided wasp-like appear-
ance, while S. ywvencus is deep blue, with the middle segments
of the abdomen reddish in the male.
WoopD-WASPS.
These insects appear to be somewhat widely distributed in
Great Britain and Ireland, and are occasionally not rare. To
judge, however, from the way in which entomologists think it
desirable to record the specimens which come under their notice,
they can hardly be described as generally common. Owing
to their striking appearance and loud buzz in flight, they attract
general attention, and are probably as rarely overlooked as any
indigenous insects. Not a few recorded specimens are obviously
imported in foreign timber. The females of both species lay their
eggs on Conifer-wood exclusively, choosing, as is so often the
case, sickly or dying trees, or those that are actually felled or
dead. Swrex gigas appears to attack principally the Spruce and
Siiver Fir, sometimes the Larch and non-European Conifers like
the Deodara.
According to German observers, it does not touch the Scotch
Pine, and I have seen no English statements to contradict this.
Unfortunately, it is often impossible to make out exactly what
species of Conifer is referred to by English entomologists.
Sirex guvencus, on the other hand, attacks the Scotch Pine
freely, as well as the Spruce, Silver Fir, and Larch.
The eggs are deposited in cracks running through the bark
into the sapwood, or in holes made by the strong ovipositor, and
not rarely on patches of bare wood where the bark has been torn
off by accident. This sometimes gives an opportunity for injury
to otherwise healthy trees. The larva, whose life extends over
two years, 1s a stout, elongate white grub, readily distinguished
by an upwardly directed pot on the last segment ; it bores
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obliquely towards the heart of the tree in the long axis of the
trunk, making a gallery which gradually increases in size,
and eventually turns and approaches the surface. At the end
of this gallery it changes to a pupa, separated from the outside
only by a thin layer of wood or bark, which is gnawed
through by the imago upon emergence. The time of develop-
ment of the larvee is increased by drying of the wood; and if
timber containing larve is cut up into planks, the insects may
eventually emerge in the interior of buildings, &c., and in that
case are stunted and small.
The larval jaws are exceedingly powerful, and they have
often been known to eat through lead—as in the Crimean war,
when bullets were found to have been penetrated by larve
emerging from the unseasoned wood of the ammunition-boxes.
A still more remarkable instance is that of the boring of the
larvee of S. gigas from the timber supports into the lead-chambers
of sulphuric-acid works, so as to let out the dilute acid. It is by
this injury to otherwise sound timber that the insects are
important, but they occasionally complete the destruction of
Conifers that would perhaps have lived several years longer.
The only remedy against their attacks in a wood which they
inhabit consists in careful removal of all infected trees, which
are sometimes indicated by the attacks of woodpeckers, and
other dead or dying wood in which they can and do breed.
Standing trees which have lost patches of bark by accident
should have the wounds tarred over or dressed with a plaster
of lime, cow-dung and clay, or other suitable mixture. Timber,
when felled, should be removed before the imagos appear in
summer.
These remedies are also suitable to ward off the attacks
of wood -feeding longicorn beetles, as Acanthocinus edilis,
Callidium violacewm, &¢c., which mav do a certain amount of
damage in a very similar manner.
If the foregoing particulars are summarised it will be seen
that the enemies of the Pine in Great Britain are far more
numerous and important than those of any other Conifer. Of
the sixteen or more species referred to in detail, twelve at least
attack the Scotch Pine, and of these eight are confined to that
tree, and to foreign species of Pinus. The Spruce shares its
particular pest, the gall-aphis, with the Larch, which has a
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special enemy in Coleophora laricella. Silver Fir is liable to
injury from wood-wasps, but does not exclusively support any
important species. ‘This liability of the Pine is no doubt due to
its being the only forest Conifer indigenous to Britain, where the
Spruce is as yet free from the serious enemies which attack it
over the greater part of Kurope.
The preventive measures to be adopted against insect-attacks
can be gathered from what has been said, but it is necessary to
again point out, at the risk of being tedious, that no Conifer-
wood can be kept free from the risk of insect-injury, unless it is
freed from newly dead and dying wood, cut branches, and fresh
stumps. There is no need for the systematic removal of the
covering of needles, the natural protection to the ground, nor, as
a rule, of small twigs and branches much under an inch in
diameter.
It is not rarely objected by those anxious to free a wood from
insects that this thorough cleaning is too costly to be put into
practice. Without it the insects cannot be kept down, and it is
for them to look at the cost of labour and the opportunity for
disposal of such timber, and decide whether it is cheaper to let
the insects flourish or not.
The first cleaning-up of a neglected forest is no doubt costly,
_ but after that has taken place there is plenty of evidence to show
that systematic and orderly removal of dead wood is profitable
in the long run, unless exceptional destruction of timber over
scattered areas by storms or snowfall should unduly strain the
forest resources.
No one who is familiar with the pitiable appearance of a
Pine-wood thinned out badly by Myelophilus piniperda can
doubt that in this matter penny-wisdom sometimes leads to
pound-foolishness, and that in the end the practice of keeping
the forest thoroughly clean—a practice advocated for many
generations by scientific foresters—is the best and safest.
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LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS
IN CULTIVATION IN THE OPEN AIR IN GREAT
BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
By Dr. Maxwext T. Masters, F.R.S., Corresponding Member
of the Institute of France.
INTRODUCTION.
Objects of the Compilation—Authorities cited before and after the date of
Parlatore’s Monograph (1868)—More Recent Bibliography—Abbre-
viations—Living Specimens examined—Herbarium Collections—
Nomenclature—Synopsis of Tribes and Genera—Alphabetical List of
Genera and Species.
THE following list comprises an enumeration of all the
Conifers and Taxads known to be hardy in our islands, together
with the names of a few others grown under glass and which
may be of importance for naturalisation in some of our colonies.
In drawing up the list of genera, Bentham and Hooker’s
“Genera Plantarum ”’ has been followed as the standard authority.
A few deviations from it have been made in accordance with
more recently obtained knowledge.
Parlatore’s monograph of the Conifere in De Candolle’s
«Prodromus’’ has been taken ag the basis for the enumeration
of the-species, but with considerable modification. This mono-
graph is cited throughout because it is the most complete of
any up to the date of publication (1868), and especially because
it is very rich in references to books and to figures. In
consequence it has in many cases not been deemed necessary to
cite full bibliographical details, but merely to refer the reader to
the volume of the ‘“ Prodromus ’”’ in which the desired informa-
tion may be found.
More complete reference has been made to illustrated books,
and to works published since the issue of Parlatore’s monograph
(1868); but as the requirements of cultivators have been the
main points attended to, references of value to botanists and
physiologists only have been sometimes passed over.
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The costly ‘‘Pinetum Britannicum,” published originally
by P. Lawson & Co. and brought to a close a few years since
by Mr. Ravenscroft, with the assistance at various times
of Robert Brown, Lindley, and especially of Andrew Murray, has
been quoted throughout. The lattermost sheets of this great
but sadly incomplete book were prepared by the present writer,
at Mr. Ravenscroft’s request, in order to fulfil the obligations
to the original subscribers. That task was accomplished, it is
to be feared, at great loss to the proprietor. The death of Mr.
Ravenscroft has put an end to the idea, at one time entertained,
of publishing an abridgment of the existing work, with a con-
tinuation completing the history of the Order, and materials
for which have been collected by myself.
Loudon’s ‘‘ Encyclopedia of Trees and Shrubs” (1842) is
quoted by reason of the numerous woodcuts, copies from
Lambert’s costly work, and also others from original sources,
that it contains. In these respects it is more complete than the
‘* Arboretum,’’ which was published earlier ; moreover, a more
recent edition or reproduction has been issued.
The treatises of Endlicher, Gordon, and Carriére have, of
course, been consulted, although, for the reasons above given,
they are not always specifically quoted.
Hoopes’ “ Book of Evergreens”’ (1868), an American work, well
illustrated, deserves to be known here more widely than it is.
Veitch’s excellent ‘“‘ Manual of the Conifer’ (1881) has
been cited throughout, not only on account of its general
accuracy, but because of its ready accessibility and wide dis-
tribution among gardeners.
Beissner’s ‘‘ Handbuch der Nadelholzkunde”’ (Berlin, 1891)
is well illustrated, and for the most part complete and accurate
so far as the species hardy in Germany are concerned. The
list of varieties it contains is also valuable for garden purposes.
It is hardly necessary to allude to those European floras which
have been dealt with in the older books, but among more recent
productions may be mentioned Willkomm’s ‘“ Forstliche Flora,” —
9nd edit. (1887), an excellent manual of the forest trees of Ger-
many, and one in which many Conifers are figured ; Velanofsky,
« Flora Bulgarica ” (1891), and Blanchet, ‘‘ Catalogue des Plantes
vasculaires du sud-ouest (Pyrénées, etc.) de la France”; whilst
several Conifers are figured in the ‘‘ Flora Forestal Kspanola,”’
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 181
by Laguna and Don Pedro de Avila (1881). The latest enumera-
tion of European Conifers is that in Richter’s “‘ Plante EKuropee,”’
vol. i. (1890), pp. 1-7.
For the North American species, exclusive of those of Mexico
and Central America, Sargent’s list of forest trees in the Tenth
Census Report (1884) is invaluable for its elaborate synonymy,
copious references to literature and to illustrations, extended
details of topographical distribution, together with indications of
economic uses, etc.
Coulter’s “‘ Manual of the Botany of the Rocky Mountains ”
(1885) deals with the Conifers of that range, and the Californian
species were enumerated in the second volume of Watson’s “ Flora
of California’’ by the late Dr. Engelmann (1880). Liemmon’s
second and third “ Biennial Reports of the California State Board
of Forestry,” for the years 1887-88 and 1889-90 respectively, are
very valuable as containing numerous and important observations
on the living trees and their distribution, together with photo-
graphs, &c.; but, unfortunately, these Reports are not generally
accessible to gardeners.
Macoun’s “Catalogue of Canadian Plants,” vol. i., part 8
(1886), contains a complete list of the Canadian species, Pacific as
well as Atlantic, with a full account of their distribution.
A catalogue of Mexican and Guatemalan species is given by
Hemsley in the ‘‘ Biologia Centrali Americana,”’ vol. iii., p. 188
(1886).
The few Maroccan species were enumerated by Ball in the
« Spicilegium Flore Maroccane” in 1878 (Journal of the
Linnean Society, vol. xvi., p. 669).
Boissier’s ‘‘Flora Orientalis,’’ vol. v. (1884), contains a
descriptive enumeration of all the Mediterranean, Levantine,
Persian, and Caucasian species, as well as those of Afghanistan
and bordering countries.
For Indian species, Sir Joseph Hooker’s “ Flora of British
India,’ vol. v. (1888), summarising as it does the labours of
Wallich, Griffith, Wight, Brandis, and many other Indian
botanists, and giving references to their publications, has been
followed.
For the species native to Japan I have consulted not only
the Flora of Siebold and Zuccarini (1842), but the later works
of Murray on the Pines and Firs of Japan (1868), Franchet and
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Savatier’s ‘‘ Knumeratio” (1875), my own monograph in the
‘Journal of the Linnean Society,’ vol. xviii. (1879), p. 4738, as
well as the more recently published monograph of Japanese
Abietineze by Dr. Mayr (1890).
The Chinese species have been enumerated in a monographic
list (not yet published), prepared by myself, to form part of
Forbes and Hemsley’s very useful enumeration of all the plants
known from China proper, and which is now in course of
publication in the “Journal of the Linnean Society.”
The ‘‘ Forest Flora of New Zealand,” by Professor T. Kirk
(1889), contains numerous illustrations and excellent descriptions
of the peculiar species native in those islands, some of which are
grown here as greenhouse shrubs, and some of which are also
likely to be of great importance in countries suited to their
growth.
Few Australian species come within the scope of this list,
but some are grown in our conservatories. The ‘Flora Austra-
liensis’”’ of Bentham gives details concerning them, and a full list,
with references, is given in Baron Sir Ferdinand von Mueller’s
“Systematic Census of Australian Plants.” For species of
economic importance and suitable for extra-tropical culture the
reader should consult that author’s useful ‘‘ Select Extra-Tropical
Plants.”’
To obviate unnecessary repetition and to save space, the full
titles of the works alluded to in the following list are only cited
in exceptional instances, thus :—
‘‘ Benth. et Hook.” signifies in all cases the monograph of
the genera of Conifers prepared by Mr. Bentham in Bentham
and Hooker’s ‘‘ Genera Plantarum,” vol. ii., p. 420 (1880).
By ‘‘ Hichler ’’ is meant the similar recension of the genera
by the late Professor Hichler in Engler and Prantl’s “ Die
natirlichen Pflanzenfamilien,” 2. Teil, 1. Abtheilung (1889).
The name ‘ Parlatore’”’ always applies to the monograph
of Conifers prepared by the Italian botanist for De Candolle’s
“ Prodromus,”’ vol. xvi., part 2 (1868).
“ Veitch ” applies exclusively to the Manual of Conifers in
which his assistant, Mr. Kent, took so large a share, and which
was published in 1881.
‘ Beissner ”’ is a brief citation for that author’s ‘‘ Handbuch
der Nadelholzkunde”’ (1891).
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“Pinet, Brit.” refers to the “ Pinetum Britannicum”’ of
Ravenscroft previously alluded to.
References to well-known treatises of older date are given in
the books just alluded to, and are not in all cases repeated here ;
but the more recent ones, and those not quoted in the text-books,
so far as they are of importance to cultivators, are cited at length
in the list now given.
In addition to literary materials, I have had at hand constantly
during the preparation of this list collections of dried specimens
made by myself during the last few years, through the kindness
of the authorities of the Royal Gardens, Kew, the directors of
many of our botanic gardens at home and abroad, and through
the courtesy of very many cultivators of these plants in England
and on the Continent. I have also had a considerable number
of species growing under my own observation in a young state.
The information derived from these living specimens, and from
frequent visits of inspection to Kew and various private gardens
and nurseries, has been supplemented and controlled by the
examination of the specimens in the herbaria and museums at
Kew and at the British Museum. These materials served as
the basis of my paper on the Comparative Morphology, é&c., of the
Order in the ‘‘ Journal of the Linnean Society,” vol. xxvii. (1889),
to which the reader isreferred for details as to the salient points in
the external conformation of these plants.
The rich collections forwarded to the Conifer Congress at
Chiswick from all parts of the kingdom also furnished an admir-
able means of knowing what was really in the country, and of
appreciating the confusion in the nomenclature. These specimens
were systematically gone through by myself, and, with the
exception of those from the Royal Gardens, Kew, which had
frequently been studied before in sitw, scarcely a specimen was
left unexamined, at least cursorily. I would fain hope, there-
fore, that the proportion of errors, whether of commission or
of omission, is not larger than is inevitable in a work of this
character, involving so much detail, and drawn up amid frequent
interruptions and the constant pressure of other duties.
NoMENCLATURE.
As regards general nomenclature, I have followed the
principle acted on by Bentham and Hooker in their standard
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work, the earlier portions of which were published prior to the
publication of the ‘“ Lois de la Nomenclature’ of 1867. Those
botanists personally and critically examined all the genera of
flowering plants and the literature connected with them. Their
judgment and experience are unsurpassed, so that it is only
when errors can be shown, and when modifications, arising from
more recent and more complete information, are necessitated, that
the student is justified in departing from their standard.
An additional reason for following the general plan of Bentham
and Hooker may be found in the publication of the “ Index
Kewensis,”’ the first sheet of which is passing through the press
as these lines are being written. This Index, compiled by Mr.
B. Daydon Jackson, with the assistance of Sir Joseph Hooker,
purports to be a list of all the generic and specific names of
flowering plants published between 1735 and 1885. It is obvious
that such a list, prepared by such authority, must in practice have
far more weight and influence than any abstract code of laws.
Under the circumstances it has, unfortunately, not been possible
to take advantage in all cases of this colossal list, for, except as
to the first sheet, it is still (February 1892) in manuscript.
[fit should be found that there are discrepancies between this
present list and the Kew Index, it must be borne in mind that
the Kew Index is a catalogue of names only, and is not compiled
with the same objects or in the same manner as a monograph,
where the value of each name has to be ascertained, and, further-
more, that it does not bring the nomenclature, or its revision, to
a later date than 1885.
In compiling a list mainly for the use of cultivators, the pre-
ponderance of authority, common usage, and general convenience
have, in some cases, been assigned more weight than has been
given to inelastic rules. ‘‘ Priority ’’ has generally been respected,
but when associated with inaccurate or inadequate publication, or
when rigid adherence to it would be more likely to induce con-
fusion than to facilitate research, to check rather than advance
knowledge, then it has been disregarded, or treated as obsolete.
A name is a mere label, in itself of no intrinsic consequence. In
selecting a name, therefore, that which is most generally used
and most generally convenient (provided it be not absolutely
incorrect or misleading) should, particularly for garden use, be
retained. To mix up with the name of a plant matters relating
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to its history, synonymy, bibliography, or even to its character-
isation, is to prepare the way for endless variety of practice, cease-
less confusion of application, and unlimited difference of opinion.
It is more than questionable whether anyone but a mono-
grapher, or one who has studied the plant or plants in question
and the literature relating to them, should have the privilege of
changing old-established names, simply on the ground that they
are not in conformity with legislation, however excellent, of more
modern date than themselves. In any case it would be better
that he should not lightly exercise the power.
Cultivators are more guided by custom than by law, and such
names as Thuya Lobbw and Abies Douglasii, though open to
objection from a strictly botanical point of view, are likely to
remain in common use. Fortunately, the vernacular names,
which are usually so very objectionable, are in some cases well
suited for use, at least by English-speaking growers. Thus,
whilst the botanists are making up their minds which out of the
host of synonyms they shall adopt as the most appropriate, the
gardener may continue to speak of the common Spruce, the
common Silver Fir, the Douglas Fir, or the Lawson Cypress
without fear of being misunderstood. Such cases are not
common; whilst the evils of so-called popular names are, in
general, so serious that their adoption, except in a few well-marked
instances, such as those just mentioned, is most undesirable even
in this country. They are, of course, mostly useless so far as
any other country is concerned.*
SYNOPSIS OF TRIBES AND GENERA.
In the following list the genera are first of all mentioned
under their appropriate places in the Natural system. Sub-
sequently the genera are arranged in alphabetical order, as
being the most generally convenient. Within each genus the
* As this sheet is passing through the press, a pamphlet has been
received from Mr. Lemmon, entitled “Approved English Names of the
Cone-bearing Trees of the Pacific Slope.’’ In this Mr. Lemmon has coined
@ number of names, some likely enough to become current, such as the
Torrey Pine, the Engelmann Spruce, &c.; but what English cultivator is
ever likely to speak of the ‘“ Arizona Five-leaved Lumber Pine,”’ or the
**Chihuahua Top Cone Pine,” or the “Canada Horn Pine’’? Surely it
is easier to say, Pinus Arizonica, Pinus Banksiana, or even Pinus
Chihuahua.
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species are also arranged in alphabetical sequence. In the case
of the tribes and genera the most striking distinguishing charac-
ters are given. Synonyms are indicated by italics. Accepted
names, whether of genera or species, are printed in black-faced
type. Names applying to varieties are cited in small capitals.
Catalogue-names, or names applied to plants shown at exhibitions,
but in either case without adequate description or figure, are here
passed over, as well as some others not known to be in cultiva-
tion in the open air. Some of these omitted names will be found
in the “ Index Bibliographique’”’ of Morren and Devos (1887).
NAT. ORDER CONIFER.
Mostly evergreen, resin-bearing trees; leaves variable accord-
ing to stage of growth and position, rarely uniform throughout;
male and female flowers separate, either on the same tree (mon-
cecious), or on different trees (dicecious); stamens in catkin-like
masses ; female flowers in cones, each flower consisting of two
scales, one above another, the lower sterile one is the bract, the
upper is the seed-scale, on the upper or inner surface of which are
placed the seeds. The relative proportions of the bract and of the
seed-scale vary in different cases, so that while in some genera a
bract and scale are always distinguishable in the ripe cone, in
others the two are so intimately blended as to be indistinguishable
to the naked eye when the cones are ripe. The male catkin may
be either taken as one flower of many stamens; or each stamen
may be considered to be a separate flower. Similarly the female
cone may be regarded as a single flower of many bracts and
scales, or each bract with its seed-scale may be treated as a
distinct flower. The seeds are not, as is the case in ordinary
flowering plants, enclosed within the fruit-scale, or in any cavity
like an ovary, but simply lie wpon its upper surface, whence the
name ‘‘ Gymnosperms,”’ or naked-seeded plants.
These points of structure, though of the highest botanical
interest, are, unlike those relating to the life-history and mode
of growth, of little importance culturally, and are therefore only
incidentally mentioned here. The mode of germination is worthy
of notice by the cultivator as well as by the botanist. Some of
the details here given are taken from Dr. v. Tubeuf’s book,
“Samen, Friichte und Keimlinge,” ete., Berlin, 1891. These
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subjects are discussed at length in my ‘“‘ Review of some Points
in the Comparative Morphology, Anatomy, and Life-history of
the Conifere’’ in the “Journal of the Linnean Society,” vol.
Xxvil. (1889).
The Order Coniferze admits of subdivision into tribes, sub-
tribes, and genera as follows :—
J.—THE Cypress TRIBE (CUPRESSINE).
Trees or shrubs usually with the adult leaves appressed, opposite,
whorled, in 3-4 rows, small, scale-like, rarely linear. Buds not scaly.
Flowers usually moncecious. Cones globular or oblong. Scales mostly
confluent with the bracts, decussate, generally woody when ripe, but
leathery in subgenus CHAMCYPARIS of CuprREssus, and fleshy in Juni-
pers. Seeds erect.
Subtribe 1. Juniperine.—F lowers moncecious or dicecious. Cone-
scales fleshy, at length confluent. Seeds not winged.
JUNIPERUS.
Subtribe 2. Callitrine.—Cone-scales verticillate, dry, valvate.
Seeds usually winged.
CALLITRIS. WIDDRINGTONIA.
TETRACLINIS. ACTINOSTROBUS.
Subtribe 3. Thuine.—Flowers moncecious. Cone-scales dry, decus-
sate or subspirally arranged, oblong or peltate. Seeds winged except
in subgenus Biota of THuyA.
FITZROYA. THUYA.
CUPRESSUS. LIBOCEDRUS.
IJ.—Tue Taxopium Tripe (TAXxovIE#).
Trees with narrow linear leaves spirally arranged, sometimes
apparently two-ranked, not whorled. Buds not scaly. Flowers
moncecious. Cones globular or oblong ; scales spirally arranged, more
or less woody. Bracts partially consolidated with the scales. Seeds
2-6 to each scale, erect or inverted, winged.
CRYPTOMERIA. SEQUOIA.
TAXODIUM. ATHROTAXIS.
GLYPTOSTROBUS. SCIADOPITYS.
III.—TuHeE Fir Trips (ABIETINE®).
Trees with adult leaves linear, arranged spirally, but apparently
in two or more rows, or in tufts. Buds scaly. Flowers moncecious.
Cones mostly woody; scales arranged spirally, manifestly double—
7.e, the bracts, though relatively small, remain separate from the seed-
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scales, andare not consolidated with them except at the very base.
Seeds 2 to each scale, inverted, winged.
PINvs. TSUGA. ABIES.
CEDRUS. PSEUDOLARIX. KETELEERIA.
PICEA. PSEUDOTSUGA. LARIX.
IV.—THE ARAUCARIA TRIBE (ARAUCARIEZ).
Trees with spirally arranged, narrow or broad leaves. Buds not
scaly. Flowers dicecious or monccious. Anther-cells pendulous.
Cones globular ; scales very numerous, spirally arranged, apparently
single by the consolidation of bract and scale, the latter being rela-
tively small. Seeds 1-6 to each scale, inverted, winged or wingless.
CUNNINGHAMIA. Acatuis (Dammara). ARAUCARIA.
NAT. ORDER TAXACEA.
Evergreen trees (except Ginkgo) or shrubs usually with dicecious
flowers ; males in catkins ; females solitary or loosely arranged at the
ends of the branches. Seed-coat either dry or eventually fleshy,
partially or completely surrounded by a fleshy, cup-like aril, or by a
succulent bract, or borne upon a fleshy stalk.
The order may be divided into tribes and genera as follows :—
J.—THE SALISBURIA TRIBE (SALISBURIEZ).
Seed erect, its outer coat becoming fleshy, with no aril or with
only an imperfectly developed aril at the base.
GINKGO. CEPHALOTAXUS. TORREYA.
II.—Tue Yew Trips (TAXE#).
Seed erect, rarely partly inverted (Dacrydiwm), solitary, outer coat
dry, surrounded by a fleshy well-developed aril.
Taxus, PHYLLOCLADUS. PHEROSPH ERA.* DaAcRYDIUM.
III.—TueE Povocarpus TRIBE (PoDOCARPE#).
Seed inverted, outer coat dry, surrounded by a fleshy cup-like aril
or supported by a fleshy bract and pedicel.
Microcacurys. Popocarpus. PRUMNOPITYS. SAXEGOTHEA.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF GENERA AND SPECIES.
ABIES, Linn. ; Link; Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum,
iii. 411; Eichler, p. 70, with figures (not of Don or Loudon), The
Silver Firs. (Tribe ABIETINE®. )
Trees with whorled branches ; adult leaves 2-ranked, sessile,
* Not in cultivation.
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narrow, flat, leaving a circular scar on the branch when they fall. Male
catkins scattered, axillary ; anthers crested, opening crosswise; pollen-
cells winged. Cones erect, maturing the first year. Bracts more or less
conspicuous, free from the scales except at their base. Seed-scales
becoming detached from a central column when ripe, and each falling
separately. Seed with a large inseparable wing. Testa with resin
canals. Cotyledons 4-8, flat, leafy, entire. Primary leaves of the
same form but much smaller.
The species enumerated under this genus have been, and still are,
included in some catalogues, under other genera, as Tsuga, Pseudo-
tsuga, Keteleeria and especially under Picea and Pinus. The
reader who may not find the specific name he seeks under Abies should
consult the genera named,
A. ajanensis. See Picea ajanensis.
A. alba. See Picea alba and P. pectinata.
A. Albertiana, Murray. See Tsuga Mertensiana.
A. Alcockiana. See Picea Alcockiana.
1. A. amabilis, Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. t. 44; Engelmann in Gard.
Chron. 1880, 720, 725, f. 136-141; Veitch, 86, fig. ; Sargent, Census
Report, 213 ; Beissner, 468, fig. ; Macoun, 475 ; Masters, Journ. Linn.
Soc. xxii. (1886) p. 171, fig. ; Gard. Chron. June 16, 1888, p. 755,
fig. male fl. Red Fir.
Syvorrvs :—Pinus amabilis, Douglas; Parlatore, 426, partly (see
also A. lasiocarpa). Pinus grandis, Lambert, ed. i. t. 26 (not of
Douglas). Picea amabilis, Loudon, Arboretum, f. 2247 ; Hncycl. 1046,
f. 1960. Abies grandis, Murray (not of others). A. grandis var. densi-
flora, Engelmann. A. magnifica of some gardens, not of Murray.
Fraser River Valley to Oregon. Discovered and introduced by
Douglas.
A. Apollinis. See Abies cephalonica.
A. arctica, Murray. See Picea alba.
2. A. balsamea, Miller; Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. t. 37; Veitch,
86; Beissner, 464; Macoun, 473. The Balsam Fir.
Syrwvowvyrms :—Pinus balsamea, Linneeus ; Lambert, ed. i. 48, t. 31;
Parlatore, 423; Bentley and Trimen, Med. Plants, iv. tab. 263. Picea
balsamea, Loudon, Arboretum, f. 2240 ; Encycl. Trees, 1044, f. 1953.
VARIETIES :—Hupsonica, Veitch, 88; Beissner, 465; also vars.
LONGIFOLIA, BRACHYLEPIS, CHRULEA, NANA, PROSTRATA, DENUDATA,
NUDICAULIS, VARIEGATA and ARGENTEA of catalogues.
Canada and North-east United States.
A, bifidu. See Abies firma.
A. bifolia, Murray. See Abies lasiocarpa.
3. A. brachyphylla, Maximowicz. Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov.
1, 1879, p. 556, fig. 92, and in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. vol. xvilil. p. 515.
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For full synonymy, see also Gard. Chron. August 1, 1885, p. 151,
fig. 30; Veitch, 89, fig. ; Beissner, 453.
Japan. Discovered on Fusi Yama by Maximowicz.
4. A. bracteata, Nuttall; Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4740; Engelmann
in Gard. Chron. 1879, 684; Veitch, 89, f. 14,15; Masters in Gard.
Chron. Feb. 23, 1889, p. 242, f. 44, and May 31, 1890, 672, fig. 112,
male flowers ; Beissner, 489, fig. Bristle Cone Fir of Lemmon.
Srvovrms :—Pinus venusta, Douglas, MSS. P. bracteata, Don;
Lambert, ed. i. t. 91; Hook. Icon. 379; Parlatore, 419: Picea brac-
teata, Loudon, Arboretum, iv. f. 2256 ; Encycl. Trees, 1049, fig. 1964 ;
Pinet. Brit. 1. 171, t. 25, 26; Coleman in Garden, 1889, Jan.—5,
fig.; Lemmon, Third Report, No. 17. Abies venusta, Sargent ; Koch,
Dendrol. ii. 210.
Introduced by Douglas from the Santa Lucia Mountains, Cali-
fornia.
. Bridgesii, ex Kew Index =Tsuga Mertensiana.
. Brunoniana. See Tsuga Brunoniana.
. cerulea. See Picea alba.
. cerulescens. See Picea rubra.
. californica, ex Kew Index = Pseudotsuga Douglasii.
. campylocarpa, ex Kew Index = Abies magnifica.
. canadensis. See Tsuga canadensis.
. candicans. See A. pectinata.
. Cedrus. See Cedrus Libani.
Baa RRR Rp
5. A. cephalonica, Loudon ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 8, 1884,
592, fig. 105 ; Veitch, 92; Beissner, 438 ; Gard. Mag. Nov. 24, 1888.
Synowrms:—A. Apollims, Link ; Boissier, v. 702; Pinet. Brit.
ii. 167, t. 24. A. panachaica, Heldreich. A. regine Amaliz
Heldreich. Gard. Chron. August 17, 1861, p. 755. Pinus pies.
var. cephalonica, Parlatore, 422. Picea cephalonica, Loudon, Encyel.
1039, f. 1940; Pinet. Brit. ii. 175, t. 27.
VARIETIES :—Carriére describes a var. RUBIGINOSA, and Bailly one
under the name supMuTIcA. A hybrid is also mentioned between
CEPHALONICA and Pinsapo, Revue Horticole, 1889, p. 115.
Mountains of Greece. Probably a variety of the Silver Fir (A,
pectinata), but distinct enough for cultural purposes to be considered
as a species.
6. A. cilicica, Carritre, Coniféres, 229 ; Veitch, 110 ; Beissner, 448 ;
. . . 3
Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 703.
Sywovrm :—FPinus cilicica, Parlatore.
Discovered by Kotschy in the mountains of the Cilician Taurus -
3
alt. 4,000-7,000 feet.
A. chlorocarpa, ex Kew Index = Picea excelsa.
A. cinerea, ex Kew Index = Picea excelsa.
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A. Olanbrassiliana, a form of Picea excelsa.
A. commutata. See Picea Engelmanni and P. pungens.
7. A. concolor, Lindley and Gordon, Journ. Hort. Soc. 1850, v. 210 ;
Engelmann in Gard. Chron. 1879, 684, f. 114, 115; Masters in
Gard. Chron. 1879, 684, f. 114 ; Dec. 27, 1890, p. 749, cones ; and in
Jown. Linn. Soc. xxii. 177, partly ; Beissner, 470, partly, fig. 180,
but excl. syns. ; Veitch, 93. Colorado White Fir.
SywonrmMs:—Pinus concolor, Parlatore, 426. Picea concolor,
Murray in Gard. Chron. 1875, p. 185, f. 26. Picea lasiocarpa of some
gardens (not of Hooker). See also A. Lowiana.
VARIETY :—VIOLACEA= Picea concolor var. VIOLACEA, Roezl ;
Murray in Gard. Chron. 1875, 464, f. 94. Engelmann in Gard. Chron.
1879, Nov. 29, p. 684, and Masters in eodem Dec. 27, 1890, p. 751.
Abies concolor violacea, Gard. Chron. 189, fig. 751.
Colorado, Utah, Arizona.
. curvifolia, ex Kew Index = Picea alba.
. Davidiana, Franchet. See Keteleeria Davidiana.
. decidua, ex Kew Index. See Tsuga Brunoniana.
. denticulata, Poiret. See Picea nigra.
. Douglasi. See Pseudotsuga Douglasii.
. dumosa, Loudon. See Tsuga Brunoniana.
. Eichlerii, Lauchein Gart. Zeit. Feb. 1882, c. ic. =A. Veitchii.
. elegans, Knight. See Picea excelsa, fide Kew Index,
. excelsa. See A. pectinata and Picea excelsa.
. finedonensis. See Picea excelsa.
8. A. firma, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Jap. ii. 15, t. 107;
Masters in Gard. Chron. 1879, p. 198, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii.
p. 514; Veitch, 95; Beissner, 451, fig.; Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. 31, ¢.
tab.; Journ. of Hort. Oct. 8, 1891.
Synonyms :—Pinus firma, Antoine; Parlatore, 424. Abies holo-
phylla, Maximowicz.
Bea aR Ree
ABIES BIFIDA, Siebold and Zuccarini, is a name applying to the
young sterile stage in which the leaves are of a different form from
those on the older and on the cone-bearing branches.
Introduced by Siebold from Japan.
A. Fortunei. See Keteleeria Fortunei.
9. A. Fraseri, Lindley; Veitch, 96; Beissner, 463; Sargent in
Garden and Forest, Oct. 2, 1889; Masters in Gard. Chron. Dec. 18,
1890, p. 684, fig. 182.
Sywonrus -—Picea Fraseri, Loudon, Arboret. fig. 2243; Eneycl.
1045, f. 1965, Pinus Fraseri, Parlatore, |.c. 420 ; Lambert, ed. iii. t. 29.
Mountains of Carolina and Pennsylvania. Discovered and intro-
duced by Fraser in 1811.
A. glauca and A. glaucescens, Roezl. See A. religiosa.
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10. A. grandis, Lindley; Pinet. Woburn. t. 43; Engelmann in
Gard. Chron. 1879, p. 684; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1881, 179,
f. 33-36 ; and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 174, t. 3, figs. ; Veitch, 97,
f. 23, 24, fig.; Beissner, 477, fig.; Garden, Sept. 27, 1890; Macoun,
474. Oregon White Fir of Lemmon.
Synonyms :—Puws grandis, Douglas; Parlatore, 427. Picea
grandis, Loudon, Arboretum, iv. f. 2245 ; Hncycl. Trees, 1045, £..1958 ;
Murray in Gard. Chron. 1875, 135, f. 28.
Vancouver's Island to California, near the coast ; western slopes of
Rocky Mountains. Discovered and introduced by Douglas.
A. grandis, Murray. See Abies amabilis.
A. Hanburyana. See Tsuga.
A. Harryana. See A. homolepis.
A. holophylla, Maximowicz ; Beissner, 452 = Abies firma,
11. A. homolepis, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Jap. ii. p. 1%,
t. 108 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1879, p. 823. Sometimes referred to
A. firma, but it differs.
Syvonrmus:—Pinus Harryana, MacNab; Abies T'schonoskiana.
For the full synonymy, see Mayr, Abiet. Japan. (1890), 35, t. 2.
Japan. |
A. Hookeriana. See Tsuga.
A. Hudsonica, Engelmann ; Sargent, Census Report, 211. Sup-
posed to be an alpine form of A. balsamea, Veitch, 83. The resin
canals are sub-epidermal, and there is no hypoderm. The cones are
unknown.
A. jezoensis. See Picea Alcockiana and Keteteeria Fortunei.
A. Kaempferti. See Pseudolarix.
12. A. lasiocarpa, Hooker; Nuttall; Masters in Gard. Chron.
Feb. 9, 1889, p. 172, figs. 26, 27, 32 ; Journal of Botany, 1889, May ;
Sargent, Garden and Forest, Oct. 16, 1889 (not of gardens).
Srwvowyms :—A. (Picea) bifolia, Murray in Gard. Chron. 1875, 465,
figs. 96, 97. A. subalpina, Engelmann ; Veitch, 111 ; Masters in Gard.
Chron. 1880, 235, figs. 43-45, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 188, fig.;
Beissner, 467 ; Macoun, 474. A. subalpina var. fallax, Engelmann.
VARIETY :—CRULESCENS.
Alaska, British Columbia. Oregon to Colorado, 4,000-12,000 feet.
Discovered by Douglas.
A. lasiocarpa of gardens. See Abies Lowiana.
A. laxa, Koch, Dendrol. 11. 2538. See Picea alba.
13. A. Lowiana, Murray in Proc. Hort. Soc. London, iii. 814, fig. 38,
41 (2); Masters in Gard. Chron. Dec. 11, 1886, p. 755, f. 148.
Gard. Chrow. 1890, Dec. 27, p. 750, fig.; California White Fir of
Lemmon. |
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Sywvowvrus :—A. grandis var. Lowiana, Masters in Journ. Linn.
Soc. xxii. 175, figs.; Lemmon, Third Report, 15,16. Picea Lowiana,
Gordon, Pinet. ed. 2, 218. Abies lasiocarpa of some gardens, and
Garden, March 2, 1889. <A. Parsonsiana, of some gardens. A. con-
color, Veitch, 93 ; Gard. Chron. May 22, 1880, p. 648. A. concolor,
var. lasiocarpa, Beissner, 473.
Western slope of the Sierra Nevadas, North California, Oregon.
A. Luscombeana, Loudon = Abies cephalonica.
14. A. magnifica, Murray in Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. i111. 1863, 318, and
in Gard. Chron. 1875, 134; Engelmann in Gard. Chron. Nov. 29,
1879, 685, f. 116 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 21, 1885, p. 661,
f. 148; Sargent, Tenth Census Report, 214; Veitch, 99; Beissner,
483 ; Lemmon, Third Report, t. 13.
SyvwvonvmMs :—A. campylocarpa, Murray, ex Index Kewensis. Picea
magnifica, Gordon. Murray in Gard. Chron. June 12, 1875, p. 753,
fig. Syme in Gard. Chron. March 16, 1878, p. 348, fig.
VARIETIES :—XANTHOCARPA, Lemmon, Third Report, 14; SHASTENSIS,
Lemmon = A. nobilis var., Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 11,
1885, fig. 147; Oct. 10, 1891, p. 428; and in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xxii.
tab. 5. California Red Fir.
North California. Introduced by Jeffrey in 1851. By some con-
sidered as a form of A. nobilis.
A. Mariana. See Picea nigra.
15. A. Mariesii, Masters in Gard. Chron. Dec. 20, 1879, p. 788, c.
ic.; and Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 519 c. ic.; Veitch, 100; Beissner,
455, fig. ; Mayr, Abiet. Jap. 40, t. 2.
Mountains of Japan. Discovered and introduced by Maries.
. Maximowiczii. See Picea Maximowiczii.
. Menziesi. See Picea sitchensis.
. medioxima. See Picea excelsa.
. Momi. See Abies firma.
. nephrolepis. See A. Veitchii.
. microsperma. See Picea ajanensis.
. Mormmda. See Picea Morinda.
Lee eee
16. A. nobilis, Lindley ; Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. t. 40 ; Engelmann
in Gard. Chron. 1878, 885; Veitch, 101, fig. ; Sargent, Census Report,
214; Beissner, 485 ; Masters in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xxii. 189, and in
Gard. Chron. Nov. 21, 1885, p. 653.
Syvownyms :—Pinus nobilis, Douglas MSS. ; Lambert, ed. i. t. 74.
Picea nobilis, Loudon, Arboretum, f. 2249; Encycl. Trees, 1046,
f. 1962; Ponetwm Britan. 11. 181, t. 28. Syme in Gard. Chron.
March 16, 1878, p. 343.
VARIETIES :—A. nobilis magnifica, Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc.
xxl. 189; Gard. Chron. Nov. 21, 1885, p. 652, fig. 147. (See Abies
O
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magnifica.) GLAUCA. RoBUSTA. Under the last name some form of
A. magnifica is often grown.
Mountains of Oregon and California. Discovered and introduced
by Douglas.
17. A. Nordmanniana, Spach ; J. D. Hookerin Bot. Mag. t. 6992 ;
Masters in Gard. Chron. Jan. 30, 1886, p. 145, fig. ; Oct. 17, 1891,
p. 460 ; Beissner, 435 ; Veitch, 102; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 703.
Sywowym :—FPicea Nordmawniana, Loudon, Encycl. 1042, f. 1950.
VARIETIES :—The varieties REFRACTA, SPECIOSA, GLAUCA, ROBUSTA,
BREVIFOLIA, AUREA, AUREO-SPICA are mentioned by Beissner.
A. INSIGNIS, Carriere, is said to be a hybrid between Nordman-
niana x Pinsapo.
Crimea, Caucasus. Introduced in 1848. Probably a variety of
the Silver Fir, but sufficiently distinct to be kept separate for garden
purposes.
18. A. numidica, De Lannoy (1866); Veitch, 103; Beissner, 447.
See Masters in Gard. Chron. Feb. 4, 1888, p. 140, fig. 23, for full
synonymy ; Trabut, Rev. Gen. Bot. August 1889.
Synonym :—A. Pinsapo var. baborensis, Cosson.
Algerian mountains, at 4,000-6,000 feet. Discovered by Gibert in
1861. Introduced to France by De Lannoy.
A. Parryana. See Picea pungens.
A. Parsonsiana. See Abies Lowiana.
(19. A. pectinata, De Candolle, Flor. Franc. p. 276 (1805); Kew
Index ; Link ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 701; Veitch, 103 ; Beissner,
428. The common Silver Fir, known from classical! times.
Synonyms :—Albies alba, Miller (1768); Richter, Plant. Europ.
A. vulgaris, Poiret, Encycl. Method. vol. vi. (1804): this and the
preceding are the two oldest names, but neither has been generally
taken up. A. Picea, Lindley. A. excelsa, Salisbury (1805) ; Link (1827).
A. taxifolia, Desfontaines (1809). Picea pectinata, Loudon, Arboretum,
f. 2237; Encycl. Trees, 1037, f. 19389. Pinus pectinata, Lamarck
(1778). Pinus Abies, Duroi (1771) ; Endlicher. Pinus Picea, Linnzeus,
1753.
VARIETIES :—EQUI-TROJANI, Ascherson ex Beissner, 431; PyRA-
MIDALIS, STRICTA, FASTIGIATA, COLUMNARIS, PENDULA, VIRGATA,
TORTUOSA, BREVIFOLIA TENUIORIFOLIA, VARIEGATA, AURBA, ETC.
The following additional names belonging to this species are taken,
by permission, from the Kew Index (unpublished), but the names are
not in common use: A. argentea, baldensis, candicans, metensis, minor.
This is one of the cases where adhesion to strict priority would lead
to endless confusion, and hence I have adopted the name most
generally adopted.
Mountains of Central and Southern Europe.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS, 195
A. Pattoniana. See Tsuga.
A. Pichta. See Abies sibirica.
A. Pindrow, Spach ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1886, p. 691, fig.154 ;
Veitch, 110. See Abies Webbiana.
20. A. Pinsapo, Boissier; Masters in Gard. Chron. October 10, 1885,
p. 468, fig. 99; single cone, July 3, 1886, fig. 1; (male flowers),
Feb. 4, 1888, p. 140 leaf-section. Veitch, 105; Beissner, 445.
_ Syrwowrm:—Picea Pinsapo, Loudon, Encycl. 1041, f. 1948; Pinet.
Brit. 1. 189, t. 30.
VARIETIES :—Hamonptl, Veitch, 105; atauca. M. E. Bailiff, in
Revue Horticole, March 1, 1889, p. 115, describes a hybrid, raised by
M. H. de Vilmorin, between A. Pinsapo and A. cephalonica. |
Mountains of Southern Spain, 3,000-6,000 feet. Discovered in
the Spanish Sierras and introduced by Boissier.
A. regine Amalix. See A. cephalonica.
91. A. religiosa, Schlechtendal ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Jan. 10,
1885, fig. 13, March 7, 1891, p. 305, 307, and in Journ. Linn. Soc.
‘xxii. 195; Veitch, 111; Beissner, 491.
Syvowrms :—Picea religiosa, A. Murray in Gard. Chron. April 29,
1876, p. 561, fig. ; Loudon, Hneyel. Trees, 1049, f. 1965. A. hirtella,
Lindley.
Mountains of Mexico and Guatemala, 4,000 feet. Discovered by
Humboldt. Introduced by Hartweg in 1838.
22. A. sachalinensis, Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 8, 1879, p. 588,
fig. 97, and Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii.; Veitch, 106, fig. ; Mayr, Mon.
Abiet. Japan (1890), p. 42, t. 3, f. 6.
Sywovrm:—A. Veitchit var. sachalinensis, Schmidt ; Beissner,
461, fig. ex Gard. Chron. 1.c.
Sachalin, Jesso. Introduced from Jesso by Maries for Messrs.
Veitch.
A.sacra. See Keteleeria sacra.
23. A. sibirica, Ledebour ; Beissner, 455; Veitch, 111.
Sywonyms :—A. Pichta, Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. t. 37. Picea
Pichta, Loudon, Arboretum, iv. f. 2338 ; Hneycl. 1043, f. 1951.
Northern and Eastern Russia.
A. sitchensis. See Picea Menziesil.
A. Smithiana. See Picea Morinda.
A. spectabilis, Don. See Abies Webbiana.
A. subalpina, Engelmann. See Abies lasiocarpa.
A. taxifolia. See Pseudotsuga Douglasii. Thesame name has
also been applied to Tsuga Mertensiana, and to Abies pectinata.
A. torano. See Picea polita.
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24, A. umbellata, Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan, 1890, p. 34, t.1. (Only
known from Mayr’s description and figure.)
25. A. Veitchii, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1861, 23; Carritre ;
Masters in Gard. Chron. 1880, 275, f. 50, and March 1, 1890; Veitch,
107, fig.; Beissner, 451; Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan (1890), 38, f, 4.
Sywonyvus:—Picea Veitchii. Pinus selenolepis, Parlatore, 427.
Abies nephrolepis, Maximowicz ; Beissner, 457. A. Hichieri, Lauche.
; Mountains of Japan, alt. 6,000-7,000 feet. | Discovered and intro-
duced by Mr. J. G. Veitch.
A. senusta, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 210=A. bractonta:
26. A. Webbiana, ae ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 703 ; Veitch,
109; Beissner, 479, fig. ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Oct. 11, 1884,
p. 467, fig. 86, Oct. 3, 1891, p. 895; J. D. Hooker in Gard. Chron.
June 19, 1886, fig. 175, &e.
Srwovyms :—Picea Webbiana, Loudon, Encycl. Trees, 1051, f. 1969.
A. chiloensis and A. chilrowensis are cited as garden synonyms.
VARIETY :—Pinprow, Brandis ex Hooker in Flor. Brit. India:
Beissner, 481. Pinus Pindrow, Royle, Ill. t. 86. Picea Pindrow,
Loudon, Arbor. iv. f. 2254; Hncycl. 1052, f. 1970.
Eastern Himalayas, 9,000-13,000 feet.
A. Williamsoni. See Tsuga Mertensiana and T. Pattoniana.
ACTINOSTROBUS, Miquel ; Benth. et Hook. iii. 425 ; Parlatore,
445, (Tribe CUPRESSINEZ ; Sub-tribe CALLITRINEZ. )
Trees with 3-ranked, scale-like foliage; male flowers spiked,
anthers peltate, 4-lobed ; cone-scales six, equal, verticillate around a
central axis, each with one or two, winged seeds.
1. A. pyramidalis, Miquel.
West Australia. Conservatories.
AGATHIS, Salisbury (1805); Bentham et Hooker, Genera Plan-
tarum, iii. 486 ; Eichler, Natur. Pflanz. (1889) 66, fig.
Dammara, Lambert ; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 374. (Tribe
ARAUCARIEZ. )
Trees with moncecious or dicecious flowers, males in catkins.
Anther-lobes 5 or more. Pollen-cells globose, not winged. Cones
globular, the scales separating when ripe. The scale and the bract
are so united as to form apparently a single organ. Seed 1 to each
scale, obliquely winged, pendulous. Cotyledons 2, leafy. Several
species are figured in Kirk’s Forest Flora of New Zealand.
1. A. australis, Salisbury in Linn. Trans. viii. 312.
SyvonrmM :—Dammara australis, Lambert, Pinetwm, 2, p. 73, t, 44;
Parlatore, l.c. 376; Gard. Chron. October 27, 1883, fig. 86.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS, 197
The Kauri Pine of New Zealand, most important for its timber and
for the so-called gum which exudes from the trunk. See Kirk’s
Forest Flora of New Zealand, p. 144, tabs. 79-81.
Cultivated in conservatories.
2. A. macrophylla.
Syrvovry :—Dammara macrophylla, Lindley in Journ. Hort. Soc.
vi, p. 271; Parlatore, 376.
South Sea Islands. Conservatories.
3. A. Moorei..
Synovym:—Dammara Moorei, Lindley in Jowrn. Hort. Soc. vi.
271: Parlatore, 377. .
New Caledonia. Conservatories.
4. A. obtusa.
_ Syvovrym:—Danmmara obtusa, Lindley in Journ. Hort. Soc. vi.
p. 270, and in Paxton, Flower Garden, 11. 146 ; Parlatore, 376.
New Hebrides. Conservatories.
5, A. robusta.
Sywovym :—Dammara robusta, C. Moore, ex Parlatore, 1. c. 375.
North-east Australia. Conservatories.
ARAUCARIA, Jussieu (1789); Bentham and Hooker, iii. 487 ;
Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2; Eichler, Pflanzenfamilien, ii. 67.
Attinera, Loudon partly; Evrassa, Salisbury partly. (Tribe
ARAUCARIEZ. )
Lofty trees. Flowers dicecious; males in spikes; anther-lobes
8-15, pendulous; pollen globose. Cones globular, scales very
numerous, spiral, deciduous, united with the bracts. Ovule 1 to
each scale, more or less winged, inverted, and more or less united
with the scale itself. Cotyledons epi- or hypogeal.
A. araucana, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 206=A. imbricata.
1. A. Balansee, Brongn. et Gris.; André in Illust. Horticole, 1875,
£2197.
New Caledonia. Conservatories.
2. A. Bidwillii, Hooker; Gard. Chron. 1873, 361, fig. 73; Veitch,
195. Benth. Flor. Aust. vi. 248. The Bunya Bunya.
Mountains of Queensland. Height 100-150 feet. Succeeds under
conservatory treatment.
3. A. brasiliana, A. Richard ; Veitch, 195; Gard. Chron. June 23,
1888. Sometimes written Brasiliensis.
VARIETY :—SAVIANA, Parlatore, 371.
Mountains of S. Brazil. Height 75-100 feet.
Suitable for conservatories.
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A. chilensis. See A. imbricata.
A. columnaris. See A. Cookii.
4. A. Cookii, R. Brown ; Veitch, 196; Lindley in Journ. Hort.
Soc. vi. p. 267, c. ic. ; Abbey in Gard. Chron. June 23, 1888, p. 774
et seq. ¢. ic.
Syrvovym:—A. columnaris, Hook.; Bot. Mag. t. 4635.
New Caledonia. Height 150-200 feet. Conservatory.
5. A. Cunninghamii, Aiton (1827); Veitch, 196 ; Parlatore, 372;
Loudon, Arboretum, 2443, figs. ; Lambert, t.96. Benth. Flor. Aust.
vi. 243. The Moreton Bay Pine.
VARIETY :—GLAUCA, Gard. Chron. June 2, 1888, p. 685, f. 90.
Mountains of Queensland and fide Mueller of New Guinea!
Height 100-125 feet. Conservatory.
A. elegans. See A. brasiliana.
6. A. excelsa, R. Brown (1813); Parlatore, 378; Loudon, Arbo-
retum, 4, 2440, figs. ; Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. t. 50; Veitch, 196 ;
Gard. Chron. May 26, 1888, p. 649; F. v. Mueller, Fragmenta,
ix. 169. The Norfolk Island Pine.
VARIETY :—ALBO-SPICA.
Norfolk Island. Height 150-200 feet. Conservatory.
A. Goldieana, hort.; Florist (1887), 39. See A. Rulei.
A. gracilis. See A. brasiliana.
7. A.imbricata, Pavon ; Lambert, ed. 2, t. 45; Pinet. Woburn. t. 35,
36; Loudon, Arboretum, 2286; Encycl. 1063, figs.; Pinet. Brit.i. 99,
t. 14, 15; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1878, 291; 688, 1889; and
Nov. 22, 1890; Veitch, 191, figs. ; Beissner, 200, with figs. The
Dropmore tree, Gard. Chron. October 5, 1872, p. 1824; germination
of, 1890, Nov. 22, p. 592 ; moncecious, Nov. 22, 1890, p. 592, fig.
Mountains of Southern Chili. Height 100-150 feet. Introduced
by Menzies in 1796. One of the trees introduced by him is still in
the Royal Gardens, Kew.
A. Lindleyana=A. brasiliana.
A. Ridolfiana. See A. brasiliana, ex Kew Index.
8. A. Rulei, Ferd. v. Mueller ; Veitch, 197 ; Gard. Chron. Sept. 28,
1861, p. 868, c. ic.
VARIETY :—GOLDIEANA.
New Caledonia. Height 40-50 feet. Conservatory. Introduced
by Messrs. Veitch in 1863.
A. Van Geertti, Gard. Chron. 1876, v. 603.
Arbor-Vite. See Thuya.
ATHROTAXIS, Don (1839); Bentham and Hooker, iii. 430;
Parlatore, p. 433; Hichler, 85. (Tribe Taxopir&%.) Sometimes, but
erroneously, written Arthrotazis.
Tasmanian trees. Leaves evergreen, uniform, spiral. Flowers
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 199
moncecious, males in terminal spikes, anther-lobes 2 ; cones globular,
scales spirally arranged, with the tip of the bract projecting beyond
the fruit-scale. Seeds 3-6 to each scale, pendulous, free, winged.
1. A. cupressoides, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 171, t. 13
(1839); Parlatore, p. 433; Veitch, 223; Masters in Gard. Chron.
August 29, 1885, p. 273, fig. 60, and Dec. 10, 1887, p. 725.
Tasmania.
A. Doniana. See A. laxifolia.
2. A. laxifolia, Hooker, Icones, tab. 573 (1848); Veitch, 223;
Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 7, 1885, p. 584, fig. 1384; 1887,
Dec. 10, p. 725 ; 1891, p. 145; and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 201.
Srwowra :—Athrotaxis Domana, hort.
Tasmania.
3. A. selaginoides, Don, 1. c. t. 14; Parlatore, p. 434; Veitch,
223 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Dec. 10, 1887, p. 724; and Nov. 10,
1888, p. 544, fig. 79.
Tasmania.
A. tetragona, Hooker, Ic. t. 560. See Microcachrys.
Biota. See Thuya.
CALLITRIS, Ventenat (1808); Bentham and Hooker, iii. 424;
Kichler, 93. FRENrELA, Mirbel; Parlatore, 445; Benth. Flor. Aust.
vi. 235; F. von Mueller, Second Census Australian Plants (1889),
p. 184. (Tribe CupREssINEZ& ; Sub-tribe CALLITRINEZ.)
Australian trees, with brittle twigs and small, 4-ranked, deeply
adnate leaves. Male fl. in spikes, anthers crested with 2 or more
lobes, pollen globose. Cone-scales 4 to 8, at first touching at the
margins, afterwards partially separating, but always united at the base.
Seeds 2-9 erect, winged. Cotyledons 2-4, linear.
C. articulata, hort. See C. rhomboidea.
C. capensis, Schrader ex Gordon= Widdringtonia?
C. macrostachya = Callitris Gunnii, Hook. f. not in cultivation (?)
1. C. rhomboidea, R. Br. in Richard, Conif. p. 47, t. 18. The
Oyster Bay Pine of Tasmania.
Sywovyms :— C. australis, Hook. f. in Lond. Journ. of Botany, iv.
147. Frenela rhomboidea, Endlicher ; Parlatore, 1. c. 447. Thuya
australis, Poiret.
C. pyramidalis, Sweet = C. calcarata (Kew Index).
C. quadrwalvis = Tetraclinis articulata.
2. C. robusta, R. Br.
Syvovyms :—Frenela robusta, Allan Cunningham ; Parlatore, 450.
?C. triquetra, Loudon, Encycl. Trees, 1072.
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CepAaR. See CEDRUS.
Cedar of Bermuda. See Juniperus Bermudiana.
Cedar of Goa. See Cupressus lusitanica.
Cedar of Japan. See Cryptomeria japonica.
Cedar, Pencil. See Juniperus Bermudiana.
Cedar, Red. See Juniperus Virginiana.
Cedar, White. See Cupressus Thyoides.
CEDRUS, Loudon; Bentham and Hooker, Gen. Plant. iii. 439;
Kichler, Pflanzenfamil. ii. 69, fig. Pinus, sect. CEDRUS, Parlatore in
DC. Prod. xvi. ii. 407. (Tribe ABIETINEZ. )
Trees with long shoots and scattered leaves, or with short
‘*spurs” and tufted leaves, the latter in all cases linear and per-
sistent. Stamens in catkins; anther-lobes 2, crested ; pollen-cells
winged. Cone-scales over-lapping, ultimately falling, but leaving no
central axis. Scales much larger than the bracts. Wing of seed
truncate, very large. Seed with resin-canals. Cotyledons leafy, 8-9,
entire 3-sided.
C. africana. See C. atlantica.
C. argentea. See C. Libani.
1. C. atlantica, Manetti; Carriére, 285; Veitch, 133; Beissner,
303 ; Garden, Oct. 5, 1889; Pinet. Brit. ii. 217, t. 38 ; Gard. Chron.
1891, 425, fig.
Syvoryrms:—Abies atlantica, Lindley and Gordon ; Journ. Hort.
Soc. v. 214. Pinus Cedrus var. atlantica, Parlatore, l.c. 408. Cedrus
africana, Gordon.
VARIETIES :—Beissner cites the following as varieties : GLAUCA,
VARIEGATA, PYRAMIDALIS, COLUMNARIS, FASTIGIATA.
Algeria.
For garden purposes it is well to keep the Atlas Cedar distinct from
the Lebanon and Deodar Cedars ; but the two first, and perhaps the
third also, are, according to Sir Joseph Hooker, geographical forms of
one and the same species. See Hooker in Nat. Hist. Review, 1861, ii.
t. 1-3.
2. C. Deodara, Loudon, Arboretum, iv. 2428 ; Encycl. 1060, f. 1975 ;
Pinetum Britannicum, iii. 225, t. 39, 43, with figs. ; Forbes, Pinet.
Woburn. tab. 48, 49 ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 699 ; Masters in Gard.
Chron. October 10, 1891, p. 423, fig.; Veitch, 134; Beissner, 305.
The Deodar.
Synonyms :—Pinus Deodara, Roxburgh ex Lambert. Abies Deodara,
Lindley. Larix Deodara, Koch. Cedrus indica, Chambr. C. Liban
var. Deodara, Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. (1890), v. 653.
VARIETIES :—ARGENTEA, AUREA, CRASSIFOLIA, ROBUSTA, COMPACTA,
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 901
UNCINATA, VERTICILLATA, VARIEGATA, VIRIDIS, HUGELI, Gard. Chron.
Feb. 9, 1878, p. 172, fig. 31.
Himalayas. Introduced in i831. One of the first plants raised in
Devonshire by Sir Thomas Acland from seed produced in England is
now at Kew.
C. elegans. See C. Libani.
C. indica, Chambr. = C. Deodara.
3. C. Libani, Loudon, Arboretum, iv. 2402; Encycl. 1057, f. 1974 ;
Pinetum Britannicum, vol. iii. 247, t. 44-50 ; Veitch, 137 ; Beissner,
297, figs.; Boissier, Fl. Orient. v. 699. Gard. Chron. Jan. 26, 1878,
fig. ; Oct. 30, 1886, fig. The Cedar of Lebanon.
Sywowyms :-—Pinus Cedrus, Linnzeus ; Parlatore, l.c. 407. Larix
Cedrus, Miller. Abies Cedrus, Poiret; Lindley. Larix patula, Salis-
bury. Cedrus patula, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 268.
VARIETIES :—BREVIFOLIA, Hook. Journ. of Bot. 1880, p. 31;
ARGENTEA alias GLAUCA, VIRIDIS, NANA, PYRAMIDATA, DENUDATA,
PENDULA, STRICTA, DECIDUA, HYBRIDA. See Carricre and Beissner.
Syrian Mountains, Cyprus. See Captain Oliver in Gard. Chron.
August, 1879, p. 177, with fig., for an account of the Cedar growing
in its native localities. Introduced about 1666.
C. patula. See C. Libani.
CEPHATLOTAXUS, Siebold et Zuccarini ; Benth. et Hook. Gen.
Pl. iii. 480; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2. 503; Hichler, 108; Van
Tieghem, Bull. Soc. Bot. France, 1891, April 24. Masters in
Gard. Chron. Jan. 26, 1884, p. 113, figs. (Taxacrem, Tribe
SALISBURIEZ.) Placed by Bentham in the tribe Taxodiez, but more
appropriately ranged near Ginkgo.
Trees with evergreen leaves in two ranks ; flowers dicecious, males
in catkins or heads, females at the ends of the branches; anthers
apiculate, 2-3 celled. Seeds ovoid, or globose, erect with no true aril,
but the base of the bract becomes succulent and forms a shallow cup,
and the outer investment of the seed becomes fleshy. Germination
like that of Ginkgo. Van Tieghem notes the presence of a resin
canal in the centre of the pith as a characteristic of this genus.
1. C. drupacea, Siebold et Zuccarini, Flora Japon. ii. t. 130-131 ;
Veitch, 308; Parlatore, 504; Beissner, 183.
Japan.
2. C. Fortunei, W. Hook. in Bot. Mag. t. 4499; Veitch, 308;
Beissner, 183. Gard. Chron. Jan. 26, 1884, p. 113.
Introduced from Northern China by Fortune in 1849.
C. Harringtonia, Koch. See C. pedunculata.
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3. C. pedunculata, Siebold et Zuccarini, Flora Japon. ii. tab. 133 ;
Veitch, 306; Beissner, 179, fig.; Masters in Gard. Chron. Jan. 26,
1884, fig. 22; and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 201.
Srvovrm :—Taxus Harringtonia, Knight.
VARIETIES :—FASTIGIATA, syn. Podocarpus koraianus, Taxus
japonica hort. ; SPH#RALIS, Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxii. 103,
fig.; and in Gard. Chron. 1884, Jan. 26, p. 117, fig. 23. In the
Revue Horticole, 1878, p. 116, a moncecious form is figured.
Japan.
C. tardiva. See Taxus brevifolia.
C. umbraculifera. See Taxus brevifolia (Kew Index).
CuHAMoypaRiIs. See Cupressus and Retinospora.
. andelyensis or Retinospora leptoclada= Cupressus Thyoides.
. Boursieri. See Cupressus Lawsoniana.
. breviramea. See Cupressus obtusa.
. decussata. See Thuya occidentalis form.
. erlcoides. See Thuya orientalis.
. excelsa. See Cupressus nootkatensis.
filicoides. See Cupressus pisifera form.
jfilifera. See Cupressus pisifera form.
glauca (?). See Widdringtonia glauca?
. Keteleerii (2).
. Kewensis, hort. See Cupressus Thyoides,.
Lawsoniana. See Cupressus.
. leptoclada. See Cupressus Thyoides form.
. lycopodioides. See Cupressus obtusa.
. nana (2).
. nootkatensis (variously spelt) = Cupressus nootkatensis.
. obtusa = Cupressus obtusa.
. pendula = Cupressus obtusa var
. pisifera = Cupressus pisifera.
. plumosa = Cupressus pisifera form.
. spheroidea = Cupressus 'T'hyoides.
. squarrosa = Cupressus pisifera.
. thuieformis (2).
. thurifera = Cupressus thurifera.
SAPDSSOSASSqgaqqgaesseseeasee9
CRYPTOMERIA, Don; Bentham et Hooker, ii. 428; Parlatore
in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 438; Hichler, 89, fig. (Tribe TaxopI=ez.)
Evergreen trees with linear leaves, often heteromorphic ; flowers
moneecious. Males in axillary spikes, anthers crested 4 or more
lobed, pollen-cells globose. Cones globular; cone-scales palmately
divided at the edge, so that the ripe cone is somewhat prickly. Seeds
erect, 4-5 to each scale, slightly winged. Cotyledons 2-4, flat, leafy.
Primary leaves in whorls of 3.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 908
1. C. japonica, Don in Trans. Linn. Soc. xviii. 166, f. 1, t.13 (1841) ;
Parlatore, 438; Veitch, 219; Gard. Chron. 1845, p. 344; Beissner,
142, figs. ; Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 498.
Syrvowrus :—Cupressus japonica, Linn. f.; Taxodiwm japonicum,
Brongn. ; Cryptomeria Fortunet, Koch.
VARIETIES :—ELEGANS, Beissner, 145, fig., a form in which the
shape of the primordial leaves is retained. Loser, introduced from
Buitenzorg Garden by T. Lobb. Garden forms : NANA, ARAUCARIOIDES,
SPIRALIS, FASCIATA, etc. etc.
Introduced from Shanghai by Fortune in 1845. Mountains of
Japan and China.
CUNNINGHAMIA, R. Brown; Bentham et Hooker, Genera
Plantarum, ii. 485 ; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2. 432 ; Hichler, 1. c.
85, fig. (Tribe ARAUCARIEZ.)
Evergreen trees with flat leaves, moncecious flowers, stamens in
terminal umbellate clusters, anthers crested, lobes pendulous, free,
three to each anther; pollen spherical. Cones globular. Bracts
long, leafy, spreading at the points, adherent below to the seed-scale.
Seed-scales persistent, each with three winged pendulous seeds.
Cotyledons 2.
1. C. sinensis, R. Brown; Parlatore, 1. c. 432; Forbes, Pinetum
Woburnense, tab. 57 (1839); Loudon, Encycl. 1066, f. 1988; Veitch,
221; Hooker, Bot. Mag. 2743; Siebold et Zuccarini, Fl. Japan. ii.
tab. 203 ; Beissner, 197, fig. 49; Murray in Proc. Royal Hort. Soc.
1862, and in Pines and Firs of Japan (1863), 116, figs.
SywovrnMs :—Belis jaculifolia, Salisbury (1807), is the oldest name,
but it has not been generally adopted. Pinus lanceolata, Lambert,
Pinus, ii. p. 59, t. 37.
VARIETY :—GLAUCA.
Southern China.
CUPRESPINNATA = Taxodium.
CUPRESSTELLATA = Fitzroya.
CUPRESSUS, Linnzeus; Bentham et Hooker, iii. 427 (including
CHAMCYPARIS and Retinospora of gardens) ; Hichler, 99, fig. (Tribe
CUPRESSINE. )
True Cypresses are known by their scale-like, appressed adult
leaves, never in two ranks, moncecious flowers, male flowers spiked,
anthers crested—4 or more, pollen globose ; cones globular or oblong
woody, ripening in the second year, with peltate scales and numerous
seeds to each scale. Cotyledons 2, leafy, longer than the primary
leaves, which are opposite, or in whorls of 4,
The plants belonging to the subgenus CHAM&CYPARIS (=genus
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Chamecyparis of Spach), Parlatore, and others, together with the
genus fetimospora of Siebold and Zuccarini, differ from the true
Cypresses in having generally two-ranked branchlets and flattened
branch-systems; smaller cones ripening the first year ; the scales less
woody, and usually with a smaller number of seeds. They are re-
ferred to THuya by Bentham l.c. iii. 427, but in their globular cones,
peltate scales, and general habit seem more fitly to belong to the
Cypresses.
C. amena, Koch=C. funebris.
1. C. arizonica, E. L. Greene in Bull. Torrey Club, ix. (1882), 64 ;
Sargent, Census Report, 180; Lemmon, Third Biennial Report, 1890.
Arizona Cypress.
Introduced in 1891.
California, Arizona, New Mexico. See C. guadeloupensis.
C. aromatica = C. Benthamii.
C. articulata. See Tetraclinis.
C. attenuata, Gordon, Pinet. ed. 2,79. A Californian form of
uncertain identity—perhaps = C. Goveniana.
2. C. Benthami, Endlicher, Synopsis Conif. p. 59 (1847).
Syvovrms :—! C. thurifera, Schlechtendal. C. excelsa, Scott ex
Carriere. OC. Skinnerii, elegans, aromatica, lusitanica, Uhdeana, Kew-
ensis, Huegelw, are all names connected by Parlatore with this species.
Synonymy confused and identification uncertain.
Mexico.
C. australis = Callitris rhomboidea.
C. bacciformis, Knight = Juniperus pheenicea or occidentalis
(Kew Index).
1C. Balfowriana, Gordon, Pinet. ed. 2, 79.
C. Bowrgeauti. See C. Goveniana.
C. californica, Florist, 1876. See C. Goveniana.
C. cornuta. See C. Goveniana.
C. Coultert. See C. Lindleii.
C. excelsa. See C. Benthamii.
C. fastigiata. See C. sempervirens.
C. flagelliformis. See C. sempervirens and torulosa.
C. fragrans. See C. Lawsoniana.
3. C. funebris, Endlicher, Synopsis Conif. 58; Veitch, 2380;
Hooker, Himalayan Journals; and in Gard. Chron. July 18, 1850,
p. 439, fig.; Journal of Horticulture, Oct. 8, 1891 ; Flor. Brit. Ind. v.
646.
Syvoyvyms :—C. pendula, Staunton. C. amena, Karl Koch.
China (Ichang), Sikkim. Introduced by Fortune in 1846,
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0. glandulosa. See C. Macnabiana.
C. globulifera, Parl. See C. sempervirens.
C. glauca. See C. lusitanica.
4. C. Goveniana, Gordon in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vol. iv. (1849)
p. 295, fig.; Parlatore, 472; Veitch, 230.
Syvonrms :—? CO, californica (see Carriere, and Florist, 1876, 197).
O. cornuta.
California, Very fragrant, Discovered by Hartweg in 1846 at
a height of 1,520 feet, and introduced to the Royal Horticultural
Society’s Gardens, Chiswick.
5. C. guadeloupensis, Watson, Proc. Amer. Acad. xiv. 300; Bot.
California, ii. 114.
Sywovyrm :—C. macrocarpa, Watson ? not Hartweg.
Sargent, Census Report, includes with this C. arizonica, Greene,
which, however, seems different.
C. Hartwegi. See C. macrocarpa.
O. Karwinskiana, Regel, Gartenflora (1857), 346 = C. Lindleii.
C. kewensis. Referred to C. Benthamii.
C. Knightiana. See C. Lindleii.
C. Lambertiana. See C.macrocarpa.
6. C. Lawsoniana (subgenus CHammcyparis), Murray, Bot. Mag.
5581; Pinet. Brit. 11.191, t. 31; Veitch, 228 ; Lemaire, Ill. Hort. xi.
(1863) tab. 367. The Lawson Ganrese also Palo Port Orford Cedar.
Sywonyms :—Cnamecyparis Lawsonmana, Sargent in Gard. Chron.
(1881) 8; Beissner, 70; Parlatore, 464; Lemmon, Third Report,
p. 24. C. Bowrsiert, Carriére.
VARIETIES :—The forms and seedling varieties of the Lawson
Cypress are exceedingly numerous. C. ERECTA VIRIDIS, Gard. Chron.
1870, 279, fig. Young’s variety, Gard. Chron. 1887, p. 176. For an
enumeration of the best of the varieties, see Veitch, Manual, 1. c.;
also Beissner, Gordon, and Garden, July 24, 1886, p. 75.
North California (Shasta), Oregon. Introduced by W. Murray in
1854. Height 75-100 feet.
7. C. Lindleii, Klotsch (1847), fide Endlicher and Parlatore, 471.
Sywonyms :—C. thurifera, Lindley; Bentham ; not of Humboldt.
C. Knightiana, Gordon; Veitch, 231. C. Co wien. Forbes ; Pinetwm
Woburn. 190 (1839). OC. Karwinskyana, Regel. OC. nea
Lindley. C. Uhdeana, Gordon, fide Koch. Synonymy confused
and identification uncertain.
Mountains of Mexico. Said to be the hardiest of the Mexican
Cypresses. Height 60-100 feet.
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8. C. lusitanica, Miller; Loudon, Hncycl. 1075, f. 1998; Veitch,
239 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Dec. 26, 1891, p. 761. The Cedar of
Goa.
Synonyms :—C. glauca, Lamarck; Parlatore. C. pendula, L’Heri-
tier. O. Uhdeana, Gordon, fide Parlatore.
It seems probable from Portuguese specimens before me that two
species are mixed up under this heading. Some of these resemble
C. torulosa, to which they are referred as forms by Hooker, Willkomm,
and others. In gardens, C. Benthami sometimes does duty for
C. lusitanica.
O. lusitanica, Carriere = C. Benthamii.
C. lusitanica, Lindley = C. Lindleii (Kew Index).
9. C. Macnabiana, Murray, Descrip. Conif. Californ. 12, t. 10;
Parlatore, 473 ; Veitch, 234; Beissner, 100. Gard. Chron. May 28,
1891, p. 403.
Syvowrms :—C. glandulosa, Hook. ex Parlatore, 473. C. glauca,
Depart. of Agriculture, U.S.A.,in Hort. Kew.
California, Mount Shasta. Alt. 5,000 feet. Introduced by Jeffrey
in 1852.
10. C. macrocarpa, Hartweg in Jowrn. Hort. Soc. Lond. i. 187
(1847) ; Veitch, 234 ; Parlatore, 473 ; Lemmon, Third Report, 1890,
t. 25, 26; Beissner, 103; Hooker in Gard. Chron. 1849, p. 679,
Feb. 7, 1885, with fig.; Pinet. Brit. 1. 195, t. 32, 33; Gordon,
Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. iv. (1849), 297, fig. Monterey Cypress.
Syvorrms:—C. Lambertiana fastigiata. C. Hartwegi, Carriére.
OC. Reinwardtu.
Discovered at Monterey, California, by Hartweg, and introduced
for the Royal Horticultural Society in 1848. Height 50-60 feet.
Does well by the sea.
O. nepalensis = C. torulosa.
0. nivalis=C. Macnabiana.4
11. C. nootkatensis, Lambert (1803); Loudon, Arboretum, fig.
2480 ; Koch, Dendrologie, ii. 165. (Subgenus CHamacyparis.) Alaska
Cypress.
Sywonyms :—C. nutkaensis, W. Hooker in Flor. Bor. Amer. ii. p.
165 ; Veitch, 235 ; Pinet. Brit. 1. 199, t. 84. Chamecyparis nutkaensis,
Spach ; Parlatore, l. c. 465 ; Beissner, 80. Thwyopsis borealis, hort. et
Carritre. Thwyopsis Tchugatskoy, hort. 7. Trowbetzkoyana, L. Rovelli.
T. nidifica, Rovelli.
For the varieties, see Veitch, l.c. 256.
Vancouver’s Island, Oregon, British Columbia. Discovered by
Menzies in 1794. Likely to be a valuable timber tree.
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12. C. obtusa, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 168. (Subgenus CHaAaM&cYPARIS. )
Syvonyms :—Chamecyparis obtusa, Siebold et Zuccarini ; Beissner,
92, fig. Retinospora obtusa, Siebold et Zuccarini ; Masters in Gard.
Chron. Feb. 19, 1876, p. 236. Thuya obtusa, Masters in Journ. Linn.
Soc. xvii. 491, fig.
The remarks made under the next species, C. pisifera, apply also
mutatis mutandis to this one.
VARIETIES :—The principal forms are :—LYCOPODIOIDES ; PYGMAA =
Thuya pygm@a ; NANA; KETELEERIL; BREVIRAMEA, of Maximowicz,
see Beissner, 97 ; PENDULA, see Beissner, 97 ; FILICOIDES, FILIFERA.
Several are figured in Gard. Chron. 1876, vol. v. p. 236, in Veitch
Manual, and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 489 et seq.
Mountains of Japan.
©. pendula. See C. lusitanica, also C. funebris and Thuya
orientalis.
13. C. pisifera, Koch, Dendrol. ii. 170.
SYNONYMS :—Chamecyparis pisifera, Siebold et Zuccarini; Parla-
tore ; Beissner, 83, with figs. Ketinospora pisifera, Siebold et Zucc.,
Fl. Jap. ii. p. 39, t. 122; Veitch, 245; Masters in Gard. Chron.
Feb. 19, 1876, p. 237 ; and of most gardens. Thuwya pisifera, Masters
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xvii. p. 489.
Mountains of Japan.
VARIETIES :—Of this species there are many forms, and more or less
permanent stages of growth, which have in consequence received
different names ; but, inasmuch as they pass one into the other by
intermediate gradations, and as the various forms may be met with
on one and the same tree, not only at different times, but sometimes
simultaneously, it is obvious that they have no claim to specific rank.
Among these forms which are more or less permanent are :—
d. SQUARROSA, a juvenile form, bushy, glaucous, with spreading
linear leaves. I have frequently seen specimens bearing cones
identical with those of C. pisifera, and also with the foliage of that
species.
b. PLUMOSA, a transition form, between the juvenile and the adult
form as to foliage.
¢. FILIFERA.
The cones of all are identical with those of C. PISIFERA. See figs.
in Gard. Chron. Feb. 19, 1876, p. 236, and Journ. of Linn. Soc. 1. ¢.
There are also numerous variegated varieties mentioned in Veitch’s
Manual, and in garden catalogues. (See RETINOSPORA.)
OC. pyramidalis. See C. sempervirens.
C. Royle. See C. sempervirens.
C. Schomburgkii, Van Houtte. See C. thurifera (ex Kew Index),
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14. C. sempervirens, Linneus; Parlatore, 469; Veitch, p. 236 ;
Beissner, 101, fig. ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 705; Loudon, Hncycl.
1073, fig. 1996.
Syrvoyyrms :—C. fastigiata, DC. OC. pyramidahs. C. Whitleyana,
Carriere.
VARIETIES :—HORIZONTALIS, Miller, sp. To this form belong,
according to Parlatore, in Prod. xvi. il. 468, the forms known as
EXPANSA, ORIENTALIS, THUYHFOLIA. The forms known as TouRNE-
FORTI, RETROFRACTA, FLAGELLIFORMIS probably also belong here.
Other varieties are SPH#ROCARPA, Parlatore, from Mount Lebanon ;
GLOBULIFERA, Parlatore ; rInDICA, from Nepal=C. Roylei, Carriére, C.
Whitleyana, hort. ex Carriere, ©. Doniana, hort.; and UMBILICATA,
Parlatore, 1. c.
Levant. Himalaya.
C. squarrosa. See C. pisifera.
CO. thuizefolia. See C. sempervirens.
15. C. thurifera, Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth, not of Lindley
nor of Bentham.
Sywonrm :—Chamecyparis thurifera, Endl. Koch refers OC. Ben-
thamt of Endlicher to this species, as also C. lusitanica Benthami
of Carritre. Synonymy and identification uncertain.
Mexico.
C. thurifera, Lindley, not H. B. et K. See C. Lindleii (Kew
Index). :
(. thurifera, Schlecht. See C. Benthami (Kew Index).
16. C. Thyoides, Linneus; Veitch, 229; Loudon, Arboret. f£. 2327 ;
Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. t. 61 (subgenus CHaAM&cyPaRis). Seeds,
two to each scale. Scales ultimately peltate with a central point.
Sywvonymus :—Chamecyparis sphxroidea, Spach; Parlatore, 464 ;
Beissner, 65, fig. Retinospora ericoides, of Gordon, not of Veitch, fide
Syme.
VARIETIES :—C. KEWENSIS=GLAUCA; C. VARIEGATA, C. NANA,
C. Howes, C. LEPTOCLADA, are garden names applied to forms of this
species. To this species also probably belong Retinospora leptoclada of
gardens, alias Chamecyparis sphexroidea andelyensis, and Retinospora
squarrosa dubia of some gardens.
17. C. torulosa, Don; Parlatore 469; Veitch, 239; Beissner ;
Loudon, Encycl. 1076, fig. 1999-2001 ; Pinet. Brit. ii. 201, t. 35;
Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. v. 645.
Syvovrm :—O. Tournefortii, Tenore, fide Parlatore ?
VARIETIES :—MAJESTICA ; CORNEYANA, Veitch, 239 ; Parlatore, 1. c.
469, as a species.
Temperate Western Himalaya.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 209
C. Towrnefortii. See C. sempervirens.
CO. Uhdeana, of Gordon, is a doubtful form referred to C. glauca
(lusitanica) by Parlatore, andto thurifera by others. C. Uhdeana,
of Carriére, and of gardens, is referred by the same authority to
C. Benthamii.
C. umbilicata = C. sempervirens.
C. Whitleyana = C. sempervirens. ’
Cypress = CUPRESSUS.
Cypress, Deciduous. See Taxodium distichum.
DACRYDIUM, Solander (1786); Bentham et Hooker, Genera Plant-
arum, ii. 4383; Parlatore, in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 493; Kirk, Forest
Flora of New Zealand, where several species are figured ; Eichler, 103.
(Taxace®, Tribe TaxEZ.)
Evergreen trees with dicecious flowers and variable foliage. Male
flowers spiked, anther-crested, 2-lobed, opening transversely, pollen
cells winged. Seed partly inverted, or ultimately erect, with an outer
short, cupuliform aril, and an inner, generally dry seed-coat investing
the kernel.
1. D. cupressinum, Solander; Parlatore, 494; Forbes, Pinetum
Wobwrn. t. 67 ; Kirk, Forest Flora of New Zealand, tabs. xviii.—xxii.
New Zealand. ‘‘ Arbor pulcherrima.” Too tender for out-door
growth. Suitable for conservatory decoration.
D. ferrugineum, Van Houtte = Podocarpus dacrydioides (Kew
Index).
2. D. Franklinii, Hook. fil. in London Journal of Botany, iv. (1845),
p. 152, tab. 6; and Flora of Tasmania, p. 357, t. 100.
The Huon Pine, height 80-100 feet.
South and west shores of Tasmania.
3. D. laxifolium, Hooker ; Gordon, Pineé. ed. 2, 107 ; Kirk, Forest
Flora of New Zealand, tab. 87.
‘* The least of all conifers,” fruiting sometimes when no higher than
two inches.— Kirk.
Mountains of New Zealand.
D. Maiti. See Podocarpus spicatus.
D. Pancherii, Brongn. and Gris. See Podocarpus pectinata.
Other species are grown under glass.
Deal, white = Picea excelsa.
Deal, yellow or red = Pinus silvestris.
Dammara. See Agathis.
Deopar. See Cedrus.
Firs. See Abies.
Firs, Spruce. See Picea.
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FITZROYA, J. D. Hook. (1851); Benth. et Hook. ii. 425. Bot.
Mag. t. 4616. Lindley, in Paxton Fl. Garden, i. p. 147, n. 387 ;
Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. vi. p. 264, Disetma. (Tribe CUPRESSINEZ.)
Evergreen shrubs with 3-ranked leaves, and dicecious flowers.
Anther crested, 2-lobed, pollen globose. Cones solitary, terminal,
globose ; of 2-3 rows of whorled scales, of which only the upper are
fertile. Ovules 2-3, erect. Seeds 2-3, winged.
1. F. patagonica, Hooker. Height, 50-80 feet. Mountains of
Western Patagonia, Chile, Valdivia. Introduced by W. Lobb,
through Messrs. Veitch, in 1849.
FRENELA. See Callitris.
GINKGO, Linneus ; Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum, ii.
432; Parlatore, in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 506 ; Hichler, 109, fig. (Taxacem,
Tribe SALISBURIEZ. )
A tree with deciduous, stalked, fan-shaped leaves, arranged either
in tufts on spurs, or scattered on long shoots. Male flowers in
umbellate pendulous spikes or catkins. Anthers 2-celled. Pollen
cells oval. Female flowers on separate trees.. Seed erect, ovoid, with
no aril, but covered with a fleshy coat. Cotyledons 2, hypogeal.
According to Van Tieghem, there are two resin canals in the pith of
this tree ; one only in Cephalotaxus, and none in other Conifers.
1. G. biloba, Linnzeus (1771) ; Parlatore, 1. c. 507 ; Veitch, 1. c. 313,
c. ic.; Beissner, 189, figs. 47, 48. Gard. Chron., March 2, 1889, pp.
265, 269 (germination).
Syrvowrm :—Salisburia adiantifolia (1797), Smith ; Loudon, Encycl.
fig. 1757.
The Maidenhair tree. Northern China. Cultivated in Japan.
There is a golden-leaved form, as well as others which differ slightly in
the foliage.
GLYPTOSTROBUS, Endlicher ; Parlatore, in DC. Prod. xvi. 2,
438. Bentham and Hooker include it under Taxodium ; Hichler, 91.
(Tribe Taxop1E#.) ‘The only species is a tree with minute deciduous
leaves; male flowers in short catkins. The winged seeds, though
described as erect, are in reality pendulous. The scales of the cone
are club-shaped at the extremity, but scarcely so peltate as in
Taxodium, and they are grooved on the inner surface for the reception
of the seeds.
1. G. heterophyllus, Endlicher.
SryovymMs :—G. pensilis, Staunton; Koch, WDendrol. ii. 191.
Taxodium heterophyllum, Brongniart; Beissner, 154. Horsfieldi,
Knight. . sinense, Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. p. 179.
South China.
G. pendulus, Bot. Mag. t. 5603, is Taxodium distichum yar,
PENDULA,
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 911
Hemlock Spruce. See T'suga.
HESPEROPEUKE. See Tsuga Pattoniana.
Heyperia. See Libocedrus.
JUNIPERUS, Linnzeus; Bentham and Hooker, iii. 427; Parlatore
in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 475 ; Eichler, 101, fig. (Tribe CUPRESSINES.)
Hasily recognised by the peculiar odour and by the globular cones of
3 -6 fleshy, valvate scales in which the erect seeds are imbedded. Male
flowers in spikes, anthers crested, 3-4-lobed, pollen globose. Embryo
with 2 blunt leafy cotyledons. Primary leaves pointed.
J. alpina. See J. communis; also J. sibirica and J. Sabina.
J. argentea, hort. See J. virginiana.
J. aromatica, hort. See Cupressus Goveniana.
J. australis, hort. See J. virginiana.
J. bacciformis, hort. See J. phoenicea.
1. J. bermudiana, Linneus; Parlatore, 497 ; Veitch ; Hemsley in
Gard. Chron. May 26, 1883, p. 657, fig. ; Sargent in Garden and Forest,
June 24, 1891.
Bermudas.
tJ. Bregeonit, Regel, Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1858, p. 23.
2. J. californica, Carriere, Traité, 58; Rev. Hort. 1854, 353, fig. ;
Beissner, 129 ; Gordon ; Watson, Bot. Californ. ii. 113 ; Sargent, Census
Report, 180.
Svvovvms :—J. tetragona, var. osteosperma, Torrey. J. tetragona,
Cooper, not Schlechtendal. J. occidentalis, Gordon, in part ; Parlatore,
in part; Hoopes, Hvergreens, in part ; Sargent.
VARIETIES :—UTAHENSIS, Lemmon, Third Report, 28; Veitch, 289.
Utah, Arizona, California.
3. 13. cxesia, Regel, Index Sem. Hort. Petrop. 1858.
J. canadensis. See J. communis var.
J. Cannaertii, hort. See J. virginiana.
J. carolmiana. See J. virginiana.
4, J. Cedrus, Webb; Parlatore, 478.
Canaries.
5. J. chinensis, Linneus ; Parlatore, 487 ; Veitch, 287 ; Beissner,
118, fig.; Loudon, Encycl. Trees, 1089, fig. ; Siebold et Zuccarini,
Fl. Jap. ii. tab. 126, 127.
The male plant differs in appearance from the female.
Syvonyms :—J. japonica, Carriere. J. flagelliformis and J. Reeves-
rzana, hort.
VARIETIES: Veitch admits the following varieties: CHINENSIS
AUREA, CHINENSIS ALBO-VARIEGATA; while to the form known as
JAPONICA are assigned J. AUREA and AUREO-VARIEGATA.
Himalaya, China, Japan,
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J. Chamberlain. See J. virginiana.
J. cinerascens. See J. virginiana.
J. cinerea. See J. thurifera.
6. J. communis, Linneus; Parlatore, 479; Veitch, 274 ; Beissner,
133 ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 707 ; Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. v. 646 ;
Macoun, Cat. Canad. Plants, 462 ; Loudon, Encycl. 1081, f. 2014, &c.
VARIETIES :—Parlatore admits the following as varieties :—
1, FasTIGIATA, including suecica, hibernica, stricta and hispanica of
gardens and of some authors ; 2, REFLEXA, including J. c. caucasica,
oblonga of Gordon, not of Bieberstein ; 3, oBLonGa, Bieberstein,
Antoine, Carriére ; 4, HEMISPHRICA ; 5, ALPINA, Gaudin, Macoun, 462,
including nana, Gordon, Carriere; canadensis, Loddiges, Gordon,
Veitch, Carriére, and dealbata, Loudon. Veitch also names as distinct
varieties, COMPKESSA, CRACOVIA (of Loddiges), NEABORIENSIS. The
name J. ‘‘oblonga pendula of gardens” is sometimes applied to a
form of this species, sometimes to J. taxifolia.
Wild throughout the greater part of the Northern and Eastern
Hemisphere ; rare in America. A most variable and multiform
plant, differing not only according to locality, but in different stages
of growth.
7. J. davurica, Pallas; Parlatore, 482; Beissner, 107.
Altai Mountains.
8. J. drupacea, Labillardiére ; Parlatore, p. 476; Veitch, 276;
Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 706; Beissner, 140; Loudon, Encycl. 1804,
f. 2019. . Gard. Chron., July 15, 1854, p. 455. ‘* Habhel fructus toto
oriente notissimus.”
Synonym :—Arceuthos drupacea, Antoine and Kotschy.
Height 20-25 feet. Introduced by Kotschy in 1854 from the
mountains of northern Syria. Crete.
J. dumosa. See J. squamata (Kew Index).
1J. duplicata, Goeppert, Index Sem. Hort. Wratislav. (Breslau), 1871.
J. echiniformis, hort. ex Carriere=J. Oxycedrus or J. nana
(Kew Index).
J. elliptica, Koch=J. communis.
J. Vericoides, hort. = Retinospora juniperoides or R. dubia.
9. J.excelsa, Bieberstein; Parlatore, 484; Loudon, Encycl, 1083 —
figs. ; Veitch, 279 ; Beissner, 112 ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 708.
SrvovyMs :—? J. taurica, and ? J. religiosa.
VARIETY :—sTrRictTa, Veitch.
Levant, Himalaya, Afghanistan to Sikkim.
J. fastigiata. See J. communis,
J. flagelliformis, Loudon. See J. chinensis (Kew Index).
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 915
10. J. foetidissima, Willdenow ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 710.
J. formosa, hort. See J. phoenicea (Kew Index).
J. Fortunei, hort. See J. spheerica or macrocarpa (Kew Index).
J. fragrans, Knight. See J. Hermanni (Kew Index),
J. fragrans, Paul. See J. ceesia (Kew Index).
. glauca, hort. See J. virginiana.
. Gossainthaineana. See J. virginiana and J. macropoda.
. gracilis, hort. See Cupressus torulosa Corneyana.
. hibernica, hort. See J. communis.
himalayensis, hort. (?)
. hispanica, hort. See J. communis.
. hudsonica, Forbes. See J. Sabina.
Lycia. See J. phoenicea.
. lusitanica. See J. Sabina.
. malacocarpa, Carr. See J. pheenicea.
SS FS Sy Se ae oy uy
11. J. macrocarpa, Sibthorp ex Parlatore, . 476; Veitch, 277;
Beissner, 139 ; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 706; Loudon, Encycl. Trees,
1083, f. 2017.
Height 10-12 feet.
Mediterranean coast.
12. J. macropoda, Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 709 ; Hook. Flor. Brit.
Ind. v. 647.
Persia, West Himalaya—not in cultivation ; perhaps not distinct
from J. excelsa.
J. meldensis. See Thuya, § Biota.
J.nana. See J. communis.
J. nepalensis. See J. recurva.
13. J. mexicana, Schiede, Parlatore, 491.
Syvovrmu :—ZJ. gigantea, Roezl.
Mountains of Mexico.
14. J. occidentalis, W. Hooker, Flor. Bor. Am. ii. 166; Parlatore,
489, partly; Veitch, 289; Macoun, 461; Beissner, 128; Lemmon,
Third Report, t. 27.
SywonymMs :—Chamexcyparis Boursierii, Decaisne fide Parlatore.
J. pyriformis, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1855, p. 420.
VARIETY :—MONOSPERMA, FHiugelmann.
North-Western America, British Columbia to Sacramento.
15. J. Oxycedrus, Linneus; Parlatore, p. 476; Veitch, 277;
Beissner, 138; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 707 ; Loudon, Encycl. £. 2015.
Syvovrus:—J. rufescens, Link. J. Marschalliana, Steven ex Boiss.
J. Biebersteiniana, hort. ex Koch, Dendrol. ii, 112.
Southern Europe, the Levant,
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16. J. pachyphloea, Torrey ; Parlatore, 490 ; Veitch, 289 ; Gordon
ed. 2, 164.
New Mexico and Arizona.
J. pendula, hort. See Cupressus torulosa, var. Corneyana.
17. J. phenicea, Linneus; Parlatore, 486; Veitch, 290 ; Beissner,
116; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 710 ; Loudon ? Encycl. 1087, fig.
Sywonyms :—ZJ. bacciformis, Carr., J. Langoldiana, J. tetragona.
VARIETIES :—TURBINATA, Parlatore, |. c. ; FILICAULIS, Carriére.
Introduced in 1683 by Sutherland. Mediterranean region, Azores,
Madeira.
J. procumbens. See J. squamata and J. chinensis.
J. pyramidalis, hort. Seed. communis, Hermanni, phoenicea,
and Bermudiana.
18. J. pseudo-Sabina, Fischer and Meyer; Parlatore, 482;
Beissner, 106 ; Hook. Flor. Brit. Ind. v. 646.
Siberia.
J. pyriformis, Murray in Gard. Chron. 1855, 420. See J. occi-
dentalis.
19. J. recurva, Hamilton ; Parlatore, p.481; Veitch, 278; Beissner,
104; Loudon, Encycl. Trees, 1089, fig. ; Masters in Gard. Chron.
1883, April 14, p. 468, fig.; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 708; Hook.
Flor. Brit. Ind. v. 647.
Himalayas, Cashmir to Sikkim.
VARIETY :—SQUAMATA.
Himalaya, China, Japan.
20. J. rigida, Siebold et Zuccarini, Flor. Japan. ii. p. 109, t. 125;
Parlatore, 480; Veitch, 277.
Introduced, in 1861, from the mountains of Japan by Mr. J. G.
Veitch.
J. rigida, Gordon. See J. taxifolia.
21. J. Sabina, Linnzeus; Parlatore, p. 483; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v.
708; Veitch, 278; Beissner, 107, fig.; Loudon, Hncycl. 1085, figs.
VARIETIES :—PROCUMBENS, Veitch ; Macoun, 463. Veitch admits as
varieties TAMARISCIFOLIA and VARIEGATA. Other varieties are HUMILIS
PROSTRATA, HUDSONICA, REPENS, CAISIA, REPANDA.
Central and Southern Europe, Caucasus, Siberia, North-Eastern
America.
J. sabinoides, Lindl. and Gord. in Jowm. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 202 =
J. mexicana (Kew Index).
J. saxatilis, hort. See J. communis.
J. Schott, hort. See J. virginiana.
J. Shepperdii, hort. See J. chinensis.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 215
22. J. semiglobosa, Regel, ex Beissner, 107.
Turkestan.
J. sibirica. See J. dahurica.
23. J. spheerica, Lindley in Paxton Flower Garden, i. (1850) f. 35 ;
Parlatore, 488 ; Veitch, 290; Beissner, 121.
VARIETY :—SHEPPARDII, Veitch, l.c. 290.
Introduced from Northern China by Fortune in 1846.
J, squamata, Gordon. See J. pseudo-Sabina.
J. stricta. See J. excelsa.
J. struthiacea, Knight. See J. excelsa,
J. suecica, Miller. See J. communis.
J. tamariscifolia. See J. Sabina.
J. taurica, hort, ; Lindley et Gordon, Jown. Hort. Soc. v. (1850)
200. See J. communis.
24. J. taxifolia, Hooker and Arnott, Beechey Voy. 271; Parlatore,
481.
’ Sywvovrm :—ZJ. oblonga pendula of some gardens.
Japan and China.
25. J. thurifera, Linneus; Parlatore, 487; Veitch, 282; Beissner,
118; Loudon, Hncycl. 1088, f. 2029.
Introduced in 1752 by Miller. Spain, Algiers. (See also under J.
cinerea, phcenicea, and foetidissima. )
J. Uhdeana. See Cupressus Coulteri.
J. wifera, Don, referred doubtfully to Libocedrus tetragona
by Parlatore, and to recurva by others.
J. venusta, hort. See J. excelsa.
26. J. virginiana, Linn. ; Parlatore, 488; Veitch, 283; Loudon,
Arboret. f. 2357; Beissner, 123; Gard. Chron. March 31, 1877, p.
405, 407; Macoun, 462; Loudon, Hncycl. 1084, f. 2020. The Red Cedar.
VARIETIES :—Parlatore enumerates :—cLiauca (Carriére), Brp-
FORDIANA (Knight), syn. gracilis; Gossainthainea (Carriere) ; bar-
badensis (Gordon). Other varieties are: ARGENTEA, AUSTRALIS, AUREO-
VARIEGATA, CANNAERTI, DUMOSA, PENDULA, CHAMBERLAINI, SCHOTTI,
TRIPARTITA, and others given by Beissner.
North America, from Hudson’s Bay to Florida; and on the west
side in Colorado and Vancouver’s Island.
J. Webbu, Carr. See Cedrus.
J. Whitleyana. See Cupressus sempervirens. —
J. Wittmanniana. See J. communis and J. Oxycedrus.
Kauri Pine= Agathis australis.
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KETELEERIA, Carriére in Revue Horticole, 1866, and May 1887 ;
Traité, ed. 2, 260; Pirotta, Bull. Soc. Toscan. di Orticoltura (1877),
p. 269. Apsizes, Bentham and Hooker, iii. 442. See Franchet, Pl.
Davidiane, 1884, c. ic. (Tribe ABIETINEZ.)
Evergreen trees with flat leaves and scaly buds. Male spikes in
tufts or umbels. Anthers opening transversely. Pollen-grains two-
winged. Cones erect, lateral ; scales long-persistent, but ultimately
separating one from another. Bracts shorter than the scale. Seed
winged.
1. K. Fortunei, Carritre, Revue Horticole, 1866, c. ic.; et Traité des
Conif. ed. 2, p. 260; Beissner, 421, fig. 116; Masters in Gard. Chron.
March 15, 1884, fig. ; April 3, 1886, 1889, 689 ; and in Journ. Linn.
Soc. xxii. 197, figs.; Garden, Feb. 23, 1889, ex Revue Horticole ; Mayr,
Mon. Abiet. Jap. (1890), p. 99.
Sywowyrms:—Abies Fortune, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1850,
p. 311; Veitch, 124. A. jezoensis, Lindl. (non Siebold), Gard. Chron.
May 18, 1850, p. 311. Picea Fortunet, Murray. Pinus Fortune,
Parlatore, 430.
Eastern China. Introduced by Fortune. ,
2. K. Davidiana, Franchet, China. See Masters in Gard. Chron.
1889 ; Florist, 1874, p. 125, c. ic. (sub. nom. Pseudotsuga).
3, K. sacra, Franchet, China ; not yet in cultivation.
Larch. See Larix.
Larch, Golden. See PsEuDOLARIX.
LARIX, Miller; Bentham et Hooker, Gen. Plant. iii. 442;
Eichler, Pflanzenfamilien, 11. 69, fig.
Pinus, section Larix, Endlicher ; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi.
409. (Tribe ABIETINEZ. )
_ Trees with long shoots and scattered foliage, or with short spurs
and leaves in tufts ; the leaves in both cases linear, deciduous, soft.
‘Male flowers in short spikes, anthers apiculate, 2-lobed, dehiscing trans-
versely. Pollen grains very large, globose. Cone-scales woody, per-
sistent. Seed without resin canals. Wing of seed oblong, acute.
Cotyledons 6-8 3-cornered or flat, entire. Primiry leaves entire
(Tubeuf.)
I. americana. See L. pendula.
L. archangelica. See L. sibirica.
1. L. davurica, Fischer ; Parlatore, 1. c. 410; Veitch, 127 ; Beissner,
328, fig. 90, ex Gartenflora, 1871.
VARIETIES :—PROSTRATA, Regel. saPpontca, Maximowicz; Beissner,
329, ex Gartenflora, 1871.
Siberia.
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L. chinensis. See Cunninghamia sinensis.
TL. communis. See L. europea.
L. decidua. See L. europea.
2. Ly. europeea, De Candolle, #1. Francaise (1805), ex Tournefort,
Inst. t. 357, iii. 277 ; Loudon, Arboretum, iv. 2350, with figs.; Veitch,
127; Beissner, 321; Loudon, Jincycl. 1054, f. 1972; Kew Index
MSS. The parent larches at Dunkeld, Gard. Chron. Feb. 12, 1876,
p. 209, fig. The Common Larch.
Sywovyms:—Pinus Larix, Linnzeus; Parlatore, 411; Lambert,
Pinus, ed. 2, t. 35. Larix excelsa, Link. Larix decidua, Miller,
Dict. (1759) ; the earliest name, but not generally adopted ; Koch, ii.
258; Richter, Pl. Europ. i. 4. Abies Larix, Poiret. Larix pyra-
midalis, Salisbury in Linn. Trans. viii. 313 (1805).
VARIETIES :—PENDULA, Gard. Chron. Dec. 3, 1887, p. 685, fig. ;
and 1888, April 7; L. ruRop@a var. stprricA, Loudon, Arboretum,
2352. See also Beissner, 325, for other varieties.
Alps.
L. Fraservi. See Li. europea. —
3. L. Griffithii, Hook. fil. in Illustr. Himalayan Plants, t. 31,
and in Gard. Chron. June 5, 1886, p. 718 ; Masters in Gard. Chron.
1886, Oct. 9, fig. ; Veitch, 128 ; Beissner, 317, fig.
Syrvovrms :—Pinus Griffithii, Parlatore, 411. Abies Griffithiana,
Lindley and Gordon.
Eastern Himalayas.
L. intermedia. See Li. europeea var. sibirica.
L. japonica, Murray. See L. leptolepis.
L. Kempferti. See Pseudolarix.
4, L. kurilensis, Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. 66, t. 5, f. 15.
Kurile Islands.
L. laricina. See L. pendula.
5. L. leptolepis, Endlicher ; Parlatore, 410; Gordon ; Veitch, 130;
Beissner, 318, fig. ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Jan. 20, 1883, p. 88, fig. ;
Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Jap. 63, t. 5, fig. 14.
Syvonrms :—Abies leptolepis, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Jap.
t. 103; Lindl. and Gordon in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 218. L. japonica
Carriere.
VARIETIES :—Movurrayana, Maximowicz, Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1866 ;
Beissner, 319, fig. 84, ex Gartenflora, 1871.=L. japonica, Murray.
Pines and Firs of Japan, p. 94, fig.
Introduced in 1861 from Japan by J. G. Veitch. According to
Mayr this is the plant originally called Pinus Kempferi by Lambert.
See Pseudolarix,
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6. L. Lyallii, Parlatore in Gard. Chron. 1863, 916; Regel, Garten-
flora, xiii. 244; xxx. 103; Carriere; Hoopes, Hvergreens, 256 ;
Veitch, 130; Sargent, 216; and in Gard. Chron. May 22, 1886, 652,
fig. ; Beissner, 314, fig. ; Macoun, 476.
Syvovrm:—Pinus Lyallu, Parlatore, 412.
Cascade Mountains.
LI. microcarpa. See L. pendula.
7. L. occidentalis, Nuttall, Sylva, iii. t. 120 ; Hoopes, Evergreens,
253; Regel, Gartenflora, xx. 103, t. 685 ; Veitch, 130; Sargent, 216;
and in Gard. Chron. May 22, 1886, p. 652, fig. ; Beissner, 314, fig. ;
Macoun, 475.
Sywonrus:—Pinus Larix, Douglas MSS., not of Linneus. JL.
americana, var. brevifolia, Carriere. Pinus Nuttall, Parlatore, 412.
British Columbia, Oregon.
8. L. pendula, Salisbury in Linn. Trans. viii. p. 318 (1805) ; Forbes,
Pinet. Woburn. t. 46 ; Carriere ; Gordon.
Sywovyms :—Pinus microcarpa, Lambert. L. microcarpa, Forbes,
Pinet. Woburn. t. 47 ; Veitch, 180; Carriére ; Gordon. ZL. americana,
Michaux (1813) ; Beissner, 1. c. 329 ; Macoun, 475 ; Loudon, Encycl.
1056, f. 1973. Abies pendula and A. microcarpa, Lindley and Gordon.
Pinus laricina, Duroi. P. pendula, Aiton; Lambert, ed. 1, t. 36;
Parlatore, 409. P. microcarpa, Lambert, ed. 1, t. 37. The American
Larch, Tamarack or Hackmatack.
L. sibirica=L. europea sibirica, Loudon.
L. rossica. See L. europea.
L. vulgaris. See L. europeea.
LIBOCEDRUS, Endlicher ; Benth. et Hook. i. p. 426; Parlatore,
453; Kichler, 95, fig. (Tribe CUPRESSINEZ. )
Trees with flattened branch systems, leaves small flattened de-
cussate, male flowers in spikes, anther-lobes 4 ; cones oblong, woody,
with 2-6 valvate scales, of which the middle pair is alone fertile.
Seeds with 2 unequal wings. Cotyledons 2.
Several of the New Zealand species are figured in Kirk’s Forest
Flora of that colony.
1. L. Bidwillii, Hook. f. Handbk, Fl. N. Zealand, p. 257 (1867).
New Zealand. Conservatories.
2. Li. chilensis, Endlicher ; Veitch, 267 ; Gard. Chron. 1850, p. 439,
fig.
Syrvovrm:—Thwya chilensis, Don ; Hook. in Lond. Journ. of Botany,
ii. p. 199, t. 4.
Chilian Andes.
Tree 60-80 feet, or low shrub according to locality ; rather tender
in this country.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 919
3. L. decurrens, Torrey; Veitch, Man. 267 ; Woods and Forests,
Feb. 27, 1884; Parlatore, 456; Brown Campst. in Trans. Bot. Soc.
Edinb. ix. 373; Hoopes, Book of Evergreens, f. 40; Beissner, 28, with
figures ; Lemmon, Third Report, 22, 23.
Sywovyms :—Thuya Craigiana, Murray. Heyderia decurrens, Koch.
Thuya gigantea of gardens, but erroneously so called.
VARIETIES :—GLAUCA, COMPACTA.
Introduced by Jeffrey in 1853. Mountains of North-Western
America.
L. Oraigiana. See Thuya gigantea.
4, Il. Doniana, Endlicher; Parlatore, 454; Veitch, 267 ; Hook.
Handb. N.Z. Flora (1867), 256; Kirk, Forest Flora of New Zealand,
tab. 82, 83.
_Syrwowym :—Thuya Doniana, Hooker, Lond. Journ. Bot. 1. t. 18.
New Zealand. Height 30 feet. Conservatory.
5. L. tetragona, Endlicher; Veitch, 267 ; Gard. Chron. 1850, p.
439, fig.
Syvovrm:—Thuya tetragona, W. Hooker in Lond. Journ. of
Botany, iii. p. 144, t. 4. ‘* Alerse.”
Patagonia and Chile.
Height 40-80 feet. Does not succeed well out of doors near
London.
Maidenhair tree = Ginkgo biloba.
MICROCACHRYS, Hook. fil. (1845) Benth. et Hook. Gen. Plant.
ili. 433; Eichler, 103. (Taxacnx, Tribe PopocaRPE2.)
Trees with delicate overlapping foliage. Anthers in spikes, 2-celled ;
pollen-cells winged. Seed small, inverted from the top of the bract,
surrounded at the base by a fleshy scarlet aril. (Dacrydium partly.)
1. M. tetragona, Hook. f. Flor. Tasmania, i. 358, t. 100 (1860) ;
Bot. Mag. 5576.
Sywvonrm :—Dacrydium tetragonum, Parlatore in DC. Pred. xvi. 2,
496.
Mountains of Tasmania. Grown for conservatory decoration, for
which its elegant habit, neat foliage, and red fruits commend it.
Nacara. See Podocarpus.
PHYLLOCLADUS, L. C. Richard; Bentham et Hooker, Genera
Plantarum, iii. 433; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 498 ; Kichler,
109; Kirk’s Forest Flora of New Zealand, wherein several species are
figured. (Taxace#, Tribe TaxEz.)
The peculiar character of the genus resides in the expanded leafy
branches which are divided at the edges and sterile. The fertile
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branches are contracted into stalks, at the end of which the female
flowers are clustered, each consisting of an erect ovule surrounded at
the base by an aril. The adjacent bract and the top of the stalk also
become fleshy. The male spikes are in clusters at the ends of the
branches, anthers 2-celled, with a pointed crest. Cotyledons 2, leafy,
primary leaves linear.
One or two species are grown in conservatories, suchas P. TRICHO-
MANOIDES, Don, and its variety auauca from New Zealand, and P.
RHOMBOIDALIS from Tasmania; P. aupinus of Hook. fil., Gordon, and
others, is an alpine form of TRICHOMANOIDES.
PICEA, Link (1827); Bentham et Hooker, Genera Plantarum, iii.
439 ; Hichler, Pflanzenfamil. ii. 70. The Spruce Firs. (Tribe Apiz-
TINEZ. )
According to modern and now almost universally followed usage,
the Spruce Firs are included under Picea, whilst the Silver Firs
are placed under Abies. The reader should therefore, in case of
need, search under Abies, or even under Pinus, for names not found
under the present heading.
The leading characteristics of the Spruce Firs are: the projecting
cushions at the base of the leaves, which give a rough, pegged ap-
pearance to the shoots; the four-sided leaves (flat in the section
Omorica), uniform in structure ; the usually pendulous woody
cones, ripening in the first year, and the scales of which do not fall
away one from the other as in the Silver Firs. Bracts concealed,
not projecting, free from the scales except at the base. Stamens in
spike-like masses. Anthers 2-lobed, apiculate. Pollen-cells winged.
Seeds small. Seed-wings obovate, separable, covering the upper side
of the seed. Cotyledons 8-10, 3-sided, toothed, primary leaves flat,
denticulate. Willkomm makes twosections—§ Hupicea with four-sided
leaves ; and § Omorica with flattish leaves with stomata and white bands
on the upper surface.
P. acicularis, Maximowicz ; Beissner, 380 (not of gardens), is cited
as the Picea japonica of gardens. See Picea Alcockiana.
1. P. ajanensis, Fischer ; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1880, Jan. 24,
p. 115, 213; October 2, 1880, p. 428, fig. ; Jan. 14, 1888, p. 53, cone;
1882, August 5, p. 183 ; and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 508; Beissner,
385, fig.; Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan, 53, t. 4. (§ Omorica.)
Srvonym:—Abies ajanensis, Veitch, 63.
VARIETY :—microsperma =P. ajanensis japonica, Maximowicz.
Amoor-land, Mountains of Japan.
2. P. alba, Link ; Engelmann in Gard. Chron. 1879, 334 ; Beissner,
340, fig.; Macoun, 469.
Syvovrms :—Abies alba, Michaux ; Loudon, Arbor. 2224; Encyel.
Trees, 1080, f.1928 ; Pinet. Woburn. t, 33; Veitch, 63, A, canadensis,
LisT OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS: 991
Miller. Pinus alba, Lambert, ed. 1, t. 26; Parlatore, 414. Abies
rubra var. cexrulea, Loudon, Arboret. 2310. A. caerulea, Forbes,
Pinet. Woburn. 99. P. cerulea, Link. P. mgravar. glauca, Carriére.
A. arctica, Murray in Journal of Botany, v. tab. 69 (1867).
Arctic North America, and south to New England States.
3. P. Aleockiana, Masters in Gard. Chron. Feb. 14, 1880, p. 212,
fig. ; Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 509 ; Beissner, 377, fig.
SrvowyMs :—Abies Alcockiana, Veitch, 67. Picea bicolor, Maxi-
mowicz; Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan, 49, t. 3. A. acicularis and excelsa
acicularis of gardens.
Mountains of Japan. Discovered and introduced by John Veitch.
P. bicolor above cited is sometimes applied to P. ajanensis in
gardens.
P. bifolia, Murray. See Abies lasiocarpa.
4. P. Breweriana, Watson (1885); Sargent in Gard. Chron. April 17,
1886, 497, f. 93; Garden and Forest, 1890, p. 63; Lemmon, Third
Report, p. 116, figs. 4, 5, 6.
North California, Siskiyou Mountains, at altitude of 5,000 feet.
Only known at present from one limited district.
P. californica, Carriere='Tsuga Pattoniana.
P. concolor. See Abies concolor and A. Lowiana.
5. P. Engelmannii, Engelmann; Gard. Chron. 1879, 334; 1882,
145 ; Beissner, 343, fig.; Macoun, 471.
Syrvovyms :—Pinus commutata, Parlatore, 417 partly. Abies
Engelmanmi, Parry, Gard. Chron. 1863, 1035; Sargent in Gard.
Chron. 1877, 631; Veitch, 68; Lemmon, Third Report, 113, f. 2.
Of this there is a glaucous form not to be confounded with
P. pungens glauca. |
Rocky Mountains of Montana, Oregon, suuth to Arizona.
6. P. excelsa, Link; Beissner, 351; Kew Index. The Common
Spruce.
Sywvowrms :— Abies excelsa, DC. Flore Frangaise, 1805 (erroneously
marked 1815 in some copies); Poiret (1804); Veitch, 69; Loudon,
Encycl. 1028, £. 1923; Pinet. Brit. ii. 135, t. 19. Abies Picea, Miller.
Pinus Abies, Linn. Picea vulgaris, Link. Pinus excelsus, Lamarck
(1778).
Numerous varieties are in cultivation, for full lists of which see
Veitch and Beissner, the latter of whom cites 59 forms. The most
remarkable are the dwarf forms hke CLANBRASSILIANA and the long
snake-like branched forms such aS VIMINALIS, CRANSTONI, and MON-
strosa. Among others may be mentioned—FINEDONENSIS, FENNICA,
GIGANTEA, GREGORYANA, INVERTA, ELEGANS, LEMONIANA, MEDIOXIMA,
MINIATA, MINOR, MONTANA, MUCRONATA, PARVULA, PYGMAA, VIMI-
NALIS, SUBARCTICA, CHLOROCARPA, CINEREA, EREMITA, ERYTHROCARPA,
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and EXTREMA. ABIES MEDIOXIMA of Nylander is an arctic form figured
in Pinet. Britan. ii. 159. <A. EXCELSA CARPATICA is figured in the
same work, vol. ii. 157, t. 20.
Mountains of Northern and Central Europe.
"7. P. Glehnii, F. Schmidt ; Beissner, 377 ; Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan.
56, t. 4, f. 11 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. March 6, 1880, p. 300, c. ic. ;
and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 5138, f. 13.
Syrwvonrm :—Abies Glehnit, Veitch, 80.
Island of Sachalin.
P. grandis. See Abies grandis.
8. P. hondoensis, Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. tab. 4,f.9. ?%=P.
ajanensis.
Japan.
P. Jezxoensis, Sieb. et Zucc. See P. ajanensis.
P. laxa, Sargent. See Picea alba.
P. Mariana. See Picea nigra.
P. magnifica. See Abies magnifica.
9, P. Maximowiczii, Regel; Masters in Gard. Chron. March 20,
1880, p. 363, fig. /
SywowymMs :—Abies Maxvmowicz, hort. ; Veitch, 80. Picea obovata
japonica, Maximowicz fide Beissner, p. 370.
Japan. Only known in this country in an undeveloped condition.
See under P. obovata.
P. Menziesii, Carriere. See P. sitchensis, Carritre.
‘10. P. Morinda, Link ; Beissner, 373; Masters in Gard. Chiou.
Sept. 26, 1885, fig. 85, p. 393.
Srvonrus:—Pinus Smithiana, Lambert ; Parlatore, 416; Gard.
Chron. 1878, p. 789. Picea Smithiana, Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 700,
Abies Khutrow, Loudon, Encycl. 1052, f. 1931. Pinus Khutrow,
Royle. Abies Smithiana, Forbes ; Veitch, 78.
Himalayas from West to Hast, at elevations of from 8,000-11,000
feet. Introduced in 1818.
11. P. nigra, Link ; Engelmann in Gard. Chron. 1879, 334 ; Beissner
332, fig. ; Macoun, 468. Black Spruce.
Syvovrms :—Pinus Mariana, Du Roi (1771). Abies Mariana,
Miller (1759); Koch, Dendrol. 11. 242. Abies nigra, Michaux ;
Loudon, Hncycl. 1031, f. 1929; Arboretum, fig. 2225; Veitch, 74.
Abies denticulata, Poiret (1804). Picea rubra, Link ; Beissner, 338,
fig. Pinus nigra, Lambert, Pinus, ed. 1. t. 47 ; Parlatore, 413. Pinus
rubra, Lambert, ed. i. t. 28, not of Michaux ; Parlatore, 413. Abies
rubra, Forbes, Pinetum Woburnense, t. 35; Loudon, Hneycl. 1032, f.
1930.
For varieties see Beissner |.c.
Canada and North-east America to Carolina,
P. nobilis See Abies nobilis,
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12. P. obovata, Ledebour; Beissner, 368.
Syvovrm :—Abies ohoweniey Loudon, Arboretum, iv. 2329 ; Eneycl.
1029, 1926; Veitch, 80. PP. Maer iiee of gardens (see ante), a
dwarf form, is wetaael by Maximowicz to this species.
VARIETIES :—! JAPONICA, Maximowicz, Index Sem. Petrop. 1866,
p. 3. ScHRENKIANA, Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc. 506. ABIES
ScHRENKIANA, Lindl. et Gordon. Picea ScHRENKIANA, Fischer and
Meyer; Beissner, 371. |
North-east Europe and Northern Asia. By some considered a
form of Picea excelsa.
13. P. Omorica, Pancic; Beissner, 383, fig. ; Willkomm, Forstliche
Flora, 100, figs. 1-12; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1877, p. 620, and
March 8, 1884, p. 308, fig.; and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xxil. 203, fig.
Wettstein, Sitzwngsb. d. Kais. Acad. d. Wissensch. Wien, Bd. xclx.
p. 503, c. ic. (§ Omorica.)
Syvonrvm :—Pimus Omorica, Pancic. Gard. Chron. April 14, 1877,
p. 470.
Mountains of Servia.
14. P. orientalis, Carritre ; Beissner, 347, fig. ; Masters in Gard.
Chron. March 13, 1886, p. 333, fig., and June 16, 1886, p. 754, fig.
male fl. ; Boissier, Flora Orientalis, vi. 701.
Sywowrms :—Abies orientalis, Poiret ; Veitch, 76 ; Loudon, Hncycl.
1029, £.1925; Pinet. Britan. 11. 163, t. 23. Pinus orientalis, Linn. ;
Parlatore. Abies Wittmanmana, hort. fide Beissner.
VARIETIES :—PYGM#A and AUREA.
Mountains of the Taurus and Caucasus. Introduced in 1839.
15. PB. polita, Carritre ; Beissner, 380, with fig. from Gard. Chron.
1880, p. 233; Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. (1890), p. 46, t. 3, £..7;
Masters, Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xviii. tab. xix. ; in Gard. Chron. Feb. 21,
1880, p. 233, fig.
Sywvowyms :— Abies Torano, Siebold. A. polita, Siebold and
Zuccarini, Flor. Jap. ii. p. 20; Veitch, 77, figs. 9 -10.
Mountains of Japan.
16. P. pungens, Engelmann in Gard. Chron. 1879, 334; 1882,
145; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1883, 725, f. 180, and Nov. 7, 1891,
pp. 547, 549, fig. cone; Beissner, 347.
Sywvowrms :-—Picea Parryana commutata of gardens, Abies Men-
ziesii, Engelmann partly. Picea Menzesi, not of Carriere. Abies or
Picea Engelmann of gardens, not of Engelmann.
VARIETIES :—GLAUCA, and specially aRGENTEA, hort., A. Waterer,
are the most beautiful of the silver variegated kinds.
Mountains of Wyoming, Utah, and California, 6,000-9,000 feet.
P. rubra, Link. Red Spruce = Abies rubra. Abies arctica, Cunn.
ex Kew Index. Arctic America. Introduced in 1755. <A dwarf form
of Picea nigra, which see,
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17. P. sitchensis, Carritre, Traité, i. 260; Engelmann in Gard.
Chron. 1879, 344 ; Beissner, 390, fig.; Lemmon, Third Report, 115,
fig. 3; Macoun, 470. (§ Omorica.)
SYNONYMS :—Pinus sitchensis, Bongard. Abies Menziesir, Lindley ;
Loudon, Arboretum, iv. f. 2232; Encycl. f. 1934; Forbes, Pinet.
Woburn. t. 32; Veitch,73. Pinus Menziesii, Douglas ; Parlatore, 418;
Masters in Gard. Chron. June 5, 1886, p. 728, figs. male and female
cones. Abies sitchensis, Lindley and Gordon.
Alaska to California, on low ground near the coast.
Pine = Pinus.
Austrian Pine. See P. austriaca.
Bhotan Pine. See P. excelsa.
Cluster Pine. See P. Pinaster.
Corsican Pine. See P. Laricio.
Labrador Pine. See P. Banksiana.
Lace-Bark Pine. See P. Bungeana.
Pitch Pine. See P. australis.
Scotch Pine. See P. silvestris.
Stone Pine. See P. Pinea.
Sugar Pine. See P. Lambertiana.
Umbrella Pine. See Sciadopitys verticillata.
Weymouth Pine. See P. Strobus.
PINUS, Linnezus, partly ; Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum,
ili. 438 ; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, p. 378, partly ; Engelmann,
Revis. Genus Pinus, in Trans. Acad. St. Lows, iv. 161; Hichler,
Pflanzenfamilien, ii. 69, fig. (Tribe ABIETINEZ.)
True Pines are evergreen trees, with the adult leaves persistent,
in tufts of 2, 3 or 5; the flowers are monccious, males in catkins ;
pollen-cells winged ; cones ripening in the second year, woody ; scales
(relatively) thin at the tips in § Strobus and §Cembra, thick in
§ Pinaster. Wing of the seed ultimately separable, dilated above,
prolonged below into two claw-like processes which clip the edges of
the seed. Cotyledons variable in number, 3-sided, usually entire,
whilst the primordial leaves are denticulate.
The genus Pinus, as here uuderstood, is homogeneous and easily
recognisable. Parlatoreand some others, however, include under this
head all the genera of Abietinez, viz., Pinus, Abies, Picea, Larix,
Cedrus, Keteleeria, Pseudotsuga, Pseudolarix, Tsuga—an inconvenient
arrangement.
. abasica. See P. halepensis.
. Abies. See Abies pectinata.
. aculcensis, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
.adunca. See P. insignis.
. africana, See P. Pinea.
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LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 995
1. P. albicaulis, Engelmann; Sargent, Census Report; Pinetwm
Britan. i. f. 1-4; Beissner, 275; Lemmon, Second Report, tab. 4 ;
Macoun, 465 ; J. D. Hooker in Gard. Chron. July 4, 1885, p. 9.
Syvovrms:—P. flexilis, Murray; Parlatore, 1. c. 403, partly.
P. cembroides, Newberry, not Zuccarini. P. Shasta, Carriere. P. flexilis
var. albicaulis, Engelmann in Bot. Calif. ii. 124 ; Veitch.
. alopecuroides. See P. serotina.
. altaica, Ledeb. See P. silvestris.
. altisssma. See P. Laricio.
. amecaensis, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
. americana. See Tsuga canadensis.
. angulata, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
. Antoineana. See P. pseudostrobus.
nel lee] sel !el ge} ae) Ise
2. P. apulcensis, Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1839, n. 100; Loudon, Encycl.
Trees, p. 1014, f. 1899 ; Gordon, ed. 2, 290.
Introduced from mountains of Mexico by Hartweg in 1839 for the
Royal Horticultural Society.
P. Araragi, Sieb. See Tsuga Sieboldii.
P. arawana. See Araucaria imbricata and P. Pinea.
P. aristata, Engelm. See P. Balfouriana.
3. P. arizonica, Engelmann in Wheeler’s Report, vi. 260; and in
Gard. Chron. 1882, xvii. 260; Beissner, 260 ; Sargent, Census Report,
192.
Mountains of Arizona.
P. astecaensis, Roezl. See P. apulecensis and P. Montezume.
P. attenuata, Lemmon. See P. tuberculata.
P. atrovirens. See P. Hartwegii.
P. australis, Michaux ; Parlatore, 392. Pitch Pine. See P.
palustris, Miller ; Lambert.
P. austriaca. See P. Laricio.
4, a Ayacahuite, Ehrenberg ; ; Parlatore, 407 ; Pinetum Britan.
vol. i. p. 9, tab. 2; Masters in Gard. Chron. October 14, 1882,
p. 193 ; Tee adon, iievel: 1028, f. 1920, etc.
S YNONYM :—P. Upohifonns Eee cieenn) With six synonyms of
Roezl, referred to in this list under their alphabetical order.
Mexico, Guatemala. Introduced from Mexico by Hartweg.
P. Backhouseana. See P. Montezumee.
5. P. Balfouriana, Murray; Sargent, Census Report, 191; Pinet.
Brit. i. 11, f. 1-5; Veitch, 175; Beissner, 272; Lemmon, Second
Report, t. 5; Gard. Chron. 1876, March 11, p. 332.
VARIETY :—ARISTATA, Engelmann. =P. Balfouriana, Watson, not
Murray. Gard. Chron. Oct. 30, 1875, p. 349.
California, mountains in Siskiyou County.
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6. P. Banksiana, Lambert, ed. 1, p. 7 (1803); Veitch, 158 ;
Beissner, 218 ; Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. t. 3; Loudon, Arboretum, iv.
f. 2064; Hncycl. f. 1798 ; Macoun, 468.
Syvonym:—P. hudsonica, Poiret (1804); Parlatore, 380.
North-Eastern United States and eastern slopes of Rocky Mountains.
. Beardsleyn. See P. ponderosa.
Benthamiana. See P. ponderosa.
. Besseriana. See P. Teocote.
. Bolanderw, Parlatore, 1. c. 379. See P. contorta.
. Boothiana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. Boucheana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. Boursieru, Carr. See P. contorta.
. brachyptera. See P. ponderosa.
. Brutia. See P. pyrenaica.
. bullata. See P. Montezumee.
Nbr
7. P. Bungeana, Zuccarini; Parlatore, 1. c. 398; Pinet. Britan.
i. 13; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1882, July 1, p.8; Veitch, 161;
Beissner, 252.
Introduced by Fortune from North China in 1846.
P. Buonapartea, Roezl; Gordon, ed. ii. 295. See P. Ayacahuite.
P. cairica. See P. halepensis.
P. californiana, Loiseleur. See P. insignis and tuberculata.
Loiseleur’s description ‘‘is so unsatisfactory and faulty that it is
impossible to recognise absolutely from it the species he intended.
Under these circumstances the only safe way is to pass over Loiseleur’s
name entirely.” —Sargent, Garden and Forest, p. 65 (1892).
P. calabrica. See P. Laricio.
8. P. canariensis, Ch. Smith; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 393 ;
Loudon, Encycl. f. 1862; Lambert, Prnus, ed. 3, vol. i. t. 28; Webb
and Berthelot, Phyt. Canar. ii. 280, t. 6; Masters in Gard. Chron.
1888, June 9, p. 723, fig. ; Veitch ; Beissner, 251.
Canary Islands. Grown in conservatories.
. caramana. See P. Laricio.
. carica, Don. See P. halepensis.
. carpatica, hort. See P. Pumilio (montana).
. Carriert, hort. See P. Montezumee,
. caucasica, Fisch. See P. silvestris.
P. Cavendishiana, hort. See P. Khasya and P. sinensis
(Massoniana).
P. cebennensis. See P. Laricio.
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9, P. Cembra, Linnzus; Parlatore, 402; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2,
t. 23; Veitch, 176; Beissner, 277, fig.; Loudon, Eneycl. Trees, 1017,
f, 1904; Pinet. Brit. i. p. 17, t. 3.; Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 397.
VARIETY:—PUMILA =P. Cembra pumila, Pallas, Flor. Ross. p. 5, t. 2.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. DOT
P. pumila, Mayr; Mon. Abiet. Japan. (1890), 80, t. 6, f. 21.
P. mandschurica, Regel. Pinet. Brit. i. p. 61.
Mountains of Central Europe, Siberia ; var. pwmila in Kamtschatka,
and the Kurile Islands.
10. P. cembroides, Zuccarini; Parlatore, 1. c. 397; Gordon in
Journ. Hort. Soc. i. 236, figure. ? of Zuccarini.
Sywonryms:—P. Llaveana, Schiede and Deppe ex Parlatore ; Loudon,
Fincycl. f£. 1858. P. osteosperma, Engelmann ; Lindley and Gordon,
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216; Beissner, 253.
Arizona. |
P. Chalmaensis, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
11. P. Chihuahuana, Engelmann ; Parlatore, 1. c. 397 ; Hoopes,
Evergreens, 143 ; Beissner, 258.
Mountains of New Mexico and Arizona.
P. chinensis, Knight. See P. Pinaster.
P. chylla. See P. excelsa.
P. clamaensis. See P. Hartwegii.
12. P. clausa, Vasey ; Sargent, Census Report, 199 ; Mayr, Waldung
von Nord-Amerika ; Beissner, 216; Sudworth in Garden and Forest,
April 6, 1892, fig. 24.
Syvovym:—P. mops var. clausa, Engelmann.
Florida.
P. coarctata. See P. Montezume.
P. colchica. See P. halepensis.
P. colorado. See P. Ayacahuite.
13. P. contorta, Douglas in Loudon, Encycl. Trees, 975, f. 1815;
Loudon, Arboretwm, figs. 2210-11; Parlatore, 381, partly; Beissner,
219; Veitch, 145; Masters in Gard. Chron. 1883, 45, f. 5; Macoun,
466; Lemmon, Second Report, t. 9.
Syrvovrms :—P. Bowrsieri, Carriere, Rev. Hort. 1884, p. 223, with
fig. P. Bolanderii, Parlatore, 379.
Varinties :—Murrayana, Balfour, Oregon Exp. t. 3. P. Mur-
RAYANA, Lemmon, Second Report, t. 10.
North-west America ; Alaska to California, along the coast. Var.
Murrayana in the valleys of the interior.
P. cornea, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
P. corrugata, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
14. P. Coulteri, Don; Parlatore, 1. c. 392; Loudon, Arboretum, iv.
fig. 2144, &. ; Encycl. f. 1841, &c.; Forbes, Pinetum Woburn. t. 25 ;
Beissner, 257 ; Lemmon, Second Report, t. 13; Masters in Gard. Chron.
March 28, 1885, p. 415, figs. 73, 74; Dec. 29, 1888, tree at Kew ;
Pinet. Brit. i, 23.
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Syvovrus :—P. macrocarpa, Lindley; Veitch, 166. P. Sabimana
var. Coulteri, Loudon, Encycl. Pl. 985, f. 1839.
California.
P. cwpressoides. See Araucaria imbricata.
15. P. cubensis, Grisebach ; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 396.
Synonyms :—P. Ellotti, Engelmann. PP. cwbensis var. terthrocarpa,
Wright in Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cuba, 217.
Southern States of North America, Cuba.
P. Decaisneana, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
P. De Candolleana, Roezl. See P. leiophylla.
P. defleca. See P. Jeffreyi.
P. del Doctor. See P. patula. ©
16. P. densiflora, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Jap. ii. p. 22, t. 112 ;
Murray, Proc. Hort. Soc. ii. 286; Masters, Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xviii.
503 (1880) ; Mayr, Mon, Abiet. Japan. 72, tab. 5 (1890) ; Veitch, 146 ;
Beissner, 247.
Mayr, 1. c., p. 90, describes hybrids between this species and
P. Thunbergu, and also a large number of cultivated varieties not yet
introduced.
Japan.
. dependens, Roezl. See P. leiophylla.
. Devomana, Roezl. See P. Montezumes.
Dicksonana. See P. excelsa.
. divaricata, hort. See P. Banksiana.
. Doelleriana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. Dom Pedri, Roezl. See P. Ayacahuite.
. Durangensis, Roezl. See P. Ayacahuite.
. echinata, hort. See P. mitis and P. montana.
. Edgariana. See P. muricata.
Ahhh
17. P. edulis, Engelmann; Parlatore, 1. c. 398; Lindley and Gordon,
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216; Veitch, 172 ; Gard. Chron. 1886 (1) p. 301.
SyvovrmM:—P. cembroides, Gordon, not of Zuccarini, fide Sargent ;
Lindley and Gordon, Jown. Hort. Soc. v. 216.
New Mexico, Colorado, Texas.
P. Ehrenberg. See P. Hartwegii and P. leiophylla.
P. Elliottw, Engelmann =P. cubensis.
P. Endlicherii, Regel. See P. Hartwegii.
P. Engelmann. See P. ponderosa.
FP. Erzerowmica. See P. silvestris.
P. Escandomana. See P. pseudostrobus.
18. P. excelsa, Wallich ; Parlatore, 404 ; Loudon, Eneyel. 1028, figs. ;
Hook. Flora Brit. India, v. p. 651; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2, t. 26;
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 92I
Boissier, Fl. Orient. v. 698 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Feb. 24, 1883,
f. 35; Veitch, 177; Beissner, 283; Pinet. Brit. 27, t. 4.
The Greek plant known as P. peuke, referred by Hooker to this
species, is abundantly distinct in cultivation.
Temperate Himalaya.
P. excorticata, Lindl. et Gord. See P. Bungeana.
P. exserta, Roezl. See P. pseudostrobus,
P. Fenzlii. See P. Laricio.
P. fertilis. See P. cembroides.
19. P. filifolia, Lindley in Bot. Reg. 1840; Parlatore, 400 ; Loudon,
Encycl. p. 1008, figs. 1889-90, from Hartweg’s type ; Gordon, ed. 2,
301.
Introduced to the Royal Horticultural Society in 1839 from the
volcano of Fuega, Guatemala, by Hartweg.
P. Fischeri. See P. montana.
20. P. flexilis, James ; Parlatore, 403 ; Veitch, 177 ; Beissner, 273 ;
Macoun, 465; Pinet. Brit. i. 33; Gard. Chron. Sept. 18, 1875, p. 356,
fig. 75.
Syvovrms:—P. Lambertiana £8, Hook. P. Lambertiana var.
brevifolia, Lindley and Gordon.
Eastern slope of Rocky Mountains, Montana to New Mexico,
Texas, Utah, Nevada, Arizona (Sargent).
P. fragilis. See P. Pinea.
P. Fraserti. See P. rigida.
P. Fremontiana. See P. monophylia.
P. frondosa, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
P. galocote, Roezl. See P. Teocote.
P. Geitnerii, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
P. genevensis, hort. See P. silvestris.
P. genuensis, Loddige. See P. halepensis.
P. georgica, hort. See P. palustris.
21. P. Gerardiana, Wallich ; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 3, t. 79; Par-
latore, 1. c. 391 ; Loudon, Encycl. f. 1869, etc.; J. D. Hook.
Flor. Brit. Ind. v. 652 ; Royle, Ill. 353, t. 85; Veitch, 163 ; Beissner,
251; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 696.
-North-Western Himalaya. Scarcely hardy.
P. Ghiesbreghtii, Carriere, ed. 2, 426. Unknown except by ithe
brief mention by Carriére, who says it is a 5-leaved species.
22. P. glabra, Walter ; Sargent, Census Report, 200 ; Hoopes, Ever-
greens, 82.
South Carolina, Florida.
P. Gordoniana. See P. Montezume.
P. gracilis, Roezl. See P. leiophylla.
P. grandis, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
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23. P. Greggii, Engelmann ; Parlatore, 1. c. 396.
Said to be of Mexican origin ; not in cultivation.
P. Grenvillex. See P. Montezumee.
P. Haageana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
P. hagenoviensis. See P. silvestris.
24. P. halepensis, Miller; Parlatore, 1. c. 383; Lambert, Pinus,
ed. 2, p. 14, t. 7; Veitch, 146; Gard. Chron. Nov. 1, 1884, p. 553,
f. 97, and May 19, 1888, p. 629, catkins; Boissier, Fl. Orient. v. 695 ;
Beissner, 223 ; Loudon, Encycel. f. 1792.
Sywovrms :—P. maritima, Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2, p. 13, t. 6.
P. Pithyusa, Strangeways. P. Abschasica, Fischer = abasica, Carriére.
Count Saporta mentions a hybrid between P. halepensis and P.
Pinaster. See Beissner, 224.
Mediterranean, Caucasus, Levant, Afghanistan.
P. hamata, Roezl. See P. Ayacahuite.
P. Hamilton. See P. Pinaster.
25. P. Hartwegii, Lindley ; Parlatore, 1. c. 339 ; Loudon, Hncycl. f.
1875. Gordon, ed. 2, 304.
Syvovrms :—P. Ehrenberg, Endlicher. P. rudis, Endlicher. P.
Montezume, Gordon. Some twenty synonyms are given by Roezl in
his Catalogue of Mexican Seeds.
Mountains of Mexico, 9,000-14,000 foc
. Heldreichii. See P. Laricio; also P. leucodermis.
. helenica, hort. See P. Pinaster.
. Henderson, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. heteromorpha, Roezl. See P. pseudostrobus.
. hierosolimitana. See P. halepensis.
. hispanica. See P. pyrenaica.
. laspanica, Gard. Chron. 1841, 564.
. horizontalis, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. hudsonica, Poiret ex Parlatore, 380 (1804)=P. Banksiana,
Lambert (1828).
P. Hiigelit, Roezl. See P. Teocote.
P. huisquilocensis. See P. leiophylla.
P. humistrata, Carr. See P. Cembra.
26. P. inops, Solander ; Parlatore, 1. c. 380 ; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 1,
t. 13; Loudon, Arboretum, fig. 2068 ; Hneycl. f£. 1802; Pinet. Woburn.
t. 4; Veitch, 158 ; Beissner, 215.
SyvovymMs :—P. virginiana, Miller ex Parl. P. variabilis, Lambert,
ed. 1, p. 22, t. 15, ex Parl. See P. mitis.
VARIETY :—cLAUSA. See P. clausa.
North-Eastern United States. Height 40-50 feet.
27. P. insignis, Douglas; Parlatore in part, 1. c. 395; Loudon,
Arboretum, iv. f. 2132, etc.; Hncycl. f£. 1848; Pinet. Woburn. t. 18 ;
ne! Fg) a} bel fag) nel 'se) ns) ac)
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 931
Pinet. Brit. i. 37, t. 5, f£. 1-14; Veitch, 163; Beissner, 271, fig.;
Masters in Gard. Chron. 1878, p. 108; March 14, 1891, p. 341,
cone, &c. ; Lemmon, Second Report, tab. 16.
Syrvovyms :—P, radiata, Don; Loudon, Arboretum, iv. fig. 2182 ;
Gordon in Jown, Hort. Soc. iv. 214, figure. P. tuberculata, Don ;
Loudon, Arboretum, fig. 2181, not of Gordon.
VARIETY :—BINATA, leaves in pairs, Engelmann, Sargent.
California.
It has recently been proposed to call this P. tuberculata, but for
garden purposes it seems better to continue to call it P. wsignis.
P. interposita, Roezl. See P. Teocote.
P. Iztacihuatlii, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
P. japonica, Pinet. Woburn. p. 33=? P. Massoniana.
P. japonica, hort. ex Carr. P. Pinaster.
28. P. Jeffreyi, Murray ; Oregon Comm. p. 2, tab. 1; Garden and
Forest, Sept. 30, 1891 ; Parlatore, l.c. 393; Pinet. Brit. i. 45, t. 6;
Beissner, 263; Veitch, 165; Masters in Gard. Chron. March 23, 1889,
p- 361; Lemmon, Second Report, t. 12; Hooker in Gard. Chron.
Dec. 27, 1884, p. 814, fig. 141.
Syrwonrm :—P. deflexa, Torrey, Gard. Chron. 1875, 106.
Introduced from California in 1852 by Jeffrey.
P. Jostii, Roezl. See P. filifolia.
P. Keteleerti, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
29. P. Khasya, Royle ex Parlatore, 1. c. 390; Hooker, Flor. Brit.
India, vol. v. 654.
Syvonrm :—P. Cavendishiana, hort. ex Parlatore.
Nepal.
P. Krelaget, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
P. Kochiana, Klotzsch; Koch, Dendrol. ii. 280. See P. silvestris.
30. P. koraiensis, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Japan, ii. p. 28,
t. 116; Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan (1863); Veitch, 179;
Beissner, 281, fig.; Mayr, Mon. Abict. Japan. 73, t. 5 (1890);
Masters, Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 504 (1880). For varieties see Mayr,
l. c. 94.
Korea, Kamschatka, Japan (cult.). Introduced by Mr. John
Veitch in 1861.
31. P. Lambertiana, Douglas; Parlatore, 406 ; Forbes, Pinetum
Woburn. t. 30; Pinetum Britan. i. 47, t. 7; Loudon, Eneyel. figs.
1909-12 ; Hoopes, Hvergreens, 134; Veitch, 179; Beissner, 295 ;
Lemmon, Second Report, tab. 2; Hooker in Gard. Chron. Jan. 1, 1885,
p. 11; Masters in Gard. Chron. June 11, 1887, p. 769, f. 144, male fl.
The Sugar Pine,
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32. P. Laricio, Poiret; Parlatore, 1. c. 386; Pinet. Britan. 1. 55,
t. 8; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2, p. 9, t. 4; Beissner, 238, fig. ; Veitch,
147; Gard. Chron. Jan. 5, 1884, p. 15, fig. ; Boissier, Flor. Orient.
v. 696 ; Loudon, Encycl. £.1769. Gard. Chron. Dec. 15, 1888, p. 695,
tree at Kew, and fig. 99, p. 705, cone, &c.
Srvovyrms:—P. Laricio var. Powretiana, Antoine. P. Laricio, B
latisguama, Willkomm. FP. maritima, Aiton, Hort. Kew. ed. 2,
vo]. v. p. 315; Koch, Dendrol. u. 287.
VARIETIES :—MARITIMA, Pallas. Pinea, MHablitz. HALEPENSIS,
Marschal. v. Bieberstein. Laricio, ejusdem. PAtLAsIANA, Lambert,
Pinus, ed. i. p. 11, t. 5; Carriére and others; Loudon, Encycl.
f. 1774; Gard. Chron. Dec. 22, 1883, p. 785, fig. 142. Karamana,
Masters in Gard. Chron. April 12, 1884, fig. 91; see also Beissner,
p. 241.
The above are regarded as typical by Parlatore, who groups the
very numerous varieties as follows :—
8 TENUIFOLIA :—Including forms with narrow and thin leaves,
such as—Laricio 8 PYRENAICA, Loudon, Encycl. f. 1778-1780, and
y CEBENNENSIS of Grenier and Godron. MONSPELIENSIS, Salzmann.
SALZMANNI, Dunal. ANGUSTISQUAMA, Willkomm. LEPTOPHYLLA, Christ.
y NicRicANs :—Including forms with thicker, stiffer leaves of a
brownish-green colour, such as—P. nicricaNns, hort. ; Link. P.
AUSTRIACA, Hoss., the name usually adopted in gardens. Figured
in Gard. Chron. 1878, p. 275, and in Loudon, Fnecycel. f. 17738.
LARICcIO AUSTRIACA, Endlicher. Laricio nigricans, Christ. These
four names refer apparently to the same form. FENzui11, Kotschy ;
Carritre. HELpDREIcHII, Christ., Europ. Abiet. p. 11; Gard. Chron.
June 7, 1884, p. 740, fig. 140. LEUcoDERMIs, Antoine; Beissner,
244, MAGELLENSIS, Gussone. TAURICA, hort. DALMATICA, Visiani.
6 Pattastana :—Leaves stiff as in var. y, but with larger cones
and the surface of the scales cracked. ‘
Dalmatia, Servia, Thessaly.
33. P. latifolia, Mayr in Garden and Forest, 1889, p. 496, c. ic. ;
Beissner, 258.
SyvonymM :—P. latisquama, Engel. in Gard. Chron. Dec. 2, 1882,
p. 718, fig.
P. laxa. See Picea alba.
34. P. leiophylla, Schiede and Deppe; Parlatore, 401; Loudon,
Encycel. p. 1011, figs. 1891-93.
Ten names given by Roezl in his catalogue are quoted as synonyms
by Parlatore.
Mountains of Mexico.
P. Lemoniana. See P. Pinaster.
P. leucodermis, Antoine; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 697. See P.
Lavricio,
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P. Llaveana. See P. cembroides.
P. Loddigesii. See P. rigida.
P. Loiseleuriana. See P. pyrenaica (Brutia).
35. P. longifolia, Roxburgh, Flora Indica, iii. 651 ; Parlatore, 1. c.
390; J. D. Hooker, Flor. Brit. India, v. 6538; Royle, [ll. Him. Pl.
t. 85, £. 2; Madden in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 228; Veitch, 172;
Beissner, 251 ; Loudon, Hncycl. f. 1868 ete.
Himalaya.
36. P. lophosperma, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1860, 46; Parlatore,
391.
Sywovrm:—P. Torreyana, Parry.
. Loudomana. See P. Ayacahuite.
. Lowi, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
. lutea, Loddiges. See P. echinata ?
. Macintoshiana. See P. contorta.
macrocarpa. See P. Coulterii.
. macrophylla. See P. Montezumee.
maderensis, Tenore. See P. Pinea.
magellensis, Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. (1848) 118. See P. montana
(uncinata).
. magnifica, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. mandshurica. See P. Cembra.
. maritima, R. Br. See P. Laricio.
. maritima, Lambert. See P. Pinaster and P. halepensis.
. marylandica. See Picea nigra.
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37. P. Massoniana, Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2, p. 16, t. 8; Parlatore, 389 ;
Beissner, 249. Not of gardens generally.
Sywvonrm :—P. sinensis, Lambert, ed. 3, 47.
China.
P. Massoniana, Sieb. et Zucce. Fl. Jap. ii. t. 118, 114 (not of
_ Lambert nor of gardens), =P. Thunbergii.
P. Massonana, hort. =P. densiflora, partly.
P. michocaensis, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
P. microcarpa. See P. Teocote.
P. minor, hort. See P. halepensis.
38. P. mitis, Michaux ; Parlatore, 1. c. 380; Beissner, 216 ; Loudon,
Arboretum, fig. 2072 et seq. ; Encycl. t. 1811; Pinet. Woburn. t. 11.
Sywovrms :—P. variabilis, Pursh. P.'echinata, Miller. P. Txda var.
variabilis, Aiton.
P. variabilis of Lambert is referred by Parlatore to P. inops;
P. variabilis of Pursh, and Loudon, Encycl. fig. 1828, to P. mitis.
Kastern United States to Florida and Texas.
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39. P. monophylia, Torrey and Fremont ex Parlatore, I. c. 378;
Pinet. Brit. i. 65, t.9; Veitch, 150; Beissner, 254; Masters in Balfour,
Amwnals of Botany, ii. p. 124, and in Gard. Chron. 1883, p. 48, f. 8. ;
Hooker in Gard. Chron. July 31, 1886, p. 187.
Syvovrm:—P. Fremontiana, Endlicher ; Gordon in Journ. Hort.
Soc. iv. 293, figure; Pinetum Brit. i. 65, t. 9, f. 1-12.
Sierra Nevada, Utah.
P. monophylla, hort. See P. silvestris.
P. monspeliensis. See P. Pinaster.
P. monstrosa, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
40. P. montana, Duroi (1771) ; Parlatore, 1. c. 386; Christ. Europ.
Abiet. p. 11; Beissner, 233.
Syvonrms:—P. silvestris y montana, Aiton, Hort. Kew. P. Mughe,
Poiret. P. Pumilio, Haencke ; Loudon, Hncycl. f. 1764. P. Mughus,
Scopoli. P. sanguinea, Lapeyrouse. PP. uncinata, Ram.; Loudon,
Encyel. fig. 1767 (as Mughus); Gard. Chron. August 16, 1884, p. 209.
VARIETIES :—OBLIQUA, Sauter. HuMILIS, Link. RoTuNDATA, Link.
ULIGINOSA, Wimmel. MAGELLENSIS, Schouw.
For other varieties see Beissner, |. c. p. 234, who arranges them
under the three heads of ‘‘ uNctnatTA,” ‘‘PumILio,” and ‘‘ Mueuus.”
Height 30-60 feet. Subalpine districts of Central and Southern
Europe.
P. monte allegri, Roezl. See P. leiophylla.
P. montereyensis, See P. insignis.
41. P. Montezume, Lambert; Gordon in Journ. Hort. Soc. vol. ii.
1846, p. 235, fig. ; Pinus, ed. i. t. 64; Parlatore, 1. c. 898 ; Masters in
Gard. Chron. Oct. 25, 1890, p. 466, figs. 90-94 ; Loudon, Encycl. f. 1884.
Sywvovrms :—P. occidentalis, Humboldt, Bonpland, and Kunth.
P. Devomana, Spach; Loudon, Encycl., f. 1877, 1878. P. Russell-
iana, Lindley ; Loudon, Encycl. f. 1879. P. pseudostrobus, Gordon.
Other synonyms are entered in their alphabetical sequence.
In addition to the above synonyms some fifty were launched by
Roezl in his ‘Catalogue des Graines des Coniferes de Mexique!” and
which are all placed under this species by Parlatore, who groups the
several varieties known to him under the following headings :—
VARIETIES :—8. MACROPHYLLA, with long leaves= PINUS MACRO-
PHYLLA, Lindley; Loudon, Encycl. f. 1885. P. WuincEsTERIANa,
Gordon, Journ. Hort. Soc. 1. 241. P. GRENVILLE®, Gordon in Journ.
Hfort. Soc. ii. 77, fig.; Gard. Chron. Jan. 22, 1881, p. 113. P.-
GoRDONIANA, Hartweg in Journ. Hort. Soc. u. p. 79, fig.
y LINDLEYANA, with shorter leaves and smaller cones: P.. Linp-
LEYANA, Gordon in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215 ; Loudon, Encycl. £. 1883.
A most variable species, native of the mountains of Mexico.
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42. P.monticola, Douglas ; Parlatore, 405 ; Loudon, Arboretum, iv.
2291, figs. 2208-9 ; Encycl. Trees, 1021, f. 1918, &c. ; Pinetum Brit. i.
69, f. 1-6 ; Veitch, 181, fig. ; Beissner, 293; Lemmon, Second Report,
tab. 1 ; Macoun, 465.
VARIETY :—PORPHYROCARPA = P. PORPHYROCARPA, Murray in
Pinet. Brit. i. figs. Differs in its purple cones and broader leaves.
Discovered and introduced by Douglas.
Vancouver’s Island, British Columbia, Oregon to California.
Altitude 3,000-10,000 feet.
P. Mugho. See P. montana (Pumilio).
P. Mulleriana. See P. Teocote.
43. P. muricata, Don ; Parlatore, 1. c. 379; Gordon in Journ. Hort.
Soc. iv. 216, fig. ; Loudon, Arboretum, f. 2180; Encycl. £. 1849; Veitch,
151 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Jan. 12, 1884, p. 49, figs. 7-9 ; Beissner,
213.
Sryovrm:—P. Edgariana, Hartweg in Journ. Hort. Soc. iii.
pp. 217, 226.
California.
P. Murrayana. See P. muricata.
P. neglecta, Low. See P. Pinaster and P. Laricio var.
karamana.
P. neosa. See P. Gerardiana.
P. nepalensis, Pinet. Woburn., is probably P. Pinaster, intro-
duced into the Residency Garden in Nepal (Hooker). See also P.
excelsa.
. ne plus ultra, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. Nesselrodiana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
nitida, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
. nivea, Booth. See P. Strobus and P. monticola.
Northumberlandiana, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
Nove-Hollandica. See P. Pinaster.
Novo-Zealandix. See P. Pinaster.
. nummularia, Gordon ?.
. Ocampti, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
. ocote, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
. ocotechino, Roezl. See P. leiophylia.
bth hhh
44, P. occidentalis, Swartz ; Parlatore, 402 ; Loudon, Encycl. Trees,
p. 1015, f. 1901.
Cuba, St. Domingo.
45. P. oocarpa, Schiede ; Parlatore, 401 ; Loudon, Enecycl. p. 1018,
figs. 1894-97.
Synonyms :—P. oocarpoides, Gordon, ed. 2, 316. Pinus Skinneri,
hort., fide Carriére.
Introduced by Hartweg from Mexico. Occurs also in Guatemala.
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. orientalis, Friv. See Picea excelsa.
. Orizabe. See P. pseudostrobus.
. Ortgiesiana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. osteosperma. See P. cembroides.
. Otteana, Roezl. See P. Teocote.
. Padufia. See P. silvestris.
. Pallasiana. See P. Laricio.
. palmiensis, or Palmierit. See P. palustris.
46. P. palustris, Miller (1759) ; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 1, t. 20;
Forbes, Pinet. Wobwn. t. 22.
Syvovrm:—P. australis, Michaux, Hist. Arb. Am. i. 64, t. 6
(1810) ; Loudon, Arboretum, f. 2156, &c. ; Hncycl. f. 1843 ; Parlatore,
392 ; Veitch, 172.
Southern States of U.S.A. and Texas.
P. Papelewii, Roezl. See P. Hartwegi.
P. Paroliniana, Webb. See P. Laricio.
nig) ee le) xe) Ine} ‘ag) Ine] Ee)
47. P. Parryana, Engelmann ; Parlatore, 402; Gordon, 278; Beissner,
255; Lemmon, Second Report, t. 8.
Syvonrm:—P. Llaveana, Torrey, not of Schiede and Deppe. See
also P. ponderosa.
South California.
48. P. parviflora, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Japon. ii. tab.
115; Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, ii. (1863); Masters in Gard.
Chron. 1878, p. 624, fig. 103; and in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviii. 504;
Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. (1890), 76, t. 5; Veitch, 183; Beissner,
282.
Introduced from Japan in 1861 by Mr. John Veitch. For varie-
ties not yet introduced see Mayr, l. c. 94.
49. P. patula, Schiede and Deppe; Loudon, Encyel. f. 1856 ; Lam-
bert, Pinus, ed. 1, t. 61; Parlatore, 1. c. 397; Masters in Gard.
Chron. Jan. 24, 1885, p. 109, figs. 19, 20, 22 (tree).
VARIETY :—MACROCARPA, Schiede = P. del Doctor. Gard. Chron.
April 4, 1891, p. 435, fig. 92.
Mexico.
P. Pawlikowskyana, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
P. Paxtonii, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
50. P. pentaphylla, Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. 1890, p. 79, t. 6,
f. 20. |
Japan.
51. P. persica, Strangeways in Gard. Mag. 15, 130; ex Parlatore,
l. c. 391; Boissier, Fl. Orient. v. 698.
Imperfectly known. Dr. Stapf informs me that, in his opinion, it
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 927
is P. Brutia ; but that he never saw a wild pine in South or Central
Persia.
Southern Persia. Cultivated ?
52. P. Peuke, Grisebach, Spicil. Flor. Rumel. ii. p. 349 ; Boissier,
Flor. Orient. v. 698 ; Velenovsky, Flora Bulgarica, 1891.
Synonyms :—P. excelsa, Hooker, Journ. Linn. Soc. viii. 145;
Masters in Gard. Chron. 1883, February 24; and in Journ. Linn. Soc.
xxii. 205, fig. P. excelsa, Peuke ; Beissner, 287.
P. Picea, Duroi. See Picea excelsa, Link.
53. P. Pinaster, Solander; Parlatore, 1. c. 383; Lambert, Pinus,
ed. ii. p. 17, t. 9, 10; Loudon, Encycel. 963, fig. 1782; Pinet. Brit. i. 71,
t. 10; Beissner, 221; Veitch, 152, excl. syn. Brutia. Abnormal
growth of, Gard. Chron. March 22, 1884.
Sywonrms :—P. maritima, Poiret. P. Laricio, Savi. P. nepalensis,
Royle. P. Latterii, Madden. P. Helenica, Loudon.
For other synonyms see Parlatore, |. c.
VARIETIES :—Hamittonit, Lindley and Gordon in Tour n. Hort. Soc.
vy. 217; minor, Loudon, Eneydl. 963, f. 178579=P. escarena, Risso ;
PROLIFERA, a monstrous form with very numerous small cones in dense
clusters; Lemontana. f. Lemoniana, Benth. in Trans. Hort. Soc. 2
ser. vol. i. 512, t. 20; Loudon, Hncycl. 963, f. 1784. A variety in
which the usually lateral and deflexed cones assume an erect position
by reason of the non-development of the terminal leaf-bud. I have
met with a similar condition twice in P. silvestris.
Mountains and sea-coast of Southern Europe, the Levant, &c.
54. P. Pinceana, Gordon, ed. 2, 281.
A Mexican Pine, of which little is known.
55. P. Pinea, Linnzus ; Parlatore, 1. c. 381; Loudon, Encyel. 965,
fig. 1787 ; Veitch, 154 ; Beissner, 221 ; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2, vol. i
t. 6-8 ; Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 24, 1888, p. 604, fig. The Stone
Pine, or the Umbrella Pine of Europe.
. Syrvovnym:—P. maderensis, Tenore.
Parlatore makes two varieties :—FRAGILIS ; CRETICA.
Mediterranean region, Madeira, Canaries.
P. Pithyusa. See P. halepensis.
P. Planchoniit. See P. Montezumee.
P. Poiretiana. See P. Laricio.
56. P. ponderosa, Douglas ; Parlatore, 1. c. 395 ; Loudon, Eneyel. f.
1831, imperfect cone ; Arboretum, figs. 2132-2136; Forbes, Pinetum
Woburn. t. 15; Masters in Gard. Chron. Nov. 15, 1890, p. 557, figs.
110, 111, 114, 115; Veitch, 167; Beissner, 261, figs. ; Macoun,
466 ; Murray in Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 586.
Syvonyms :—To this species are referred :—P, Benthamiana,
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Hartweg, Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 189, and iv. 212, with fig. P. brachy-
ptera, Engelmann. P. Beardsleyi, Murray. P. Craigiana, Murray, and
P. Parryana, Gordon, not Engelmann.
VARIETY :—SCOPULORUM, Engelmann ; Beissner, 263 ; var. PENDULA,
see Gard. Chron. Aug. 24, 1878, 237, fig.
British Columbia, south and east, to Texas.
P. pontica, Koch. See P. silvestris.
P. Popocatepetlu, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
P. porphyrocarpa, Murray =P. MONTICOLA var.
P. prasina, Roezl. See P. pseudostrobus.
P. protuberans, Roezl; Gordon=P. pseudostrobus.
57. P. pseudostrobus, Lindley ; Parlatore, 401; Loudon, Hncycl.
f, 1887.
Srvovrm :—P. Orizabe, Gordon in Journ. Hort. Soc. i. 238, figure.
Parlatore refers seven of Roezl’s so-called species to P. pseudo-
strobus.
Mountains of Mexico, 8,000-10,000 feet.
58. P. pseudo-Teeda, Tenore; Parlatore, 1. c. 398.
Only known as a garden plant.
P. pumila. See P. Cembra.
P. Pumilio. See P. montana.
P. pyramidalis. See P. montana.
59. P. pungens, Michaux ; Parlatore, 1. c. p. 379 ; Lambert, Pinus,
ed. 1, t. 17; Loudon, Arboretum, iv. figs. 2077 et seq. ; Encycl. f.
1804 ; Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. t. 5; Beissner, 214, fig.; Veitch, 158.
Introduced in 1804 from the mountains of Virginia, Carolina, and
Pennsylvania. Height 40-50 feet.
60. P. pyrenaica, Lapeyrouse ; Parlatore, 1. c. 385 ; Gard. Chron.
Sept. 8, 1888, p. 268 (not to be confounded with P. Laricio var.
PYRENAICA). The Calabrian Pine.
Syvovrms:—P. Brutia, Tenore (1831), Flor. Nap. v. 266, t. 200;
Lambert, Pinus, tom. 3, p. 125, t. 82; Loudon, Encycl. f. 1796 ;
Beissner, 224; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 695. P. carica, Don ex
Boissier, 1. c. P. Lowselewriana, Carriere, excl. syn. P. Paroliniana,
Webb ; Visiani.
Mountains of Southern Europe, the Levant, ete.
P. radiata. See P. insignis.
61. P. reflexa, Engelmann; Gard. Chron. 1875, p. 296; Sargent,
Census Report, 189.
SYNONYM :—P. flexilis var. refleca, Engelmann.
P. Regeliana, Roezl ; Gordon, ed. 2, 321=P. pseudostrobus.
62. P. resinosa, Solander; Parlatore, p. 388; Loudon, Arboretum, iv.
f. 2094-2097 ; Hnceycl. £. 1807 ; Pinetum Woburn. t. 6; Veitch, 159 ;
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Beissner, 246; Macoun, 465; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2, vol. i. p. 20,
t. 14.
SrvonrM :—P. rubra, Michaux.
Newfoundland, Canada to Pennsylvania.
P. retracta, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
63. P. rigida, Miller; Parlatore, 394; Lambert, ed. 1, t. 18; Loudon,
Arboretum, £. 2123 ; Encycl. f. 1820 ; Pinetum Woburn. t. 13 ; Veitch,
169; Beissner, 267, fig. ; Garden, Feb. 5, 1887, ex Loudon ; Macoun,
467.
Sywonyrms :—P. Loddigesivi, Loudon, Arboret. iv. 2269. P. Texda
var. rigida, Solander in Hortus Kewensis.
P. Richardiana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
P. rigensis. See P. silvestris.
P. Rinzu, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
P. Rohanivi, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
P. romana. See P. Laricio.
P. Royleana, Jameson in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 52, with figure, is
probably P. inops, introduced into the garden of the Resident in
Nepal.
. rubescens, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. rubra, Michaux. See P. resinosa.
. rubriflora, Loudon. See P. montana.
.rudis. See P. Hartwegi and protuberans.
. Rumeliane. See P. Montezume.
P. rupestris. See P. Banksiana.
P. Russelliana, Roezl; Gordon, ed. 2,321. See P. Montezume.
P. ruthenica, hort. See P. inops.
64. P. Sabiniana, Douglas; Parlatore, l.c. 391 ; Loudon, Hncycl. f.
1836, ete. ; Arboretum, fig. 2138, etc.; Forbes in Pinetum Woburn. t.
23 ; Pinet. Britan. 1. 85, t. 11; Veitch, 169 ; Beissner, 256 ; Masters
in Gard. Chron. July 14, 1888, p. 43, with figure; and Jan. 12, 1889,
p. 45, fig. 6, tree at Kew; Lemmon, Second Report, No. 14.
. Salzmannii. See P. Laricio.
. Sanctez Helene. See P. Pinaster.
. sanguinea. See P. montana (uncinata).
. San Rafaeliana. See P. Montezumee.
. sativa, Lam. See Picea excelsa.
. scariosa. See P. silvestris.
. scoparia, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
. scotica. See P. silvestris.
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65. P. serotina, Michaux ; Parlatore, |. c. 394; Lambert, Pinus, ed. i.
t. 18; Loudon, Encycl. f. 1827 ; Arboretum, iv. fig. 2127, etc.; Forbes,
Pinet. Woburn. t. 16.
Syvovrms:—P. Texda var. alopecuroidea, Loudon, Arboretum, iv.
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2237. P. rigida var. serotina, Loudon, Encycl. f. 1824; Beiss ner,
268.
North Carolina.
66. P. silvestris, Linnzus; Parlatore, 1. c. 385; Lambert, Pinus,
ed. 2, p. 1,t.1; Gard. Chron. 1857, 758; Gard. Chron. July 26, 1884,
fig. 26; Veitch, 156; Beissner, 225, figs.; Loudon, Hncycl. fig. 1760,
p. 769; Gard. Chron. June 13, 1885. Bud between the needles,
fig. 171. The Scotch Fir.
VARIETIES :—Beissner cites vars. REFLEXA, FASTIGIATA, ERYTHRAN-
THERA, HAMATA, NEVADENSIS, ENGADINENSIS, RH#TICAx (a cross
between P. montana and P. silvestris); HEERIx (a cross between
P. uncinata and P. engadinensis) ; PYRAMIDALIS x (a cross between P.
humilis and P. silvestris) ; CHRISTI x (a cross between P. humilis and
P. silvestris); VIRGATA, COMPRESSA, COMPACTA, PUMILA, PYGMA,
PENDULA, PYRAMIDALIS, MONOPHYLLA, MICROPHYLLA, UMBRACULIFERA,
VARIEGATA, AUREA. See also HAYNENSIS, Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 473.
SywonyMs:—P. rubra, Miller. P. Mughus, Jacquin, Icon. Rar.
t. 193; rigensis, Desfontaines, genevensis, haguenoviensis, tortuosa,
monophylla (not of Torrey and Fremont), scariosa, sqwamosa, argentea,
Kochiana, armena, pontica, are all mentioned as synonyms or as
varieties by Parlatore.
Northern Europe and Asia. Indigenous to the Highlands of
Scotland. Very variable in habit, cone, etc.
. Sinclairiana. See P. ponderosa.
. Skinnerit, Roezl. See P. filifolia or P. oocarpa.
Smithiana. See Picea Morinda.
. Soulangeana, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
spinosa, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
squamosa. See P. montana (uncinata).
. spectabilis. See Abies Webbiana.
. Standishii, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
St. Helenica. See P. Pinaster.
. striata. See Abies Webbiana.
. strobiformis. See P. Ayacahuite.
67. P. Strobus, Linnzus ; Parlatore, 405; Lambert, ed. 2, t. 35;
Loudon, Encycl. Trees, fig. 1903; Veitch, 183; Beissner, 289, fig. ;
Macoun, 464. The Weymouth Pine.
VARIETIES :—NIVEA, NANA. For other varieties see Beissner l. c.
Canada to the Alleghanies.
P. subpatula, Roezl. See P. patula.
P. suffruticosa. See P. Hartwegii.
P. tabuliformis. See P. densiflora.
P. Tamrac, A. Murray in Gard. Chron. 1869, p. 191, fig. See P.
contorta.
P, tatarica, hort. See P. Laricio.
P. taurica. See P. Laricio.
P. tawifolia, Lambert, See Pseudotsuga Douglasii.
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LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 94
68. P. Teeda, Linnzus ; Parlatore, 1. c. 393 ; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2,
p. 20, t. 17, 18; Pinet. Brit. i. 89, t. 12; Loudon, Arboret. figs.
2118, ete. ; Encyel. £. 1817; Pinetum Woburnense, t. 14; Bentley
and Trimen, Med. Plants, iv. 259 ; Veitch, 172 ; Beissner, 268.
VARIETY :—TENUIFOLIA.
South-Eastern States of North America to Texas and Arkansas
(Sargent).
69. P. tenuifolia, Bentham ; Parlatore, 400.
Not in cultivation. Guatemala.
70. P. Teocote, Chamisso and Schlechtendal ; Parlatore, 1. c. 396 ;
Lambert, Pinus, ed. 2, t. 62; Loudon, Hncycl. f. 1854, ete.
According to Parlatore the following names bestowed by Roezl
belong here: Vilmoriniana, Besseriana, Mulleriana, microcarpa,
Huegelii, interposita, Galocote.
Mexico.
P. Thelemannii, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
P. Thibaudiana. See P. Montezume.
71. P. Thunbergii, Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 389; Mayr,
Mon. Abiet. Japan. 69, t. v. f. 16; Beissner, 248; Masters, Journ.
Linn. Soc. xviii. 504 (1880); Gard. Chron. March 14, 1885, p. 345
(aggregate cones) ; bisexual cones of, June 30, 1883, p. 825.
Srwovyms :—P. silvestris, Thunberg, not Linn. P. pinaster,
Loudon, partly. P. rubra, Siebold. P. Massoniana, Siebold and
Aucearini, Fl. Japan, ii. p. 24, t. 113, 114 (mot of Lambert) ; Murray,
Pines and Firs of Japan; Koch, Dendrol. ii. 282, p. 89.
VARIETY :—P. TABULIFORMIS, Carriere.
Mayr, 1. c., describes a large number of varieties not as yet in-
troduced, though doubtless they soon will be.
? P. timorensis, Loudon, Hicycl. p. 1000.
P. tlamacaensis, Roezl. See P. Hartwegii.
P. tomacoensis, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
P. Troubetzkoyana, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
P. T'schugatskoi, Koch. See Abies cilicica.
72. P. Torreyana, Parry; Carritre ; Gordon ; Veitch, 173; Beissner,
256 ; Lemmon, Second Report, tab. 15.
Srvovru :—P. lophosperma, Lindley in Gard. Chron. 1860, 46 ;
Parlatore, 391.
California.
73. P. tuberculata, Gordon, not of Don, Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 218,
fig.; Parlatore, 1. c. 394, partly and excl. references ; Loudon,
Hincycl. Trees, £. 1850; Pinet. Brit. i. 98, t. 18; Masters in Gard.
Chron. Dec. 19, 1885, p. 784; Veitch, 170 ; Beissner, 270; Lemmon,
Second Report, tab. 1, 17. a
Sryovyus :—P, californica, Hartweg, not Loiseleur. P. attenuata,
&
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Lemmon in Garden and Forest, Feb. 10, 1892. (See under P. in-
signis.)
Oregon and west side of Californian coast ranges.
P. twmida, Roezl. See P. Teocote.
?P. turbinata, Bosc ex Loudon, Encycl. Trees, p. 975. See P.
inops.
. umbraculifera. See P. Strobus.
.uncmata. See P. montana.
valida, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
. Van Houtteii, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
Van Geertui, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
variabilis. See P. mitis (echinata) and P. inops.
Veitchvi, Roezl. See P. Ayacahuite.
variegata ?
. Verschaffeltu. See P. Montezume.
. Vilmorimana. See P. Teocote.
. vrguuana. See P. inops.
. Wilson, Roezl. See P. Montezumee.
Wineesteriana, Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. (1847) 158=P. Monte-
ZUMC. ;
P. Zacatlana. See P. Montezume.
P. Zamaroensis, Roezl. See P. filifolia.
P. Zilacuarii, Roezl. See P. Montezume.
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PODOCARPUS, L’Heritier ; Bentham and Hooker, Genera Planta-
rum, iii. 484; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 507 ; Hichler, 103, fig.;
Kirk, Forest Flora of New Zealand. (TAxacra, tribe PopocARPE4. )
The species are very imperfectly known. They are trees with great
diversity of foliage sometimes on individual trees. Stamens in tufted
spikes. Pollen winged or globose; stalk bearing the arillate seeds,
swelling when ripe into a succulent mass around the inverted seed.
Cotyledons 2, leafy.
1. P. alpina, Brown; Parlatore, 520; Veitch, 318; Beissner, 194.
Tasmania. )
P. andina. See Prumnopitys.
P. antarctica, hort. See P. curvifolia, fide Carriere.
P. canaliculatus, hort. See P. chinensis, Wall. fide Carriére.
9. P. chilina, Richard ; Parlatore, 511; Veitch, 319.
Andes of Chile. Introduced 1853 (Veitch).
3. P. chinensis, Wallich ; Parlatore, 516; Veitch, 317; Beissner,
193.
China and Japan.
4, P. curvifolia, Carriere, Conf. ed. 2, p. 651; Parlatore, 517.
A doubtful plant of unknown origin.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 243
P. coreana and P. coriacea, hort. = Torreya nucifera, fide
Carriere.
5. P. ferruginea, Don; Parlatore, 519; Kirk, Forest Flora of New
Zealand, t. 84.
New Zealand. Cultivated in Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
P. flabelliformis, flagelliformis, Fortwnei, japonica are garden names,
but to what they refer I do not know.
P. latifolia, hort. See P. cuspidata.
P. linearis, hort. See P. elongata.
P. longifolia. See P. macrophylla.
6. P. macrophylla, Don; Parlatore, 517 ; Veitch, 317; Beissner,
194.
Japan. Cultivated in Edinburgh Botanic Garden.
7. P. Mannii, Hook. f.; Parlatore, 511.
_ West Africa. Cultivated in the Botanic Garden of Coimbra,
8. P. Nageeia, Brown; Parlatore, 508; Veitch, 317.
VARIETIES :—VARIEGATA, ROTUNDIFOLIA.
Japan.
9. P. neriifolia, Don; Parlatore, 514; Hook. Flor. Brit. India,
v. 649; Flore des Serres, viii. 49, t. 768; Bot. May. 4645.
Kastern Himalaya. Cultivated in Hort. Antibes, whence I re-
ceived specimens from M. Naudin.
P. nobilis, hort. =P. Endlicherianum, fide Carriere.
10. P. nubigena, Lindley in Paxton Flower Garden, 1851, p. 162,
f. 218; Parlatore, l.c. 513; Veitch, 318; Masters in Gard. Chron.
Aug. 8, 1891, p. 171, fig. 23.
Introduced from Chile in 1849 by W. Lobb, through Messrs. Veitch.
P. pinnata, hort. See P. latifolia, Gordon.
P. pungens, hort. See P. Totara.
P. Purdieana, hort. See P. curvifolia.
P. spinulosa, hort. See P. macrophylla and P. Totara.
11. P. Totara, Don; Parlatore, 514; Veitch, 319; Kirk, Forest
Flora of New Zealand, tab. cxv.
Syrwovrau :-—P. variegatus, Gard. Chron. 1861, 735.
New Zealand.
12. P. vitiensis, Seemann; Nicholson in Gard. Chron. April 10,
1886, p. 464, fig.
P. Vriesiana. See P. chinensis.
P. Yacca. See P. coriacea or latifolia (Kew Index).
In addition to the above more or less doubtfully hardy species, the
following are mentioned in the Kew Bulletin for April 1892 as in cul-
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tivation under glass in that establishment. P. bracteata, Blume,
Java; P. dacrydioides, A. Rich. New Zealand; P. elongata,
L’Heritier, South Africa ; P. elata, R. Br. Australia; P. japonica
and var. VARIEGATA, Siebold, Japan; P. neriifolia, Don, Nepal ;
P. spicata, R. Br. New Zealand ; P. taxifolia, Kunth in Humb.
et Bonpl. Nov. Gen., New Granada ; P. coriacea, Richard, Jamaica ;
P. pectinata, Pancher MSS., New Caledonia; P. Purdieana,
Hook., West Indies ; P. salicifolia, Klotzsch, West Indies. Descrip-
tions of most of these will be found in Parlatore, 1. c. 507, et seq.
Figures of the New Zealand species will be found in Kirk’s Forest Flora
of New Zealand.
PRUMNOPITYS (= Podocarpus, § Stachycarpus, Endlicher ;
Benth. et Hook. iii. 435.) Sracnycarpus (gen.), Van Tieghem, Bull.
Soc. Bot. France, 1891. (Taxacez, Tribe PopocaRPEZ. )
Evergreen tree or shrub, like Podocarpus, but with the fruits on a
loose spike instead of solitary on a fleshy stalk. According to Van
Tieghem, the root structure is also peculiar in having resin canals
within the pericycle, such as exist in the root of Araucaria and Dam-
mara, but not in the Cupressinex nor in the Taxaceex.
1. P. elegans, Philippi ; Lindley in Gard. Chron. Jan. 3, 1863, p. 6 ;
Carriére, ed. 2, p. 682; Veitch, 316.
SywvonrvmMs:—Podocarpus andina, Poeppig ; Parlatore, 520; Beissner.
Stachycarpus andina, Van Tieghem, 1. c.
Introduced from Chile by Pearce in 1860.
PSEUDOLARIX, Gordon, Pinetwm, 292 (1858) ; Hichler, Pflanzen-
famil. ii. 69, fig. (Tribe ABIETINEZ.)
This genus, established by Gordon, was not taken up by Bentham
and Hooker, who considered it allied to Cedrus, or as likely to form
a new genus when further information came to hand. This is now
forthcoming, and Gordon’s genus may be considered as confirmed. It
is like the Larch in habit, but the spike-like male flowers are in
umbellate tufts as in Ginkgo.
1. P. Kempferi, Gordon, Pinetwm ; Beissner, 310, fig. from Gard.
Chron. ; Masters, Gard. Chron. May 3, 1884, p. 584, fig. 112, male
flowers ; August 23, 1884, p. 241, fig. 48, cones; Journ. Linn. Soc.
xxii. 209. The Goiden Larch.
Syvovyrms :—Larix Kempferi, Carriere ; Veitch, 129 ; Garden, Oct.
1875, fig. Pinus Kempfervi, Lambert ; Parlatore, 413. Abies Kemp-
ferii, Lindley in Gard. Chron. July 15, 1854, p. 455, and 1855, p. 644,
cut. P. Fortunei, Mayr, Mon. Abiet. Japan. 99 (1890).
Northern China.
Fruited at Lucombe & Pince’s Nursery, Exeter, in 1887. For cones
and male flowers, I am indebted to Messrs. Rovelli of Pallanza. Mayr
says that the true Keempfer’s Larch is the species known as Larix
leptolepis, and proposes to shift the name accordingly.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 945
PSEUDOTSUGA, Carriére, ed. 2, p. 256 (1867) ; Bentham and
Hooker, Gen. Plant. iii. 441 ; Kichler, 81. (Tribe ABIETINEZ.)
A genus constructed for the reception of the Douglas Fir. The
habit and foliage are those of the Silver Firs, the male flowers like
those of Picea; cones pendent, ripening in the first year; scales
persistent ; bracts markedly three-lobed ; wing of seed narrow,
pointed ; cotyledons 5-7, 3-sided, entire as are the primary leaves.
lt differs from the Spruces in the foliage. The structure of the wood
is quite distinct. |
1. P. Douglasii, Carriére, Traité des Coniferes, ed. 2, p. 256;
Sargent, Garden and Forest, Oct. 16, 1889, and May 6, 1891;
Macoun, 473 ; Beissner, 411, fig. 415. The tree at Dropmore, Gard.
Chron. 1874, p. 325. The Douglas Fir.
SrvovyrmMs:—Abies taxifolia, Poiret (1804). Pinus taxifolia,
Lambert, ed. 1, t. 33(1803). Pinus Douglasii, Lambert, ed. 2 (1828),
vol. iii. t. 90; Parlatore, 480. Pseudotsuga taxifolia, Britton ;
Lemmon, Third Report, tab. 10, 11. Abies Douglasi, Lindley ; Veitch,
1192f 35);-Loudon, Hncycl. 1031, f. 1932; Pinet. Brit. i. 115,
t. 17,18. Picea Douglasii, Link. Tsuga Douglasti, Carriere.
VARIETIES :— Veitch admits the following :—PENDULA, STANDISHTII,
TAXIFOLIA (Loudon, Hncycl. 1033, f. 1952). In addition there are
mentioned : ELEGANS, STATRII (variegated), COMPACTA, MACROCARPA
(Torrey; Lemmon, Third Report, n. 12), MoNSTROSA, GLAUCA, and
REVOLUTA.
British Columbia to Colorado, Texas, and Mexico. It varies
greatly from seed, and according to locality.
Retinospora, Siebold and Zuccarini (see Cupressus, section
-CHAMACYPARIS, JUNIPERUS, Biota, and THuya). Sometimes written
Retinispora. The so-called species are really forms or stages of growth
of a few species of one or other of the above-named genera, so that two
or three forms may sometimes be seen on one bush. These forms
may be perpetuated by cuttings or grafts, which retain their cha-
racteristics for an uncertain period. The principal forms are the
following :—
R. andelyensis syn. R. leptoclada, a form of Cupressus Thyoides.
? R. decurvata, Carriére.
R. decussata =a state of Thuia orientalis, jide Beissner.
? R. Devriesiana, hort.
R. dubia =a state of Thuya occidentalis.
R. Elwangeri=a state of Thuya occidentalis.
Rf. ericoides =a state of Thuya orientalis and sometimes also of
Cupressus Thyoides.
fh. filicoides =a state of Cupressus obtusa.
h. filifera =a state of Cupressus obtusa.
fi. jumiperoides=a form of Thuya orientalis, fide Beissner.
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R. leptoclada =a state of Cupressus thyoides.
R. lycopodioides =a state of Cupressus pisifera.
R. meldensis =a state of Thuya orientalis.
R. obtusa = Cupressus obtusa.
Rh. pisifera = Cupressus pisifera.
R. plumosa=a state of Cupressus pisifera.
? R. pseudo-squarrosa =a form of Cupressus Thyoides.
R. squarrosa =a state of Cupressus pisifera.
R. tetragona =a state of Cupressus obtusa.
R. Troubetzkoyana = Cupressus obtusa.
Red Wood. See Sequoia sempervirens.
Savin. See Juniperus Sabina.
SAXEGOTHEA, Lindley in Journ. Hort. Soc. vi. 258 (1851), with
fig.; Bentham and Hooker, iii. 434; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2,
497 ; Hichler, 103. (Taxacem. Tribe PopDocARPEZ.)
An evergreen shrub or tree, with foliage resembling that of the
Yew. Male flowers in stalked cylindrical spikes. Anthers 2-lobed,
pollen grains globose, not winged. The scales bearing the seed are
much thickened, and the inverted seed springs from a cavity towards
the middle.
1. S. conspicua, Lindley, 1. c.; and in Paxton, Flower Garden, 1851 ;
Parlatore, 1. c.; Veitch, 315; Beissner, 195; Masters in Gard. Chron.
Dec. 3, 1887, p. 684, figs. 130, 181, and June 22, 1889, p. 782, with
fig. of small flowers. Prince Albert’s Yew.
Introduced by W. Lobb from Southern Chile, through Messrs.
Veitch, in 1849.
S. gracilis, hort. See Podocarpus nubigena (Kew Index).
SCIADOPITYS, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Japan, i. t. 101;
Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarwm, ii. 437; Parlatore in
DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 485; Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 23, and 1861, p. 360 ;
Masters in Journ. of Botany, April, 1884; and in Journ. Linn. Soc.
xvill. 502 ; for details of structure, Hichler, 85, fig. (Tribe TaxopIE2.)
Remarkable in the verticillate rays of ‘‘cladodes” or foliage of
peculiar structure. Male spikes terminal, anther-lobes 2. Bracts and
scales united into a thick lobulated mass, with 7-9 2-winged seeds to
each. Cotyledons 2, leafy. Primary leaves oblong, linear.
1. S. verticillata, Siebold and Zuccarini, 1. c. ; Murray, Pines and
Firs of Japan, p. 109, fig. ; Parlatore, 1. c. ; Lindley in Gard. Chron.
1861, pp. 22, 360, fig. ; Masters in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. 1. c.; Veitch, 201,
fig.; Beissner, 203, with fig.; Garden, Nov. 29, 1890, fig. The Umbrella
Pine of Japan.
Introduced in 1861 by J. G. Veitch, and also by Fortune. Nine-
teen feet in height in 1889, at Bagshot Park,
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS., 947
SEQU OTA, Endlicher ; Benth. and Hook. iii. 429; Parlatore in DO,
Prod. xvi. 2, p. 485; Hichler, 85, fig.; Asa Gray, ‘* Sequoia and its
History,” Scientific Papers, vol. ul. p. 142. Werttineronta, Wasu-
Ineronia. (Tribe TAXODIEZ. )
Evergreen trees with small leaves scattered, or apparently in two
ranks. Flowers moncecious; male flowers in terminal stalked oblong
or globose heads ; anther-lobes 2-5 ; pollen globose. Cone scales and
bracts united into a woody wedge-shaped or peltate mass. Seeds
4-9, winged, without resin canals.
1. S. gigantea, Torrey ; Parlatore, 437 ; Beissner, 1. c., 160 ; De-
eaisne, Bull. Bot. Soc. France,i. 70; Revue Hortic. 1855, p. 9, t. 10;
Hoopes, Hvergreens, 239, f. 29; Garden, Dec. 9 and Dec. 16, 1871;
Garden and Forest, Dec. 25, 1889, Nov. 26, 1890, p. 570; Lemmon,
Third Report, 1890, t. 19.
SrvovrmMs :—Wellingtowia gigantea, Lindley in Gurd. Chron. 1853,
p. 823; W. Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4777, 4778 ; Veitch, 204; Lemmon,
Third Report, No. 19. Sequoia Wellingtonia, Seemann, Pinetum
Brituvicum, ii. 299, t. 37, and t. 51-53, f. 1-37. The Wellingtonia,
or Mammoth Tree, ‘‘ arbor vegetabilium omnium gigas et Flore decus.”
Tree 250-400 feet in height. Introduced in 1853 by William
Lobb from the western side of the Sierra Nevada.
Hight varieties are cited by Beissner, the pendulous form being
the most remarkable.
2. S. sempervirens, Endlicher; Parlatore, 486; Veitch, 212;
Decaisne in Revue Horticole (1855), with figs. ; Hoopes, Hvergreens,
244; Beissner, 157, fig. ; Pinet. Britanmcum, ii. with fig. ; Murray
in Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 971, 1. c.; Lemmon, Third Report, 1890,
t. 18; Gard. Chron. Sept. 13, 1890, p. 307, figs. 60-63. The Red
Wood of California.
Srvovrm :—Taxodiwm sempervirens, Lambert, ed. 2, t. 52 ; Loudon
Arboretum, f. 2340.
VARIETIES :—APPRESSA. ALBO-SPICA.
Introduced by Hartweg in 1846 ; but known many years before.
S. taxifolia, Koch = S. sempervirens.
Spruce. See Picea.
Spruce, Douglas. See Pseudotsuga.
Spruce, Hemlock. See Tsuga.
TAXODIUM, L. C. Richard; Benth. et Hook. ili. 429 ; Parlatore,
p. 439 ; Hichler, 90. (Tribe Taxop1E2.)
Trees with deciduous foliage. Male flowers in branched catkins.
Anther lobes 5-8. Cone scales thick, peltate; seeds erect, angular,
with projecting points, but without wings. Cotyledons 6-9, 3-angular,
See Glyptostrobus and Sequoia,
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1. T. distichum, Richard ; Parlatore, 440; Veitch, 214; Loudon,
Arboretum, f. 2335; Hncycl. Trees, 1079, £. 2006; Pinet. Woburn. t.
60; Pinet. Britan. ii. 205; Beissner, 148, fig.; Garden, Nov. 30,
1872, and May 3, 1873; Garden and Forest, Jan. 1 and 8, 1890 ;
Tree at Sion, Gard. Chron. Sept. 16, 1882, p. 361 ; and Gard. Chron.
March 15, 1890, p. 324, figs. 49-50, and supplementary plate ; Gnaur
on root, Gard. Chron. March 22, 1879, p. 372 ; proliferous cone of,
Gard. Chron. July 31, 1886, p. 148 ; A. Gray, Scientific Papers, i. 112.
The deciduous Cypress.
SYNONYMS : — Cupressus disticha, Linneus. TT. microphyllum,
Brongniart. TT. adscendens, Brongniart.
VARIETIES :—PENDULA, Veitch, 215; Pinetum Woburnense = Glypto-
strobus pendulus, Endlicher ; and Bot. Mag. 5603 = Taxodiwm sinense,
Gordon. MICROPHYLLA, Parlatore, 441 = T. sinense pendulum, Pinet.
Woburn. 108. ApscENDENS, Carriére. FASTIGIATUM, Carriére.
Carriere describes fifteen varieties !
Introduced by Tradescant in or about 1640. Southern States of
America, in wet places.
T. fastigiatum. See T. mucronatum.
T. gigantewum. See Sequoia sempervirens.
T. heterophyllum. See Glyptostrobus.
T. Horsfieldii, Knight. See Podocarpus cupressina.
T. imbricatum, hort. See T. distichum.
2. T. mucronatum, Tenore; Parlatore, p. 441.
Srvovrmus :—T. Montezume, Decaisne; Piet. Britun. ii. 215, t. 36.
T. mexicanum, Carriere; Beissner, 155. TT. distichum mexicanum,
Gordon. T. distichum, Cypress of Montezuma, Garden and Forest,
March 26, 1890, fig. 28.
Mexico ; at alt. 5,000-7,000 feet. Hardly distinct from 7. dis-
tichum.
T. japonicum, Dehn, ex Gordon = Glyptostrobus hetero-
phyllus.
T. juniperoides. See Widdringtonia ?
. Knightii, hort. ex Koch = T. distichum.
. mexicanum, Carr. See T. mucronatum.
. microphyllum, Brongn. See T. distichum.
. Montezewme. See T. mucronatum.
. nuciferum, Brongn. See Glyptostrobus heterophyllus.
. nutkaense, Lamb. =? Sequoia sempervirens.
T. pinnatum, hort. ex Carr. = 'T. mucronatum.
T. sempervirens. See Sequoia.
T. sinense. See Glyptostrobus.
T. sinense, Noisette. See T. distichum.
T, Washingtomanum, See Sequoia gigantea,
S| Aes] les] lel des] tos
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 249
TAXUS, Linnzeus ; Benth. and Hook. t. iii. 431; Hichler, 108, fig.
(Taxace®, Tribe TaAxEs.)
Evergreen trees, with 2-ranked leaves, flowers dicecious ; stamens
in stalked heads ; anther-scales peltate ; pollen globose ; seed solitary,
erect, and borne in a scarlet, fleshy cup or aril. Cotyledons 2, leafy,
flat, green on both sides, without resin-canals. Primary leaves
similar in form, but smaller.
T. adpressa, Revue Horticole, 1855, p. 93, f. 8. Referred by
Parlatore to T. tardiva; by others to T. baccata, or to T. cuspi-
data.
1. T. baccata, Linneus; Parlatore, xvi. 2, 500; Loudon, Fncycl.
Trees, fig. 1752; Veitch, 296; Beissner, 167, fig. ; Boissier, Flor.
Orient. v. 711. The Yew.
Europe and Northern Asia.
Of this there are very numerous varieties, for an account of which
see Veitch, l.c., and Beissner. They include the forms known as
APPRESSA, AUREA, DOVASTONI, ELEGANTISSIMA, ERECTA, ERICOIDES,
FASTIGIATA (the Irish Yew), the T. HIBERNICA of Mackay (flor.
Hibern. p. 260), NANA, NIGRA, and various forms with variegated or
coloured foliage, or yellow fruit.
The following names applied to forms or varieties also belong, or
are supposed to belong, to this species: COLUMNARIS, DISTICHA,
EMPETRIFOLIA, EXPANSA, F'OXII, HORIZONTALIS, IMPERIALIS, J ACKSONII,
LUGUBRIS, MARGINATA, MICHELII, MICROPHYLLA, MITCHELLII, MON-
STROSA, NANA, NEPALENSIS, ORIENTALIS, PECTINATA, PENDULA,
PYRAMIDALIS, RECURVATA, SPARSIFOLIA, STRICTA, UMBRACULIFERA,
VARIEGATA, VIRGATA.
2. T. brevifolia, Nuttall, Silva, iii. tab. 208; Parlatore, 501; Veitch,
305 ; Lemmon, Third Report, No. 30 ; Macoun, 463.
Srvowrus :—T. Boursiervi, Carriere in Rev. Hort. 1854, 228, figure.
T. Lindleyana, Murray. T. baccata var. canadensis, Bentham.
North-west America, British Columbia to California.
3. T. canadensis, Willdenow ; Parlatore, 501 ; Loudon, Hnecycl. fig.
2105 ; Veitch, 305.
Srwvovyu :—T. baccata var. canadensis, Gray ; Macoun, 463.
Canada and North-Eastern States of America.
T. columnaris. See LT. baccata.
4. T. cuspidata, Siebold and Zuccarini ; Parlatore, 502.
Srvovrms:—T. appressa of gardens is supposed to belong here,
and to be the 7. tardiva of Lawson.
Mountains of Japan.
T. floridana of Nuttall and Carriére is not in cultivation. (?)
T. Harringtonia, Knight; Loudon, Encycl. 943, fig. = Cephalo-
taxus pedunculata,
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T. inukaja. See Cephalotaxus pedunculata.
T. japowica. See Cephalotaxus drupacea or C. peduncu-
lata.
. Lindleyana. See T. brevifolia.
. longifolia. See Podocarpus macrophyllus.
. Makoya. See Podocarpus macrophyllus.
nana. See T. baccata.
. nucifera. See Torreya.
patagonica. See Saxegothea.
. sinensis. See Cephalotaxus pedunculata.
. verticillata. See Sciadopitys.
. Washingtonii. See T. canadensis.
HAR ARS ERK
TETRACLINIS. (Callitris and Frenela of authors variously.)
It differs from Callitris, all of which are exclusively Australian, in
its flattened, not angular stem, solitary cone, &c. The pollen is
globose and unwinged. (Tribe CUPRESSINES. )
1. T. articulata.
Srvonrus :—Callitris quadrivalvis, Ventenat (1808); Parlatore,
452 ; Richard, Conif. 46, t. 8; Endlicher ; Carriére ; Gordon; Eichler,
95, fig ; Loudon, Hneycl. 1072, f. 1995. Lhuyw articulata, Vahl. (1791).
Frenela Fontanesu, Mirbel.
Algiers, Morocco. Royal Gardens, Kew, cult.
THUYA, Linn. (with THuyopsis, Brora, PLatyctapus); Benth. et
Hook. iii. 426, partly. (Tribe CuPREssINE®.) Parlatore, in D. C.
Prod. xvi. ii.; Brown (Campster), Monog. Thuya and Libocedrus,
Trans. Bot. Soc. Edinburgh, 18, 358 ; Hichler, Pflanzenfamilien, fig.
(Tribe CUPRESSINE, Sub-tribe THUINZ.)
Evergreen trees or shrubs with flattened branch-systems, minute
appressed leaves, globular or oblong cones the scales of which are
thickened upwards (not peltately expanded as in Cupressus). The
two uppermost pairs of scales are fertile (not one only, as in Libocedrus).
Seeds usually winged equally on both sides. § Biota has wingless
seeds.
T. acuta. See T. orientalis.
. andina = Libocedrus chilensis.
. antarctica. See T. orientalis.
. argentea ='T. orientalis.
. articulata = Tetraclinis.
. asplenifolia. See 'T. plicata (gigantea).
. aurea ='T. orientalis.
. australis='T. orientalis.
. californica. See T. plicata and T. gigantea,
. caucasica = T, occidentalis,
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LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 251
. chilensis = Libocedrus.
. chinensis ='T. orientalis.
. compacta ='T. occidentalis.
. Craigana, Murray = Libocedrus decurrens.
. Oraigana, Jeff. =T. gigantea.
T. cristata, Oarr.=T. orientalis; applied also to a form of
T. occidentalis. |
T. cupressoides, hort. See T. orientalis.
T. curviramea, Miquel. See Cupressus torulosa.
T. decora. See T. orientalis.
T. Devriesiana, cir. Retinospora dubia ?
1. T. dolabrata, Linnzeus, Suppl. Pl. Syst. ed. xiii. 420; Masters
in Journ. Linn. Soc. xviil. p. 486; Gard. Chron. Oct. 28, 1882, p. 556.
Srwvonri :—Thuyopsis dolabrata, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Japan,
ii. p. 32, t. 119; Veitch, 265 ; Beissner, 51, with fig. ; Hichler, 95.
VARIETIES :—NANA, VARIEGATA, LETE-VIRENS. See Veitch, p. 266;
Beissner, 1. ¢.
Mountains of Japan.
T. Domana =? Libocedrus.
T. Douglasir. 2
T. dumosa='T. orientalis, var.
T. elegantissima, hort. = T. orientalis forma.
T. Ellwangeriana, hort. = 'T. occidentalis forma.
T. ericoides, hort. = ?T. orientalis forma.
T. excelsa, Bongard = Cupressus nootKatensis.
T. excelsa, hort. = T. orientalis forma.
T. falcata, hort. = T. orientalis.
T. filiformis, Lodd. = 'T. orientalis.
T. flagelliformis = T. plicata P
T. Fortuneti = T. orientalis.
T. freneloides, hort. = T. orientalis.
funiculata, Gordon='T. orientalis.
bef tel fle] Be
2. T. gigantea, Nuttall; Parlatore, 457; Brown, Campst. in Trans.
Bot. Soc. Edinb. ix. 367; Hoopes, Hvergreens, 315; Veitch, 256;
Macoun, 460; Lemmon, Third Report, 20; Sargent in Garden and
Forest, March 11, 1891, fig.
Syrvonyus:—Thuya Lobbi of gardens. T. Menziesii, Carriére.
T. Craigana of gardens.
To this Brown and also Sargent refer 7. plicata, Don.
Alaska to California and western slopes of Montana.
. glauca, hort. = T. orientalis.
. gracilifolia, hort. = T. orientalis.
. Hoveri = T. occidentalis.
. hybrida. See T. orientalis, forma Meldensis,
. mnexgqualis ?
. intermedia = T, orientalis,
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3. T. japonica, Maximowicz in Bull. Acad. St. Petersb. x. (1866)
490 ; Masters in Journ. Lin. Soc. vol. xviil. p. 486.
Srvovrms :—Thuya Standishii, Carriere ; Veitch; Beissner, 49.
Gard. Chron. May 8, 1880, and of gardens. Thuyopsis Standishir,
Gordon. Thuya gigantea var. japonica, Parlatore, 457.
In gardens a form of 7. orientalis is also known as T. japonica.
Native of the mountains of Japan (Maries).
T. japonica, hort. See Retinospora dubia=T. occidentalis
forma.
. letevirens. See T. dolabrata.
. lineata. See Taxodium heterophyllum.
. Lobbi = T. gigantea.
. macrocarpa.
. macrolepis.
. Meldensis = T. orientalis forma.
T. Menziesii=T. gigantea.
T. minor = 'T. occidentalis var. See also var. dumosa.
T. monstrosa, hort. = T. orientalis.
T. nana. Var. of 'T. orientalis; also of T. occidentalis and
Cupressus obtusa.
T. nepalensis = T. orientalis.
T. obtusa. See Cupressus obtusa.
=| tes | les) tem] | i=
4. T. occidentalis, Linnzus; Loudon, Hncycl. 1069, f. 1991; Arbore-
tum, f. 2312; Forbes, Pinet. Woburn. 193; R. Brown, Campster in
Trans. Soc. Bot. Edinb. ix. 368 ; Parlatore, 458 ; Veitch, 261 ; Beissner,
32, with figs. ; Macoun, Catalogue of Canadian Plants, 459.
VARIETIES :—Brown, in his Monograph of Thuya, 1. c., admits the
following varieties : VARIEGATA, ODORATA, ARGENTEA, COMPACTA, CAU-
CASICA, ROBUSTA (including WAREANA, ASPLENIFOLIA, and DUMOSA),
PENDULA, VERVANEANA, ERICOIDES, and ?TaTariIcaA. In addition to
these Beissner, 1. c. 39, gives as varieties: SPATHII (= OHLENDORFII
and TETRAGONA, hort. ; SIBIRICA= WAREANA, hort., not Booth;
CAUCASICA and DENSA), LUTESCENS, GLOBOSA, FASTIGIATA = PYRAMID-
ALIS, STRICTA, COLUMNARIS, L’) HAVEANA, ROSENTHALII, VIRIDIS, THEO-
DONENSIS, MAGNIFICA, RIVERSII, LUTEA, LUTEA NANA, AUREA, REFLEXA,
BoDMERII, ATHROTAXOIDES, RECURVATA, DENUDATA, FILICOIDES, CRIS-
TATA, BoOTHII, GLOBULARIS, HovEII, SPIHLMANNII, FR@BELII, PUMILA,
LITTLE GEM, ALBO-VARIEGATA, SILVER QUEEN, AUREO-VARIEGATA, ALBO-
spicA. Only a few of these, however, can be definitely identified.
5. T. orientalis, Linnzeus ; Parlatore, 461 ; Loudon, Encycl. 1071,
f. 1992. (§ Brora.) Chinese Arbor Vite.
Srvovrm :—Biota orientalis, Endlicher; Beissner, 55, with cuts;
Veitch, 252; Boissier, Flor. Orient. v. 704; Loudon, Encyel. 1071,
{2 1993:
VARIETIES ;—PENDULA=T, PENDULA of gardens; ERICOIDES = RETI-
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NOSPORA ERICOIDES of gardens. It is a stage of growth of the eastern
Arbor Vitz. MELDENSIS, a juvenile form. Beissner also cites as
varieties : PYRAMIDALIS, TATARICA (Lindley and Gordon; and Pinetum
Woburnense), CUPRESSOIDES, STRICTA, AUSTRALIS, DECUSSATA (= fet.
juniperoides, SQUARROSA, hort., not of Zucc.; GLAUCA ; FRENELA GLAUCA,
hort.), GRACILIS, COMPACTA, NEPALENSIS, FRENELOIDES, JAPONICA (not
of Siebold), ZUCCARINIANA, SIEBOLDII, NANA, AUREA, WEIMERII, ELE-
GANTISSIMA, SEMPERAURESCENS, LAXENBURGENSIS, AUREO-VARIEGATA,
ARGENTEO-VARIEGATA, VERSCHAFFELTII, FALCATA, MONSTROSA, CRIS-
TATA GLAUCA, DUMOSA, ORIENTALIS, ANTARCTICA, PYGMAA, DENSA
GLAUCA, MINIMA GLAUCA, INTERMEDIA FILIFORMIS (including PENDULA,
FLAGELLIFORMIS and FILIFORMIS STRICTA), TETRAGONA. Many of these
are nursery names incapable of accurate determination.
China, Japan.
T. pendula =T. orientalis.
T. pisifera. See Cupressus pisifera.
6. T. plicata, Don; Lambert, i. 11; Loudon, Arboretum, iv. 2458 ;
Parlatore, 457; Veitch, 263.
SrvovvMs:—T. occidentalis plicata, Loudon, Encycl. Trees,
f. 2108; Hoopes, Book of Evergreens, 321. T. Warreana, Booth, Cat.
(not of others). TZ. gigantea var. plicata, R. Brown, Campster ;
Sargent, Census Report, 177.
The original 7. plicata was a North-west American form, whence
Brown (of Campster), 1. c., considers it to have been a variety of T.
gigantea. Others put it under 7. occidentalis. For garden purposes
T'. plicata is a distinct form.
T. pygmxa. See Cupressus obtusa, var. and T. orientalis.
T. pyramidalis. See T. orientalis.
. recurva nana. See 'T. orientalis.
semperaurescens. See T. orientalis.
sibica. See 'T. occidentalis.
. Spheroidea, Sprengel ; Macoun, 461 = Cupressus thyoides.
Standish. See 'T. japonica, Max.
stricta. See T. orientalis.
. tatarica. See T. occidentalis.
variegata. See 'T. occidentalis.
Vervaeneana. See 'T. occidentalis.
. Wareana. See T. occidentalis.
T. Zuccarinn. %
RAN
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THUYOPSIS.
borealis. See Cupressus nootkatensis.
cupressoides. ?
dolabrata. See Thuya dolabrata.
letewrens. See Thuya dolabrata.
Standishii. See Thuya japonica.
Tschugatskoi. See Cupressus nootkatensis,
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TORREYA, Arnott; Bentham and Hooker, Genera Plantarum,
i. 431; Parlatore in DC. Prod. xvi. 2, 504; Hichler, 108. (Taxa-
CEH, Tribe SALISBURIEA: )
Evergreen trees, with linear leaves in two ranks. Seed erect, the
size of a walnut, green and fleshy externally when ripe, with aril
undeveloped. Albumen ruminate, like that of a nutmeg.
1. T. californica, Torrey in New York Journ. Pharmacy, ii. 49 ;
Parlatore, 506; Beissner, 188; Lemmon, Third Report, n. 29; Gard.
Chron. June 29, 1889, fig.
Syvonvvm :—T. Myristica, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4780; Gard. Chron.
Nov. 29, 1884; Veitch, 1. c. 311.
Introduced from California by W. Lobb in 1851.
2. T. grandis, Fortune in Gordon Pinetum, p. 326; Parlatore, 1. c.
505; Veitch, 1. c. 311; Beissner, 185.
Introduced from the mountains of Northern China in 1847 by
Fortune.
T. Humboldtii, Knight. See Podocarpus taxifolia.
T. montana. See T. taxifolia.
T. Myristica. See T. californica.
3. T. nucifera, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Japon. ii. t. 129;
Parlatore, 1. c. 505 ; Veitch, 1. c. 311; Beissner, 186.
Japan.
4, T. taxifolia, Arnott; Parlatore, 505; Hooker, Icones, t. 232,
233 ; Loudon, Hncycl. p. 944, figs. ; Veitch, l.c. 311; Hoopes, Hver-
greens, 387, f. 62 ; Beissner, 186, fig. 46.
Western Florida.
TSUGA, Carritre; Benth. et Hook. iii. 440; WNichler, 70.
Pinus, sect. Tsuca, Endlicher ; Parlatore (excl. syn. KereLEeERta).
Picea, sect. 2, Link. Muicropeuce, Gerdon. The Hemlock Spruces.
HesrPerorpeuke, Lemmon. (Tribe ABIETINE®.)
Evergreen trees, with flat or angular, stalked leaves proceeding
from prominent cushions (as in Picea), generally spreading, disti-
chous or apparently so, but erect and in many rows in 7’. Pattoniana.
One resin canal runs through each leaf beneath the midrib. Buds
scaly. Male flowers lateral. Stamens on stalked heads. Anthers
crested, opening lengthwise. Pollen two-lobed (discoidal in Patton-
iana, Engelmann). Seeds very small, wing obovate. Female cones
terminal. Scales persistent, more or less woody.
T. Albertiana. See T. Mertensiana.
T. Balfowriana, McNab in Journ. Linn. Soc. xix. (1882) 211, ed. 1.
1. T. Brunoniana, Carriére, Conif. 188; Beissner, 397 ; Masters in
Gard. Chron. Oct. 16, 1886; and J. D. Hooker, July 17, 1873, fig.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND TAXADS. 255
Srvovrus:—Pinus dumosa, Don; Parlatore, 1. c. 429 ; Lambert.
Pinus Brunoniana, Wallich, Plant. Asiat. Rar. ui. t. 247. Abies
Brunoniana, Lindley; Veitch, 119. Abies dwmosa, Loudon, Arboretum,
iv. 2325; Hncycl. Trees, 1036, f. 1937. A. cedroides, Griff. ex Kew
Index.
HKastern and Central Himalaya. Introduced in 1838.
2. T. canadensis, Carriére, Traité Conif. 189 ; Beissner, 398, figs.
108, 109; Macoun, 471. The Hemlock Spruce.
Srwonrus :—Pinus canadensis, Linneus ; Lambert, Pinus, ed. 1, t.
32; Parlatore, xvi. (2) 428. Abies canadensis, Desfontaines; Loudon,
Encycl. 1035, f. 1935 ; Arboretwm, iv. 2322 ; Hoopes, Hvergreens, 184,
f. 23; Veitch, 114, f. 29, fig. Picea canadensis, Link. Abies
curvifolia, Salisbury. |
Var. PARVIFOLIA, Veitch, 115. Other varieties are :—NANA, COM-
PACTA, GLOBOSA, GRACILIS, FASTIGIATA, COLUMNARIS, MACROPHYLLA,
SPARSIFOLIA, MICROPHYLLA, PARVIFOLIA, PENDULA, AUREA, ALBO-SPICA.
North-East America. Introduced by Peter Collinson in 1736.
3. T. caroliniana, Greene in Coulter Botanical Gazette, vi. 223 ;
Beissner, 406, fig. 111 ; Sargent in Gard. Chron. Dec. 18, 1886, fig. ;
Census Report, 207 ; Garden and Forest, June 5, 1889.
Mountains of North and of South Carolina.
4. T. diversifolia, Maximowicz; Beissner, 396; Mayr, Mon. Abiet.
Japan. G1, t. 4, f. 13; Masters, Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xviii. 512.
Japan. Introduced in 1878. It has the same leaf-structure as
T. Sieboldii.
T. Douglasi. See Pseudotsuga.
T. Hanburyana='T. Sieboldii.
T. Hookeriana. See T. Pattoniana.
T. Lindleyana, Roezl. See Pseudotsuga Douglasii.
5. T. Mertensiana, Carriére, Traité, ed. 2, 250; Beissner, 403, fig. ;
Lemmon, Third Report, Nos. 7, 8; Gard. Chron. Feb. 7, 1885 ;
Macoun, 471. Western Hemlock.
Srvovyus :—Pinus Mertensiana, Bongard; Parlatore, 1. c. xvi.
(2) 428. Abies Mertensiana, Lindley and Gordon, Journ. Hort. Soc.
v. 211; Hoopes, Hvergreens, 192. Gard. Chron. Feb. 7, 1885, p. 181,
fig. 35. Abies Albertiana, Murray in Proc. Hort. Soc. Lond. ii. 149 ;
Lawson, Pinetum Britanucum, part 12, t .16; Gard. Chron. 1863,
p. 340, fig. ; Veitch, 113.
Alaska, British Columbia, Oregon. Introduced by Jeffrey in 1851.
6. T. Pattoniana, Engelmann in Gard. Chron. April 4, 1882 ; Bot. of
Califoriia, ii. 121; Beissner, 1. c. 407, fig. 118; Macoun, 473;
MacNab in Jowrn. Linn. Soc. xix. (1882) 211.
Srwvovrus :—Abies Pattomana, Jeffrey ; Lawson, Pinetum, u. 157,
tab. 22; Hoopes, Hvergreens, 172; Veitch, 116, f. 31, 32. A,
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Hookeriana, Murray in Pinet. Britan. ui. 153, t. 21, 22; Veitch, 115.
A. Williamsom, Newberry. Pinus Pattoniana, Parlatore, |. c. 429.
Hesperopeuke Pattuniana, Lemmon, Third Report, fig. 9.
Some doubts still exist as to whether there are two distinct species,
Hookeriana and Pattomana, as MacNab states loc. cit., or whether
both form one species. The leaf-structure is essentially the same as
in other Tsugas. The flat-leaved form with stomata on the lower
surface only, grown in some gardens under this name (Pattoniana), is
presumed by Engelmann to be a form of T. Mertensiana. See Gard.
Chron. April 4, 1882. Engelmann and, recently on anatomical grounds,
Van Tieghem consider 7’. Pattomana as the representative of a separate
section or even genus, having leaves almost tufted, not distichous,
convex, keeled on the upper surface, acutish, stomatose on both sides ;
pollen grains bilobed ; cones larger than in Tsuga proper ; the scales
recurved at the tips. Lemmon also makes the plant the representa-
tive of a distinct genus.
Fraser River to South California. Alpine tree.
7”. T. Roezlii, Carriére in Rev. Hort. (1870) 21 ; Nicholson, Dict. of
Gardening, iv. p. 101, fig. Only known from Carriere’s figure and
description, and seems near to 'l’. Pattoniana.
North California.
8. T. Sieboldi, Carriere, 186; Beissner, 395, fig.; Mayr, Mon. Abviet.
Japan. 59, t. 4, f. 12.
Syvonrus :— Pinus Tsuga, Antoine ; Parlatore, 1. c. 428. Abies
Tsuga, Siebold and Zuccarini, Flor. Japan, ii. t. 106; Veitch, 118,
with fig. ; Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, p. 88.
VARIETY :—NANA.
Japan.
T. Williamsonii. See T. Pattoniana.
WerLLinatoniaA. See Sequoia.
WIDDRINGTONTIA, Endlicher ; Parlatore, 442. Pacnyepis,
Brongniart. (Tribe CUPRESSINEZ. )
A genus of South African trees, differing from the Australian
Callitris which they much resemble in having spiraliy disposed leaves
and numerous seeds to each scale of the cone.
The species named are W. juniperoides, W. Commersoni
and W. cupressoides, representatives of which, or plants so named,
are met with in Botanic gardens, under glass. Some forms of
Retinospora (which see) are also loosely called Widdringtonias. °
W. glauca of Gordon’s Herbarium (MSS.) is Fitzroya patagonica.
Yew. See Taxus.
Yew, Prince Albert’s. See SAXEGOTHEA,
PINETUM DANICUM.
CONIFERS COLLECTED AND OBSERVED BY
Professor CARL HANSEN, Mynstersvei 2, Copenhagen, V.
NOTES SENT TO THE CONIFER CONFERENCE HELD AT CHISWICK,
OcToBEeR, 1891.
SYNOPSIS OF THE NATURAL ORDER CONIFERZ.
| CONIFER.
THE Conifers (cone-bearers) are a most important family of the
vegetable kingdom. They form, together with the Gnetacec
and Cycadezx, the “‘Gymnosperms,”’ or naked-seeded plants, as the
ovule is naked, in pairs, or several, on the face of the ovary, in-
verted, and consisting of one or two membranes open at the apex,
together with a nucleus ; or the ovules are also naked, and then
(as in the Taxacee) the foramen is at their apex, their outer skin
becoming finally hard. And then, in this case, the seed is usually
supported or surrounded by a succulent imperfect cup-shaped
pericarp. In other cases the fruit consists of a cone formed of
the scale-like ovaries having become enlarged and hardened, and
occasionally of the bracts also, which are sometimes obliterated,
and sometimes extend beyond the scales in the form of a lobed
appendage. Seed furnished with a hard crustaceous integument.
The plants abound in resinous wood, with the igneous tissue
marked with circular discs.
SERIES A.
Ovules erect during the period of flowering.
Trise IL—OUPRESSINE 2.
The scales of the cones are in two or more rows opposite each
other, or verticillate in three or four whorls; the cones of some
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genera have a few valvate or peltate scales on a depressed axis.
Ovules erect, two or more, seldom one.
Among the Cupressineze we rarely find lofty trees as under
Abietinee. The Cupressinee are all evergreen (the ‘‘ deciduous
Cypress,’ Taxodiwm distichum, which in former days was
termed a Cupressus, does not belong to this tribe, but to the
Taxodiez), and none of them have the leaves arranged in whorls,
as is the case with the Pines. A greater part of the species are
natives of warm climates, and of the genus Cupressus itself
only a few species are really hardy in Northern Europe. The
common Juniper alone is indigenous to Northern Europe.
1. CALLITRIS, Vent.: including
(2) FRENELA, Mirb.;
(b) WippRinetontia, Endl.
. ACTINOSTROBUS, Mig.
. FITGZROYA, Hook. fil.
. LIBOCEDRUS, £ndl.
. THUYA, Tourn.: including
(a) Kutuuya, Benth. et Hook. ;
(b) Macrornuya, Benth. et Hook.
THUYOPSIS, Sieb. et Zuce.
. BIOTA, Endl.
CHAMAICYPARIS, Spach.
. CUPRESSUS, Tourn.
. JUNIPERUS, L.: including
(a) Sapina, Hndl. ;
(b) OxycepRus, Endl. ;
(c) CaRnyocepRus, Endl.
or 0 bo
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Trise If.—TAXODIEZ.
Flowers moncecious. Anthers 2- to5-celled, opening lengthwise.
Cones with scales spirally arranged. Ovules 2 to 6, erect ; under
the fruit scales in one or two genera, more or less curved. Leaves
spirally placed or distichous. ‘The seed scale fixed to the bract.
Large trees with evergreen or deciduous leaves. The plants
of this tribe are chiefly natives of North America, Japan, North
China, Tasmania, and Australia.
11. CRYPTOMERIA, Don.
12. TAXODIUM, Rich.
13. GLYPTOSTROBUS, £ndl.
14. SEQUOTIA, Hndl. (Wellingtonia, Lindl.)
15. ATHROTAXIS, Don. (Arthrotaxis, Endl.)
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TripE III.—TAXEHA.
Some authors consider this tribe to be itself a natural order
distinct from Conifere.
Flowers unisexual, mostly axillary, dicecious, 2.e. male and
female flowers appearing on different plants. The male flower
consists of anthers on short pedicels inserted on all parts of the
axis. Filaments short, prolonged in a peltate or squamiform
connective, and bearing 2, 4, or 8 cells, which open longitudinally.
Female flowers naked, solitary, or rarely two under each bract.
Ovule solitary, erect, sessile on the centre of the disc.
Fruit always monospermous, more or less drupaceous, ripen-
ing once or twice a year. Himbryo with two cotyledons.
Of the plants belonging to this tribe, the Taxus (of which
some authors have made two species, others eight, others again
only one) is spread through the temperate regions of the
Northern Hemisphere. Other genera are found in Japan, China,
Tasmania, New Zealand, and Borneo.
16. TAXUS, Towrn.
17. CHPHALOTAXUS, Sieb. et Zucc.
18. TORRHEYA, Arn.
19. GINKGO, Kempf.
20. PHYLLOCLADUS, Rich.
SERIES: B:
Ovules somewhat curved during flowering period.
Trine 1V.—PODOCARPEA.
Tall evergreen trees, sometimes even gigantic, more rarely
shrubs.
Leaves persistent, alternate, spreading or sub-opposite ;
flat, linear, or almost ovate-elliptic, sometimes dimorphic, some
of them aciculate, spreading, others squamiform, imbricate, with
or without ribs; sessile or sub-petiolate, occasionally having
on the underside (rarely on both sides) some lines of stomata.
Shoots naked or with scales.
Flowers dicecious, or more often monecious on different twigs.
The male flowers imbricated around one common axis, and thug
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forming terminal clusters. The male catkins ovoid, short, ter-
minating the small twigs or springing out near the leaves or
shoots, solitary or clustered, cylindrical, thick or filiform. The
female catkins are sometimes solitary at the points of the small
branches, sometimes arranged otherwise, the bracts forming a
receptacle or fleshy body.
Seed inverted, sometimes fleshy, sometimes thin and very soft.
Embryo placed on the summit of the farinaceous albumen ;
cotyledons two, semi-cylindrical, radicle obtuse.
Natives of the temperate regions of Asia, Africa, America, and
Australia.
21. DACRYDIUM, Sol.
22. MICROCACHRYS, Hook. fil.
23. SAXEH-GOTHAIA, Lindl.
24. PODOCARPUS, L’Her.: including
(a) Nacaia, Gaertner (as genus) ;
(b) Eupopocareus, Fndl. ;
(c) StacHycaRPus, Hndl. ;
(d) Dacrycarpus, Endl.
25. PRUMNOPITYS, Phil.
Trine V.—ARAUCARIE A,
Large trees in their natural habitats in somewhat warm, more
seldom in temperate climates in both hemispheres. Leaves
alternate, rarely sub-opposite, acicular, tetragonous, recurved
or flat, acuminate, sub-elliptic. Ovuliferous scales monospermie,
inserted around the central axis, forming when mature subglobose
cones. Anthers multilocular. Seed solitary, under each scale,
free or almost free and pendent.
Embryo with 2 to 4 cotyledons.
Natives of South America, Australia, Malayan Archipelago,
China, and Japan.
26. CUNNINGHAMIA, AR. Br.
27. DAMMARA, Lamb. (Agathis, Salisb.)
28. ARAUCARIA, Juss. : including
(a) CotuMBEA, Salisb. ;
(b) Euracta, Link.
29. SCIADOPITYS, Sieb. et Zuce.
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Trine VI.—ABIETINEA.
Mostly large evergreen trees.
Leaves persistent, very seldom deciduous, acicular or narrowly
linear, single or two or more in a fascicle.
Flowers moneecious. Ovuliferous scales imbricate, situate
around one common axis, forming terminal or lateral catkins,
erect or pendent.
Seeds two under each scale, free.
Embryo solitary, rarely several in the same seed; amphi-
tropous in the axis of the fleshy albumen, and of the same length.
Cotyledons 3 to 18.
The different genera are found in many parts of Europe,
Asia, Nortn Africa, North America, but not in Australia or
Central and South Africa, or in South America.
30. PINUS, L. : including
(a) PrnastER, Endl. = Bine (two leaves) ;
(6) Tapa, Endl. = Terne (three leaves) ;
(c) CemMBRA, Spach = Quine (five leaves) ;
(d) Strosus, Spach = Quine (five leaves).
31. CHDRUS, Link.
32. PSEUDOLARIX, Gord.
33. LARIX, Link.
34, PICHA, Link: including
(a) Kupicea, Willk.;
(b) Omorica, Willk.
35. TSUGA, Carv.: including
(a) Eutsuea, Engel. ;
(b) HESPEROPEUCE, Hngelm.
36. PSHUDOTSUGA, Carr.
37. KETELEERIA, Carr.
38. ABIES, Link.
SERIES A.
TRIBE I.—CUPRESSINE 4.
I. CALLITRIS.—Vent. Decad. 1808, except spec. Nov. Holl. ;
Spach, Hist. Natur. des Végét. Phanér. vol. xi. p. 342; Rich. Conif.
p. 64, t. 8, fig. 1, except spec.; Brongn. in Ann. Sc. Nat. vol. xxx.
p. 189, except spec. ; Endl. Gen. Pl. p. 259, n. 1792, except spec., and
Syn. Conif. p. 40; Carriére, Conif. p. 80; Gord. Pin. p. 37 ; Henkel
and Hochstetter, Synopsis der Nadelhélzer, 1869, p. 290; Thuya
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spec., Wahl, Symb. Bot. i1.:p. 96, t. 48 ; Desf. Fl. Atl. 2, p. 353, t. 252 ;
Frenela sp., Mirbel in Mém. du Mus. vol. xiii. p. 74; J. E. Nelson,
Pinac. 68; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 452 ; Carr. Traité Gén. des
Conif. 1867, p. 63; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 7.
Flowers monoecious (or male and female on the same plant), but
separate and terminal ; the male catkins globular or semi-cylindrical ;
female on side branches, solitary.
Cones globular or somewhat four-sided, and composed of four-
valved woody scales, the alternate pair much the smaller; valves or
scales in opposite pairs, regularly truncated on the top, and four in
number.
Seeds one or two at the base of each scale or valve, the larger pair
of scales having two seeds each, the smaller pair but one under each ;
seeds winged on each side, slightly compressed, and somewhat three-
edged.
Cotyledons from three to six, but mostly in fours ; sometimes two.
The young root grows above ground.
Leaves very small, trapeziform (epigeal), in decussate opposite pairs,
close together at the base of the joints.
Name derived from kallos, beauty, from the elegant and regular
appearance of the jointed branchlets.
The African species—the only one about which most botanists
agree that it is a real Callitris—is not hardy in Northern Europe.
It has sometimes been cultivated out of doors near the Channel, but
attains its best development near the Mediterranean Sea. The
Australian species are by many authors deemed to be Frenelas, and in
Kurope are seldom found outside greenhouses.
(i) C. quadrivalvis, Ventenat. Nov. Gen. Decad. 10; Rich.
Conif. 46, t. 8, f. 1; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1072, f. 1995 ; Spach,
Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 344; Endl. Syn. Conif. 41; Lindl. et Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 204; Knight, Syn. Conif. 14; Carr. Man. des
Pl. iv. 320; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 1, 81; ed. 2, 1867, p. 87 ; Gord.
Pinet. 38 (excl. Thuya inexqualis). Juniperus Sandaracca, Linn.
Cupressus fructu quadrivalvi, foliis Hquisetis, ad instar articulatis,
Shaw, Afr. No. 79 (cum ic.). Thuya articulata, Vahl. Symb. ii. 96,
t. 48; Desf. Flor. Atl. ii. 353, t. 252; Hist. Arbr. ii. 576; Loisel.
Nouv. Duham. iii. 15, t. 5. Frenela Fontanesii, Mirb. Mém. Mus.
xii. 74. Cupressus articulata, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 191.
Habitat.— Different parts of northern Africa; hills and mountains
of the Barbary States. Wintered in Denmark in a frame or greenhouse.
The trees of C. quadrivalvis, seen by Desfontaines in Algiers, were
only from 15 feet to 20 feet high, but Broussonet states that he had
seen larger ones in the kingdom of Morocco.
In the empire of Morocco, according to Broussonet, this - tree
produces the gum sandarach of commerce. This substance is in tears,
clear, shining, diaphanous, of a whitish yellow, and free from impurities,
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Dissolved in spirit of wine, it produces a clear delicate varnish, easily
scratched ; reduced to a fine powder, it forms a very superior kind of
pounce, and is applied to paper and parchment to make them bear
ink. It was for a long time thought that gum sandarach was obtained
from some species of Juniper. Captain 8. EH. Cook, in his ‘‘ Sketches
in Spain,” vol. i., has brought to hight the interesting fact that the
wood-work of the roof of the celebrated mosque, now the Cathedral of
Cordova, which was built in the ninth century, is made of the wood of
this tree. It had been previously thought to be that of the larch, from
the resemblance of the Spanish word alerce—which is applied to the
wood of Callitris quadrivalvis in Spain and Earbary—to the Latin
word larix, whence the English word larch. The larch, however, is
not found in any part of Spain. After carefully examining the wood in
question, and cumparing it with the timber of the roofs of the Alhambra
and the Alcazar, the roofs of which are of Pinus Pinea, or Stone
Pine, once extensively grown in Andalusia, Captain Cook came to the
conclusion that the origin of the timber of the mosque must be sought
elsewhere, and that it was not of any Spanish, or even European, tree.
By a singular coincidence, the subject had been undergoing investiga-
tion about the same time in Africa. Mr. Drummond Hay, the
British consul at Tangier, had, by tracing the Arabic etymology of the
word alerce, by availing himself of the extensive botanical researches of
the late Mr. Schousboe, the Danish consul in Morocco, and by colla-
ting the accounts of the resident Moors, made out that the alerce was
the Thuya articulata, Desf. (Callitris quadrwalvis, Vent.), which grows
on Mount Atlas, in the vicinity of Tangier.
(a) FRENELA, Mirb. Mém. Mus. xiii. 30 (except sp. atlant.) ;
Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phanér. xi. 345; Endl. Conif. p. 35; Carr.
Conif. p. 68; Hook. fil. Flor. of Tasmania, p. 351; Gord. Pin.
p. 82. Callitris, Vent. Nov. Gen., Dec. 1808 ; Rich. Conif. pp. 47-49,
tab. 18, n. 1 and 2 (except sp. etlant.). Leichhardtia, Shepherd,
Catal. of Plants cultivated at Sydney, p. 15 (not R. Brown). Octo-
clinis, Ferd. Muell. in Trans. of the Philosoph. Inst. of Victoria, ii.
20, m. Apl.; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi., i. 445; Henk. and
Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 298; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 1867,
p. 63. ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 7.
Flowers moncecious.
Cones nearly globular or conical, and consisting of six or rarely
eight valved scales, the alternate ones being much the smaller and
shorter.
Seeds numerous, more or less angular, and laterally winged on both
sides.
Leaves mostly ternate, scale-formed, and decurrent.
Cotyledons three.
All trees or shrubs, natives of New Holland, and not hardy.
Named after M. Frenel by Professor Mirbel of Paris,
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F. australis, Mirb. Mém. Mus. xiii. 74; Endl. Syn. Conif. 37 ;
Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 203 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 14 ;
Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 318; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 71 ; Gord. Pinet.
83 (excl. syn. Cham. glauca); Hook. fil. Flor. of Tasm. i. 352,
pl. 97; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 67. Thwya australis, Desf.
Hort. Par. 274; Poir. Encycl. suppl. v. 302. Cupressus australis,
Pers. Syn. i. 580 (not Desf.). Callitris australis, R. Br. Mss. ;
Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 147. Thuya mequalis, Desf. Cat.
Hort. Par. ed. 3, 274.
Habitat.—New Holland and Tasmania. Has been wintered in a
frame and indoors. Oyster Bay Pine.
F. Hugelii, hort. Callitris Hugelu, Herb. Mus. Par.; Knight,
Syn. Conif.14. Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 73 (pro parte) ; Gord. Pinet. 85
(pro parte).
Habitat.—New Holland. Introduced to Europe about 1824.
Wintered indoors.
(b) WIDDRINGTONIA, Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. i. 209, and
Conif. 31; Carr. Conif. 63; Gord. Pin. 332. Thuya sp. Linn. Mant.
125. Cupressi sp. Mill. Dict. n. 6. Juniperi sp. Lam. Dict. ii. 626.
Schubertia sp. Spreng. Syst. Veg. ii. 890. Pachylepis, Brongn. in
Ann. des Scienc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 189; Spach, Hist. des Vég.
Phanér. xi. 346; Endl. Gen. Pl. 259 and 1793 (not Less.).
Parolinia, Endl. Gen. Pl. suppl. 1. 1872 and 1793; Endl. Cat.
Hort. Vindob. i. 209, and Syn. Conif. 31; Carr. Conif. 57 ; Gord.
Pin. 332 ; Parl. in D. C. Prod. xvi., 2, 442 ; Henkel and Hochstetter,
Syn. der Nadelh. 292.
Flowers dicecious (or male and female on separate plants), and
terminal ; the male catkins oblong or cylindrical ; the female ones
globular, and with footstalks.
Cones globular, either solitary or two or three together, and com-
posed of four valves or scales.
Scales, or valves, four in number, oval, mucronate, somewhat in
whorls round a depressed axis, with the edges converging.
Seeds frequently few from abortion, but with from five to ten
ovules at the base of each scale, in one or two series, and covered
with a somewhat crustaceous tegument, spreading on each side into
- a membranaceous wing.
Cotyledons two.
Leaves thickly set, alternately or in whorls, linear or needle-
shaped, spreading, but sometimes very small, scale-like and sub-
imbricate, with a gland on the back.
Named in compliment to Captain Widdrington (formerly Cook),
who travelled in Spain. All evergreen bushes or small trees, found at
the Cape of Good Hope and Madagascar. They seem to be rare in
cultivation,
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W. cupressoides, Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. i. 209; Syn.
Conif. 33 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 203 ; Knight, Syn.
Conif. 13; Carr. Man. des Pl. vi. 317, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 66 ; Gord.
Pinet. 333. Thuwya cwpressoides, Linn. Mantis. 125 ; Thunb. Fl. Cap.
(ed. Schult.) 500; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2460, f. 2316. Thuya aphylla,
Burm. Prodr. 27. Callitris cupressoides, Schrad. Mss. Herb. Dreg.;
EK. Mey. Pflanzengeogr. Dokum. 126, 170. Callitris stricta, Schrad.
Mss. Pachylepis cupressoides, Brongn. Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 190.
Habitat.—All the species, except W. Commersonii, Endl., which
inhabits Madagascar, live in South Africa. W. cupressoides is to be
found in the west of that land. It was introduced to Europe in 1756.
The plant under my observation is perhaps wrongly “named. It
seems as if various genera are in commerce under the name of
Widdringtonia.
2. ACTINOSTROBUS, Miquel, Enumeratio, Plant. Preiss. i.
644; Endl. Syn. Conif. 39; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 319, and Tr.
Gén. Conif. 77; Gord. Pinet. 20; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der
Nadelh. 305; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. ed. 2, 77. <Actinostrobe
(partim), J. EK. Nelson, Pinac. 58; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 444 ;
Eichler in Engl. and Prantl. Naturl. Pflf.; Benth. Fl. Austr. vi. 259.
Flowers moncecious (or male and female on the same plant, but on
different branches), separate and terminal; the male catkins egg-
shaped, or somewhat globular, the female ones solitary and globular.
Cones somewhat globular, solitary, and composed of six scales,
disposed in two vertical sets at the base, and woody. Valves or scales
convex on the back ; those at the base much the shortest, with the
interior ones much the largest.
Seeds in twos, under each of the upper scales, three-edged, and
winged on each side.
Cotyledons two. The young root grows a little overground.
Leaves persistent, scale-like, very small, in whorls of three, stiff,
and acuminate.
Name derived from akxris (aktis), a ray, and otpdBos (strobus), a
cone ; the scales radiated.
Pyramidal bushes, found on the south-west coast of New Holland.
It seems as if only one species is cultivated in Europe. It is
sometimes enumerated in the seed catalogues from France and other
southern countries, where it has fruited. Cultivated in conserva-
tories.
A. pyramidalis, Mig. Enum. Pl. Preiss. i. 644; Fl. Serr.
v. 501b (cum ic.) ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 39; Lindl. and Gord. Journ.
Hort. Soc. v. 204; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 319, and Tr. Gén. Conif.
78 ; Gord. Pinet. 20.
Habitat.—New Holland, along the Swan River. Introduced to
Europe in 1838. Wintered in a frame,
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3. FITZROYA.—Hook. fil. in Herb. Hook. and in Bot.
Mag. t. 4616; Lindl. in Paxton’s Flower Garden, ii. 115, no. 387 ;
Cl. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 410; Carr. Conif. 108 and 115; Gord. Pinet.
81; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 463; Lemaire, Illustr. Hortic. i.
Misc. 30, cwm ic. ; Fl. des Serres, vii. 130; Hichler in Engl. and
Prantl. Nat. Pfif. 11. p. 95; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 8.
Flowers dicecious, or male and female on separate plants.
Cones star-like bodies, having their axis terminating in three soft
clublike glands or abortive scales, and consisting of nine scales, three
in each whorl.
Scales nine in number, in whorls of three, the lower three alter-
nate with the upper leaves ; the intermediate three only are fertile,
the upper three are alternating, with the fertile ones flattened and
standing with their edges bent outwards.
Seeds three under each fertile scale, surrounded by a broad wing,
ending in a narrow neck, the centre seed attached to the scale, the
other two to the axil, but sometimes two seeds are on the scale, and
three on the axil (Hooker).
Leaves in whorls of three, but sometimes in twos or fours, ovate-
oblong, flat, without any footstalks, and more or less spreading or
loosely imbricated.
Named by Dr. Hooker, in compliment to Captain Fitzroy, who
first discovered the tree.
A large evergreen tree, found almost exclusively on the Patagonian
mountains. :
F.. patagonica, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 4616 ; Lindl. in Paxt.
Flow. Gard. ii. 115, no. 387; Fl. Serr. vii. 129; Lindl. Journ.
Hort. Soc. vi. 264; Ch. Lem. Ilustr. 1854, p. 29, ewm ic. ; Cl. Gay,
BI, Chil, y. 411 ; Carr. Man: des Pl. iv. 323; Carr, tr. Gen! Cont.
109; Gord. Pinet. 81; Henkel and Hochstetter, 295. Cuprestellata
patagowica, J. HK. Nelson, l.c.
Habitat.—South-south-western South America, Patagonia to
Magellan.
Introduced in 1851 by Lobb.
A planted-out specimen died in the winter of 1890-91, but I fear
we had covered it too much.
The plant was first discovered by Captain Fitzroy on the South
Pole expedition with ‘‘The Beagle” (1831-36). According to Philippi,
in Petermann’s Mittheilungen, 1860, p. 133, it is this species which
yields the Alerce timber, so esteemed on the west coast of South
America; other authors say it is obtained from Libocedrus tetragona.
A section of a plank of Fitzroya brought home by William Lobb,
and preserved in the musuem of Messrs. Veitch & Sons’ Nursery,
shows that the wood is of a reddish colour, straight, and fine in.
grain, and susceptible of a high polish. The section contains 260
cubic inches, and weighs 85 ounces, or about 3 cubic inches to the
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ounce. A similar section of a plank of Libocedius tetragona, of pre-
cisely the same size, is found to be of the same weight (Veitch).
4, LIBOCEDRUS.—Endl. Conif. 42; Cl. Gay, Flor. Chil. v.
405 ; Carr. Conif. 84; Gord. Pin. 131. Dacrydii sp. Don aft. Endl.
Juniperi sp. Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 116. Thuya sp. Hook. Lond. Journ.
of Bot. 1. 571, 11. 199, and 11. 144; Poepp. Nov. Gen. et Sp. iii. 17;
Gord. Pin. 321; Henkel and Hochstetter, Syn. Nadelh. 282; Carr.
Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 85; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 453; Brongn.
and Gris. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Tr. xviii. 140; Hichler in Engl. and
Prantl. Natiirl. Pfif. 11. s. 95; Hoopes, Evergreens, 309, f. 40; Watson
in King’s Rep. v. 335 ; Bot. California, 11. 116 ; A. Murray in London
Garden, li. 542; Veitch, Manual Conif. 267 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk.
8, 27.
Flowers moncecious, or male and female on the same plant, but
separate and terminal on different branches. Male catkins almost
cylindrical ; female ones solitary and globular.
Cones oval, more or less obtuse, woody, and composed of from four
to six scales, which are flat, or slightly concave on the inner face.
Scales in opposite pairs, face to face, and not overlapping ; the
lower ones small and mostly abortive ; the whole of them furnished
with a terminal small incurved point below the apex, and leathery in
texture.
Seeds singly or in twos under each scale, the upper or larger
scales having each two seeds at the base, while the two lower or
smaller ones are either abortive or have but one seed each. Seeds
unequally two-winged.
Cotyledons two.
Leaves scale-formed, compressed in opposite pairs, and in four
imbricated rows, the under and the upper ones much the smallest.
Name derived from libanos, incense, and Cedrus, the Cedar.
All large evergreen trees, found in California, Chili, New Zealand,
New Guinea and China.
LL. chilensis, Endiicher, Syn. Conif. 44; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 205 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 15 ; Cl. Gay, Fl. Chil.
v. 406; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 321, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 89; Gord.
Pinet. 131, and suppl. 41. Thuya cuneata, Domb. Mss. Herb.
Mus. Par. Cupressus thyoides, Pav. Mss. (not Linn.). Thuya andina,
Poepp. Nov. Gen. et Spee. ui. 17, t. 220. Thuwya chilensis, Don in
Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, i. 114; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1070; Hook.
Lond. Journ. of Bot. ii. 199, t. 4; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 342.
Cupressus chilensis, Gillies, ex. Gord. l.c.
Has kept alive several years out of doors, sparingly covered. It
seems somewhat hardy, and the varieties are perhaps the same.
L. ce, argentea, A variety lighter coloured than the species,
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Habitat.—Southern Chili ; common on the cool slopes of the lower
Cordilleras of the Andes, near Castilio de Tvun-Leuvu, from latitude
34° §. to Valdivia, the volcanic mountains of Antuco, as also the
lagunes of Rauco.
Introduced in 1847 by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., of Clapton
(Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1850, p. 489).
L. decurrens, Torr. Pl. Fremont, 7, t. 3. Thwya gigantea, Carr.
Conif. 112. Thuya Oraigiana, Murray in Rep. Oreg. Exped. 2, t. 5.
Lnbocedrus Craigiana, Laws. ex. Gord. Pinet. suppl. 103. Heyderia
decurrens, C. Koch, Dendr. 11.179. Calocedrus californica, Kurz.
North fork of the Santian River, Oregon, south along the western
slopes of the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains between 3,000
and 8,500 feet elevation, and through the California coast ranges to
the San Bernardino and Cayumaca Mountains.
Introduced into Europe in 1854.
A large tree, 100-150 feet in height, with a trunk 4-8 feet in
diameter ; slopes and valleys; common. Wood light, soft, not
strong, brittle, close-grained, compact, very durable in contact with
the soil; bands of small summer cells thin, dark-coloured, con-
spicuous; medullary rays numerous, obscure; the thin sapwood
nearly white; specific gravity, 0°4017 ; ash, 0°08 ; largely used for
fencing and in the construction of water-flumes, and for interior
finish, furniture, laths, shingles, &c. ; often injured by a species of
dry rot (Dedalia vorax, Harkness in Pacific Rural Press, Jan. 25,
1879, f. 1, 2), rendering it unfit for lumber (Ch. 8. Sargent).
In some Danish gardens plants of L. decurrens, 30 years old, are
about 30 feet high. One specimen, lately measured, has attained a
height of 20 feet and a girth of 2 feet. It was planted in 1870.
The plant is often introduced under the wrong name of Thuya
gigantea, which it still retains in foreign nurseries. It is hardy here.
_In the winter of 1890-91 only a few plants suffered a little. From
Berlin was reported in the Gartenflora that not one plant was living
in nurseries, &c. Our climate is milder in Denmark.
L. d. compacta, hort. A variety not growing so tall as the
species, and much more branched.
L. d. glauca, hort. Thuwya decwrrens glauca, hort. A very nice
bluish variety.
L,. Doniana, Endlicher, Syn. Conif. 48; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 205; Knight, Syn. Conif. 15; Carr. Man. des
Pl. iv. 320; Tr. Gén. Conif. 85, and Rev. Hort. 1866, 230; Gord.
Pinet. 182. Dacrydiwm plumosum, Don in Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, append.
143. Thuya Domana, Hook. Lond. Journ. of Bot. i. 571, t. 18, and
Flor. New. Zeal. 231, 232.
Habitat.—New Zealand, northern island; also on the mountain
slopes in the neighbourhood of Nelson, at 6,000 feet elevation,
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Introduced about the year 1848.
Wintered indoors. Large plants are here and there used for
decorative purposes. ;
L. tetragona, Endl. Syn. Conif. 44 (excl. syn. Jwmperus uvifera) ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 15 (excl. syn. J. uvifera) ; Paxt. Flow. Gard. i.
46, f. 832; C. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 407 ; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 320, and
Tr. Gén. Conif. 87 (excl. syn. 7. wvifera) ; R. A. Philippi, Pl. Chil.
n. 711 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 285 (excl. J. wwifera).
Alerse or Alerze, King, Beagle, 1.182 ; C. Gay, l.c. Pinus cupressoides,
Molin. Chil. 316. Thwya tetragona, Hook. Journ. of Bot. iii. 148, t. 4.
Habitat.—From Chili to Magellan.
Introduced in 1863.
Rare. Wintered indoors.
Inbocedrus tetragona is, according to some authors, the Alerze of the
Chilians, by whom it is justly valued as one of the most important
timber trees of their country. The wood is almost indestructible by
the weather, boards and shingles that have been exposed for upwards
of one hundred years being worn quite thin, but remaining perfectly
sound. It is reddish in colour, soft, easy to work, and useful for
every description of carpentry. Alerze timber is exported in con-
siderable quantities from Valdivia and Chiloe to the various ports
along the Pacific coast of South America. From the fibrous inner
bark is obtained a kind of tow, imperishable in water, which is much
used by the seafaring people of Chiloe and the adjacent coast for
making the joints of their skiffs and small craft water-tight. ‘‘ De la
corteza filamentosa se obtiene una estopa incorruptible dentro del
agua, y que la gente del pais utiliza con mucha ventaja para tapar las
junturas de sus piraguas ” (C. Gay, ‘* Victorie del Chile,” 108).
5. THUY A.—Tourn. Inst. 586, t. 358; Linn. Gen. n. 1079,
except spec.; Juss. Gen. 413; Endl. Gen. Pl. 258, n. 1790, and
Conif. 50; Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phanér. xi. 337; Carr. Conif,
ed. 1, 101, ed. 2, 165. Thuya species, Gord. Pin. 321 ; L. C. Rich.
Conif. t. 7, f. 1; Mich. N. Am. Sylv. t. 156; Wats. Dendrol. Brit.
t. 150 ; Nees. Gen. Fl. Germ. Monochl. n. 11; E. Hall in Coulter’s
Bot. Gazette, ii. 91; G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ; T,
Howell in Coulter’s Bot. Gazette, vi. ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 317 ;
Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36; Veitch, Manual Conif. 261; Bell in
Geological Rep. Canada, 1879-80, 47c ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 9, 32.
Flowers moncecious, the male catkins oval, the female ones solitary
and terminal. ;
Cones ovate-oblong, solitary, terminal, leathery, and smooth, with
a projecting tubercle below the apex of each scale.
Scales valvate, from six to ten in number, in opposite pairs, and
mostly unequal in size.
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Seeds in twos at the base of each scale, and furnished with a trans-
parent wing, emarginate at the end.
Cotyledons two.
Leaves in opposite pairs, very small, scale-like, imbricated, com-
pressed, and in four rows.
The name Thuya is derived from ‘‘Thyon” (sacrifice), in conse-
quence of the twigs and resin being formerly used in the Hast instead
of incense in sacrifices. The common English name, Arborvite (tree
of life), is derived from its Chinese and Japanese ones. In Japan it is
called ‘‘ Hiba” (tree of life), and in China ‘‘ Hak” (everlasting life),
on account of the plants being evergreen, and of a lively or bright
green at all seasons of the year. But as the genus Thuya is now
defined, only one of the Chinese or Japanese kinds belongs to it, all the
others being transferred to that of Biota.
Of the section Huthwya (Benth. and Hook.) one species is from
eastern North America, and one from the western parts of that con-
tinent. Of the section Macrothuya (Benth. and Hook.) only one
species is from North America from western parts, and another
species strictly belongs to Japan.
T. gigantea, Nutt. Pl. of Rock. Mount. 52, and North Amer.
Sylv. iii, 182, t. 111. Thuya plicata, Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 114
(not Don). Thuya Menzesvi, Dougl. Carr. Conif. 107. Thuya
Douglasti, Nutt. Mss. Thuya Lobbu, hort. Thwya occidentalis, var.
plicata, hort. ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 321 ; Veitch, Man. 256.
Habitat.—Alaska, south along the coast ranges and islands of
British Columbia, through western Washington Territory and Oregon,
and the coast ranges of Northern California to Mendocina County, ex-
tending east along the mountains of Washington Territory to the
Coeur d’Aléne, Bitter Root, and Salmon River Mountains of Idaho
and the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains of Northern
_ Montana (Canby and Sargent).
A large tree, 100-150 feet in height, with a trunk 24-114 feet in
diameter ; low, rich woods and swamps, less commonly on dry ridges
and slopes below 5,200 feet elevation ; common, and reaching its
greatest development in western Washington Territory and Oregon ;
the large specimens generally hollow.
Wood very light, soft, not strong, brittle, rather coarse-grained,
compact, easily worked, very durable in contact with the soil; bands
of small summer cells thin, dark-coloured, distinct; medullary rays
numerous, obscure ; colour dull brown tinged with red, the thin sap-
wood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°3796 ; ash, 0°17 ; largely used
for interior finish, fencing, shingles, in cabinet-making and cooperage,
and exclusively by the Indians of the north-west coast in the manu-
facture of their canoes (Ch. S. Sargent).
Thuya gigantea is described under the name of 7. Lobbii by some
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writers, and 7. Menziesit by others. By Carriere and Hochstetter the
Inbocedrus decurrens of Torrey is described under the name of Thuya
gigantea. ‘There is, therefore, a confusion in the nomenclature of the
two species, which it is very desirable should be got rid of. It
originated in this manner: ‘‘A few years previous to the intro-
duction of 7. Lobb to British gardens, Nuttall, an American
botanist, published his ‘ Plants of the Rocky Mountains.’ At
page 52 of that work a Thuya is described under the name of
T. gigantea, which some refer to T. Lobbui, and others to the
Inbocedrus decurrens of Torrey, discovered during the overland
expedition to California conducted by Colonel Fremont in 1843 or
1844. The Libocedrus was first received in Great Britain by the
Scotch Oregon Association, through their collector, John Jeffrey,
without a name, a few months earlier than the Thuya was received by
Veitch at the Exeter nursery from William Lobb. The Oregon Com-
mittee named Jeffrey’s tree JT. Craigiana, in compliment to Sir
William Gibson Craig, one of their members, Torrey’s designation
being at that time unknown to the Committee, and it was distributed
among the members of the Association under that name, but Carriére’s
name, 7. gigantea, became generally current in English gardens.
T. Lobbit was notd istributed till three or four years later ; and the
late Mr. James Veitch, finding a 7. gigantea already in cultivation,
and desirous of paying a well-merited tribute to the exertions of
Lobb, selected this beautiful Thuya to perpetuate his name” (Veitch,
‘¢ A Manual of Conifers ”’).
From Germany we learn that Thuya gigantea in some places does
not thrive well. In the Gartenflora |(1892, v. 122) Dr. G. Dieck, of
Zoschen by Merseburg, says in reference to it: ‘‘I can report that in
this locality only a few well-sheltered single plants have survived the
last winter (i.e. 1890-91). In my park it was necessary to cut down
the two last strong specimens which under fear and pain had reached
a diameter of about 15 cm.”
To these remarks I may add that some plants of the Thuya
gigantea in Denmark also suffered from the long and hard winter
of 1890-91, but I do not think it was necessary anywhere to cut the
plants down, and to the best of my knowledge all have recovered.
On low ground young plants sometimes become red in spring-time,
and some of them die. But in better localities, on light warm ground
as well as in more loamy soil, we see fine old plants develop them-
selves into grander and grander beauty. Around Copenhagen fine old
plants are to be seen. From a locality at Hlsinore I am informed by
the nurseryman Zeiner-Lassen that at his place the species does not
succeed. In Jutland some trials were successful.
Thuya gigantea has in several Danish gardens attained a height of
40 feet and more. A specimen planted in 1864, and recently
measured, was 36 feet in height, and 2 feet 6 inches in girth.
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Thuya gigantea suffers sometimes from the cold at Stockholm.
T. g. aurescens, hort. Thuya gigantea semper aurea, hort.
Thuya Lobbit semper aurea, hort. Thuya gigantea lutescens, hort.
Thuya Lobbit lutescens, hort.
T. g. gracilis, hort. Thwya gigantea gracillima, hort. Thwya
Lobbii gracilis, hort.
I think we cultivate in Denmark more varieties than I have here
mentioned, but they have not yet been sufficiently observed to
become determined.
T. occidentalis, L. Spec. Pl. 1422. Arborvitx, Clus. Hist. i. 36.
Thuya Theophrastu, Bauh. Pin. 488. Thuya obtusa, Moench. Meth.
691. Cupressus Arborvitex, Targ. Tozz. Observ. Bot. ii. 51. Cedrus
Lycia, Clus. Ic. ; Stirp. 11, t. 224.
Habitat.—New Brunswick to Anticosti Island, through the valley
of the St. Lawrence River to the southern shores of James’s Bay,
and south-east to the eastern extremity of Lake Winnipeg, south
through the Northern States to Central New York, Northern Penn-
sylvania, Central Michigan, Northern Illinios, Central Minnesota,
and along the Alleghany Mountains to the high peaks of North
Carolina.
A tree 40-60 feet in height, with a trunk sometimes 4-5 feet in
diameter ; cold, wet swamps, and along the rocky banks of streams ;
very common in the North, spreading over great areas of swamp ;
extensively cultivated as a hedge and ornamental plant, and pro-
ducing innumerable seminal varieties of more or less horticultural
value.
Wood very light, soft, not strong, brittle, rather coarse-grained,
compact, very durable in contact with the soil; the bands of small
summer cells very thin, dark-coloured ; medullary rays numerous,
indistinct ; colour light brown, turning darker with exposure, the thin
sapwood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°3164 ; ash, 0°37 ; largely
used for posts, fencing, railway ties, and shingles (Ch. S. Sargent,
‘¢Rorest Trees of North America”). The distilled oil and a tincture
of the leaves of Thuya have been found useful in the treatment of
pulmonary and uterine complaints (‘‘ U.S. Dispensatory,” ed. 14,
1775, and ‘‘ Nat. Dispensatory,” ed. 2, 1728).
The American Arborvitz is much used in that country for its
valuable properties in carpentry. It is very durable ; posts made of
it are said to last from thirty-five to forty years, and rails sixty,
which is considered three or four times as long as any other species.
It is also frequently used in boat-building. The timber is of a reddish
colour, very light, and close-grained ; but it seldom attains any con-
siderable size in this climate, and is only suitable for the pleasure- _
ground or shrubbery, where it forms a handsome evergreen tree. Its
branches are possessed of a strong aromatic smell. Kalm affirms that
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the leaves, when bruised and mixed with hogs-lard, are efficacious for
the removal of rheumatism.
In America the full-grown Arborvitz is easily distinguished from
all other trees by its shape and foliage. The trunk tapers rapidly
from a very large base to a very slender summit, and is furnished
with branches for four-fifths of its height. The principal limbs are
widely distant from each other, placed at right angles with the trunk,
and have a great number of drooping secondary branches. The bark
upon the trunk is slightly furrowed, but smooth to the touch, and very
white when the tree stands exposed. The wood is reddish, somewhat
odorous, very light and soft, and very fine-grained. A cool soil
seems to be indispensable to its growth. It is never seen on the up-
jands among the Beeches, the Birches, &c., but is found on the rocky
edges of the innumerable rivulets and small lakes which are scattered
over those countries; and it occupies in great part, or exclusively,
swamps from fifty acres to a hundred acres in extent, some of which
are accessible only in the winter, when they are frozen over and covered
with several feet of snow. It abounds exactly in proportion to the
degree of humidity which exists in the soil, and in the driest marshes
it is mingled with the Black Spruce, the Hemlock Spruce, the Yellow
Birch, the Black Ash, and a few specimens of the White Pine. Inall of
these marshes the surface is covered with a bed of Sphagnum, so
thick and so surcharged with moisture that the foot sinks half-leg
deep into it, while the water rises under the pressure. On the border
of the lakes, where the Arborvite has room, and enjoys the benefit of
the light and air, it rises perpendicularly, grows more rapidly, and
attains a greater size than when crowded in the swamps, where
its thick foliage intercepts the light from the trunk and impedes the
circulation of the air. In the swamps its trunk is rarely straight, but
forms an elliptic curve, more or less inclined to the ground (Michx.).
By a strange mistake of Linnzeus, this species is handed down as
a native of Siberia, because Gmelin (Fl. Sib. 182) mentions a
Thuya, to which he misapplies the synonyms of the present, but
which, by his own account, is different ; for he says it is paler than
the garden kind, and smaller in all its parts. It was brought to him
by a travelling surgeon, from rocks near Pekin, in China, and could
be no other than Biota orientalis (Smith in Rees’s Cyc.). The American
Arborvitez appears to have been first introduced into Europe in the
time of Francis I., at the beginning of the sixteenth century ; Clusius
having stated that the first tree that he saw of it was one in the Royal
Garden at Fontainebleau, which had been sent from Canada as a
present to that monarch.
From the shape of the main stem, Michaux observes, it is difficult
to procure trunks of any considerable length with a uniform diameter ;
hence in the district of Maine the timber of this tree is little em-
ployed for the framework of houses, though in other respects it is
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proper for this purpose. Itis softer than the White Pine, and gives a
weaker hold to nails, for which reason the Canadians always join it
with more solid wood. The elder Michaux, in his journey to Hudson’s
Bay in 1792, found the church established there by the Jesuits yet
standing. nis building, constructed in 1728, as was proved by an
inscription over the door, was built with square logs of the Arborvitze
laid one upon another, without covering on either side, and it had
remained perfectly sound for more than sixty years.
Thuya occidentalis has in several gardens in different parts of
Denmark attained a height of 50 feet and more. A plant of 32 feet
in height, lately measured, was planted in 1845. Near Christiania
this species has reached a height of about 473 feet. It does well at
Upsala (59° 52’). On the west coast of Finland it goes to 63°; and
it is even said to be found at Tornea (65° 51’).
T. o. Speethii, P. Smith. Thuya occidentalis Ohlendorffi, hort.
Thuya tetragona, hort.
A most curious shaped variety, with two forms of branches.
T. o. theodonensis, hort. Thuya occidentalis magnifica, hort.
A free-growing variety, darkish green, of pyramidal growth, and
with broad and thick branches.
T. o. Wareana, Hort. Thuwya occidentalis robusta, Carr. Conif.
ed. 2,109. Thuya Wareana, hort. Thuya sibirica, hort. Thwya
caucasica, hort. Thiwya (2) occidentalis densa, Gord. Pinet. suppl. 103.
One of the commonest varieties, and one of the best.
T. o. Wareana lutescens, Hesse.
Raised by Mr. Hesse, nurseryman at Weener, in N.W. Germany.
T. plicata, Don, Hort. Cantabr. ed. 6, 249. Thuya odorata,
Marsh. Arb. America, 243. Thuya Wareana, Booth, Catal. 1839.
Thuya occidentalis compacta, Knight in Gord. Pinet. Thuya sibirica,
hort. aliq. Thwya caucasica, hort. aliq. Thuya asplenifolia, hort.
Thuya lycopodioides, hort. Thuya flabellata, hort. Thwya plicatilis,
hort. Thuya occidentalis plicata, Loud.
Habitat.—North-west America, near Nutka Sound. It attains in
America a height of 49-65 feet.
Introduced in 1796.
Thuya plicata has in some Danish gardens grown to a height of
40 feet and more.
T. Standishii, Carr. Conif. suppl. 108. Thwya japonica, Maxim.
in Diagn. Plant. Jap. dec. i. 1866, p. 26; Mél. Biol. St. Petersb.
t. vi. (not Thuya japonica of English gardens). JZhwya gigantea var.
japonica, Franch. et Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap. i. 469. Thwyopsis
Standishii, Gord. suppl. 100.
Habitat.—Central Mountains in Japan.
Introduced by Fortune, 1861. :
It grows well in several Danish gardens. Here and there it has
produced cones.
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6. THUYOPSIS.—Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. ii. 32; Endl.
Conif. 53 ; Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 117; Gord. Pinet. 319 ; Henkel and
Hockstetter, Nadelh. 287. Thuya species, Linn. suppl. 420; Thunb.
Fl. Jap. 266. Platycladi species, Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phanér.
meses earl im D. CC: Prodr. xvi. 2; 460;-Gord: Pinet. 319;
Koch, Dendr. ii. 185 ; Eichler in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pfif. ii.
p. 95; Beissn. Handb. d. Nadelholzk. 1891, 51.
Flowers monoecious, solitary, and terminal; the male catkins
cylindrical, the female somewhat globular.
Cones ligneous, sub-globular, and composed of eight or ten
valvated, opposite, imbricated scales.
Scales wedge-shaped, leathery, valvate, more or less orbicular,
concave, smooth, and persistent.
Seeds five at the base of each scale, orbicular, compressed, and
free, with a membranaceous wing on each side.
Leaves scale-like, opposite decussate pairs, regularly and closely
imbricated in four rows, flattened on the upper and under surfaces.
Name derived from Thuya, the Arborvitz, and opsis, like—
resembling the Arborvite.
Only one majestic evergreen tree, found in moist situations in
Japan, now belongs to this genus ; formerly the Chamecyparis nutka-
ensis was often, and isstill sometimes, called Thayopsis borealis.
T. dolabrata, Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. ii. 34, t. 119,120. Thuya
dolabrata, L. suppl. 420; Thunb. Fl. Jap. 206. Platycladus dolabrata,
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 337.
Habitat.—Japan, between 30° and 38° N., on high mountains.
Thuyopsis dolabrata was first made known to Europeans by Thun-
berg, in 1784. The first living plant received in England was sent to
Messrs. Veitch’s Exeter nursery by Mr. Thomas Lobb, in 1853, from
the Botanic Garden at Buitenzorg, in Java. This plant arrived in a
weak condition, and all efforts to save it proved fruitless. In 1855
a plant was received at the Botanic Garden at Leyden from
Dr. Siebold (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1855, p. 241); but it was not till
1861, when Mr. J. G. Veitch, and later in the same year Mr. Robert
Fortune, sent plants and seeds to the Chelsea and Ascot nurseries
respectively, that this fine Conifer became generally distributed
(Veitch, Manual of Conif.).
Thuyopsis dolabrata, planted in 1879, has attained a height of 11 feet.
Plants with top-shoot are not so rare here as in many parts of Germany.
T. d. nana, Sieb. and Zucc. Flor. Jap. uu. 34. Thuyopsis lxte-
virens, Lindl. Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1861, p. 428.
The commonest name for this variety seems still in nurseries to be
Thuyopsis dolabrata lxtevirens.
Introduced by Mr. J. G. Veitch in 1861.
T. d. variegata, hort.
Introduced by Mr. Fortune in 1861.
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7, BIOTA.—Endl. Conif. 46; Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 92; Gord.
Pinet. 32. Thuya sp. Linn. Gen. n. 1079. Platycladus, Spach, Hist.
des Vég. Phan. xi. 333 (except sp.). Lamb. Pinet. t. 76; L. C. Rich.
Conif. t. 7, f£. 2; Forbes, Pinet. Wob. t. 63; Bot. Reg. 1842, t. 20;
Nees, Gen. Fl. Germ. Monochl. xi. ; Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. t. 117,
118 ; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 461 ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 180 ; Kichler
in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pfif. 11. 98 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 54.
Flowers moncecious ; male catkins oval or conical, female ones
solitary and globular.
Cones roundish, squarrose, and composed of from six to eight
leathery valves or scales.
Scales in opposite decussate pairs, peltate, and furnished with a spiny
point just below the apex, and each containing two seeds at the base.
Seeds in twos under each scale, ventricose, crustaceous, and wing-
less, or only furnished with rudimentary ones.
Cotyledons two.
Leaves scale-like, very small, in opposite decussate pairs, adpressed
or imbricated in four rows.
Name derived from bi, two, and otis, an ear.
B. orientalis, Endl. Conif. 47. Thuya orientalis, L. Spec. Pl.
1422. Thuya acuta, Moench. Meth. 692. Cupressus Thuya, Targ. Tozz.
Observ. ii. 52. Platycladus stricta, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 335.
Finoki altera, Cupressus vulgaris, &c., Kempf. Amoen. Exot. 884.
The Biota is a native of China and Japan, especially in Nippon
and Sikok, where it has also been long cultivated as an ornamental
shrub, and where many interesting varieties have been raised, some of
which have been introduced into British gardens. The common form
was first brought to Kurope about the middle of the eighteenth
century by French missionaries ; it has been in cultivation in England
since 1752. Very likely this species extends further west and south
in Central Asia than even China.
It seems as if varieties with cylindrical or cone-like forms are more —
hardy than those of globular form. Of the latter I have seen splendid
plants close to the Rhine in Germany.
Biota orientalis seems in Denmark to thrive best on somewhat
loamy, and even grows well on cold, ground, where it has attained
20 feet in height and more. In the villa quarters near Copenhagen
several such plants are to be seen, and they look quite hardy. The
more globular-formed varieties are not seen in such aged specimens,
and perhaps they would not grow here so luxuriantly. One plant,
lately measured, planted in 1864, is 16 feet in height; another
of the same age has only reached a height of 10 feet 6 inches.
Professor Schiibeler says in his “ Viridarium Norvegicum,” p. 372,
that the Biota does well at Christiania, and here and there along the
coast ; but he has not seen it farther north than at Molde (62° 44’).
In Sweden it thrives well in the southern and south-western parts
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of the country, but at Stockholm and Upsala it cannot be called
hardy.
B. o. aurea erecta, hort. Biota orientalis awrea nana, hort.
Thuya aurea, hort. Thuya nana awrea, hort. Thuya nana compacta
awrea, hort.
This valuable variety originated in the nursery of Mr. Anthony
Waterer, at Knap Hill, Woking.
B. o. decussata, Beissn. and Hockst. Retinospora juniperoides,
Carr. Conif. ed. 2, s. 140. Retinospora rigida, Carr. Mss. Retino-
spora squarrosa, hort. Retinospora flavescens, hort. Chamecyparis
decussata, hort. Jwirperus glauca, hort. Frenela glauca, hort.
This variety originated in the nursery of Messrs. Rollisson,
at Tooting.
B. o. flagelliformis, Jacq. Monogr. Conif. 25. Cupressus
pendula, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 265. Cupressus patula, Pers. Syn. ii. 580.
Cupressus pendulata, hort. Cupressus filiformis, hort.
This curious variety, long believed to be a distinct species, is now
known to have originated from the common form. It was met with
in cultivation in China and Japan many years ago, and forms perfectly
identical were subsequently raised from seed both in England and
France. During a visit to the Botanic Garden at Turin in the
autumn of 1860 Dr. Hooker had his attention drawn toa fine specimen
of Biota pendula, bearing fruit in all respects like that of B. orientalis.
On inquiry it was proved to him that plants of B. orientalis which
were pointed out by the curator of the garden had been raised from
seeds of B. pendula, thus showing beyond all doubt that B. orientalis
and B. pendula are only forms of one species (Gardeners Chronicle,
1861, p. 575).
B. o. filiformis stricta, hort. Biota orientalis filiformis erecta,
hort. Biota orientalis fiiformis compacta, hort. Thwya or Biota
japonica, in Belgian gardens. Thuya filiformis japonica, hort.
B. o. semperaurescens, hort. Biota orientalis semperaurea,
hort. Biota semperawrescens or semperawrea, hort. Thwya semper-
aurescens or semperaurea, hort.
It originated in the nursery of M. Lemoine, Nancy, France.
8. CHAM ACY PARIS.—Spach, Hist. Nat. des Vég. Phan.
xi. 329; Endl. Conif. 60; Carr. Conif. 132; Gord. Pin. 48.
Cupressi sp. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1422. Thuya sp. Rich. Conif. 45 and
alig. Chameepeuce, Zucc. in Endl. Enchir. Bot. 189. Retinispora,
Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. 11. 36; Gord. Pin. 294; Traut. Imag. Pl.
Ross. t. 7 ; Bot. Mag. t. 5581; Mich. N. Am. Sylv. t. 152; Parl. in
D.C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 463; Maxim. in Bull. Acad. Sc. Petersb. x.
489 ; Mél. Biol. vi. 25 ; Hichler in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pfif. ii.
p. 100; Willk. Forst. Flora, p. 247 ; Hall in Coulter’s Bot. Gazette,
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ii. 91; G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. ser. 2, ix. 329; Hoopes,
Evergreens, 346; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36; Veitch, Manual
Conif. 238; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 120 and 791; Beissn.
Nadelh. 1891, 64.
Flowers monoecious, terminal; male catkins cylindrical, female
ones globular.
Cones ligneous, very small, globular or oblong, numerous, and
covered with a glaucous bloom.
Scales mostly seven or eight in number, oblong or rounded, shield-
shaped, and in decussate opposite pairs.
Seeds convex, a little flattened on one side, hard-shelled, in
sunken grooves, two at the base of each scale, and either wingless or
very slightly furnished with rudimentary ones.
Leaves scale-formed, in opposite pairs, four-rowed, with a sunken
groove or gland on the back, glaucous and persistent.
Cotyledons two.
Name derived from chamex, ground, and cyparis, the Cypress—the
ground or swamp Cypress.
Evergreen trees and shrubs, found in North America, in the south-
east and the north-west, and in Japan, from whence most beautiful
hardy species and varieties have been introduced.
The generic name Retinispora (often falsely written Retinospora) was
chosen by Siebold and Zuccarini for the Japanese species Ch. obtusa and
Ch. pisifera, but as there is so little difference this generic name has
been almost abandoned on the Continent, where now the above name
is predominant.
C. Lawsoniana,* Parl. Stud. sui Fiori e Frutti delle Conif.
xxiii. 29, t. 3, f. 22-25. Cupressus fragrans, Kellogg in Proc.
California Acad. i. 103. Chamecyparis Boursierii, Carr. Conif. 125
(not Decaisne). (?) Cupressus attenuata, Gord. Pinet. ed. 1, 57,
ed. 2,79. Cupressus Lawsomiana, Murr. Descrip. of the New Conif.
Trees fr. Calif. xi. t. 9. Cupressus nutkanus, Torrey, Bot. Wilkes’
Exped. t. 16.
Habitat.—Oregon, Coos Bay, south to the valley of Rogue River,
not extending more than thirty miles from the coast. California,
valley of the Upper Sacramento River (shores of Castle and Soda
Lakes, Shasta County).
A large tree of the first economic value, 150-200 feet in height,
with a trunk 6-13 feet in diameter; rich woods, in low, moist soil,
interspersed with the Yellow Fir and Hemlock Spruce ; most common,
and reaching its greatest development, along the Oregon coast ;
local ; in California very rare and local.
Wood light, hard, strong, very close-grained, compact, easily
worked, very durable in contact with the ground, abounding in
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odoriferous resin, satiny, susceptible of a beautiful polish ; layers of
small summer cells thin, not conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous,
very obscure ; colour light yellow or almost white, the thin sapwood
hardly distinguishable ; specific gravity, 0°4621; ash, 0°10; largely
manufactured into lumber and used for interior finish, flooring,
railway lines, fence posts, matches, and in ship and boat build-
ing; the resin strongly diuretic and a powerful insecticide (Ch. 8S.
Sargent).
It was named in compliment to Mr. Charles Lawson, of Edinburgh,
head of the well-known horticultural firm of Peter Lawson & Sons,
and, at one time, Lord Provost of the city.
Chamecyparis Lawsoniana is in different Danish parks and forests
to be seen of a height of more than 40 feet. One plant, just now
measured, and planted in 1864, has attained a height of 32 feet and a
girth of 8 feet 10 inches.
Young plants sometimes suffer on somewhat low ground, but they
are rarely killed. Most beautiful specimens are to be seen in many
gardens and forests. In some Danish nurseries seeds from California
have been sown, and the result has been that some plants of lhght
colour and less pyramidal growth have not proved so hardy as the
more pyramidal seedlings with a more glaucous hue.
About the Lawson Cypress Prof. Schiibeler reports in his ‘‘ Viri-
darium,” p. 374, that it looks finer than the Chamexcyparis nutkaensis,
but it is perhaps not so hardy. . It is to be found in different places in
the South of Norway, but so far as he knows it is not tried farther north
than Molde (62° 44’), where it thrives very well. At Horten (59° 25’)
is to be found a specimen which in September 1871 measured 5:6
métres in height. At Christiansund (58° 8’) Prof. Schiibeler has seen
the varieties pyramidalis and erecta viridis. At Christiania (59° 55 )
this species keeps well, but still, he says, it seems not so hardy as
C. nutkaensis.
In the southern parts of Sweden it thrives well as far as Upsala.
At Stockholm there was planted out in 1867 a specimen only a
few inches high. This plant had in 1884 reached a height of 15
Swedish feet, and had for several years produced ripe seeds.
Writing of the Lawson Cypress, Dr. Dieck, of Zoschen, near
Merseburg, says, in the Gartenflora, 1892, Heft v. 122: ‘‘ I and some
other writers regard it as the tree of the future for the lowland parts
of Middle Germany, especially for cemeteries, as, from its sombre
appearance, it is very suitable for planting in the ‘gardens of the
dead.’ As is well known, but few specimens of the Oregon Cedar
were sufficiently hardy to survive the severe winter of 1890-91 ;
while in many localities—even in Holland—not a single plant could
be found that was uninjured by the frost.”
C. L. alba variegata. Originated in Veitch’s Coombe Wood
Nursery,
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Cc. GL. Alumi, hort. <A most beautiful pyramidal and bluish
variety.
C. L. argentea, hort. Originated in the nursery of Mr. Anthony
Waterer, Knap Hill.
C. L. argentea variegata. Originated in the nursery of Messrs.
Lawson, Edinburgh.
C. L. erecta viridis, hort. Cupressus erecta viridis, hort.
Originated in the nursery of Mr. Anthony Waterer.
C. L. gracilis pendula, hort. Originated in the nursery of
Messrs. Barron & Son, Borrowash, near Derby.
C. nutkaensis, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 333. Thuya excelsa,
Bong. Végét. de Pile de Sitcha, 46. Cupressus nutkaensis, Lamb.
Pinet. ed. 2, 113, n. 48. Cupressus nutkaensis, Hook. FI]. Bor.
Amer. ii. 165. Cupressus americana, Traut. Imag. Plant. Fl. Ross.
xu. t. 7. Callitropsis nutkaensis, A. 8S. Oersted, Frilands-Trovoxten
(Denmark, 1864), 17. Chamecyparis excelsa, Fisch. Herb. Thuyopsis
borealis, hort. Thiyopsis Tchugatskoyex, hort.
Habitat.—Nootka Sound, Sitka, Vancouver, south along the islands
and coast ranges of British Columbia, and the Cascade Mountains
between 44° and 55° N.; Washington Territory and Oregon to the valley
of the Santian River, Oregon (‘‘ Lucky Camp Mountain,” Cusick).
A large tree of great economic value, 100-125 feet in height, with
a trunk 4-6 feet in diameter, or toward its southern limits and at
high elevations much smaller ; common along the coast at the sea-
level to about latitude 49° 30’ N., then less common and only at
higher elevations ; south of British Columbia hardly below 5,000 feet
elevation, and very rare and local. The most valuable timber tree of
Alaska.
Wood light, hard, not strong, brittle, very close-grained, compact,
very durable in contact with the soil, easily worked, satiny, susceptible
of a beautiful polish, possessing an agreeable resinous odour ; bands
of small summer cells thin, not conspicuous ; medullary rays thin,
numerous, hardly distinguishable ; colour bright, light clear yellow,
the thin sapwood nearly white; specific gravity, 0°4782 ; ash, 0°34 ;
somewhat used in boat and ship building, for furniture, interior finish,
&c.; probably unsurpassed in beauty as a cabinet wore by that of any
North American tree (Ch. 8S. Sargent).
Mr. Menzies was the first discoverer of this species. He obtained
specimens from Nootka Sound, when Vancouver (with whom he sailed
as surgeon and naturalist) stopped there in his celebrated voyage
round the world; and from his specimens Lambert described it in his
‘Genus Pinus.” It was introduced from the Botanic Garden of
St. Petersburg into Europe, under the name of Thwyopsis bor elas; ;
about 1850, and is now plentifully distributed.
Mr. R. Brown, who collected for the Edinburgh ‘‘ British Columbia
Botanical Association,” in one of his letters incidentally notices one or
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two of the purposes to which it is put. He says: ‘‘ Next morning,
looking about our neighbourhood, we re-entered our canoe, hollowed
out of Cupressus nutkaensis, the mats we sat upon being made of the
fibre of the same tree, ropes of the same material, and occasionally of
Thuya plicata.”
Chamecyparis nutkaensis is perhaps not to be seen in Danish
gardens much older than 30 years, and of some 20 feet in height.
One plant, just now measured, has attained a height of 273 feet
and a girth of 1 foot 6 inches. It was planted in 1870. This species
thrives at Christiania, and even at Upsala (59° 52’).
C. obtusa, Sieb. and Zuccar. in Endl. Conif. 63. Retimispora
obtusa, Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. ii. 38, t. 121. Cupressus obtusa,
C. Koch, Dendy. 1. 168. Thwya obtusa, Benth. and Hook. Chame-
cyparis acuta, hort. .
Habitat.—Japan, from 30° to 38° N., and at 1,300-3,250 feet
elevation, but also in valleys.
Introduced in 1861 by John Gould Veitch.
C. pisifera, Sieb. and Zucc. in Endl. Conif. 64. Retinospora
pisifera, Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. ii. 39, t. 122. Cupressus pisifera,
C. Koch, Dendy. 11. 170. Thuya pisifera, Benth. and Hook.
Habitat.—Japan, between 30° and 88° N. Grows together with
Chamecyparis obtusa, but it grows on lower and more moist ground,
and also goes higher up the mountains.
Introduced into Kurope in 1861.
Very large plants of Chamecyparis pisifera are not to be found
yet in Danish gardens ; still a specimen, planted in 1879, has attained
a height of 12 feet.
C. p. plumosa, hort. Chamecyparis plumosa, hort. Retinospora
plumosa, Veitch.
This variety is in some Danish gardens to be found with a height of
12 feet ; one plant thus measured was planted in 1879.
C. spheeroidea, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 331. Cupressus
nana Mariana, &c., Pluk. Mant. 61, t. 345. Cupressus thyoides,
L. Spec. Pl. 1422. Thuya sphxroidalis, Rich. Conif. 45, t. 8.
Habitat.—Southern Maine; south, near the coast, to Northern
Florida, and along the Gulf coast to the valley of the Pearl River,
Mississippi. Not in Canada.
Introduced into Europe in 1736 by Peter Collinson.
A tree 80-90 feet in height, with a trunk 2-4 feet in diameter, in
deep, cold swamps; rare in the Gulf States west of the Bay of
Mobile.
Wood very light and soft, not strong, close-grained, compact, easily
worked, very durable in contact with the soil; bands of small summer
cells thin, dark-coloured, conspicuous; medullary rays numerous,
obscure; colour light brown tinged with red, growing darker with
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exposure, the sapwood lighter; specific gravity, 0°3322; ash, 0°33;
largely used in boat-building, for wooden-ware, cooperage, shingles,
interior finish, telegraph and fence posts, railway ties, &c. (Ch. S.
Sargent, ‘‘Forest Trees of North America”). Along the Atlantic
coast, from New Jersey southward, lumber is manufactured from
buried trunks of this species dug from peat swamps.
The wood, on account of its lightness and its power of resisting
alternations of dryness and moisture, is in common use at Baltimore
and Philadelphia for shingles, which are cut transversely to the con-
centric circles, and not parallel to them like shingles of the deciduous
Cypress, Taxodium distichum. They are from 2 feet to 2 feet 3 inches
long, from 4 inches to 6 inches broad, and three lines thick at the larger
end. At Baltimore they are commonly called Juniper shingles, and
are there preferred to those of the deciduous Cypress, as they are
larger and free from the defect of splitting when nailed upon the
rafters. Some of the houses of Philadelphia, Baltimore, and New
York have been covered with them, and large quantities are exported
to the West Indies. The shingles of the White Cedar are much more
durable and secure from worms than those of the White Pine, generally
lasting from 30 to 35 years. The wood is also considered well adapted
for joinery and for household utensils. In Philadelphia there is a
distinct class of mechanics called Cedar coopers, who make pails,
wash-tubs, churns, &c., of the wood of this tree for both the home
and the foreign markets. These utensils are held together with hoops
made of young Cedars stripped of their bark, and split down the
middle. In some places the sides of fishing-boats are covered with
White Cedar clap-boards, which are preferred to those of the deciduous
Cypress, as being lighter, more durable, and less liable to split. The
wood makes excellent sounding-boards for pianofortes; and casks
formed of it are found better than any others for preserving oils. The
young wood makes an excellent charcoal for gunpowder; and the
smoke of the seasoned wood affords a beautiful lampblack, which
weighs less and is more intensely coloured than that obtained from
any species of Pine. When employed as fence-wood, the rails of
young trees, either entire or split down the middle, and deprived of
their bark, last from 50 to 60 years (J. C. Loudon, ‘‘ Arboretum et
Fruticetum Britannicum,” ed. 2, iv. 2476).
Chamecyparis spheroidea, of about 100 years of age, have in some
Danish gardens grown to a height of nearly 50 feet. A tree, lately
measured, planted in 1845, has attained a height of 26 feet.
C. s. andelyensis, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 123. Chamecyparis
leptoclada, Hochst. Retinospora leptoclada, Hort.
This shrub, which is often cultivated in England under the name
of Retinospora leptoclada, originated many years ago in the nursery of.
M. Canchois, at Andelys, in France. It appeared among a batch of
seedlings of C. spheroidea, and the proprietor, finding it of very
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different habit and aspect from the others, propagated it by cuttings,
anc subsequently exhibited young plants of it at Paris under the name
of Chamexcyparis spheroidea andelyensis. The stock passed into the
hands of Messrs. EH. G. Henderson & Son, of London, by whom it was
introduced to British gardens under the wrong name it still often
bears there (Veitch, Man. of Conif. 244).
9. CUPRESSUS.—Tourn. Inst. 358; Linn. Gen. Pl. n. 1079;
Juss. Gen. 413 ; Rich. Conif. 142, t. 9; Endl. Conif. 142, t. 9 ; Endl.
Gen. 259, n. 1791, and Conif. 55; Spach, Hist. Nat. des Vég. Phan.
xi. 323 ; Carr. Conif. 114, and ed. 2, 143; Gord. Pin. 56 ; Henkeland
Hochstetter, Syn. der Nadelh. 280; Parl. Fi. Ital. iv. 70. Juni-
peri sp. Bonpl. Pl. Exsic. Cat. Chamecyparis sp. Endl. Conif. 62 ;
Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 467 ; Lamb. Pin. t. 42, ed. min. t. 65 ;
Forbes, Pin. Wob. t. 61 and 62; L’Her. Stirp. Nov. t. 8; Wats.
Dendrol. Brit. t. 155 ; Kichler in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pflf. 11.
p. 99; Willk. Forst. Flora, p. 245; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. 11. 195, t. 32 ;
Beissn. Nadelh. 99.
Flowers moncecious ; male catkins cylindrical and numerous, female
ones roundish, and either in clusters or solitary.
Cones somewhat globular, and composed of angular, irregularly
shaped, four to six pointed woody scales, externally shield-shaped.
Scales from six to ten in number, irregularly four- or five-sided,
raised in the centre, and terminating in a more or less curved point.
Seeds numerous, inserted on the upper interior surface of the
scales, angularly compressed or ovate, with a bony covering, extending
into a membranaceous wing at the margins.
Cotyledons in twos or threes, rarely in fours, but mostly in twos.
In the true Cupressus the leaves along the branchlets are mere
scales, closely imbricated, or tiled over each other, and generally in
four rows, with the branches always scattered along the stem, and the
buds not scaly. Cones more or less rounded, and composed of from
six to ten peltate woody scales, furnished with a projecting point or
boss in the centre, which scales, when the seeds are ripe, become
dry and separate. All the species exude resin, but afford no
turpentine.
The name Cupressus, according to some writers, is derived from
the first species having been found plentifully on the Isle of Cyprus ;
but as the Cypress appears to have been known to the ancient
Hebrews, Greeks, and Phcenicians, it is much more probable that the
converse is the true statement, and that the island was named from
the tree being found plentifully upon it. According to other writers
the name is derived from ‘‘ Cyparissus,” a beautiful youth of the
Island of Ceos, who, according to tradition, was changed into a
Cypress.
All large bushes or trees, found in the South of Europe, China,
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California, Mexico, Guatemala, United States of North America, and
the East Indies.
Most of them are not hardy in the northern part of Europe, where
they are cultivated in conservatories.
C. Cashmeriana, Royle. Cupressus torulosa, Gord. Pin. 69 ;
Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 161.
Habitat. —Thibet.
Introduced about 1862.
Wintered indoors in Denmark.
C. funebris, Endlicher. Cupressus pendula, Staunt. Embass.
China, 11. 415, t.41; Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 11. 111, t. 50 ; Loud. Arbor. iv.
2479, f. 2332-3 (excl. syn. omn.), and Encycl. of Trees, 1077, 2003-4
(excl. syn. Thunb.). Cupressus funebris, Endl. Syn. Conif. 58 ; Lindl.
and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 206; Fl. des Serres, vi. 89 (cum 1¢.) ;
Paxt. Flow. Gard. 1. 46, f. 31; Knight, Syn. Conif. 19 (excl. syn.
Thunb.) ; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 325; Tr. Gén. Conif. 120, and ed.
2, 161; Gord. Pin. 59; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 236 ;
J. HK. Nelson, Pinac. 71.
Habitat.—China, where it is often planted in cemeteries.
Introduced into Europe by Fortune in 1848.
Wintered indoors in Denmark.
C. Goveniana, Gordon. Cupressus sp. Hartw. ex Knight, Syn.
Conif. 20. Cupressus Goveniana, Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 295 ;
Lindl. and Gord. l.c. v. 206 ; Knight, l.c. ;/Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 326,
Tr. Gén. Conif. 125, and ed. 2, 170; Gord. Pin. 60; Henk. and
Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 240. Cupressus glandulosa, hort.
Habitat.—Discovered by Hartweg in California, near Monterey,
Humboldt County. South, along the coast, and through the coast
ranges into Lower California.
Introduced in 1847.
Wintered indoors in Denmark.
A small tree, sometimes 40-50 feet in height, with a trunk
2-3 feet in diameter; borders of streams and mountain slopes, in
rather rich soil, or often a low shrub, fruiting when 1-3 feet in height,
and occupying extensive tracts of sandy barrens one to five miles
inland from the coast, or thin, rocky soil (Pringle) ; widely but not
generally distributed.
Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, close-grained, compact ;
bands of small summer cells broad, dark-coloured, conspicuous ;
medullary rays thin, obscure; colour light brown, the thick sap-
wood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°4089; ash, 0.49 (Ch. SBS.
Sargent).
C. guadalupensis, Watson, Proc. Am. Acad. xiv. 300; Bot,
California, ii. 114. Cupressus macrocarpa (?), Watson in Proc. Am.
Acad. xi. 119 (not Hartweg). Cupressus arizonica, E. L. Greene in
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Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, ix. 164; Rusby in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, ix.
79 ; Watson in Proc. Am. Acad. xvii. 157.
Habitat.—San Francisco, mountains of New Mexico and Eastern
Arizona (Greene, Rusby), Santa Catalina and Santa Rita mountains,
Arizona (Pringle, Lemmon) ; on the Sierra Madre, near Saltillo, and
Guadaloupe Island, Mexico (Palmer).
A tree 60-70 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter ;
rocky canons and ridges on the New Mexico and Arizona mountains,
forming extensive forests between 5,000 and 8,000 feet elevation,
generally on northern slopes ; local. —
Wood light, soft, very close-grained, compact, easily worked,
susceptible of a good polish ; bands of small summer cells broad, con-
spicuous ; medullary rays numerous, very obscure ; colour grey, often
faintly streaked with yellow, the thick sapwood light yellow ; specific
gravity, 0°4843 ; ash, 0°44 (Ch. 8S. Sargent).
Wintered out of doors, only covered with a few Spruce branches.
Tt seems to be almost hardy in Denmark.
C. Knightiana, hort. Cupressus elegans, hort. Cupressus
thurifera elegans, hort. ex Gord. Pin. 61. Cupressus thurifera
Knightiana, Gord. l.c. Cupressus Knightiana, hort. Knight, Syn.
Sonn 20- Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 326, Tr. Gén. des Conif. 127,
and ed. 2, 158, 159; Gord. Pinetum (excl. syn. Lindleyi and Coul-
teri); Henk. and Hochst. Synop. der Nadelholz. 239; J. E. Nelson,
Pinac. 72.
Habitat. —Mexican mountains.
Introduced into Europe in 1840.
Wintered indoors.
C. lusitanica, Miller. Juniperus ex Goa, Herm. Hort. Batav.
346. Juniperus glauca, hort. Cels. Willd.; Hort. Berol. Enumer.
Suppl. 67; Link, Enumer. Alt. u. 435. Cupressus lusitanica
patula, fructu minore, Tournef. Inst. 587; Duham. Avbr. i. 198.
Cupressus glauca, Broter. Fl. Lusit. i. 216; Lamb. Dict. ii. 243; Endl.
Syn. Conif. 58; Lindl. and-Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 206 ; Spach,
Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 328. Cupressus pendula, Herit. Stirp. 15, t. 18 ;
Desf. Hist. Arbr. 1. 536 (not Thunb. nor Lamb. nor Staunt.).
Cupressus thurifera, Schlect. in Linnea, xii. 93; Benth. Plant.
Hartweg, No. 434; Knight, Syn. Conif. 19; Humb. Bonpl. and
Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Spec. ii. 3. Cupressus sinensis pendula, hort.
Cupressus Uhdeana, Hort. (not Gord.). Cupressus glauca pendula,
hort. Cupressus sinensis, Lee ex Gord. Pin. 63. Cupressus sinensis
pendula, hort. ex Gord. l.c. Cupressus sinensis glauca, hort. ex
Gord. l.c. Cupressus Libaw glauca, Knight ex Gord. l.c. Cupressus
lusitanica elegans, Gord. Pin. suppl. 25 (excl. syn. tristis). Cupressus
goensis, hort. Cupressus glauca pendula, hort. Cupressus lusitanica,
Mill, Dict. n. 3; Willd. Spec. iv. 511; Loisel, Nouv. Duham. iii.
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t. 3; Lamb: Pins ed=2, 1. 109; t..65 ;- Loud. Arborsives247 7 te
2328, and Encycl. of Trees, 1075, f. 1998 ; Forb. Pin. Wob. 177, t. 60;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 19; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 325, Tr. Gén. Conif.
119, and ed. 2, 153; Gord. Pin. 63, and Suppl. 25.
Habitat.—Indian peninsula, especially in Goa.
Introduced two hundred years ago.
Wintered indoors.
C. MacNabiana, Murray, Descrip. of Conif. Trees from Calif.
12, t. 10. Cupressus glandulosa, Hook. ex Gord. Pin. 64. Juniperus
MacNabiana, Laws. Catal. ex Gord. l.c. Cupressus MacNabiana,
A. Murr. Ann. Soc. Bot. Edinb. 1855; Gord. Pin. 64; Henk. and
Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 241; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 165;
Beissn. Nadelh. 100.
Habitat.—Different mountains of Northern California, south of
Clear Lake, at 41° S. latitude, and at about 5,000 feet in height.
Lake County.
Introduced into Europe in 1856.
A small tree, sometimes 30 feet in height, with a trunk 1-13 foot
in diameter, or more often a tall shrub branching from the ground ;
very rare and local ; not rediscovered in the original station reported
by Jeffrey, the Mount Shasta region (Ch. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees
of North America ”’).
Wintered indoors.
C. macrocarpa, Hartweg in Journ. Hort. Soc. ii. 187. Cupressus
Lambertiana, Carr. Conif. 124. Cupressus Hartwegii, Carr. Conif.
168 ; Carr. in Rev. Hort. 1855, 232. Cupressus Reinwardtii, hort.
Habitat. —California, Monterey (Cypress Point, Pescadero Ranch,
and Carmelo Point).
A tree 50-70 feet in height, with a trunk 4-6 feet in diameter ;
on granite rocks immediately upon the sea-coast ; very local (Ch. S.
Sargent).
According to Gordon, seeds of a Cypress were given to the
Royal Horticultural Society in 1838, by Mr. Lambert, without
name or other information. These seeds were raised, and the
seedlings proving different from any other Cypress known, the plant
received the garden name of C. Lambertiana, a name which does not
appear to have been formally published. Gordon further says that
on subsequently visiting Mr. Low’s nursery at Clapton he observed a
plant of the same kind which had been received from California,
through His Excellency Professor Fischer of St. Petersburg. In
1846, Hartweg, writing an account of his mission to California in
search of plants for the Horticultural Society, mentions finding his
No. 148, Cupressus macrocarpa, at Carmel Bay. The tree is described
by him as ‘‘attaining the height of 60 feet, with a stem 9 feet in
circumference, with far-spreading branches, flat at the top like a
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full-crown Cedar of Lebanon, which it closely resembles when seen at
a distance ” (‘‘ Pinetum Britannicum”’).
Three plants were put out of doors for trial in Denmark. In the
long and hard winter of 1890-91 all the plants suffered, although
covered either with a mat of straw or with spruce branches ; two plants
died, the one left is now growing well.
C. sempervirens, L. Sp. Pl. 1422 ; Rich. Conif. t. 9.
Habitat.—Western Asia, Syria, Persia, the Himalayas, and in
Southern Europe.
Introduced into Northern and Western Europe about 1550.
C. s. fastigiata, D. C. Fl. Franc. v. 336. Cupressus foemina,
Ceesalp. de Plant. lib. 11. cap. 55, p. 184. Cupressus sempervirens,
L. l.c. Cupressus sempervirens pyramidalis, hort. Cupressus pyra-
midalis, Targ. Tozz. Obs. Bot. dec. 3-5, p. 53. Cupressus conoidea,
Spad. Xilogr. 1. 189.
C.s. horizontalis, Mill. Dict. n. 2. Cupressus sempervirens B,
L. Sp. Pl. 1422. Cupressus mas, Cesalp. l.c. Cupressus patula,
Spad. Xilogr. 1.193. Cupressus sempervirens horizontalis, Gord. Pinet.
68. Cupressus expansa, Targ. Tozz. Obs. Bot. dec. 3-5, 53. Cupressus
orientalis, hort. Cupressus Tournefortw, hort.
Habitat.—The Mediterranean region (where it may be only in-
troduced), especially the Levant and the Greek Archipelago; also
westward as far as Persia and the Himalayas. Introduced into
England prior to 1548, in which year it is mentioned by Turner in
his ‘‘ Names of Herbes,” but much earlier into the South of Europe.
Both forms are wintered indoors.
This Cypress tree is said to produce timber, in its native country,
of extraordinary durability. It appears that the doors of St. Peter’s
Church at Rome were made from the wood of this tree, and they are
said to have lasted eleven hundred years. It was also much used by
the Egyptians for the manufacture of their mummy-cases. Frequent
allusions are likewise made to it in Holy Writ.
C. torulosa, Don, Prodr. Fl. Nep. 55; Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2,
113 ; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2478, f. 2329-31, and Encycl. of Trees, 1076,
f. 1990-2001 ; Hoftm. Bot. Zeit. 1846, 185 ; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 189 ;
Hiteserr, vi. 192 (cum tc.); Paxt. Flow. Gard. 1. 167, f. 105;
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 329; Endl. Syn. Conif. 57; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 206; Knight, Syn. Conif. 19 ; Carr. Man.
des Pl. iv. 325; Tr. Gén. Conif. 118, and ed. 2, 150, 151; Gord.
Pinet. 69 (excl. syn. Cashmeriana). Juniperus nepalensis, Loud.
Encycel. of Trees, 1118. Cupressus torulosa, Don. Cupressus pendula,
Griffith ex Gord. Pinet. 69. Cupressus nepalensis, Loud. Encycl. of
Trees, 1118. Cupressus himalayensis, hort. Cupressus Drummondii,
hort. Cupressus cashmeriensis, hort. Cupressus torulosa elegans, hort.
aliq. Cupressus Snuthiana, hort.
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Dr. Hooker suggests that Cupressus torulosa may be the wild
state of the common Cypress, C. sempervirens. He also states that
it is a rare plant in the Himalayas, and is, moreover, apparently
confined to the Western Himalayas. It may perhaps be hereafter
found in the eastern part of this range, but it has not yet been so,
although Loudon and others have designated it the ‘*‘ Bhotan Cypress.”
It is found in the province of Gurwal, and there it is in the eastern
part of the province. Dr. Jameson says it is abundant there as well
as near Kunnoor, and at Surin or Surroo Tota, the place taking its
name from the tree. There it occurs in the very bed of the river
Dowli, the largest and longest branch of the Ganges. Dr. Royle
found it at 11,500 feet above the sea ; also in Koonawar, on the borders
of Chinese Tartary. Hitherto it has only been found in almost
inaccessible situations in the Himalayas, from whence its timber
could not be transported tothe plains. First discovered and collected
by Hamilton in his journey through Nepaul in 1802 and 1803, and
described by Don from his specimens in 1825. Since then it remained
little known until seeds were sent under the impulse given to the
introduction of Himalayan Conifers by the large importations of
H.M. Commissioners of Woods and Forests about 1852. It was,
however, previously introduced by Dr. Wallich in 1824, and a fresh
supply of seeds sent in 1836, and from time to time consignments have
reached England, so that there are trees to be met with of various
ages. It has been wintered indoors in Denmark.
C. t. Corneyana. Cupressus Corneyana, Knight, Syn. Conif.
19; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 128. Cupressus gracilis, Gord. Pinet. 117,
and Suppl. 23 (excl. syn. pendula, Staunt.), not Endl. Cupressus
cernua, hort. ex Gord. Pinet. Suppl. 23. Cupressus torulosa gracilis,
hort. Juniperus chinensis Corneyana, Gord. Pinet. 117 (excl. syn.
Roxb.).
Cc. t. majestica, Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 118; Gord. Pinet. 71.
Cupressus majestica, Knight, Syn. Conif. 19. Cupressus flagelliformis,
Knight, l.c. 20.
10. JUNIPERUS.—Linn. Gen. PI. n. 1134; Juss. Gen. PI.
413; Girtn. Fruct. 62, t. 91; Rich. Conif. 137, t. 5,6; Endl. Gen.
258, n. 1789, and Conif. 7; Spach, in Ann. des Scienc. Natur.
ser. 2, xvi. 282, and Hist. des Vég. Phan. xi. 305; Carr. Conif.
ed. 2,7; Gord. Pinet. 91. Juniperus et Cedrus, Tourn. Inst. 588,
t. 361. Thujecarpus, Trautvett. Imag. Plant. 11. Arcenthos,
Juniperus, and Sabina, Antonie die Cupress Gattung, 3, 8, 35; Parl.
in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2; 475; Forb: Pinet. Wob. t. 64, 65 ; has
Bot. Rep. t. 534 ; sae jitonide Journ. li. ; Reichb. leon: Fl. Germ.
¢, 536; Guss. Fl. Rar. t._ 62; Wis. an. Pl.- Nov. im Mus. Ist:
Venet. vi. t. 1; Pall. Fl. Ross. t. 55-57; Traut. Imag. Pl. Ross.
t. 15; Sieb. and Zucc. Flor. Jap. t. 126, 127; Mich, N. Am, Sylv,
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t. 155 ; Newb. Bot. Williams Exped. t. 10; Moggr. Fl. Ment. t. 65;
Webb. Phytogr. Canar. t..217 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 103.
Some writers derive the word Juniperus from juneprus, rough or
rude (Celt.), the plants of this genus being stiff shrubs; or from
juniores pariens, the young and old leaves and berries being on the
plant at the same time ; but the plant, having been used for purposes
of abortion, obviously gives its true derivation from juvenis and
pario.
Flowers dicecious. The males, axillary or terminal catkins ; female
ones very short, small axillary bud-like bodies, bracteated at the base.
Fruit a globular kind of berry, composed of a fleshy or fibrous
juicy substance, covered with a glossy skin more or less furnished ex-
ternally with minute scales, and sometimes angular and naked at the
apex. .
Seeds from one to five, but mostly three in each fruit, obscurely
three-cornered, and covered with a hard bony covering, having gland-
bearing pits towards the base.
Leaves simple, opposite or ternate, lanceolate, scale-like, and
either in extended whorls or closely imbricated in four rows.
- Cotyledons two.
All evergreen shrubs or small trees, found in the temperate and
frigid regions of Hurope, Asia, Africa, and America.
The trees and shrubs belonging to this genus generally produce the
male and female flowers on separate plants, with the leaves most sharp-
pointed, stiff, and usually in whorls of three ; but sometimes they are
mere scales, closely imbricated in four rows (as in the Cypress), or
occasionally both kinds occur on the same plant at different stages of
its growth. The male strobili are small ovate bodies, and either
placed at the ends of the branchlets or in the axil of the leaves, and
with from four to eight one-celled anthers at the back of each scale.
The fertile catkins consist of three fleshy scales, at first nearly con-
eealed by imbricated bracts, from which they gradually rise, grow
more succulent, and finally become consolidated into a small, round,
fibrous, spongy berry, enclosing from one to three bony seeds, but
mostly three, which are convex on one side and angular on the other.
The berries (galbules), when ripe, are for the most part either of a
deep purple, black, or reddish brown, and when crushed emit astrong
resinous smell.
J. Bermudiana, Linn. Cedrus Bermude, Rai, Letters, 71.
J. oppositifolia, Moench. Meth. 698. J. barbadensis, Linn. ex Gord.
Pinet. l.c. (mot Mich.). J. Bermudiana, Linn. Spec. 1471; Hermann,
Cat. Hort. Lugdun. Batav. 345 (cwm ic.), 347 ; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2498,
f. 2358; Spach, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 301, 698, and Hist. Vég.
ieee oo! ; Hook. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. ser. 2, 11. 141, t. 1;
Desf. Hist. Arbor. ii. 559; Endl. Syn. Conif. 29; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 202; Knight, Syn. Conif. 12; Carr. Man. des
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Pl. iv. 313, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 49: Gord. Pinet. 101; Henk. and
Hockst. Syn. der Nadelh. 328.
Habitat.—Bermuda and North and North-western Bahama
Islands, Florida, West Indies, and Canary Islands.
The plant I observed is perhaps not correctly named ; it seemed
quite hardy and looked beautiful.
From J. Bermudiana was obtained the fragrant wood used in the
manufacture of ‘‘ Cedar” pencils, till the increased demand made
the tree scarce. There was (1872) still existing in Bermuda an old
Cedar tree, the diameter of whose trunk was 58 inches (Gardeners’
Ohronicle, 1872, p. 1035).
J. californica, Carriere. J. tetragona, var. osteosperma, Torrey
in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 141; Bot. Mex. Boundary Survey, 210;
Ives’ Rep. 28. J. tetragona, Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 263
(not Schlechtendal). J. Cerrosianus, Kellog. in Proc. California
Acad. 11, 37. J. occidentalis, Gord. Pinet. suppl. 38; Pinetum,
ed. 2, 162, in part; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 345, in part ;
Hoopes, Evergreens, 299, in part ; Parlatore in De Candolle, Prodr.
xvi. 2, 489, in part. J. californica, var. osteosperma, Engelmann ;
Watson in Proc. Am. Acad. xi. 119.
Habitat.—California, San Francisco Bay, south through the coast
ranges to Lower California.
A small tree, rarely exceeding 20-30 feet in height, with a trunk
varying from 1-2 feet in diameter ; or more often a tall shrub, send-
ing up many stems from the ground. Sandy barrens and dry, rocky
soil (C. 8. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America’”’).
Hardiness doubtful.
J. chinensis, L. Mantiss. 127. J. barbadensis and virginiana,
Thunb. Fl. Jap. 264 (excl. syn.). J. dimorpha, Roxb. Fl. Ind. iii.
839. J. Thunbergit, Hook. and Arnott, Beechey, 271. J. dioica,
hort. Sabina chinensis, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. t. 75, 76, 78.
Habitat.—Japan, China, Thibet, and the Himalayas of Cashmere
and Nepaul.
Introduced in 1804 (Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 31).
J. chinensis has in some Danish gardens attained a height of about
20 feet. One plant recently measured, planted in 1864, has attained
a height of 18 feet and a girth of 10 inches.
J. communis, Linn. Spec. 1470 (excl. var. y); Lamb. Dict. ii.
625 (excl. var. 6); Rich. Conif. 33, t. 5; Loisel. Nouv. Duham.
vi. 46, t. 15, f. 1 (excl. syn.) ; Desf. Hist. Arbr. ii. 358; Spach,
Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan. xi. 308; Endl. Syn. Conif. 15; Loud. Encyel.
of Trees, f. 2013 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 200 ; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 11; Carr. Tr. Gén, Conif. 21; Gord. Pin. 93, Kedpos,
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Theophrast. Hist. i. 15,16. J. minor, Fuchs, Hist.78. J. Dodonxus,
Pempt. 852 ; Lobel, Ic. 11. 222. J. vulgaris, baccis parvis purpureis,
J. Bauhin, Hist. i. 2, 295; Rai, Hist. 1411. J. wulgaris fruticosa,
Bauh: Pin. 488; Tournef. Instit. 589 ; Duham. Arbr. i. 321, t. 127.
J. communis, Schkuhr, Handb. t. 338; Enel. Bot. t. 1100; Flor. Dan. t.
1119. J. communis vulgaris, Loud. Arbr. Brit. iv. 2489, and Encycl.
of Trees, 1801. J. cracovia, Lodd. Cat. 1836, 48; Pinet. Wob. 204.
J.communis cracovia, hort.
Habitat.—Almost all Europe, parts of North America, South
Greenland, North Africa, and North Asia as far south as North
China. In 8S. Watson’s ‘‘ Botany,” vol. ii., is to be found the following
passage: ‘‘ This Old World species occurs throughout British America,
ranging southward on the mountains to North Carolina and New
Mexico.”
The wood is finely veined, of a yellowish brown, and very aromatic.
It weighs, when dry, above 42 lbs. per cubic foot. It makes excellent
vine-props, but is generally considered too valuable to be applied to
such a use, as from its beauty, and the high polish it will take, it is
employed for walking-sticks, cups, and various articles of turnery. It
makes excellent fuel, and is used in Scotland and Sweden for smoking
hams. The bark is made by the Laplanders into rope. The berries
are, however, the most useful product of the Juniper. Many kinds of
birds feed on them, and, when burnt, they were formerly thought to
possess the power of preventing infection. They are, however, now
principally used in making gin, which is simply a spirit distilled from
corn and flavoured with an infusion of these berries. When crushed
- and distilled the berries yield an essential oil. They are used by the
peasants in some parts of France to make a kind of beer, which is
called ‘‘genévrette.” For this purpose they take equal parts of barley
and Juniper berries, and, after boiling the barley for about a quarter
of an hour, they throw in the Juniper berries. They then pour the
whole into a barrel half full of water, and bung it closely for two or
three days, after which they give it air to promote fermentation. Some
persons add molasses or coarse sugar, to make the liquor stronger.
This beer is ready to drink in about a week, and it is bright and
sparkling, and powerfully diuretic. Apples or pears, slightly crushed,
are sometimes substituted for the barley ; but the liquor thus made is
apt to turn sour, or become vapid, in a short time.
Sir William Hooker observes in his ‘“ British Flora”: ‘‘The
berries, which are bluish-black, form an important article of
commerce in Holland, where they are employed in the distillation of
geneva, and impart to it that peculiar flavour which our distillers try
to imitate by oil of turpentine. The wood is reddish, and serves for
veneering.”
The Juniper is mentioned in the Bible, in the First Book of Kings,
as the tree under which the prophet Elijah took refuge in the wilderness
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of Beersheba, to avoid the persecution of King Ahab. It was known
to the Greeks, who used its berries medicinally, though they thought
its shade unwholesome. Pliny says the Juniper has the same
properties as the Cedar, adding that, in his time, it grew in Spain to a
great size, but that wherever it grows its heart is always sound. He
also says that a piece of Juniper wood, when ignited, will, if covered
with ashes of the same wood, keep on fire a whole year. It is
mentioned by Virgil, who says that its shade is hurtful both to men
and corn. The species referred to by the classical writers is in all
probability not the common Juniper, but the Phoenician, or some
other species of the South of Europe. The botanists of the Middle
Ages appear to have had a high opinion of the virtues of the common
Juniper. Tragus asserts that its berries will cure all diseases ; and
Mathiolus, that its virtues are toonumerous to mention. Turner says
that in England the Juniper ‘‘ groweth most plenteouslie in Kent ; it
eroweth also in the bisshopryche of Durram, and in Northumber-
lande. It groweth in Germany in greate plentye, but in no place in
ereater than a lyttle from Bon, where, at the time of year the feldefares
fede only of Juniper berries, the people eate the feldefares undrawen,
with guttes and all, because they are full of the berries of Juniper ”
(‘‘ Names of Herbes,” &ec. fol. 25).
J. communis does not generally grow so tall in Denmark as in the
other Scandinavian countries. A plant measured in a forest in
Jutland in 1882 was 24 feet high ; at the same place one plant,
measured at breast high, gave a circumference of 3}feet. Other
plants from the Danish islands have been reported to measure about
30 feet in height. .
J. communis grows wild in Denmark in different localities. For
a long time it was believed to be the only wild-growing Conifer, as
all Pinus silvestris and Picea excelsa are planted, and Taxus baccata
was first found growing wild in one single locality near Veile, in
Jutland, about thirty years ago. It seems natural to suppose that
the common Juniper is really hardy, but it is not so. Very often
branches, or at least the outer ends of such, are killed by frost,
and in exposed localities especially the plant suffers much. In such
situations it cannot be used for hedges, and, moreover, plants that
are somewhat aged do not stand transplanting very well. During the
hard and long winter of 1890-91 J. communis was one of the species
of Conifers that suffered most. Indeed, among the many species
I observed, the following, strangely enough, presented the most
wretched appearance as old plants : Sequoia gigantea, Taxus baccata,
Pinus Laricio, Abies pectinata, and J. communis. I have been
informed from North Sweden and Finland that there J. communis
also looked much damaged, and that it often does so.
Of this species there are to be found pieces of stems in the Botanic
Museum at Christiania showing an age of nearly 280 years.
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In Scandinavia this Juniper thrives better than farther south in
Central Europe. In the South of Norway it is common to see trees
of more than 20 feet high, and which, breast high, are 6 to 9 inches
in diameter.
In East Finland, at 69° N. lat. and 23° 40’ E. long., the geologist
Tellef Dahl found very low growing J. communis, with horizontal
branches of a length of 10 to 12 feet. The short stems were
13 inches in diameter. The annular rings were so fine that it was
impossible to count them (Schiibeler, ‘‘ Viridarium Norvegicum ’’).
J. ec. pyramidalis, a variety to be seen in some Danish gardens
having a height of about 25 feet.
J. drupacea, Labill. Pl. Syr. Decad. ii. 14, +. 18. J. latifolia
arborea, Cerast fructu, Tourn. Coroll. 41. J. Oxycedrus y, Lamb.
Dict. 11. 625. Arceuthos drupacea, Ant. and Kotsch. Oecest. Bot,
Wochenbl. iv. 249 (1854).
Habitat.—The mountains of Northern Syria (2,000-5,000 feet
high), different parts of Mount Taurus, and places in Western Asia at
from 3,500 to 5,000 feet elevation, and in Greece, especially on
the Peloponessus.
Introduced into North and West European gardens in 1854 by
Theodor Kotschy.
Has in some gardens grown well out of doors during many years,
but occasionally, here and there, branches were killed.
J. excelsa, Bieb. Fl. Taur. Caue. 11. 524. J. Sabina, var. tawrica,
Pall. Fl. Ross. 11. 15. J. fetida excelsa, Spach in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser.
Seva 297. J. Olivierr, Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 57. J. () excelsa,
Madd. in Gord. Pin. 107. J. (?) religiosa, Royle, Himal. Mount. 1.
gal. J. excelsa glauca, hort. J. polycarpa and J. isophylla, C. Koch,
Dendrol. ii. 133. Sabina excelsa, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. 45, t. 60.
Habitat.—The Greek Archipelago, and the sub-alpine districts of
Asia Minor ; also Armenia and Syria (Mount Lebanon), (Prod. xvi. 484).
Introduced in 1806 by Sir Joseph Banks.
Perhaps not quite hardy in Denmark.
J. flaccida, Schlechtendal. J. fetida flaccida, Spach, Ann. Se.
Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 300, and Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 320; Loud. Encycl.
of Trees, 1090 ; Carr. Man. des. Pl. iv. 313, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 48 ;
Gord. Pin. 103 (excl. syn. gracilis).
‘Habitat.—Different parts of Mexico.
Introduced in 1838.
Grown in pots in Denmark. A large shrub which I saw under this
name in South Sweden does well out of deors, but it will still have
to be observed if it is the true species.
J. foetidissima, Willd. Spec. Pl. iv. 853. J. orientalis fetid-
issima, &c., Tourn. Coroll. 41. J. fetida squarrulosa, Spach in
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Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, 300. Sabina fetidissima, Ant. Cupress. tab.
66-71.
Habitat. —On Greek mountains from 5,000-6,500 feet in height,
in Macedonia, Asia Minor, Syria, Caucasus, Armenia, and Cyprus.
The specimen observed may not be correctly named.
J. macrocarpa, Siebth. Fl. Graec. Prodr. ii. 263. J. Oxycedrus 8,
Lamb. Dict. Encycl. ii. 625. J. Lobel, Guss. Syn. Fl. Sic. ii. 635.
J. maximus illyricus, Lob. Ic. 11. 225. J. Biasoletti, Lk. Sitzungsb.
d. Ges. Nat. Fr. (Berlin, Feb. 1845). J. attica, Orph. in Heldr.
Nutzpfl. Griechl. 138. J. oblongata, Guss. Pl. Exsice. J. neabori-
ensis, Laws. ex Gord. Pin. 95. J. Willkommi, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. 9,
t. 7. J. spherocarpa, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. 11,t. 10. J. communis
macrocarpa, Spach, Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 290.
Habitat.—South Europe, North Africa, m Cyprus and in Syria ;
mostly on mountains. Abundant in Mediterranean regions.
May be hardy.
J. nana, Willd. Spec. Pl. iv. 854. J. alpina, Clus. Hist. Pl. 1.
38. J. dealbata, Dougl. (not Loud.) J. nana B alpina, Endl.
Syn. Conif. 14. J. sibirica, Burgsd. Anleit. &. 1. 272. J. alpina
suecica, Plukn. Almag. 201. J. saxatilis, hort. (J. communis y,
L. Spec. 1470. J.communis B, Lamb. Dict. ii. 625. J. communis
montana, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, in. 414. J. communis alpina, Gaud.
Fl. Helvet. vi. 301. J. communis nana, Loud. Arb. and Frut. Brit.
iv. 2486. J. montana, hort. J. alpinw minor, hort. J. davurica,
hort. (not Pall.). J. minor montana, C. Bauh. Pin. 488. J. prostrata,
Holland.
Habitat.—In alpine and sub-alpine regions in Europe, North Asia,
North America, South-east and South-west Greenland, on Scandi-
navian mountains, in Scotland, England, and the Pyrenees; very
common in Spain, on the Alps and the Apennines; in Thrace,
Macedonia ; on Siberian mountains, Kamschatka, &c. It often grows
on boggy ground. As to its distribution in North America, S. Watson
says in his ‘‘ Botany,” iu. 113: ‘‘ The variety is found in the Sierra
Nevada (Mono Pass, Brewer), and in the northern coast ranges
(Del Norte County, Bolander), as well as eastwards to Maine, and is
scarcely more than a reduced form of the species.”
J. occidentalis, Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 166. J. Hermannii,
Pers. Syn. 1. 632. J. excelsa, Lew. in Pursh. Fl. Bor. Amer. ii.
647. J. andima, Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. i. 95, t. 110. J. pyriformis,
Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1855, p. 420. J. dealbata, hort. (not Loud.).
J. (?) fragrans, Knight, Syn. Conif. 13. Juniperi species, Sierra
Nevada, hort. Chamecyparis Bowrsierti, Decaisne in Bull. Soc. Bot.
de France, i. 70.
Habitat.—Blue Mountains and high prairies of Eastern Washington
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Territory and Oregon, Cascade Mountains of Oregon, valley of the
Klamath River, California, and south along the high ridges of the
Sierra Nevada, between 7,000 and 10,000 feet elevation, to the San
Bernardino Mountains (Parish Bros. ).
A tree 30-50 feet in height, with a trunk 4-7 feet in diameter,
or often a low, much-branched shrub ; dry, rocky ridges and prairies,
reaching its greatest development in the Californian sierras (C. S.
Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America’’).
It appears to be hardy.
J. Oxycedrus, L. Spec. Pl. 1470. J. rufescens, Lk. in FI. Ann.
1846, 579. J. tenella, Ant. Cupr. Gatt. 20, t. 27, 29. J. Mar-
shalliana, Stev. Pl. Exsice. J. Wittmanmana, hort.
Habitat.—Mediterranean countries, in North Africa; also on the
Alps up to 6,500 feet.
It seems to be hardy.
In France an essential oil is distilled from its wood, called huile de
cade, which is used in veterinary medicine.
J. phoenicea, L. Spec. Pl. 1471. J. Lycia, L. Spec. PI. 1461.
J. tetragona, Moench. Meth. 699. J. Langoldiana, hort. Cupressus
Devomana, hort. Sabina phenicea, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. 42, t. 57.
Habitat.—The Mediterranean region, in South Europe, West Asia,
and North Africa.
Introduced in 1683 by Mr. James Sutherland, of the Botanic
Garden, Edinburgh.
J. pseudo-Sabina, Fisch. and Mey. in Ammad. ad Ind. 8;
Sem. Hort. Petrop. 15. J. Sabina, Led. Fl. Alt. iv. 298. J.
Wallichiana, Hook. fil. Herb. Kew.
Habitat.—In Siberia, Songori, on Altai and Baikal Mountains ; in
Thibet, often up to 13,000 feet. It is hardy.
J. recurva, Hamilt. in Don, Prodr. Fl. Nepal. 55. Sabina
recurva, A. S. Oersted, Frilands-Trevexten i Danmark, i. 8 (1864).
J. recurva pendula, hort. J. repanda, hort. J. nepalensis, hort.
J. canescens, Comp. Ind. J. squamata, Ham., var. recurva, C. Koch,
Dendrol. ii. 122.
Habitat.—This Juniper is a native of the Himalayas, Cashmere,
Bhotan, and Nepaul, where it was found by Dr. Hamilton, who desig-
nated it by the appellation of J. recwrva, in consequence of the
recurved habit of growth of the plant. It is quite hardy, and is
readily distinguished from all the others by its pendulous branches.
Introduced into Kurope in 1822.
J. r. densa, Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 310; Conif. 27. J. densa,
Gord. Pinet. suppl. 32. J. recurva nana, hort. J. communis
indica, Madd. ex Gord. l.c.
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J.r. squamazta, Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2,482. J. squamata,
Hamilt. Don in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, ii. 183. J. recwrva B squamata,
Hook. Pl. Exsicc. J. squamata recurva, C. Koch, Dendrol. ii. 122.
J. Lambertiana, Wall. Mss. J. dumosa, Wall. ex Gord. Pinet.
suppl. 32. Sabina squamata, A. S. Oersted, Frilands-Treeveexten
i Danmark, 1864, i. 8. J. squamata, Herb. Hamilt. Sabina squamata,
Ant. Cupress. Gatt. t. 89, 90.
Habitat.—The Himalayas, chiefly in Nepaul and Thibet, at eleva-
tions of from 10,000 to 15,000 feet (Veitch, Man. of Conif.).
Introduced into England in 1824.
J. religiosa, Royle, Fl. Himal. Mount. i. 351. J. excelsa,
Madd. in Gord. Pinet. 107. J. (?) chinensis, Parl. in D. C. Prodr.
xvi. 2, 488. Sabina religiosa, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. t. 60, 62. Sabina
religiosa, A. 8. Oersted, Frilands-Treeveexten i Danmark, 1864, 1. 5.
Habitat.—On the highest mountains of the Himalayas. It is said
not to descend below 6,500 feet. May be hardy.
J. rigida, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. 11. 109, t. 125. J. communis,
Thunb. Flor. Jap. 264 (excl. syn.).
Habitat.—Japan, on the Island of Nippon; on Mount Hakane,
3,250-3,900 feet; at Atame on the east coast, and under cultiva-
tion.
Introduced into England in 1861 by Mr. J. G. Veitch.
J. Sabina, Linn. Spec. Pl. 1472 (excl. var. 8). Willd. Sp. in
Not. 4, 852; Fisch. Plant. Schrenk. u. 13; Duham. Arbr. 2, t.
62; Desf. Hist. Arbr. 11. 559; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. vi. 48;
Schouw, Ann. Sc. Nat. 1845, 245; Endl. Syn. Conif. 22; Lindl.
and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 201; Knight, Syn. Conif. 12;
Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 34; Gord. Pinet. 109. J. Sabina,
A. vulgaris, erecta, pyramidato dwmosa, Endl. Syn. Conif. 22.
Sabina, folio Cupressi, Bauh. Pin. 487; Duham. Arbr. u. 242,
t. 63. Juniperus, nr. 33, Gmel. Flor. Sibir. i. 182. J. Sabina
cupressifolia, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ili. 414; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv.
2499, f. 2359. J. Sabina stricta, hort. J. Sabina horizontalis, hort.
J. davurica, Pallas, Fl. Ross. 11. 13, t. 55; Andrews, Bot. Reposit.
t. 584; Ledeb. FI. Alt. iv. 299; Endl. Syn. Conif. 19. J. fetida
davurica, Spach in Annal. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 296. J. fetida Sabina,
Spach in Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 295. J. Sabina, A. vulgaris, Endl.
Syn. Conif. 22. J. lusitanica, Mill. Dict. n. 11. Sabina officinalis,
Garcke, Flor. Mittl, und Sud Deutschl. 1858, s. 387. Sabina
vulgaris, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. tab. 80, 82. Sabina fetida, A. 8. Oersted,
Frilands-Treeveexten i Danmark, 1864, 1. 6.
Habitat.—The sub-alpine districts of Southern and Middle Europe,
from the Pyrenees to the Caucasus, in Siberia, and in Asia Minor.
Introduced into England prior to 1548, as it appears in Turner's
‘¢Names of Herbes,” published in that year.
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The Savin, though generally seen in gardens as a low spreading
shrub, has sometimes an upright trunk, clothed in a reddish-brown
bark, and rising to the height of 10 or 12 feet, or even higher.
Tts branches are nearly straight, very much ramified, and form, with
the trunk, a regular pyramid. Its young branches are entirely covered
with imbricated leaves, which have a very strong and disagreeable
odour, and a very bitter taste. The berries are smaller than those of
the common Juniper, but of the same colour, and a little compressed.
The leaves of the Savin are used in medicine as a diuretic ; but if
taken in large quantities during pregnancy, as well in the human
species as in domestic animals, will produce abortion. When dried
and pulverised, they are used for cleansing foul ulcers. The upright
Savin was formerly much used in England, and still is in some parts
of France in topiary work, as it bears the shears very well. In France
it is employed in the same manner as the common Juniper, to form
screens (rideaux de verdwre) and to cover walls which it is wished to
conceal. The Baschkirs, a people of Russia between the Volga and
the Oural, use fumigations of Savin to cure the diseases of children ;
they also believe it to have a great effect against witches, for which
purpose they hang branches of it at the doors of their houses. The
ancient Germans, it is said, gave Savin to their chargers to give them
ardour. Hardy in Denmark.
J. S. prostrata, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1086. J. prostrata,
Person. J. repens, Nutt. Gen. Amer. ii. 245. J. alpina, Lodd. Cat.
1836. J. Sabina tamariscifolia, hort. aliq. non Ait. J. Sabina
prostrata, Knight, Syn. Conif. 12. J. hudsonica, Forb. Pinet. Wob.
208. J. Sabina, Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. i. 246. J. horizontalis,
Meench. Meth. 699. J. Sabina alpina, Loud. Arbor. iv. 2499, f. 2361,
2362. J. Sabina multicaulis, Spach, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xvi.
295. J. prostrata, Pers. Syn. i. 632; Spach, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2,
xvi. 293, and Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 314; Endl. Syn. Conif. 18;
Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 200; Carr. Man. des PI. iv.
310, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 26; Gord. Pinet. 106. J. (?) racemosa,
Risso. Hist. Nat. Hur. Mér. ii. 459. J. (?) cesia, Carr. ed. 2, 53.
J. repanda. Sabina prostrata, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. 76, 82.
Habitat.—In North America, on sandy coasts, near the Great
Lakes and in the West, on the Rocky Mountains. It is hardy.
J. S. tamariscifolia, Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 414. Sabina,
folio tamarisct, Bauh. Pinet. 487. J. Sabina B, Linn. Spec. 1472.
J. Sabina, Mill. Dict. 10. J. fetida B tamariscifolia, Spach, Ann.
Se. Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 295 (excl. syn. Pall.). Sabina tamariscifolia,
A. 8. Oersted, Frilands-Trzeveexten 1 Danmark, 1864, 1. 6.
J. Sabinoides, Gris. Spicileg. Fl. Rumel. ii. 352. J. sabina mas,
hort.
Some authors call this plant Juniperus Sabina tamariscifolia, I
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have not yet sufficiently observed our plant, and for a time intend to
keep it under the above name.
Habitat.—Spain and other parts of 8. Europe, Sicily, Roumelia,
Greece. It seems to be hardy.
J. spheerica, Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. 1. 58, £ 35. J:
Fortunei, Van Houtte. J. chinensis Smithii, Loud. ex Gord. Pin.
J. Sabina spheriea, A. 8. Oersted, Frilands-Treeveexten i Danmark,
1864, i. 5.
Habitat.—North China.
Introduced by Fortune in 1846.
Hardy.
J. thurifera, L. Sp. Pl. 1471. J. hispanica, Lamb. Dict.
Encycl. 626. J. fetida thurifera, Spach, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xvi.
298. J. sabinoides, Endl. Conif. 24 (not Gris.). J. cinerea, Carr.
Tr. Gén. Conif. 35.
Habitat.—Spain, on the Sierra Nevada in Andalusia; Portugal,
near Cape St. Vincent; Algiers, near Medina (Prodr. xvi. 487).
Introduced into England in 1752 by Miller.
Seems to be hardy.
J. virginiana, L. Sp. Pl. 1471. J. fetida virginiana, Spach,
Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xvi. 297, and Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 318. J. arbo-
yescens, Moench. Meth. 699. J. caroliniana, Dur. Harbk. (Pott.) i. 497.
Sabina virginiana, Ant. Cupress. Gatt. tab. 83, 84.
Habitat.—Southern New Brunswick to the northern shores of
Georgian Bay, Northern Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota; south
to Cape Malabar and Tampa Bay, Florida, and the valley of the
Colorado River, Texas; west to Eastern Nebraska, Kansas, and the
Indian Territory to about the one-hundredth parallel of west longi-
tude; in the Pacific region, Rocky Mountains of Colorado to
Vancouver’s Island, British Columbia; not extending to Western
Texas, California, or Oregon ; in Utah, Nevada, and Arizona rare and
local.
The most widely distributed of North American Conifers; a
tree 80-100 feet in height, with a trunk 2-43 feet in diameter, or
toward its northern and western limits much smaller, often reduced
to a low shrub; dry, gravelly ridges and limestone hills, or in
the Gulf States, especially near the coast, in deep swamps; in
Northern Montana, borders of streams and lakes; common, and
reaching its greatest development, in the valley of the Red River,
Texas.
Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, very close and straight-
grained, compact, easily worked, very durable in contact with the
soil ; odorous ; bands of small summer cells rather broad, conspicuous ;
medullary rays numerous, very obscure ; colour dull red, the thin
sapwood nearly white; specific gravity, 04926; ash, 0°13; largely
PINETUM DANICUM. 299
- used for posts, sills, railway ties, interior finish, cabinet-making, and
- almost exclusively for lead-pencils (C. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of
North America”). A decoction of the leaves is occasionally used as a
substitute for savine cerate, and an infusion of the berries as a diuretic
(U.S. Dispensatory, ed. 14, 526; Nat. Dispensatory, ed. 2, 795).
The trunk decreases so rapidly in diameter as it ascends that the
largest specimens rarely afford timber for shipbuilding more than
11 feet in length. The diameter of the wood is also very much
diminished by deep oblong furrows in every part of the trunk, occa-
sioned by the large branches persisting after they are dead (Michx.).
The Red Cedar derives its name from the beautiful red heart of the
wood, which is much prized in its native country for the manufacture
of various articles of turners’ work. Michaux describes the wood of
the tree as being pre-eminent for subterranean pipes, but it is seldom
used for that purpose in consequence of it being difticult to procure
stems of a sufficient diameter, and as it is daily becoming scarcer it is
reserved for more important purposes. Its foliage, when dried and
reduced to powder, is frequently used for increasing the efficacy of
blister-plaster. Its leaves have also been successfully applied for
rheumatism and dropsy, when taken in doses of one or two scruples.
The economic value of the wood of the Red Cedar is very great,
and the uses to which it is applied in America are numerous. The
matured or heart wood is of a fine red colour, whence the popular
name of the tree; it is of close texture and fine in grain, admitting of
a high polish ; it is also very fragrant, on which account it is employed
in cabinet work and inlaying; it is durable and free from the
attacks of insects; it resists for a long time the action of water, and
was much used by the earlier colonists and settlers for water-shoots,
stakes, and underground work (Loud. Arb. et Frut. p. 2497, ex
Michaux). But the tree does not in general attain a sufficient size to
yield planks of more than afew inches in breadth and thickness, which
has proved an impediment to its more extensive use for constructive
purposes. The chief use made of the wood in England is in the manu-
ture of ‘‘ Cedar pencils,” but even for this purpose the wood of the
Bermuda Juniper has hitherto been preferred, but it is now becoming
too scarce to supply the demand (Loud. Arboret.).
J. virgimana, in about fifty years, has in Danish gardens
attained a height of 40 feet. A plant lately measured, planted in
1845, has attained a height of 25 feet; another, planted in 1864, is
20 feet high.
J. v. Bedfordiana, Knight, Conif. 12. J. v. barbadensis, Gord.
Pin. 114. J. v. 8 australis, Endl. Conif. 28. J. Bedfordiana, hort.
J. gracilis, hort. J. Gossainthanea, Lodd. Cat.; Loud. Encyel. of
Trees, 1090. J. virginiana caroliniana, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1048.
J. v. Gossainthanea, Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 45.
The origin of this beautiful variety is not known with certainty.
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Mr. Gordon (Pinetum, p. 156) states that it is a native of Barbados
and other West Indian islands, but quotes no authority in support of
the statement. It was extensively distributed by Messrs. Loddiges
under the name of Juniperus Gossainthaniana, thereby indicating a
Himalayan origin, which is accepted by M. Carriére (Traité, p. 45),
but rejected by Professor Parlatore, who considers it to be a garden
variety only (Veitch, Manual).
Trise I1.—TAXODIEM.
11. CRYPTOMERIA.—Don in Linn. Trans. xviii. 2, p. 166;
Brongn. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 2, xii. 231; Sieb. and Zucc. FI.
Jap. il. 41; Endl. Conif. 71; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 153; Gord.
Pin. 52. Cupressi sp. Linn. fil. Suppl. 421; Thunb. Fl. Jap. 265.
Taxodii sp. Brongn. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 183 (except
var. 8); Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 437.; Carr. Fr. Gén. Conif.
191 ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 188 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 266 ;
Eichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Naturl. Pfif. 11. 89.
Flowers moncecious ; the male catkins numerous, somewhat oblong,
and collected in clusters at the extremities of the branchlets; the
female ones mostly solitary, or two or three together, without foot-
stalks, spherical and terminal.
Cones almost globular, woody, and either singly or in clusters,
They are developed and ripen in one year.
Scales wedge-shaped, numerous, loose, and with rough-fringed edges.
Seeds from three to five under each scale, obovate or angularly
depressed, and covered with a crustaceous tegument, prolonged cn
each side into a regular membrane, cut sloping at both extremities.
Cotyledons from two to four in number, but mostly in threes.
Leaves alternate, in five rows, sickle-shaped, irregularly four-sided,
without any footstalks, but running downwards at the base, acute-
pointed, spreading, and persistent.
Name derived from kruptos, hidden, and meris, a part.
Only one species. A large evergreen tree or small shrub ; found
in the north and east of China and in Japan.
C. japonica, Don, l.c. ©. Fortunei (Hooibrenk), C. Koch,
Dendr. 11. 190. Cupressus japonica, Linn. fil. Suppl. 421. Taxodiwm
japonicum, Brongn. in Ann. des Sc. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 185 (excl. var.
heterophylla).
Habitat.—Japan. Abundant on some of the mountain slopes, where
it constitutes the chief part of the forests, from their base to an
elevation of 1,500 feet ; also frequent in China under cultivation.
Introduced into England in 1844 by the Royal Horticultural
Society through their collector, Mr. Robert Fortune, who sent seeds
from Shanghai (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1845, p. 344).
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C. j. elegans, hort. OC. elegans, Veitch.’
Introduced from Japan in 1861 by Mr. J. G. Veitch, who met
with it only in cultivation in the neighbourhood of Yokohama.
C. j. Lobbii, hort. C. Lobbw, hort.
This variety differs in nothing from the original, except in its
being of a much brighter green colour and of more compact growth.
It is said to have been introduced from the Dutch Botanic Gardens at
Batavia by one of the Lobbs. |
C. j. nana, Fortune, the dwarf Japan Cedar. C. j. pygmea,
Loud.
This variety seldom attains a greater height than 2 or 3 feet, and
very much resembles a small Juniper bush in its stunted habit,
forming quite a dense bush with twisted or erect leaves, recurved
at the points.
A little bush, called by the Chinese ‘‘ Fi Suga” (dwarf evergreen).
C. j. spiraliter falcata, Sieb. Fl. Jap. t. 125. OC. spiraliter
falcata, hort.
A very curious variety, of slender habit. The falcate leaves are
so closely adpressed as to give them the appearance of a spiral thread
wound round the branchlets. This variety is most often cultivated in
stove or greenhouses, but I have reason to think it is almost as hardy
as some of the other Cryptomerias. It has kept well out of doors,
slightly covered.
C. j. variegata.
This variety is beautifully variegated with pale yellow, and when
in good condition a very attractive kind.
The Cryptomeria is one of the finest trees in Japan. For centuries
past it has received assiduous attention from Japanese horticulturists,
who possess many useful and interesting varieties of it, including
those above described. It is not only common in gardens through-
out the country, but it is also planted to form avenues along the
public roads, especially along the approaches to spots associated
with important historic personages or events. One of the finest of
these avenues, and probably one of the most remarkable of its kind in
the world, is that leading from the town of Namada through Outsono-
meya to Nikko, celebrated as the burial-place of one of the greatest
of Japanese rulers in former times. This avenue extends for a
distance of fifty miles, and consists chiefly of C. japonica, the
trunk of every tree being as straight as an arrow, and averaging from
130 to 150 feet in height, by 12 to 15 feet in circumference at the
base. The avenue is not straight the whole distance, but has many
windings, which enhances its effect. It was planted by one of the
old feudal lords about three hundred years ago, and was presented
by him to the then Shogum, or military ruler of the country. There
is another fine avenue of Cryptomerias on the Hakoni road to Fusi-
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Yama, extending for several miles (Veitch, ‘‘ Manual of Conifers,”
1881, p. 220). .
O. japonica is in several parts of Denmark to be found of about
thirty years of age, and of a height of about the same number of
feet. Here and there it is seen well developed even in exposed
situations. Cone-bearing plants are also occasionally seen.
12. TAXODIUM.—Rich. in Ann. Mus. (1810), xvi. 298,
and Cont. 143, t. 10; -Bndle) Conif 166” (CamcaConite- 4 or
Gord. Pinet. 305. Cupressi spec. Linn. Sp. Pl. 1422, and pl.
auct. Schubertia, Mirb. in Nouv. Bull. de la Soc. Philom. (1813),
i. 121; Spach, Hist. des Veg: Phan. x1. 347. Waxodu spec:
Brongn. in Ann. des Science. Nat. ser. 1, xxx. 177, 182 ; Endl. Gen.
Pl. 259. Glyptostrobi spec. Endl. Conif. 71; Carr. Conif. 152 ; Parl.
in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 440; Lamb. Pin: ed. mm. +t. 63; Horb:
Pinet. Wob. t. 60; Nutt. N. Am. Sylv. t. 151; Hichl. in Engl. and |
Prantl, WNaturl, Pit. a. pp. 90; Ann. “Muss xvieecoor Conte oo 4
t. 10; Nouv. Duham. ui. 8; Robin, Voyages, ii. 525; Lamb.
Pin. ed: 2, m1. 180, t. 305" Lorry Compend? hi IN States, outs.
Bot. Mex. Boundary Survey, 210; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2481, f.
2335-39; Engelmann and Gray in Journ. Boston Soc. Nat.
Hist. v. 234; Scheele in Roemer, Texas, appx. 447; Lindl. and
Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. London, v. 209; Knight, Syn. Conif. 20;
Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, ed. 3, 295; Morren in Belg. Hort. vi. 74
and t. ; Loud. Gard. Chron. 1857, 549; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep.
1858, 257 ; Chapman, Fl. 8. States, 435; Curtius in Rep. Geolog.
Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, iii. 29 ; Lesquereux in Owen’s Second Rep.
Arkansas, 389 ; Wood, Cl. Book, 663 ; Bot. and Fl. 315 ; Gray, Man.
U. States, ed. 6, 493; Hoopes, Evergreens, 364 f. ; Lawson, Pinet.
Brit. ii. 305, f. 1-9; Fowler in London Gard. Chron. (1872), 1526 ;
Young, Bot. Texas, 518 ; Bertrand in Bull. Soc. Bot. France, xviii.
127 ; Broadhead in Coulter’s Bot. Gazette, iii. 60 ; Veitch, Man. Conif.
214; Ridgway in Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 87; Watson in Proc. Am.
Acad. xvii. 158 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 148.
Flowers moncecious ; the male ones in compound pyramidal spikes,
the female two or three together, near the base of the spike of male
flowers.
Cones globular, ligneous, and with an uneven surface.
Scales imbricated spirally, thick, and raised in the centre.
Seeds irregularly shaped, woody, and two at the base of each
scale.
Leaves in two rows, flat, linear, and deciduous.
Ootyledons from five to nine in number.
Name derived from rafos (Yew) and eidos (like), from its supposed
resemblance to the common Yew.
Deciduous trees, found in North America and Mexico.
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T, distichum, Rich. in Ann. Mus. xvi. 298, and Conif. 143,
t. 10. T. distichum patens, Endl. T. wigrum, hort. Schubertia di-
sticha, Mirb. Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phan. xi. 349, excl. pl. Mexic.
Cupressus virginiana Tradescanti, Rai, Hist. Pl. 1.1, 408. Cupressus
virginiana fol. Acaciex cornigere paribus et deciduis, Plukn. Almag.
125, t. 85, f. 6. Cupressus americana, Catesb. Carol. i. 11, t. 11.
Cupressus disticha, L. Sp. Pl. 1422. Cupressus disticha patens, Ait.
Introduced into Europe about 1640.
Habitat. —Sussex County, Delaware ; south near the coast to Mos-
quito Inlet and Cape Romano, Florida ; west through the Gulf States
near the coast to the valley of the Nueces River, Texas, and through
Arkansas to Western Tennessee, Western and Northern Kentucky,
South-eastern Missouri, and Southern Illinois and Indiana.
A large tree of great economic value, 80-150 feet in height,
with a trunk 6-13 feet in diameter ; deep, submerged swamps,
river bottom lands, and pine-barren ponds; common, and forming
extensive forests, in the South Atlantic and Gulf States (C. 8.
Sargent).
Wood light, soft, close, straight-grained, not strong, compact,
easily worked, very durable in contact with the soil; bands of small
summer cells broad, resinous, conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous,
very obscure ; colour light or dark brown, the sapwood nearly white ;
specific gravity, 0°4543 ; ash, 0°42 ; largely manufactured into lumber
and nsed for construction, cooperage, railway ties, posts, fencing, &c.;
often injured, especially west of the Mississippi River, by a species
of Dedalia, not yet determined, rendering it unfit for lumber. Two
varieties of Cypress, black and white, are recognised by lumbermen,
the wood of the former heavier than water when green, rather harder
and considered more durable than the other; the unseasoned wood
of the latter lighter than water, and rather lighter coloured than the
black Cypress (C. 8. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America ”’).
The deciduous Cypress appears to have been introduced before
1640, as Parkinson, writing in that year, speaks of it. ‘‘ The Ameri-
cane cipresse is, as it is said, in sundrie countries of the North
America ; its seed was brought by Master Tradescant from Virginia,
and sown here, and doe spring very bravely ” (Park. Theat. &c.
p. 1477). Miller, speaking of this tree, says: ‘‘ One in the gardens
of John Tradescant, in South Lambeth, near Vauxhall, is upwards of
30 feet high, and of considerable bulk ; and though in a common yard
at present, where no care is taken of it, but, on the contrary, many
-hooks are driven into the trunk to fasten cords thereto for drying
clothes, yet the tree is in great health and vigour, but has not pro-
duced any fruit as yet, which may be occasioned by want of moisture ;
for we often see aquatic plants will grow upon a drier soil, but yet are
seldom so productive of either flowers or fruit as those which remain
in the water” (Dict. ed. 1731).
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Taxodiwm distichum has nowhere in Denmark attained such an
age and development as to be able to show its interesting root-knots,
or ‘‘ knees,” such as are to be seen in their fine development at Syon ~
House, near Kew, and perhaps in other parts of Great Britain, and
in some localities on the Continent, especially in France. But still
very nice plants are to be seen in Denmark, where there are speci-
mens of 40 feet high and more. Near Copenhagen a fine plant is
to be seen near Aurenhcei on the Strandvej; nice trees have also
developed themselves well at Aalholm on the island of Lolland, at
Tranekjér on the island of Langeland, and at Damgaard in Jutland.
In the Botanic Gardens at Hamburg I have seen several still
larger plants ; but on inquiry it was said that the plants produced no
cones.
Taxodium distichum does not thrive well in Southern Norway. In
Sweden it is rare, and perhaps not cultivated out of doors farther
north than the southern parts of the continent and on Gothland.
T.d. pendulum. Whether this is a Glyptostrobus or not still
remains to be determined.
T. mexicanum, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 186, Mexicanische Sumpf-
Cypresse. T. mucronatum, Ten. Osserv. su di una piant. Conif. del
Gen. Taxodium (Modena, 1853), t. 1 and 2. T. distichum, H. B. et
Kth. Nov. Gen. et Spec. Pl. 11.4. 7. Montezwmnex, Decne. Bull. Soc.
Botan. 1854, 1. 71. TT. distichum mexicanum, Gord. Pinet. 307.
T. distichum pinnatum, hort. T. pinnatum, hort. aliq. T. distichum
virens, Knight, Syn. Conif. 21. TT. distichum excelsum, Both. ex
Gord. Pinet. Suppl. TZ. virens, hort. TT. Hugeli, Laws. ex Gord.
Pinet. l.c. Cupressus disticha senvpervirens, Rinz. ex Gord. Pinet.
Suppl. Lc.
Habitat.—In temperate Mexico, where it forms large forests on
mountains at an elevation of from 5,000 to 8,000 feet. In the city
of Mexico enormous and grand trees are to be found.
Introduced into Kurope about 1840, or before. Has not proved
hardy in Denmark.
13. GLY PTOSTROBUS.—Endl. Conif. 69 (except sp.) ; Carr.
Conif. 450 (except sp.); Gord. Pinet. 89. Thuya spec. Poir.
Dict. Encycl. v. 305; Staunt. Embassy to China, 486; Lamb.
Pinet. ed. 2,115. Taxodii spec. Brongn. in Ann. des Scienc. Nat.
ser. 1, xxx. 184, and ser. 2, xii. 232. Schuberti a spec. Spach, Hist.
des Vég. Phan. xi. 352.
Flowers monoecious; male flowers perhaps not yet described;
female, ovate catkins on the end of small side-branches.
Cones ovoid, ligneous ; the scales soon fall off.
Seeds two, upright, ovoid, depressed ; ripen in one year.
This genus is only to be found in China. By some authors it is
referred to the genus Taxodium.
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G. heterophyllus, Endl. Syn. Conif. 70. Thuya lineata, Poir.
Dict. suppl. v. 305. T. lineata 8 lavandulezfolia, Poir. l.c. T. pen-
silis, Staunt. Embassy to China, 436. Taxodiwm japomcwn,
B heterophyllum, Brongn. l.c. Taxodiwm japonicum, Brongn. Ann.
Se. ser. 2, xii. 232. TT. sinense, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 179. Schubertia
japonica, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xv. 352. Taxodiwm Horsfieldii,
Knight. Taxus nucifera, hort. (not Thunb.). Cupressus nucifera,
Denhardt in Heeb. Vindob. TYaxodium heterophyllum, Brongn.
Ann. Sc. ser. 1, xxx. 184.
Habitat.—China, in the neighbourhood of Canton, and along the
banks of the river Whampoa. The limits of its distribution have not
yet been ascertained.
Introduced into Europe early in the present century.
G. h. pendulus, Endl. Syn. Conif. 71. Taxodiwm distichwm
pendulum Carriere, Traité Génér. Conif. ed. 2, 182. T. distichum
sinense, hort. IT. sinense pendulwm, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 180. JZ.
distichum sinense pendulum, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1078. TZ. sinense,
hort. Nois. Gord. Pinet. 309.
G.h. pendulus novus. Taxodiwwm distichum pendulum novum,
P. Smith.
All the forms of Glyptostrobus may be hardy, but it is not yet
certainly determined, as the plants under observation are still young.
14. SHQUOIA.—Endl. Conif. 197; Torrey in Report of
Bot. of Whippl. Expedit. 84; Carr. Conif. 163 and 209; Gord.
Fimet. 303, and pl. auct. Taxodi sp. Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2,
107, t. 48; Winslow in Californ. Farm. for 1854. Wellingtonia,
Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1853, 823. Washingtonia, Winslow, l.c.
Schubertia (?) sp. Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phaner. xi. 533; Parl. in
D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 435; Bot. Mag. t. 4777 and 4778; Koch,
Dendr. 11. 187 ; Henk. and Hockst. Syn. der Nadelh. 221; Ic. in
Flore des Serres, t. 892 and 893; Desne. in Rev. Hort. ser. 4, iv.
10 and 11, fig. 12; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pflf. ii.
paeoos Bull, Bot. Soc. France, i. 70; Gray in Proc. Am.
Acad. ii. 94; Am. Journ. Sc. ser. 2, xvii. 440, xviii. 150; Torrey
in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 140; Blake in Pacific R.R. Rep. v. 257,
t. 13; Newberry in Pacific R.R. Rep. vi. 90; Cooper in Smithsonian
Rep. 1858, 263 ; Wood, Bot. of Fl. 315 ; Bloomer in Proc. California
Acad. iii. 397 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 239; Bertrand in Ann. Sc. Nat.
ser. 5, xx. 114; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 36; Muir. in Proc. Am.
Assoc. xxv. 242 ; Watson, Bot. California, 1. 117 ; Beissner, Nadel-
holzk. 156.
Flowers moncecious, solitary, and often terminal.
Cones small in the Sequoia, sub-globular, or obtusely oval, and
lioneous. In the formerly called Wellingtonia they are twice as
large.
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Seeds from three to five under each scale, variously shaped, and
winged. :
Leaves evergreen, two-ranked, and flat in Sequoia. In the Wel-
lingtonia the leaves are needle-shaped, spiral, and persistent, or scale-
formed, and imbricated on adult trees, while the leaves of the Sequoia
always acquire the form and expansion of a Taxus, and are two-ranked.
The leaves on matured plants of Wellingtonia are also scale-like,
closely imbricated, and attached to the branch by a broad base ; and
when, as happens in the more vigorous shoots, the leaves acquire un-
usual development, they still are sessile, with a triangular section,
and no tendency whatever to form a flat leaf.
Lofty trees, found in California and North-west America.
The genus Wellingtonia is considered by most systematic botanists
as untenable, it not being sufficiently distinct from Professor End-
licher’s genus Sequoia; nevertheless the name has hitherto been
almost universally adopted in garden literature.
S. gigantea, Torr. in Sillim. Journ. ser. 2, xviii. 150, ex
Torr. and Whippl. Expedit. 84. Wellingtonia gigantea, Lindl. in Gard.
Chron. 1853, s. 819 and 823. Sequoia Wellingtonia, Seem. in
Bonpl. 1855, i. 27. Washingtonia californica, Winsl. in Californ.
Farm. 1854. Taxodiwm Washingtonianum, Winsl. l.c.
Habitat.— California, western slopes of the Sierra Nevada, from
Placer County (Calaveras Grove), south to Deer Creek on the southern
borders of Tulare County.
The largest tree of the American forest, 250-400 feet in
height, with a trunk 20-40 feet in diameter; valleys and moist
swales or hollows, between 4,000 and 6,000 feet elevation ;
srowing in small, isolated groves, except towards its southern
limits, where it is mixed with the Sugar Pine and red and
white Firs, covering large tracts, often several hundred acres in
extent.
Wood very light, soft, weak, brittle, rather coarse-grained,
compact, remarkably durable in contact with the soil; bands of small
summer cells thin, dark-coloured, conspicuous; medullary rays
numerous, thin; colour bright clear red, turning much darker with
exposure, the thin sapwood white ; specific gravity, 0°2882 ; ash, 0°50 ;
formerly manufactured into lumber, and locally used for fencing,
shingles, construction, &c. (C. S. Sargent).
No known timber is so excessively light, soft, and brittle ; its
bark is tough, spongy, and stringy in texture, and seems to be largely
charged with a crimson-coloured matter, exuding and hardening into
a substance like gum. It is a form of tannin, and the Wellingtonia
may thus supply a substitute for Oak bark (Lawson, ‘‘ Pinetum
Britannicum,” Sequoia Wellingtonia, p. 193).
Sequoia gigantea, a writer in Blackwood’s Magazine says, was
first discovered in 1850 by a Mr. Dowd, who, when out hunt-
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ing, was led by a herd of deer which he was following into the
Big Tree Valley. He stopped as one enchanted, feeling like Gulliver
when lost in the field of barley, such as he had never even dreamed
of as existing in the world. He told his companions of his adventure
on his return, but all laughed at his story as a barefaced attempt to
impose on their credulity. It was with the greatest difficulty he
succeeded in inducing some of them to accompany him to the spot,
and verify his statements by actual inspection and measurement.
The happy individual to whom common fame more generally ascribes
the discovery is a Mr. J. M. Wooster, whose claims have rested on an
inscription, ‘‘ J. M. Wooster, June 1850,” cut, more Anglico, into the
bark of one of the trees—‘‘ Hercules,” to wit. As this token of
discovery has been mentioned in the very earliest notices of the tree,
there is no doubt that the date of the inscription is genuine, and that
it is not an ex post factv operation. It has been jestingly said that
this is only a manuscript notice, and not publication, and, therefore,
that Mr. Wooster is not entitled to the honour of the discovery,
which must go, in right of priority, to the first persen who published
his discovery, Mr. Lobb. But Mr. Wooster himself disclaims it.
Mr. Hutchins, in his ‘‘ Scenes of Wonder and Curiosity in California,”
says : ‘‘Since writing the above we have made the acquaintance of
Mr. Wooster, who disclaims all title to the discovery, although of the
same party, and gives it to W. Whitehead, Esq., who, while tying
his shoe, looked casually round him and saw the trees, June 1850.”
We confess we feel disposed to give the palm of discovery to
Mr. Whitehead ; the simplicity and probability of the discovery
made on looking up from tying his shoe carry conviction to our
mind. The incident of tying his shoe is the last that would occur to
an inventor. A romancer would scarcely think of a party passing
through the grove without noticing the enormous size and height of
the trees ; and yet what more natural than that people, not botanists,
should have been passing through forests of all sizes, and not thinking
about trees? It would only be when something made them pause
that trees might strike them. It is, no doubt, exceedingly probable,
and doubtless true, that Mr. Dowd discovered them in the same
year, and possibly within a few days or weeks of Mr. Whitehead ;
but, in the absence of any data for determining which of them was
first, we should certainly, for our part, place ourselves on the side of
the man who discovered them while tying his shoe. The rumour of
the discovery soon spread, and the grove was visited by many.
Among these early visitors were two of our countrymen, who at least
were the first to introduce the tree into Britain—Mr. John D.
Matthew, son of Mr. Patrick Matthew, of Gourdiehill, near Errol,
and Mr. Lobb, who was collecting for Mr. Veitch. The credit of
introducing it is generally awarded to Mr. Lobb; and, so far as
regards introducing it in commercial quantities, no doubt he was the
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introducer. But swwm cuique tributo. The first seeds received in this
country were sent by Mr. Matthew, and the oldest plants are those .
which were raised from them. Mr. Lobb returned from California
in December 1853, bringing his seeds with him, as appears from an
article by Dr. Lindley in the Gardeners’ Chronicle of 24th December
in that year. ‘‘The other day,” says he, ‘‘we received from
Mr. Veitch branches and cones of a most remarkable coniferous tree,
also Californian seeds, anda living specimen which had just been
brought him by his excellent collector, Mr. William Lobb, who, we
are happy to say, has returned loaded with fine things” (‘‘ Pinetum
Britannicum ’’).
The tree is one of the largest known on the face of the earth,
perhaps the largest. It is not so thick as the Adansonia from West
Africa, or as some of the Leguminosz from South America, nor so
tall as the gum trees of Australia, some of which reach 450 feet in
height. Nor does its ally, the Sequoia sempervirens, come far short
of it in size, although it stands a little in the background. Still, the
Wellingtonia is perhaps the most striking of them all, combining
more than any other both enormous height and thickness. Its average
dimensions, when full-grown, are about 300 feet in height and 90
feet in girth at the base. The dimension of one of the fallen trees,
whose top had been broken off, is estimated at 425 feet if the top had
remained. Lord Richard Grosvenor (Gardeners Chronicle, 7th Janu-
ary, 1860) speaks of one he had seen as being 450 feet high and 116
feet in circumference—a height greater than that of St. Peter’s at
Rome, and little less than the Pyramids. Mercantile men may
bring home to their minds the enormous size of these trees in another
way, viz., by calculating the quantity of wood in a tree, and its
price at a penny per foot of inch deal, which gives the astounding
result of £6,250 as the value of a single tree. Although this is a
good mode of showing the enormous quantity of timber in one of
these trees, it would not do for practical calculations of its value.
Sequoia gigantea does not become fully developed in all parts of
Denmark. The finest plants are to be seen in the eastern part of the
country. In 1883 some fine trees, whose age was about 25 years,
were measured in Giorslev Park ; the height of the biggest tree then
was 40 feet, and the circumference of the stem, breast high, was a
little more than 43 feet. J have since that time observed the trees,
which are continuing a fine growth and produce very well-developed
cones.
In other gardens and parks trees almost as tall are to be seen,
but often the lower branches are somewhat spoilt.
In Norway Sequoia gigantea has been tried in several places along
the coast between Christiania and Molde (62°44’), In the Botanic
Gardens at Christiania Professor Schiibeler planted a sapling 2 feet
high out of doors. It lived for several years, but each summer’s
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erowth was generally more or less killed by frost in the winter.
There is reason to believe that this species will not thrive there.
At Balestrand great farm gardens (61° 15’) there was planted
in the spring of 1876 a Wellingtonia of about 1 foot high. In the
hard winter of 1880-81 the top shoot was killed, but afterwards a
new one sprang up. In September 1885 the tree had a height of
17 feet 10 inches.
In Southern Sweden the Wellingtonia seems to do well, but it is
perhaps not to be found farther north than Gothenburg (57° 42’),
S. sempervirens, Endl. Conif. 178. Taxodiwm sempervirens,
Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 120, t. 64. TT. nutkaense, Lamb. Herb. Schubertia
sempervirens, Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phan. xi. 353. Sequoia gigantea,
Endl. Conif. 198.
Habitat.—California, from the northern boundary of the State,
south through the coast ranges to Veer’s Creek, near the southern
border of Monterey County.
A large tree of great economic sain 200-300 feet in height, with
a trunk 8-23 feet in diameter, sending up from the stump when cut
many vigorous shoots ; sides of caflons and gulches in low, wet
situations, borders of streams, &c., not appearing on dry hillsides ;
generally confined to the western slopes of the coast ranges, and
nowhere extending far from the coast; most generally multiplied and
reaching its greatest average density north of Cape Mendocino (C. S.
Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
The Redwood was discovered by Mr. Archibald Menzies in
1795, from whose specimens Mr. Lambert figured and described it in
his great work, ‘‘The Genus Pinus,” under the name of Taxodiwm
sempervirens. Nothing more was heard of it till David Douglas
visited California in 1831, but he, from some cause not now known,
failed to introduce it into England. Dr. Coulter, who travelled in
California in 1836, was the next botanist to make mention of it, but
no seeds were received from him. ‘Ten years later Hartweg, when
collecting for the Royal Horticultural Society, succeeded in sending
to England the first consignment of cones and seeds to which any
authentic date can be assigned, but Mr. Gordon affirms that it was
introduced into Europe by the Russians in 1843, or three years earlier
than the receipt of Hartwee’s consignment.
Douglas makes the following remark, in a letter published in
Hooker’s ‘‘ Companion to the Botanical Magazine,” 11. 150: ‘‘ But the
great beauty of Californian vegetation is a species of Taxodium, which
gives the mountains a most peculiar, I was almost going to say awful,
appearance, something which plainly tells us we are not in Europe.
I have repeatedly measured specimens of this tree 270 feet long, and
52 feet round at 5 feet above the ground. Some few I saw upwards
of 300 feet high, but none in which the thickness was greater than those
Thave instanced.” This passage led to the belief that the Wellingtonia
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was first seen by Douglas in his Californian explorations ; but this is
now known to be a mistake. Mr. William Lobb has shown, from the
route followed by Douglas, which is perfectly well known, that he
never came within 120 miles of any of the habitats of this tree. What
he saw was Sequoia sempervirens, as may be otherwise inferred from
the terms in which he speaks of it (‘‘ Pinetum Britannicum ”’).
Owing to the accessibility of the Redwood forests, due to their
proximity to the coast, and to their being traversed by innumerable
streams, the consumption of Redwood timber is proceeding at a rate
that would almost exceed belief were it not attested by reliable statistical
facts. Sawmills and logging camps are established along the coast,
where the immense trunks are reduced to useful timber with a
prodigious waste of wood. More destructive still are the operations
of the sheep farmer, who fires the herbage to improve the grazing, and
whose flocks of tens of thousands of sheep devour every green thing
more effectively than the locust. ,
During the last quarter of a century the Anglo-Saxon has been
ruthlessly carrying fire and the saw into the forests of California,
destroying what he could not use, and sparing neither young nor old,
and before a century is out the two Sequoias may be known only as
herbarium specimens and garden ornaments ; indeed, with regard to
the “Big Trees,” the noblest of the noble coniferous trees, the
present generation, which has actually witnessed its discovery, may
live to say of it that ‘‘The place thereof will know it no more” (Sir
J. D. Hooker, ‘‘ Address to the Members of the Royal Institution,”
April 1878).
Sequoia sempervirens is still somewhat rare in the gardens of
Denmark. A plant measured in 1882 at Fuglsang was reported to
have attained a height of 10 or11 feet. Atthe gardens of the brewery,
Carlsberg, near Copenhagen, I have seen a somewhat smaller plant
which produced cones. It is covered with Spruce branches every
winter. The young plants of the Redwood seen in other gardens often
suffer from frost on the young growth. Near the coast the plant
seems to prosper best.
S. s. adpressa, Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2,211. S. s. albo spica
or spicata, hort. 8S. pyramidata, hort. Taxodiwm sempervirens albo
spica, hort. This variety seems to be more tender than the type.
15. ATHROTAXIS.—Don in Linn. Trans. xvii. 171; Hook.
Icon. t. 559, 5738, 574; Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 148; Endl.
Conif. 193; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 158; Gord. Pin. 29; Henk. and
Hochst. Nadelh. 219. Cunninghamia sp. Zucc. in Sieb. Fl. Jap.
ii. 9; Brongn. Dict. Univ. d@ Hist. Nat. iv. 464; Benth. Fl. Austr.
vi. 241 ; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pfif. 1. s. 89.
Flowers moncecious, solitary, terminal, and separate ; sometimes
the different sexes are found entirely occupying distinct plants.
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Cones small, ovoid or globular, and woody.
Scales oval, entire, destitute of bracts, and imbricated.
Seeds from three to five or six under each scale.
Cotyledons two.
Leaves without petioles, scale-formed, and either closely adpressed
to the branchlets or open and incurved.
Name derived from arthron, a joint, and taxis, arrangement, the
shoots having the appearance of being jointed.
All small trees, natives of Tasmania. Some of them have fruited
inthe South of England. With protection it seems possible to winter
some out of doors in Denmark.
A. cupressoides, Don. Cunninghamia cupressoides, Zucc. FI.
Jap. u. 9. A. imbricata, Maule ex Gord. Pin. suppl. 16. A. cu-
pressoides, Don in Linn. Trans. xviii. 173, t. 18, f. 2; Hook. Ic. t.
559, and Fl. of Tasm. i. 354; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v.
222 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 196 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 161 ; Gord. Pinet.
30. A. imbricata, hort. aliq.
Habitat.—Tasmania, near the sea of Saint Claire and the Pine
River.
Wintered indoors.
A. laxifolia, Hooker in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 149, and Ic.
t. 573; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 222 ; Endl. Syn. Conif.
196 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 162 ; Gord. Pinet. 30. A. Doniana, Maule
ex Gord. l.c.
Habitat.—Tasmania, near the cataracts of Meandra.
Introduced into Europe in 1858.
Wintered indoors.
A. selaginoides, Don. Cwnninghania selaginoides, Zuce. FI.
Jap. ii. 9 (in note). A. selaginoides, Don in Linn. Trans. xviii. 171,
t. 14; Hook. Ic. t. 574, and Fl. of Tasm. i. 353; Endl. Syn. Conif.
194; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 159 (excl. syn. Lindl. and Gord., and
Endl.); Gord. Pinet. 31. A. alpina, hort. ex Gord. l.c. A. imbricata,
hort.
Habitat.—Tasmania, near the cataracts of Meandra.
Introduced into Europe about 1847.
Wintered indoors.
Trise IT1.—TAXEA.
16. TAXUS.—Tourn. Inst. 362; Linn. Gen. n. 1135; Juss.
Gen: n. 412; Rich. Conif. 131, t. 2; Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phan.
xi. 290 ; Endl. Gen. Pl. 1799, and Conif. 242 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif.
516 and 729; Gord. Pinet. 210; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 352 ;
Parl. Fl. Ital. iv. 94. Verataxus, Nelson, Pin. 168; Parl. in D. C.
Prodr. xvi. 2, 499; Zucc. in Abhandl. Bayer. Akad. Miinchen. iii.
892, t. 5; Nees, Gen, Pl. Germ. Monach. n. 14; Rchb. Ic. FI,
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Germ. t. 538 ; Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. t. 44; Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap.
t. 128; Nutt. N. Am. Sylv. t. 108; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. -
Natiirl. Pflf. ii. p. 112 ; Willkomm, Forstl. Fl. p. 270; Loud. Arbor. -
et Frut. Brit. iv. 2066; Veitch, Man. Conif. 291; Beissner, Nadel-
holzk. 166.
Flowers dicecious, sometimes moncecious, axillary.
Fruit solitary, and one-seeded.
Disc a fleshy open cup, and viscid.
Seeds nut-like, with a bony shell, free, and exposed on the upper
part.
Leaves linear, decurrent, and alternate.
Cotyledons two, short.
Name derived either from taxis, arrangement, from the leaves
being placed on the branchlets like the teeth of a comb, or from
toxicum, poison, the common Yew being poisonous, or from toxon,
a bow, the wood being much used for that purpose.
The English name Yew is said to come from the Celtic w, green.
All evergreen trees, or bushes, found in the temperate and cool
temperate parts of Europe, Asia, and America.
T. brevifolia, Nutt. Sylv. ui. 86, t. 108. ZT. baccata, Hook.
Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 167. 7. Lindleyana, Murr. in Edinb. New Phil.
Journ. 1855, 294. TT. Bouwrsiervi, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1854, 228, and
Conif. ed. 2, 739. T. occidentalis, Nutt. l.c.
Habitat.—Queen Charlotte Island and the valley of the Skeena
River ; south through the coast ranges of British Columbia, through
Western, and the mountain ranges of Hastern, Washington Territory and
Oregon to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains of Northern
Montana (Canby and Sargent) ; through the Californian coast ranges to
the Bay of Monterey, and along the western slopes of the Sierra
Nevadas to about latitude 37° N.
A tree 60-80 feet in height, with a trunk 1-2 feet in diameter,
or towards its eastern limits in Idaho and Montana much smaller,
often reduced to a low shrub; rare; low, rich woods and borders
of streams, reaching its greatest development in Western Oregon,
Washington Territory, and British Columbia (C. 8S. Sargent).
T. baccata, L. Spec. Pl. 1472. ‘Opidos, Theophr. Hist. Plant.
ii. 4,6, 7. Spidra& 7 ra&os, Galen. Simpl. 8; Diosc. iv. 80. Taxus, Plin.
Hist. Nat. xvi. 20, 23; Matthiol. Valgris. 444; Bauhin, Hist. i.
241; English Botany, tab. 746; Schkuhr, tab. 339; Rich. Conif.
19, t. 2; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2066, f. 1981-91, and Encyel.
of Trees, 939, f. 1751-52 ; D. C. Fl. Fr. i. 279; Desf. Hist. Arbr.
ii. 554; Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 167 ; Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan.
xi. 292, and Atl. Pl. 132, f. 2; Endl. Syn. Conif. 242; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 227 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 52 ; P. D. Dict.
Univ. @Hist. Nat. vii. 20; Carr, Tr, Gén. des Conif. 517; Gord.
PINETUM DANICUM. 3138
Pinet. 311. T. nucifera, Wall. Tent. Fl. Nep. 44, t. 57 (excl. syn.).
T. virgata, Wall. Pl. Exsicc. T. nepalensis, Jacq. Pl. Exsicc.
T. Wallichiana, Zucc. in Abhandl. d. Math. Phys. Kl. d. Bayer Akad.
iii. 803, t. 5. |
The Yew being almost always raised from seed, the male and female
plants may be supposed to be nearly equally distributed, both in
natural woods and in artificial plantations. According to Miller and
Lamarck, both sexes are sometimes found on the same tree. ‘‘ As far
as we have been able to observe,” says White of Selborne, ‘‘ the male
tree becomes much larger than the female one” (Nat. Hist. of Selb.
ed. 1789).
Varennes de Feuilles states that the wood, before it has been
seasoned, when cut into veneers, and immersed some months in
pond water, will take a purple-violet colour, probably owing to the
presence of alkali in the water. According to this author, the wood
of the Yew weighs, when green, 80 lbs. 9 oz. per cubic foot, and
when dry 61 lbs. 7 oz. It requires a longer time to become perfectly
dry than any other wood whatever ; and it shrinks so little in drying
as not to lose above ;.th part of its bulk. The fineness of its grain
is owing to the thinness of its annual layers, 280 of these being
sometimes found in a piece not more than 20 inches in diameter.
lit is universally allowed to be the finest Huropean wood for cabinet-
making purposes. Tables made of Yew, when the grain is fine,
according to Gilpin, are more beautiful than tables of mahogany, and
the colour of its root is said to vie with the ancient citron. It is
generally employed in the form of veneers, and for inlaid work ; it is
also used by the turner, and made into vases, snuff-boxes, musical
instruments, and a great variety of similar articles. Both the root
and trunk furnish, at their ramifications, pieces of wood beautifully
veined and marbled, which are highly prized. The sapwood, though
of as pure a white as the wood of the Holly, is easily dyed a jet
black, when it has the appearance of ebony.
T. baccata has in several Danish gardens attained a height of over
30 feet.
Habitat.—The Yew is indigenous to most parts of Europe, from
lat. 58° N. to the Mediterranean Sea, and also to the east and west
of Asia ; and on the supposition that 7’. canadensis is only a variety of
T. baccata, which we believe to be the case, the common Yew is also
a native of North America, in Maryland, Canada, and other places.
In a wild state it is confined to shady places, such as the north side of
steep hills, or among tall deciduous trees, and is always found on a
clayey, loamy, or calcareous soil, which is naturally moist. It some-
times grows in the clefts of dry rocks, but never on sandy plains ; and
hence it is wanting inthe Russian Empire, except on the mountains of
the Crimea and inthe Caucasus. It is found in every part of Britain,
and also in Ireland—on limestone cliffs and in mountainous woods
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in the South of England, and on schistous, basaltic, and other rocks
in the North of England ; and in Scotland it is particularly abundant
on the north side of the mountains near Loch Lomond. In Ireland
it grows in the crevices of rocks, at an elevation of 1,200 feet, but at
that height it assumes the appearance of a low shrub. According to
Templeton, it is rarely, if ever, found there in a state which can be
considered truly wild. The Yew is rather a solitary than a social tree,
being generally found either alone or with trees of a different species.
In England, and also, as Pallas tells us, in the Caucasus, it grows
under the shade of the Beech, which few other evergreens will do.
It grows wild in West Norway up to lat. 623° N. In Kast Norway
it goes to 60° 28’. In Sweden it thrives near the coast, and is
growing wild up to 61°. In Finland it is not growing wild. On the
Aaland Island it only grows as a small shrub. In Denmark the only
place it is growing wild is at Munkehjerg, the beautifully situated
hotel near the town of Veile, in Jutland. These fine plants are seen
erowing together with many Ilex, &c. Formerly the Yew was
much more widely spread in Denmark, but owing to the value of the
wood the wild plants have been destroyed in most parts of the
country.
Professor I’. C. Schiibeler says in his ‘‘ Viridarium,” 1886, that the
only variety of those he tried at Christiania that flourished was
T. baccata pendula. Several times he planted 7. baccata fastigiata
or libernica; sometimes it grew tolerably well, but ordinarily it
suffered to such a degree that it could not be used for decoration ;
but at the marine establishment at Horten, at the Christianiafjord
(59° 51’), this form for many years did very well, and has reached
a height of 13 to 14 feet. .
The Yew is also found in Algeria, on Mount Taurus in Cilicia, in
Greece, in Armenia, and, according to Parlatore, as far eastwards as
the River Amour. On the Himalayas it occurs at a height of
10,000 feet, and spreads eastwards from Kashmir to Assam and the
Khasya Hills ; also in Japan and the Philippine Islands.
In a wild state the Yew affords food to birds by its berries, and an
excellent shelter to them during severe weather, and at night by
its dense evergreen foliage, but no insects live on it; and the male
plant at least is credited with being poisonous.
It is admirably adapted for underwood, because, like the Holly
and the Box, it thrives under the shade and drip of other trees.
When planted in masses by itself, the trees are drawn up with straight
trunks, like Pines and Firs, and in good loamy soil, on a cool bottom,
plantations of Yews, treated in this manner, must be highly valuable.
T. b. adpressa, Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 380, and Conif. 731.
T. adpressa, Gord. Pinet. 310. . T. sinensis tardiva, Knight, Syn.
Conif. 52. TT. brevifolia, hort. TT. parvifolia, Wender, Conif. 42.
T. baccata microphylla, Jacq. T. cuspidata, Sieb. and Zucc. Koch,
PINETUM DANICUM. 815
Dendr. ii. 96. Cephalotaxus tardiwa, Sieb. Mss.; Endl. Conif. 239.
C. adpressa, hort. C. brevifolia, hort.
This variety is perhaps, in Norway, only to be found at Laurvik
(59° 3’), where it has done well for several years. In Sweden it
thrives well at Lund in Skaane (55° 42’), but poorly enough at
Stockholm (59° 20’). We have very finely developed shrubs of it in
different parts of Denmark.
T. b. adpressa stricta, hort. JT. b. verticillata, hort. T.
adpressa stricta, hort. T. a. erecta, hort. T. a. fastigiata, hort.
T. b. Dovastonii, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1861, 175. T. pendula,
hort. JZ. Dovastonii, hort. TT. umbraculifera, hort. T. cuspidata,
Sieb. and Zucc., Koch, Dendr. ii. 97. Cephalotaxus umbraculifera,
Sieb. (in Endl. Syn. Conif. 239).
The Westfelton Yew stands in the grounds of T. F. M. Dovaston,
Esq., at Westfelton, near Shrewsbury, and the following account has
been sent to us by that gentleman: ‘‘ About sixty years ago, my
father, John Dovaston, a man without education, but of unwearied
industry and ingenuity, had, with his own hands, sunk a well, and
constructed and placed a pump in it; and the soil being light and
sandy, it continually fell in. He secured it with wooden boards ; but,
foreseeing their speedy decay, he planted near to the well a Yew tree
which he bought of a cobbler for sixpence, rightly judging that the
fibrous and matting tendency of the Yew roots would hold up the
sou. They did so, and, independently of its utility, the Yew grew into
a tree of the most extraordinary and striking beauty, spreading
horizontally all round to the diameter of (now, 1836) 56 feet, with a
single aspiring leader to a great height, each branch in every direction
dangling in tressy verdure downwards ; the lower ones to the very
ground, pendulous and playful as the most graceful Birch or Weeping
Willow, and visibly obedient to the feeblest breath of summer air.
lis foliage is admirably adapted for retaining the dewdrops, and, in
consequence, it makes a splendid appearance at sunrise. Though a
male tree, it has one entire branch self-productive and exuberantly
profuse in female berries, full, red, rich, and luscious, from which I
have raised several plants, in the hope that they may inherit some of
the beauty of their parent” (Loud. Arbor. et Frut. Brit.).
T. b. ericoides, hort. (the Heath-like Yew). T’. ericoides, hort.
T. empetrifolia, hort. TT. microphylla, hort. T. baccata microphylla,
hort.
A small, slender, slow-growing variety, with very small dark
green foliage, and rather short, erect, slender twigs, very distinct in
appearance, and only from one to two feet high.
T. b. fastigiata, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 939, f.. 1751. T. b.
hibernica, hort. IT. fastigiata, Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soe.
v. 227. T. hibernica, Hook. Mack. Fl. Hybern. 260. T. pyra-
midalis, hort. aliq,
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The Irish Yew has, in some Danish gardens, attained the height of
about 20 feet.
A very distinct variety, readily distinguished from the species by
its upright mode of growth and deep green leaves, which are not di-
stichously arranged like those of the common Yew, but are scattered
around the branchlets. It is the Irish Yew of gardens.
T. b. fructo luteo. This variety appears to have been first dis-
covered by Mr. Whitlaw of Dublin, about 1817, or before, growing on
the demesne of the Bishop of Kildare, near Glasnevin ; but it appears
to have been neglected till 1833, when Miss Blackwood discovered a
tree of it in Clontarf churchyard, near Dublin. Mr. Mackay, on
looking for this tree in 1837, found no tree in the churchyard, but
several in the grounds of Clontarf Castle, and one (a large one) with
its branches overhanging the churchyard wall. The tree does not
differ, either in its shape or foliage, from the common Yew ; but, when
covered with its berries, it forms a very beautiful object, especially
when contrasted with Yew trees covered with berries of the usual
coral red colour.
T. canadensis, Willd. Sp. Pl. iv. 856. 7. baccata minor, Mch.
Bi Amer. 01. 245. -f. baccata, Hook. Hi. Bor Amer on: 16.2.
procumbens, Lodd. Cat. 1836, 67.
Habitat.—Parts of Eastern Canada (to 54° N.) and the North-
eastern States, especially on the Alleghanies to Virginia.
Introduced into Europe about 1800. It has for the last twenty
years done well at Christiania.
17. CEHPHALOTAXUS.—Sieb. and Zucec. in Endl. Gen. PI.
suppl. ii. 27 ; Endl. Conif. 237 ; Carr. Conif. 507 ; Gord. Pinet. 44;
Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 361 ; Nelson Pin. 166. Taxi sp. Thunb.
El dap. 275; Parl.-an D.C, Prodr! (xviz 257502—-eetionosaimer
Wob. t. 66 (Taxus); Bot. Mag. t. 4499; Sieb. and Zucc. in Endl.
Gen. Pl. suppl. 1. and Syn. Conif. 237 ; Carr. Conif. 715 ; Gord. Pinet.
44; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 102 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der. Nadelh.
361; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirlich. Pfif. ii. 109 ; Beissner,
Nadelholzk. 178.
Flowers dicecious, pedunculate, and in globular heads.
Fruit drupaceous, or, like the common plum, fleshy outside, and
two or three in a head.
Seeds solitary, nut-like, with a bony or woody shell, and enclosed in
the fleshy cup ; about the size of a damson, and ripening the second year.
Leaves one-nerved, linear, alternate, and in two rows.
Cotyledons two, short. '
Name derived from kephale, a head, and taxis, arrangement,
flowers and fruit growing in close globular heads.
All evergreen shrubs ; found in China and Japan.
C. drupacea, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam, Nat. ii. 108,
PINETUM DANICUM. eS l7/
and Fl. Jap. ii. t. 130, 131. Taxus baccata, Thunb. FI. Jap. 275 (excl.
syn.). O. Fortune: fomina, hort. alig. C. coriacea, Knight, Syn. Conif.
51. Taxus coriacea, Knight, l.c. T. japonica, Hook. ex Gord.
Pinet. 45, suppl. 21.
Habitat.—In Japan, at a height of 1,625-8,250 feet, it grows
more like a shrub than a tree; it is also to be found in forests of
deciduous trees on the Kamagana Mountains, on the Island of
Tsusima, near Nagasaki, where it is also cultivated, and on Nippon,
near Yokoska and Kunagava.
It was discovered by Mr. Fortune in North China in 1848.
Seems to be hardy.
C. Fortunei, Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4499. C. Fortunei mas, hort.
Introduced from North China by Mr. Fortune in 1849.
C. Fortune: has in some Danish gardens attained a height of
about 5 feet.
C. gracilis. I have been able to examine only one plant, which
seems to be hardy.
C. pedunculata, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. ii. 108,
and Fl. Jap. u.t. 1338. Taxus Harringtoma, Forb. ex Pinet. Wob. 217,
t. 63. TT. Inukaja, Knight, Conif. 51.
Habitat.—In Japan, on the mountains of Kiusiu, on Nippon ; and
also in China, in Chusan.
It was introduced from Japan in 1837 under the name of Taxus
Harringtomana, by which name it is often known in collections.
Has proved hardy in several places in Denmark.
C. p. fastigiata, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1863, 439, fig. 36, and Conif.
ed. 2, 717. Podocarpus koraiana, Sieb. in Soc. d’Hort. des Pay-Bas,
1844, 35. OC. Burger, Miq. Ann. Mus. Lug. Batav. ii. 169 ; Pro-
lusio Fl. Jap. 333. C. koraiana, hort. Taxus japonica, Lodd. ex Gord.
Pinet. 275. Podocarpus coriacea, hort. P. Sciadopitys, hort.
Introduced from Japan in 1861.
Has proved hardy in many gardens.
This plant is better known among horticulturists as Podocarpus
koraiana or Taxus japonica. That it is no other than a variety of
Cephalotaxus pedunculata M. Carriere has clearly demonstrated. He
remarks that ‘‘ the doubts I expressed in my former edition relative to
the specific value of Podocarpus koraana are realised, and, as I
suspected. instead of a Podocarp it is an accidental fastigiate form of
C. pedunculata. I have seen a strong plant of this variety which at
2 feet from the ground had developed lateral branches with distichous
foliage, and which at that point had formed a verticil like a project-
ing stage, while the parts both above and below were quite upright.”
18. TORREYA.—Arnott in Ann. of Natur. Hist. 1. 126;
Hook. Icon. iii. t. 232, 233; Endl. Gen. Pl. suppl. i. 27, and
Conif. 240; Carr. Conif. 511 and 723 ; Gord. Pinet. 326. Podocarpi
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sp. Pers. Syn. ii. 633. Caryotaxus, Zucc. Msc. ; Henk. and Hochst.
Nadelh. 365. Fcetataxus, Nelson, Pinac. 167 ; Engelm. Bot. of Calif.
ii. 120; Lamb. Pinet. t. 32, ed. min. t. 45-47 (Pinus); Sieb. and
Zuce. Fl. Jap. t. 106 (Abies) ; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 247 (Pinus); Nutt.
N. Amer. Sylv. t. 116 ; Newberry, Bot. Williams Exp. t. 7 ; C. Koch,
Dendr. ii. 248 (subgenus) ; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 148 (Sekt. i.
von Abies); Coulter’s Bot. Gaz. vi. 223; Chapman, Fl. S. States,
suppl. 650; Maxim. Mél. Biol. vi. 373; Franch. and Savat. Enum.
Pl. Jap.; Eichler in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pflf. ii. 80;
Wilkomm, Forstl. Flora, 102; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 504;
Nutt. N. Americ. Sylv. t. 109; Newb. Pl. Williams Exped. 62,
cum ic. ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 97; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl.
liiligare EE)
As the name ‘‘Torreya” already exists in Nyctaginx (Spreng.),
and in Cyperacex (Raf.), it might be better to give the name ‘‘ Caryo-
taxus ” to this genus.
Flowers dicecious. Males solitary ; females in twos or threes, erect,
and all axillary.
Fruit one-seeded, drupaceous, resembling a nutmeg both ex-
ternally and internally ; fleshy on the outside, like the common plum.
Seeds solitary in each fruit, with the albumen ruminated like the
inside of the common nutmeg, and covered with a hard bony shell.
Leaves linear or lanceolate, decurrent at the base, and either
opposite or alternate, large, of a disagreeable odour.
Cotyledons two.
Named in compliment to Dr. Torrey, the celebrated American
botanist, and one of the authors of the ‘‘ North American Flora.”
All small evergreen trees, found either in North America, China,
or Japan, and emitting a strong disagreeble smell from all parts when
bruised.
T. californica, Torr. in New York Journ. Pharm. ii. 49, and
Whipple’s Rep. 14. 7. Myristica, Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 4780
(1854). Caryotaxus Myristica, Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 368.
Habitat.—On the Sierra Nevada, in California, up to an elevation
of 5,000 feet. Generally also in the vicinity of rivers or moist ground.
Introduced into Europe in 1851 by W. Lobb.
Only one plant has been observed, and nothing can be said yet
as to its hardiness.
T. grandis, Fort. in Gord. Pinet. 326. Caryotaxus grandis, Henk.
and Hochst. Nadelh. 367.
It was introduced from Northern China (Che-Kiang) by Mr.
Fortune in 1847. It is scarcely distinguishable from the Japanese
Torreya nucifera.
Only one plant has been observed, and nothing can yet be said
about its hardiness ; it has kept well a couple of winters covered with
green branches.
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iT. nucifera, Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. ii. t. 129. Taxus nucifera,
Kempf. Amcoen. Exot. 814, 815, cum ic. Podocarpus nucifera, Pers.
Syn. i. 633. Oaryotaxus nucifera, Zucc. Mss. ; Henk. and Hochst.
Nadelh. 366. Podocarpus coreana, Van Houtte, Catal. P. coreacea,
hort.
-Itis found in Japan sparingly on the mountains, and also on the
west coast of Nippon and Sikok, at an elevation of from 1,625-3,250
feet. It was introduced into European gardens about 1818.
Wintered in a cold frame in Denmark.
19. GINKGO.—Kempf, Amen. Exot. 811, 813; Linn. Mant.
il. $13, 314. Salisburia, Smith in Linn. Trans. iii. 330; Rich. Conif.
133, t. 3; Endl. Gen. Pl. n. 1803, and Conif. 236; Carr. Conif.
503 ; Gord. Pin. 298 ; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 373. Pterophyllus,
Nelson, Pin. ; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 498, 506; Van Tiegh. in
Ann. Se. Nat. ser. 5, x. 276; Wats. Dendr. Brit. t. 168 (Salisburia) ;
C. Koch, Dendr. 11. 107 ; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pfif. ii.
108 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 189.
Flowers dicecious; the males in spikes, axillary, and without
pedicels ; the female in terminal clusters, on long pedicels.
Fruit drupaceous, or covered with a fleshy pulp, and smooth ex-
ternally, mostly single from abortion, and enclosed at the base in a
small fleshy cup.
Seeds solitary in each fruit, and covered with a smooth, hard, bony
shell.
Leaves fan-shaped, on long petioles, lobed, jagged on the outer
margins, and covered on both sides with minute radiating nerves.
Cotyledons two.
The name Salisburia, by which the Ginkgo is often known, was
given in compliment to R. A. Salisbury, F.R.S., an eminent English
botanist. |
A large deciduous tree, native of China and Japan.
G. biloba, Linn. Mant. ii. 313, 314. Salisbwria adiantifolia,
Salisb. in Linn. Trans. 11. 330.
The Japanese names for this tree are ‘‘Ginan” (deciduous tree),
and ‘‘ Fusi-kin-go” (buds crowned with leaves in summer). The
Chinese call it ‘“ Ginkgo” (full of leafless buds in winter), in addition
to ‘‘Ginan,” “‘ Quachow,” and “ Gin-ki-go ” (a tree without leaves in
winter).
_Habitat.—Northern China. It is frequently met with in Japan,
where it was most probably introduced.
Introduced into England about 1754. It had been made known to
_ Europeans sixty years previously by Keempfer (Veitch).
_ G. b. macrophylla, hort. Salsburia adiantifolia laciniata,
Carriére. Salisburia macrophylla, Regnier. G. biloba lacimata, hort.
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larger, some of them measuring 10 inches in circumference, and
divided into two, three, or five lobes—the principal lobes being again
subdivided, undulated, and irregularly laciniated, or dentated on the
edges ; a very fine variety of French origin.
The Salisburia, or Ginkgo tree, is generally considered by bota-
nists to be a native of the Island of Nippon and other parts of Japan,
and also of China ; but M. Siebold, who resided seven years in Japan,
and published a flora of that country, states that the inhabitants
of Japan consider the tree as not truly indigenous to their country,
but to have been brought to them from China, though at a very
remote period; and Bunge, who accompanied the mission from
Russia to Pekin, states that he saw near a pagoda an immense Ginkgo
tree, with a trunk nearly 40 feet in circumference, of prodigious
height and still in the vigour of vegetation (Bull. de la Soc. d’Ag.
du Départ. de ’Hérault, 1833). It was first discovered by Keempfer in
Japan in 1690, and an account of it was published by that author
in his ‘‘ Amcenitates Exotice ” in 1712. It is uncertain when this tree
was introduced into Kurope. If the estimate made by Professor Kops
of Utrecht as to the age of the Salisburia growing in the Botanic
Garden there be at all near the truth, it must have been first intro-
duced into Holland between 1727 and 1737, and, from the connection
of the Dutch with Japan at that time, we think this highly probable.
It is certain that it was not introduced into England till 1754, ora
year or two previous, because Ellis, writing to Linneeus in that year,
mentions that Gordon had plants of it. Gordon sent a plant of it to
Linnzeus in 1771, who, in his ‘‘ Mantissa,” published in that year,
noticed it, for the first time, under the name of Ginkgo biloba, which
was altered by Smith in 1796 to Salisburia adiantifolia. This altera-
tion, stated by Smith to be made on account of the generic name
being ‘‘ equally uncouth and barbarous,” was very properly objected
to at the time, and has since been protested against by M. de Candolle,
on the principle of checking the introduction of a multiplicity of
names.
The manner in which this tree was introduced into the gardens of
Paris is curious, and was thus related by M. André Thouin, when
delivering his annual Cours d’Agriculture Pratique in the Jardin des
Plantes: In 1780 a Parisian amateur named Pétigny made a
voyage to London in order to see the principal gardens, and among
the number of those he visited was that of a nurseryman who
possessed five young plants of Ginkgo biloba, which was still rare
in England, and which the gardener pretended that he then alone
possessed. These five plants were raised from nuts that he had
received from Japan, and he set a high price on them. However,
_ after an abundant déjewner, and plenty of wine, he sold to M. Pétigny
these young trees of Ginkgo, all growing in the same pot, for 25 guineas,
which the Parisian amateur paidimmediately, and lost no time in taking
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away his valuable acquisition. Next morning, the effects of the wine
being dissipated, the English gardener sought out his customer, and
offered his 25 guineas for one plant of the five he had sold the day
before. This, however, was refused by M. Pétigny, who carried the
plants to France ; and, as each of the five had cost him about 120
francs, or 40 crowns (quarante écus), this was the origin of the name
applied to this tree in France, of arbre aux quarante écus, and not
because it was originally sold for 120 francs a plant. Almost all the
Ginkgo trees in Franee have been propagated from these five, im-
ported from England by M. Pétigny.
The wood of the Ginkgo is said by Kzempfer to be light, soft, and
weak ; but Loiseleur Deslongchamps describes it as of a yellowish
white, veined, with a fine close grain, and moderately hard. It is
easy to work, receives a fine polish, and resembles in its general ap-
pearance citron wood. It is, he says, much more solid and strong
than the ordinary white woods of Europe; and though the tree is
closely allied to the Coniferz, it has nothing resinous in its nature.
In China and Japan the Ginkgo appears to be grown chiefly for its
fruit, the nuts of which, as Dr. Abel observes, are very generally
exposed for sale in the markets of China, though he was not able to
ascertain whether they were used as food or as medicine. In Japan,
according to Kempfer, they are never omitted at entertainments,
entering into the composition of several dishes, after having been
freed from their acridity by roasting or boiling. They are reputed,
he says, to be useful in digestion and in dispelling flatulence.
Thunberg says that even the fleshy part of the fruit is eaten in Japan,
though insipid or bitterish ; and that, if slightly roasted, skin and all,
itis not unpalatable. Some of the fruits which ripened in the Botanic
Garden of Montpelier were tasted by M. Delille and MM. Bonafous
of Turin, who found their flavour very like that of newly roasted maize.
M. Delille says that after roasting the nuts he found nothing in the
kernels but a farinaceous matter, without the least appearance of oil,
notwithstanding what Keempfer incidentally mentions to the contrary.
M. Peschier, a chemist of Geneva, discovered in the husk of the fruit
an acid, to which he gives the name of acide gengotque (see ‘‘ Biblio-
theque Universelle de Genéve,” as quoted in Ann. de la Soc. d’Hort.
de Paris, xv. 95). Bunge says that the Chinese plant a number
of young trees of the Salisburia together, in order to produce a
monstrous tree, by inarching them into one another; but Delille
thinks that this may probably have been done in order to unite male
and female trees, for the sake of fertilising the fruit. In Europe,
hitherto, the use of the tree has chiefly been as a botanical ornament ;
but it is suggested by Loiseleur Deslongchamps and others that, as it
grows with great rapidity in the South of France, it may be planted as.
a timber tree, and applied to the same uses as the Ash, of which it has
the advantage of being more solid and having a greater specific gravity
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Ginkgo biloba has in several Danish gardens attained a height of
nearly 30 feet, and a circumference of the stem of about 3 feet.*
Professor Schiibeler says in his ‘* Viridarium ” that the only place
where this plant is to be found in Norway is the Botanic Gardens at
Christiania. In 1839 a specimen four or five years old was planted
against a wall facing east, where it grew luxuriantly. The stem had
in 1885 a circumference of 22 inches, and the crown was 10 feet
high and 7 to 8 feet broad.
In Southern Sweden, in Skaane and on Gothland, there are to
be found examples that are 10 to 15 feet high, but there also the
tree grows very slowly.
It seems as if this tree will live at Viborg, in Finland (60° 45’)
(‘‘ Tidning fér Tradgardsodlare,” Journal of Horticulture, Stockholm,
xx. 52). At Riga (56° 57’) it does well (Johannes Klinge, ‘‘ Die
Holzgewichse von Est, Low- und Curland,” Dorpat, 1883, p. 3).
20. PHYLLOCLADUS.—L. C. Rich. Conif. 129, t. 3; Hook.
Icon. vi. tt. 549, 550, 551; A. Rich. Pl. Nov. Zeland. 363; Endl.
Conif. 234 ; Hook. fil. Fl. of New Zealand, i. 254; Carr. Conif. 498
and 704; Gord. Pin. 139 ; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 370.
Podocarpi sp. Labill. Nov. Holl. iu. 71, t. 221. Brownetera, Rich.
Mss. Robertia, Rich. Mss. Thalamia, Spreng. Anleit. 1. 218.
Flowers moncecious, and in close terminal clusters.
Fruit in small, connected heads, with a fleshy aril.
Seeds solitary, very small, half enclosed at the base by the fleshy
aril, and nut-like, with a thin shell.
Leaves minute, scale-like bodies, on the margins of the branchlets ;
branchlets leaf-like, opposite, pinnate, or fan-shaped and feather-
veined.
Cotyledons two.
Name derived from phyllon, a leaf, and klados, a branch—leaf-
like branchlets.
All trees, found in New Zealand, Borneo, and Tasmania:
P. rhomboidalis, L.C. Rich. Conif. 130, t. 3, f. 2. Podocarpus
aspleniifolia, Labill. Nov. Holl. 1. 71, t. 221. Salisburia Billardierii,
L. C. Rich. Mss. ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 235; Knight, Syn. Conif. 48 ;
Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soe. v. 226; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv.
377, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 500; Gord. Pinet. 141, and suppl. 43.
* Specimens of the ‘‘ Maidenhair-tree ’’ exist in the following places in
England, viz.:—(1) Whitfield, near Hereford, in 1868 was 50 feet high,
girth 7 feet 2 inches at 5 feet from the ground; (2) Panshanger, 58 feet
high in 1868, girth 8 feet at 6 feet from the ground; (3) Blaize Castle,
Henbury, 1879, a specimen 65 feet high; (4) Broadlands, 1882, 40 feet
high, girth 7 feet at 3 feet up, spread of branches 45 feet; (5) Royal
Gardens, Kew, 1889, 60 feet high, girth 9 feet 3 inches at 4 feet up, spread
of branches 44 feet; (6) an old tree of smaller dimensions also exists in
Chelsea Botanic Garden.
PINETUM DANICUM. 325
P. Billardieriit, Mirb. in Mém. Mus. xiii. 76. P. aspleniifolia, Hook. fil.
in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 151. Thalamia aspleniifolia, Spreng.
Syst. i. 890. Phyllocladus serratifolia, Noisette, ex Gord. Pinet.
suppl. d.c.; Hook. Fl. of Tasm. 1. 358. Taxus serratifolia, Noisette,
ex Gord. l.c.
Habitat.—Tasmania, on low and moist ground.
Intreduced into Europe in 1825,
Wintered indoors.
P. trichomanoides, Don in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, 11. app. ; A.
Cunningh. in Ann. of Nat. Hist. i. 211; Hook. Ic. t. 549-551;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 285 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 226 ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 49; Hook. Fl. of New Zeal. 235; Carr. Man.
des Pl. iv. 377, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 499; Gord. Pinet. 142, and
suppl. 43. P. rhomboidalis, A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. 363 (not L. C.
Rich.).
Habitat.—New Zealand, in the forests near Tamesin.
Wintered indoors.
A graceful tree, with a straight cylindrical stem and spreading
branches, growing 60 or 70 feet high, and 3 or 4 feet in diameter, found
in the forests of Tamesin, on the northern island of New Zealand,
where it is called by the natives Tanekaha and Toa-Toa. The timber is
hard and heavy, and the bark is used by the natives of New Zealand
for dying their mats of a red or black colour.
SERIES B.
Tris 1V.—PODOCARPEA.
51. DACRYDIUM.—Sol. ex Forst. Pl. Esc. 80; Lamb. Pin.
paemieedar ich, Conif, 127, t. 2; f. 2; Endl. Gen. Pl. n. 1801,
and Conif. 224 ; Hook. fil. Fl. of New Zeal. 233, and Fl. of Tasm.
pape ear Conit, edy 1, 485, and ed. 2, 690; Gord. Pin. 73;
Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 405. Allania, Colenso in Lond. Journ.
of Bot.i.301. Thalamia, Spreng. Syst. Veg. iii. 890. Microcachrys,
Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 149, and Fl. of Tasm.
008, t. 100; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 494; Brongn. and Gris.
in Bull. Soc. Bot. Tr. xvi. 328, and in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Par. iv.
0, t. 2; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pflf. 11. 106.
Flowers dicecious.
Fruit fleshy and erect.
Seeds with a hard, bony shell, resting in a short, cup-shaped, fleshy
aril.
Leaves needle-shaped or scale-like, and opposite.
Name derived from ddxpv (dakru), a tear, in reference to the
gummy exudation of the trees.
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Trees and shrubs, natives of Tasmania, New Zealand, the Hast
Indies, and New Caledonia.
Kichler, in ‘‘ Die natiirlichen Pfanzenfamilien,” refers Dacrydium
to Podocarpez ; but in his Syllabus he, like Benth. and Hook.,
assigns it to Taxeee.
D. cupressinum, Sol. ex Forst. Pl. Esc. 80, and Prodr. 92 ;
lamb. Pinet. ed. 92) ans 117, to ol Rich. ConiteelGuatseo. tenon
A. Rich. Fl. Nov. Zel. 361; A. Cunningh. in Ann. of Nat. Hist. 1.
214; Endl. Syn. Conif. 225; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 225 ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 48; Hook. fil. Fl. of New Zeal. 233; Carr.
Man. des Pl. 375, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 486, and ed. 2, 691; Gord.
Pinet. 74. D. Lobbii, hort. aliq. Thalaniia cupressina, Spreng.
Syst. 11. 890.
It is the typical tree of the western district of the North Island,
New Zealand.
Wintered indoors.
D. Franklinii, Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. ser. 2, iv. 152,
t. 6 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 227 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v.
225; Knight, Syn. Conif. 48; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 376, and Tr. Gén.
Conif. 490 ; Gord. Pinet. 75 ; Hook. fil. Fl. of Tasm. i. 357; Henk.
and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 408 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 698 ;
Veitch, Man. Conif. 319. D. huonense, A. Cunningh. Mss.
Habitat.—Tasmania, near the river Huon and towards the port
of Macquarie.
A large pyramidal tree, with spreading or pendent branches,
thickly clothed with spray, growing 100 feet high and 20 feet in
circumference. Timber excellent for naval purposes.
Wintered indoors.
22. MICROCACHRYS.—Hook. fil. Benth. Fl. Austral. vi.
240 ; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 250; Bot. Mag. t. 5576 (1866) ; Hichl. in Engl.
and Prantl. Natiirlich. Pfif. ii. 103, 104, with illus. ; Carr. Conif.
ed. 2, 687; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 408; Hook. fil.
in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 149 (in parte), and Fl. of Tasm. i. 358;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 227 ; Gord. Pinet. 134.
Flowers dicecious ; the male catkins oval-oblong or cylindrical, and
in clusters on the ends of the smaller branchlets ; the female oval-
obtuse, or globular, erect, and terminal.
Fruit very small, nearly globular, terminal, nodding, somewhat
fleshy, bright red, and composed of numerous small scales.
Scales spreading, loosely imbricated, oval-rhomboid, thick, rather
fleshy, bright red, and from twenty to thirty in number.
Seeds egg-shaped, solitary at the base of each scale, larger than the
scales, more or less exposed, and with a thin bony shell.
Leaves ovate, scale-formed, very small, closely imbricated in four
rows, and of a deep glossy green colour.
PINETUM DANICUM. 325
Name derived from mikros, small, and cachrys, a fir cone, the
cones being remarkably small.
This genus consists of but one prostrate evergreen shrub found
abundantly on the hills of Port Cypress, and on the top of the western
mountains of Van Diemen’s Land. It is cultivated in greenhouses.
M. tetragona, Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. iv. 150 (not
Arch. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 51), and Fl. of Tasm. t. C. B. (in
parte) ; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 376 (in parte), and Tr. Gén. Conif. 62
(in parte) ; Gord. Pinet. 134 (in parte) ; Carr. Rev. Hort. 1866, 270
(cum wc.). Pherosphera Hookeriana mas, Arch. l.c. Arthrotaxis (2)
tetragona, Hook. Ic. t. 560 (Gunn, n. 367), and Fl. of Tasm. pl. 100.
Dacrydium sp. (?).
Habitat.—On the summit of some of the western mountains of
Tasmania.
Wintered indoors.
23. SAXHEGOTHEA.— Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. 1851-2,
J11, and in Journ. Hort. Soc. vi. 258; Cl. Gay, Fl. Chil. v.
411; Carr. Conif. 481, 684; Gord. Pin. 300; Henk. and Hochst.
Nadelh. 410; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 497; Gord. Pin. 300;
Hichler in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pfif. 11. 103; Veitch, Man,
Conif. 315; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 16, 135.
Flowers moncecious ; male flowers in spikes, female in globular
heads. |
Fruit composed of several thickened scales, formed into a solid
fleshy cone.
Seeds pale brown, glossy, oval, witha short, thin, jagged membrane,
enveloping the base of the seed only.
Leaves alternate, scattered, more or less two-ranked, leathery, and
flat.
Named in compliment to his Royal Highness Prince Albert.
A large bush or smail tree; found on the mountains of Pata-
gonia.
_ §. conspicua, Lindl. in Paxt. Flower Gard. 1851-2, 111.
Habitat.—Valdivian and Chilian mountains ; Patagonia.
Introduced into England in 1849 by William Lobb.
Only young plants have been tested out of doors in Denmark.
The hard winter of 1890-91 did not hurt the plants, which were only
covered with dead leaves over the roots and some few Spruce branches
over the tops.
24. PODOCARPUS.—WL’Herit. Mss. ; Kunth in Humb. and
Bonpl. Nov. Gen. et Sp. ii. 2; Rich. Conif. 124; Endl. Gen. Pl.
262, n. 1800, and Conif. 206; R. Brown in Horsf. Pl. Jav. Rar. 35 ;
Carr. Conif. 436, and ed. 2, 643; Gord. Pin. 268; Henk. and
Hochst, Nadelh, 377. Taxi sp. Thunb. Willd. Juniperi sp. Roxb,
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Pavon. Nageia, Geertn. de Fruct. i. 191, t. 39; Gord. Pin. 135; Carr.
Conif. ed. 2, 635; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 507; Brongn. and
Gris. in Bull. Soc. Bot. Tr. xiii. 425, xvi. 325; Benth. Fl. Austral.°
vi, 246; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 105; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl.
Pfif. ii. 104. Podocarpus (sect. Nageia), Endlich. Syn. Conif. 207 ;
Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 368, and Tr. Gén. Conif, 437. Calophyllus,
J, E. Nelson, Pinac. (pro parte), 154.
Flowers dicecious, rarely moncecious.
Fruit drupaceous, inverted, and adhering.
Seeds hard and bony-shelled.
Leaves either opposite, alternate, or scattered, linear or oblong,
and one-nerved.
Cotyledons two.
Name derived from rovs, a foot, and kapros, a fruit—fruit foot-
stalked.
All natives of the temperate zones of Asia, Africa, and America.
Rp?
P. alpina, R. Br. ex Mirb. in Mém. Mus. xui. 75; Bennett in
Horsf. Pl. Jav. Rar. 40; Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. ser. 2,
iv. 150; Endl. Syn. Conif. 214 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc.
v. 223; Carr. Man. des Pl. 371, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 456, and ed. 2,
652 (not Gord. Pinet. 268).
Habitat.—Tasmania, Mount Wellington, at 4,650 feet elevation,
and on the somewhat lower grounds of Marlborough ; also in south-
east New Holland, in Victoria, &c. Wintered indoors.
P. chilina, Rich. in Ann. Mus. xvi. 297, and Conif. 11, t.1, f. 1;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 212; Knight, Syn. Conif. 47; Cl. Gay, Fl. Chil.
v. 401 ; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 370, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 448, and
ed. 2, 649 ; Gord. Pinet. 270. P. saligna, Don in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2,
il. 120.
Habitat.—Grows in great numbers on several mountains of Chili.
Introduced in 1853. Wintered indoors.
P. chinensis, Wall. List. n. 605; Endl. Syn. Conif. 213 (excel.
syn. longifolia and verticillata, hort. and macrophylla, Don) ; Lindl.
and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 223; Blume, Rumph. iii. 216; Carr.
Man. des Pl. iv. 371, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 457 ; Gord. Pinet. 271,
and suppl. 87. Taxus chinensis, Roxb. Hort. Bengal, 73. Juniperus
chinensis, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Orient. ii. 840. (?) Taxus macrophylla,
Thunb. Fl. Jap. 276. P. macrophylla 8 Maki, Endl. l.c. 216; Lindl.
and Gord. l.c. 224; Blume, l.c. P. Makoya, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 218.
P, Makoyt, Hortus Lovan. ; Blume, Rumph. ui. 216. P. Maki, Sieb.
and Zucc. Fl. Jap. t. 184. P. Makoye, hort. P. macrophylla, vay.
Maki, Neumann, Rev. Hort. 1848, 41 (cwm ic.).
Habitat.—Japan, near Nagasaki; at Yeddo, on Nippon; and in
China, in Yunnan.
Introduced in 1804.
PINETUM DANICUM. B27.
According to Thunberg, the white wood is exceedingly durable,
and is never attacked by insects. _Wintered indoors.
P. elongata, Herit. Mss. ; Rich. Conif. 13, t. 1, f. 2, and FI.
Abyss. v. 278; Endl. Syn. Conif. 218, 219; Lindl. and Gord. Journ.
fort soc. vy. 224; Carr. Man, des Pl. iv. 372, 373, and Tr. Gén.
Conif. 470, 472; Gord. Pinet. 273, 286. Taxus elongata, Sol. in
Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. 415. Taxus capensis, Lamb. Dict. iii.
229. P. pruinosa, EK. Meyer, Mss. P. Meyeriana, Endl. Syn. Conif.
218 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 224; Carr. Man. des PI. iv.
872, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 472, and ed. 2, 671. P. falcata, R. Br. ex
Mirb. in Mém. Mus. xiii. 75; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soe.
v, 224. FP. linearis, hort. ex Gord. Pinet. 273.
Habitat,—The Cape, and Abyssinia, about 6,500 feet high, in the
province of Godjana. Wintered indoors.
P. japonica, Hort. Bogor. ex Sieb. in Ann. Soc. d’Hort. Pays-
Bas. 1844, 35, 36; Endl. Syn. Conif. 217 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ.
Hort. Soc. v. 224; Carr. Man, des Pl. iv. 372, and Tr. Gén. Conif,
464; Gord. Pinet. 275. LP. lanceolata, Gord. l.c. P. longifolia, hort.
aliq.
Haditat.—Japan, in the southern parts.
Intreduced about 1851.
_P. macrophylla, Don in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, 11.125; ieb. and
Zuce. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. i. 108, and Fl. Jap. 183; Blume, Rumph.
ii. 215 (not Wall.); Endl. Syn. Conif. 216 (excl. P. Maki and its
syn.); Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 224 (excl. P. Maki) ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 47 (excl. syn. Maki, Makoyi,and Makaya) ; Carr,
Man. des Pl. iv. 371, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 463; Gord. Pinet, 278,
and suppl. 89. Maki Foetens, Kempf. Amcen. Exot. 780. Taxus
macrophylla, Banks, Ic. Kempf. t. 24. P. verticillata, hort. aliq.
P. spinulosa, hort. aliq. (not R. Br.). P. mucronata, hort. aliq.
Habitat.—Japan.
Introduced into Europe about 1804 (Loud. Arbr. et Frut. p. 2000),
A plant under a slight covering of Spruce-branches stood the
winter cf 1890-91 very well, and seems to be almost hardy.
P. neriifolia, R. Br. in Horsf. Pl. Jav. Rar. 40; Don in Lamb,
Pinet. ed. 2, iii. 122; Endl. Syn. Conif. 215; Lindl. and Gord,
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 224, and Fl. Serr. viii. 49 (cum ic.); Carr.
Man. des Pl. iv. 371, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 458, and ed. 2, 661;
Gord. Pinet. 279, and suppl. 89. P. macrophylla, Wall. List. n. 6052
(not Don).
Habitat.—Nepaul, Singapore and Penang.
Introduced about 1829. Wintered indoors.
P. spinulosa, R. Br. ex Mirb. in Mém. Mus. xiii. 75; Endl.
Syn. Conif. 213; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 223; Carr.
Man. des PI. iv. 370, 371, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 453, 455, and ed. 2,
603, 654; Gord. Pinet, 269, 277, 283. Taxus spinulosa, Smith in
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Rees’ Cyclop. n. 7. P. pungens, Caley, Mss.; Don in Lamb,
Pinet. ed.‘2, ii. 124. -P. excelsa, Lodd. Cat. 1836, 37. P. Bidwillii,
Hoibr. in Hort. Hug. P. Lawrencii, Hook. fil. in Lond. Journ. of
Bot. ser. 2, iv. 151. P. alpina 8 Lawrencii, Hook. fil. Fl. of Tasm,
i. 356.
Habitat.—Hastern New Holland. Wintered indoors.
P. taxifolia, Humb. Bonpl. and Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Spec.
i1..2, t. 97 ; Rich. Conit, 1d, -t. 29. ia. B.C, hindi syasn Conde
219; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 224; Carr. Man. des PI.
373, and Tr. Gén, Conif. 473, and ed, 2, 672; Gord. Pinet. 288, and
ed. 2, 673. Taxusmontana, Willd. Spec. iv. 587. P. montana, Lodd.
Cat. 1836, 37. Torreya Humboldtii, Knight, Syn. Conif. 51. Dacry-
dium distichum, Don in Lamb. Pinet, ed. 2, iii. 120. P. taxifolia
communis, Kunth, l.c.
Habitat.—Peru, 6,500 feet altitude, on the Saraguru, between
Ono and Loxa. Wintered indoors.
P. Thunbergii,.Hook. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. ser. 2, i. 657,
t. 22; Endl. Syn. Conif. 217; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc.
v. 224; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 470. Taxus latifolia, Thunb. Fl. Cap.
ed. Schult, 547. Taxus macrophylla, Banks, Mss. in Herb. Jacq.
P. latifolia, R. Br. ex Mirb. in Mém. Mus. xiii. 75 (not Wall. or
Blume). P. nobilis, hort.
Habitat.—Cape of Good Hope. Wintered indoors.
P. Totara, Don in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, ii. app. (excl. syn.);
A. Cunningh. in Ann. of Nat. Hist. i. 212 ; Hook. in Lond. Journ.
of Bot. ser. 2, i. 572, t. 19; Endl. Syn. Conif. 212 ; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 223; Knight, Syn. Conif. 47; Hook. fil. Fl.
New Zeal. 233 ; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 370, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 451,
and ed. 2, 652; Gord. Pinet. 284, and suppl. 90. P. pungens, hort.
(not Caley). P. spinulosa, hort. (not R. Br.). Dacrydiwm spinulo-
sum, hort. ex Gord. Pinet. suppl. l.c.
Habitat.—Northern part of New Zealand. The colonists call it
the New Zealand Mahogany Pine. Wintered indoors.
24a. NAGAKIA, Gaertn.
Flowers monoecious or dicecious.
Fruit drupaceous, spherical, large, like a cherry.
Leaves without midrib, broad, ovate, and elliptic; sometimes
long, attenuated, pointed at the summit, and reminding one somewhat
of a Dammara. Fruits believed to ripenthe second year.
N. japonica,,Gertn. Carpol. i. 191, t. 39; Gord. Pinet. 135,
and suppl. 41. Cupressus Bambusacea, Otolanzan, Kwa-i, iv. 2.
Laurus julifera, Folio speciosa enervi, Kempf. Amcen. Exot. 773
(ic.), l.c. 874. Podocarpus Nagxia, R. Br. ex Mirb. in Mém. Mus. xiii.
75, 76; Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. Fam. Nat. 11. 109, and FI. Jap. t.
PINETUM DANICUM. 329
135 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 207 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v,
222 ; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 368, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 437. Myrica
Nagi, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 76. Dammara Veitchii, Henk. and Hockst,
Syn. der Nadelh. 216.
Habitat.—Japan, on the mountains of Nippon, in the provinces of
Katsuga and Jamata. ;
Introduced about 1840. Wintered indoors.
25. PRUMNOPITYS, Phil. Henk. and Hockst. Syn. 369;
Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 11. 682.
This genus, of which there only exists one species, is by some
authors referred to Podocarpus; but Professor Philippi, the Chilan
explorer, has made it a genus by itself, and no doubt he knows it
better than most phytologists.
Tt is described as a tree 50-65 feet high, having some re-
semblance to certain varieties of Taxus baccata. The branches are
numerous, and covered with brown bark. The leaves are more or
less two-ranked, flat, straight, or a little curved, 15 to 20 mm.
long and about 2 mm. broad. They are dark shiny green, but in
_ culture sometimes a little greyish. They are slightly channelled on
the under surface ; the midrib is very narrow, and on each side of it
there is a glaucous line; they are acuminate at the summit, and
pointed or obtuse. The fruits are drupaceous, ovate, about 15 to
16 mm. long, greenish yellow, and the seeds are said to be eatable.
P. elegans, Philippi in Linnea, xxx. 371. Taxus spicata,
Dombey, Mss. ex Mirb. in Mém. du Mus. xii. 76. Podocarpus
spicata, Poepp. Nov. Gen. et Spec. i. 18. Podocarpus andina,
Peepp. Mss. ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 219 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort.
Soc. v. 224; Cl. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 403 ; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 373,
and Tr. Gén. Conif. 474; Gord. Pinet. 286.
Habitat.—Chili, on the Southern Andes, up to an elevation of
about 4,300 feet.
It was introduced into Europe in 1860 by Veitch’s collector, Richard
Pearse. In Denmark it has kept alive out of doors for several years.
In the hard winter of 1890-91 an unprotected plant suffered much, but
threw up young shoots from the older wood. It is more suited for
culture in pots, but with protection it will perhaps live outdoors.
On the Continent it is rarely to be met with except in Western
France, where, especially at Cherbourg, nice plants are to be seen.
In Denmark, and in other countries as well, it is best known under
the above-given name, Prumnopitys elegans, but some new authors
prefer the name Pedocarpus andina. In some works it seems that
two different plants have been described under the two just named
most common synonyms. The name Prumnopitys seems right for
the plants in this country.
In the Gardeners’ Chronicle for January 3, 1863, it is said of-
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Prumnopitys that if it is really a genus distinct from Podocarpus,
there is no doubt that it nearly approaches to P. andina, Peppig.
The wood is said to be very fine-veined, and consequently much
valued by ebonists,
Trine V.—ARAUCARIEA.
26. CUNNINGHAMIA.—R. Brown in Rich. Conif. 149,
t. 18; Endl. Gen. Pl. n. 1796, and Conif. 192; Carr. Conif. 170,
227; Gord. Pin. 54; Henk. and Hockst. Nadelh. 217. Pini sp.
Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, i. 52. Abietis sp. Desf. Catal. Hort. Paris,
ed. 3, 356. Belis, Salisb. in Linn. Trans. vil. 315. Raxopytis, Nelson,
Pin.97 >; Parl. in D: C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 4325 BorbsikineWobs tao.
Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. t. 103, 104; Bot. Mag. t. 2743 ; Hichl.
in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pff. u. 85; C. Koch, Dendr, i. 202,
Flowers moncecious, and terminal.
Cones small, ovoid or globular, and ligneous.
Scales acute-pointed, and without bracts.
Seeds three under each scale.
Leaves lanceolate, rigid, and flat.
Cotyledons two.
A small tree, native of China. Maximowicz observed it at
Yokohama, where it was most likely planted.
Hichler, in his Syllabus (1886), like Bentham and Hooker, refers
Cunninghamia and Sciadopitys to Araucariez ; but in 1887, in ‘‘ Die
natiirlichen Pflanzenfamilien,” he refers them to Taxodies, which
forms a link to Araucariez.
C. sinensis, R. Br. in Rich. Conif. 80, t. 18, f. 3. Abies major
sinensis, &c. Plukn. Amalth. 1. t. 351, f. 1. Pinus Abies, Lour. FI.
Cochin. ii. 270 (excl. syn.). Pinus lanceolata, Lamb, Pin. ed. 1,
i. 52, t. 34. Abies lanceolata, Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris, ed. 3, 356.
Cunninghania lanceolata, Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 59, t. 37. Belis
jaculifolia, Salisb. in Linn. Trans. vii. 315. Belis lanceolata, Sw.
Hort. Brit. 475. Araucaria lanceolata, hort.
Habitat.—Southern China ; in Japan it is cultivated.
This remarkable tree is a native of China, and was introduced in
1804 by Mr. William Kerr, by direction of the Honourable Court of
Directors of the East India Company. It was first supposed to belong
to the genus Pinus, and was called Pinws lanceolata, from its sharp
lanceolate leaves ; but, on more careful examination, it was made a
separate genus by Mr. Salisbury, in the ‘‘ Linnean Transactions,”
under the name of Belis, from belos, a javelin—the leaves somewhat
resembling in form the head of that weapon. The name of Bellis
having been already applied to the daisy, that of Belis was considered
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to bear too strong a resemblance to it, and accordingly it was after-
wards changed by Mr. Brown to Cunninghamia, by which name it
was first described by M. Richard in his ‘‘ Mémoires sur les Coniferes.”
For many years after it was first introduced it was kept in the green-
house, but in 1816 a plant was turned out into a sheltered part of
the pleasure-ground at Claremont.
It was named in compliment to Mr. James Cunningham, who dis-
covered it in the neighbourhood of Canton in 1702.
Young plants did very well out of doors here in the inter of
1890-91 ; two or three of them were covered with leaves over the
roots, ml branches of Fir over the top, but such care seemed quite
unnecessary, as the less protected plants succeeded even better.
Jt seems rare on the Continent, even in Germany.
27. aaa (or Agathis), —Rumph. Herb. Amboin. il. 174;
Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 70; Endl. Conif. 108; Hook. fil. Fl. of New
Zeal. 231; Carr. Conif. 424, 677; Gord. Pin. 77; Henk. and Hochst.
Nadelh. 209. Pini sp. Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, i. 61. Abietis sp. Poir.
Dict. v. 35. Agathis, Salisb. Linn. Trans. viii. 311; Rich. Conif.
151, t. 19; Parl. in D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 374; Forb. Pin. Wob. t.
58, 59; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Natiirl. Pflf, i. 66.
Flowers dicecious.
Cones ovoid or globular, and axillary.
Scales persistent, and without bracts,
Seeds unattached and solitary.
Cotyledons two.
Leaves petiolate or almost sessile, opposite or alternate, and
leathery.
Name derived from its native one in Amboina, where the Malays
callit Dammar °‘ puti,” or ‘*‘ batu,” on account of the large quantity
of resin it produces, which at first is soft, viscid, and transparent, but
eventually becomes hard and like amber.
All large trees, natives of the East Indian Islands, New Zealand,
New Caledonia, and New Guinea.
The Dammaras are distinguished from the true Pines and Firs by
their broad, opposite or alternate, oblong-lanceolate, attenuated,
leathery leaves, with parallel veins, and in the male and female
flowers being solitary and on separate plants ; they, however,
approach nearest to the genus Araucaria in being dicecious, but they
differ from it in the form of the scales, in the absence of a bract
to each female flower, and in the seeds being winged only on one side,
and free, or unattached.
D. australis, Lambert, Pin. ed. 2, u. 73, t. 44; A. Cunningh.
Ann. of Nat. Hist. i. 211; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2449, f. 2310, 2311,
and Encycl. of Trees, 1066, f. 1990; Zuce. in Abhandl. der Mathem.
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Phys. Klasse der Berl. Akadem. iii. t. 1, f. 2, t. 2, 16 (err.) and
17; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 179, t. 59; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi.
368; Endl. Syn. Conif. 190; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc,
v. 221; Knight, Syn. Conif. 45; Hook. fil. Fl. of New Zeal. 231;
Carr. Man. des. Pl. iv. 863, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 427; Gord. Pinet,
77; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 211. Agathis australis,
Salisb. in Linn. Trans. viii, 312.
Habitat.—New Zealand, in the northern parts.
Introduced into Europe in 1823.
Wintered indoors.
The Kauri Pine is a native of New Zealand, and is also frequently
designated the Cowrie tree, or the Pitch tree. Itis said to attain a
height, in that country, of from 80 to 140 feet, producing a straight
trunk, free from branches, to a height of from 40 to 70 feet, and
is reckoned a very valuable tree for ship-masts and various other
purposes. The branches are thickly clothed with leaves, which are
of a lanceolate-oblong shape, erect, of a coriaceous texture, generally
opposite, except on the old branches, when they are sometimes
alternate, entire, obtuse at the apex, and occasionally slightly
emarginate, from an inch to an inch and a half in length, and scarcely
half an inch in breadth; of a shining pale green colour, and some-
what dilated at the base, not attenuated as in the otherspecies. In
Mr. Lambert’s work on the genus Pinus we have some valuable
remarks relative to the coniferous trees that are indigenous to
New Zealand, by George Bennett, Esq., F.L.8., &. The following
is an extract from that gentleman’s observations on the Kauri Pine:
“* This magnificent tree, which ornaments the New Zealand forests, is
the Dammara australis of Lambert, and is called Kauri by the natives.
of New Zealand, which name probably was given on account of the great
diameter it attains. It grows very erect, and attains a height of from
80 to 90 feet, and in diameter it is considered the largest tree in New
Zealand. It occasionally attains 24 feet in circumference, and I have
seen several cut down measuring from 16 to 20 feet. The timber is of
excellent quality, close-grained, durable, and valuable for a variety.
of purposes, either in plank or spar; as yards and masts for shipping
they have been found, by repeated trials, superior to all others, both
in their flexibility as well as durability. The wood is of a white colour.
The leaves of this Pine, when young, are alternate, but in form
lanceolate, which changes, as the tree increases in growth, to an ellip-
tical oblong form. This tree yields a large quantity of resin of a
white and amber colour, very transparent, burning with a bright
flame, and having a very agreeable smell. It exudes spontaneously.
and hardens on the trunk, but in much larger quantities on an inci-
sion being made in the tree and left for a night. On the following
morning a large quantity is usually found to have exuded, and still
continues to exude for a long time afterwards. This tree yields the
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largest quaritity of resin of all the New Zealand resiniferous trees. It
resembles the resin named Dammara in the Hast Indies, and is,
indeed, produced from a tree of the same genus, and might, con-
sequently, be employed for similar purposes for which that resin is
used in India, as pitch for ships, varnish, &c., and might form an
article of commerce from New Zealand to the colonies of New South
Wales and Van Diemen’s Land, and England ; from the quantity
I have seen obtained from one tree, it may be collected abundantly in
a short period of time. The natives name the resin vare, or the wat
(water) of the tree.”
D. Brownii, hort. D. robusta, Moore. D. Brownii obtusa, hort.
Habitat.—New Zealand.
Tntroduced into France in 1855. Wintered indoors.
D. orientalis, Lambert. D. alba, Rumph. Herb. Amboin. ii.
174, t. 57; Blum. Rumph. iii. 212 (not hort.). Arbor javanensis, Visci
foliis latioribus, conjugatis, Dammara alba dicta, Sherard in Rai
Hist. iii. and Dendr. 130. Pinus Dammara, Lamb. Pinet. ed. 1, i.
61, t. 38; Voigt in Syllog. Pl. u. 53. Pinus sumatrana, Hort.
Belved. ; Mirb. Mém. Mus. xii. 69; Desf. Hort. Par. 356. Abies
Dammara, Poir. Dict. vy. 35. Abies sumatrana, Desf. l.c. ; Mirb. l.c.
Agathis loranthifolia, Salisb. in Linn. Trans. viii. 812, t. 15;
Blume, Enumer. Pl. Jav. 90. <Agathis Dammara, Rich. Conif. 83,
t.19. D. loranthifolia, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 336. D. orientalis,
Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, ii. 70, t. 43; Loud. Arbor. iv. 247, f. 2308, 2309,
and Encycl. of Trees, 1066, f. 1989; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 169, t. 58;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 189; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 221;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 45; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 363, and Tr. Gén.
Conif. 425; Gord. Pinet. 79. LD. rubricaulis, Knight, l.c.
Habitat.—The Molucca Islands, Sumatra, Java, and the Sunda
Islands.
Introduced in 1804. Wintered indoors.
This species of Dammara is said to produce a tall, upright,
straight stem, covered with smooth bark of a dark brown colour, and
is much prized for the valuable quality of resin that exudes from the
tree. Rumphius, in his ‘‘ Herbarium Amboinense,” lib. 3, cap. 10,
gives the following interesting account of its produce: ‘‘The
pellucid resin which flows from this tree is at first soft and viscous,
but within afew days it becomes as hard as stone, and has all the
transparency and clearness of crystal, especially that which adheres
to the trees, and it will sometimes hang from them in the shape
of icicles; that which flows over the ground, however, becomes
black, and mixed with extraneous matter. These icicles (as they
may be called) are sometimes as much as a hand in breadth and a
foot in length, and exhibit an elegant striated appearance. For the
first half-year the resin retains its whiteness and transparency, but
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afterwards assumes a beautiful amber colour. It is brittle, and
when broken shines like glass. It is much harder than the sort
known by the name of Dammara Selanica, and in some degree admits
of being bent ; but when pounded it is friable. The product of the
male trees 1s more white and pellucid, but dries more slowly, and
exudes in a smaller quantity, whence little or none is collected from
them. To force a supply of this substance, it is usual to make
incisions in the lower part of the trunk with sharp knives. This
occasions the formation of large knots in the wounded places, which
protrude like heads, as in the Maple, are covered with dammar, and
put forth a number of branches. The smell of tresh and soft
dammar is perfectly resinous, but when dry this substance does not
emit any particular odour; thrown on burning coals, it gives out a
smell partaking of turpentine and mastic. It is very inflammable,
and burns longer than the Dammar Selan, but without any crackling ;
though it emits a great quantity of acidulous smoke, which produces
a very unpleasant effect on those who are unaccustomed to it. The
common dammar, collected from the knots on the lower parts of the
tree, is, when sold in the market, white and semi-transparent, but is
liable to change colour, varying from reddish to horny, and even to
black ; nevertheless, it is always hard and semi-transparent. In
this respect it is like the great masses and heads which hang from
the thicker branches and oldest trees; for as these cannot, on
account of their height, be ascended, the masses hang on them
the longer, and so lose their original whiteness, and become of a
horny colour. This circumstance is particularly remarkable on the
Dammar trees about Way, whence I am led to believe that the
variation of colour proceeds from the difference of the time of year,
or from the time that the masses remain in their native situation.
In the year 1688 I sent a piece of dammar to the University of
Leyden, which in its form resembled the head of an infant, and by
artificial means had been made to assume like features ; but the nose
was very ugly, and there were red marks near it resembling
streaks of blood. I have also in my own possession a large
white semi-transparent mass which resembles an immense ox’s gall-
bladder. Some of the crystalline branches sent to Holland did
not retain their colour, but became there a sort of amber hue.
The Malay name of ‘Dammar puti’ and ‘ Dammar batu’ signifies
stone resin, for it is the hardest of all the dammars, and approaches
very near to the Gum anime. Among the Ternaats it is called
only ‘Salo,’ or ‘Salo bobuda’ ; in Amboina, ‘Camal camar’ and
‘Cama’; about Lariqua, ‘Isse’; and about Grisecca in Java,
‘Dama.’ The medicinal uses of this resinous substance have perhaps
not yet been discovered. Some of the people of Amboina, however,
whose feet have been wounded with thorns or splinters of wocd, have
no sooner extracted the latter than they have dropped into the
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punctured parts a drop or two of burning dammar, which has prevented
the formation of an ulcer, and scarcely created any pain in the callous
hard soles of the Indians.
‘To persons who write much (as clerks and secretaries), the dammar
is of some use, for if they have occasion to scrape out a letter or a
word, and will afterwards sprinkle a little of the powder on the place
from which the erasure has been made, the paper is rendered smooth
and susceptible of being again written on; but the letters soon
become faint.
‘‘The Dammara radja (called by the Ternaats ‘Salo colano’) is the
same resin as that above described, but only the largest and most
transparent pieces, which hang from the upper part of the trunk, free
from impurities. That which is found in Batsjana and Hallemahera
never turns yellow like the Amboina dammar, but is almost always
white, and very gradually acquires any tinge of yellow ; in taste and
smell, however, itis the same, and collected from the same kind of
tree. This sort alone is employed by the kings of the Moluccas as a
suffumitory, whence it obtains the name of royal dammar, and the
common people are prohibited from using it. There is some amuse-
ment in observing people unacquainted with this substance, who,
meeting with it in the shops, take it to be lump sugar ; as it is sold at
a very cheap rate, the purchasers seek out the first corner to enjoy a
taste of it, but immediately discover their mistake.
“‘In books of voyages we sometimes read of large quantities of
mastic being found in these islands, but the substance alluded to is
no other than the Dammar batu, which, when burnt, emits the same
smell.”
98. ARAUCARIA.—Juss. Gen. 413; Rich. Conif. 153, t. 20,
91; Hndl. Conif. 184, and Gen. Pl. 261; Carr. Conif. 413,
595; Gord. Pin. 21; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 2.. Dombeya, Lam.
Fl. t. 828, Columbea (by many written as Colymbea) and Hutassa,
Salisb. in Linn. Trans. viii. 315. Altingia, Don in Loud. Hort. Brit.
406. Araucaria and Hutacta, Link in Linnea, xv. 541, 543; Parl. in
D. C. Prodr. xvi. 2, 369; Lamb. Pin. t. 39, 40, (Dombeya) ii. t. 4, 5,
ed. min. t.- 56, 62; Forb. Pin. Wob. t. 50-56; Hook. Lond.
Journ. Bot. ii. t. 18; Bot. Mag. t. 4635; Fl. des Serres, tt. 733, 1577,
1580, 2221; Brongn. and Gris. in Nouv. Arch. Mus. Par. vii. 205,
t. 18-16; Hichl. in Mart. Fl. Bras. iv., i. 123, t. 110-112; C.
Koch, Dendr. ii. 204; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl. Nattirl. Pflf. i.
67; Veitch, Man. Conif. 187 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 18, 199.
Flowers dicecious, sometimes moncecious.
Cones globular or ovoid and terminal.
Scales deciduous, or partially so.
Seeds more or less attached to the scales.
Leaves scale-like, and widest at the base; spirally arranged on
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the branches (A. Bidwillit is an exception); imbricated in some
species and persistent many years ; comparatively broad, flat, ovate-
lanceolate, and very sharply pointed ; or narrow 4-angled, and com-
pressed ; often curved.
Name derived from Araucanos, the people of Chili, in which
country Araucaria imbricata abounds, and where its seeds furnish a
great portion of the food of the Indians.
The Araucarias differ from the true Pines and Firs in having the
sexes on separate trees ; in the scales on the cones being one-seeded,
and in the seeds being more or less attached to the scales. They,
however, approach nearest to the genus Dammara, in being dicecious,
but differ from them in the form of the leaves and scales on the
cones ; also in having bracts to each female flower, and in the seeds
being more or less attached to the scales, and not free as in the genus
Dammara.
A. Bidwillii, Hook. in Lond. Journ. of Bot. ser. 2, 11. 498, t. 18,
19; Ant. Conif. 106, t. 46,47 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 187 ; Knight, Syn.
Conif. 44; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 220; Carr. Man.
des Pl. iv. 361, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 418; Gord. Pinet. 22. Colwmbea
Bidwilli.
Habitat.—The mountains of Brisbane and vicinity of Moreton
Bay in Australia.
Introduced about 1849.
Wintered indoors.
A. brasiliensis, A. Rich. Dict. Class. Hist. Nat. i. 512 ; Lamb.
Pinet. ed. 2, ii. 79, t. 46; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2439 ; Forb. Pinet. Wob.
161, t. 53, 54; Link in Linnea, xv. 548; Ant. Conif. iti. f. 51-53 ;
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 365 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 185 ; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 220; Knight, Syn. Conif. 43 ; Carr. Man.
des Pl. iv. 861, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 415 ; Gord. Pinet. 23 ; Henk. and
Hockst. Syn. der Nadelh. 2; J. E. Nelson, Pinac. 93. A. Ridolfiana,
Savi in Atti della Terza Riunione degli Scienziati Italiani, tenuta in
Firenze (1841), 458, 783, t. 2, 3, and Giornale Botanico, 1846, ii. 52.
Colymbea brasiliensis, Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 1867, 11. 596. Pinus
dioica, Arab. Fl. Flum. x. t. 55, 56. Colymbea angustifolia, Bertol.
Piante del Brasile, 1820, 7.
Haditat.—Brazil, between 15° and 25°; perhaps also in the
northern part of the Argentine Republic.
Introduced in 1816.
We have wintered it indoors. A plant we tried to winter in a cold
frame died.
A. Cookii, R. Br. ex Don in Linn. Trans. xviii. 164; Fl.
Serr. vii. 243 (cwm ic.) ; Paxt. Flow. Gard. ii. 182, and iii. 77, f. 272 ;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 188 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soe. v. 220;
Lindl. lc. vi. 267 (cum ic.); Carr. Man. des Pl. 362, and Tr. Gén.
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Conif. 421; Gord. Pinet. 27. Eutacta Cookii. Cupressus columnaris,
Forst. Fl. Austral. n. 351. Avrauwearia columnaris, hort. aliq.
Habitat.—New Caledonia, Isle of Pines, Isle Aniteura, and in the
New Hebrides.
We have wintered it in a frame.
A. Cunninghamii, Ait. Mss. ; Sweet, Hort. Brit. 475 ; Lamb.
Pinet. iii. t. 79; Loud. Arbor. 2443, f. 2303-2305, and suppl. 2603,
f. 2545 ; Ant. Conif. 102, t. 43, 44; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 157, t. 52;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 187 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 44; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 220; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 361, and Tr. Gén.
Conif. 419; Gord. Pinet. 27 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 9.
Altingia Cunninghamii, G. Don in Loud. Hort. Brit. 408. Hutacta
Cunningham, Link in Linnea, xv. 545. Hutassa Cunninghamii,
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 362.
Habitat.—The eastern coast of Australia, towards Moreton Bay,
between 14° and 29° 30’, where it constitutes waste forests ; also near
the port of Brisbane at 27° 30’.
Introduced about 1827.
In some German gardening journals it was reported a few years
ago that this species had ripened fruit planted out on a hill near
Donaueschingen, in South Baden. This was a mistake; the plant
fruiting was a conservatory plant. I have tried a plant out of doors,
but, although covered well, it lost its top even in a mild winter.
Other plants have been wintered in a frame.
The Moreton Bay Pine much resembles Araucaria excelsa, and was
first distinguished from it by Allan Cunningham in 1824, when
he discovered the tree on the eastern coast of New South Wales, and
alse on the banks of the Brisbane River. The leaves differ from
those of A. excelsa in being broader at the base, and standing out in
a more horizontal direction from the branches ; those on the old wood
are always reflexed towards the trunk of the tree, whilst those of
the Norfolk Island Pine are pointing towards the extremities of the
branches. The following interesting account of this species is given
by Mr. Cunningham, F.L.S.: ‘‘ This Pine was first seen by the late
Sir Joseph Banks and Dr. Solander on the discovery of New South
Wales by the immortal Cook in the year 1770. From 1774, when
Norfolk Island was discovered in a subsequent voyage of that cele-
brated circumnavigator, and its Pines examined, on to the period of
the voyages of Captain Flinders (to which was attached that eminent
botanist, Mr. Brown), and down even to within about 1830, this noble
tree was considered the same as that of Norfolk Island, although in
the voyages of Captain King, whom I accompanied throughout his
surveys, I had some reason to doubt its identity, from what I
observed of its habit ; but it was not until my visit to the shores of
Moreton Bay with the late Mr. Oxley, in 1824, that I had a favourable
opportunity afforded me of satisfying myself on the banks of the
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Brisbane—a river then recently discovered, falling into the bay—that
it was a very distinct species, not simply in its habit of growth, which
is very remarkable, but in the character of its leaves. On its being
received into the Royal Gardens at Kew afterwards, it received the
above name, which it appears has been since generally adopted by all
who. can boast of a living plant in their collections. On the coast of
New South Wales it has a range of nine hundred miles, between the
parallels of 14° and 295°, but in no part, whether on the islands in the
offing, on many of which it is the only timber, or on the main shore,
has it been remarked of large size—rather appearing of a stunted
irregular growth, and frequently broken down by the force of the pre-
valent winds. On the alluvial brushy banks, however, of the Brisbane
River, between lat. 27° and 30°, where it is perfectly sheltered from
every blast, it rises to the height of from 100 to 130 feet, with a girth of
from 14 to 16 feet, or even more; and such specimens are frequently to
be met with, having a clear, smooth, cylindrical barrel, 80 feet in height
from the ground to the lowest branches. In my several geographical
excursions in the highly interesting country lying to the westward of
Moreton Bay, I met with this Pine at some distance from the banks of
the Brisbane River, as also on the hills on the western side of the
dividing range, in latitude 28°, at a distance from the coast of about
eighty miles; beyond which, however, in any inland or western
direction, it certainly does not exist. Its maximum, therefore, is evi-
dently on the immediate coast, within the influence of the sea air,
which, however, is not so essential to its existence as it appears to
be for some of the plants I had discovered during Captain King’s
voyage, particularly some splendid species of Grevillea, which, in con-
sequence, were found exceedingly difficult to cultivate at Kew, where
they ultimately died, and were lost to Hurope. This Pine bears young
cones in the month of September. Its wood is a pale yellowish deal,
and is commonly used in house carpentry, for making common fur-
niture, and in boat-building at Brisbane Town. In the green state
its spars have been formed into masts for vessels of two hundred tons,
which are said to stand as long as the sap continues in them, but
after becoming dry they are not to be depended on.”
A. excelsa, R. Br. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 412; Lamb.
Pinet. ed. 2) 81, +. 41 ; Forb, Pinet. Wob. toa) ta 50).ois ous
Arbor. iv. 2440, f. 2297-2302 ; Ant. Conif. 99, t. 38-42 ; Endl. Syn.
Conif. 187 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 44; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort.
Soc. v. 220; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 362, and Tr. Gén. Conif:
420; Gord. Pinet. 29; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 11;
J. E. Nelson, Pinac. 93. Dombeya excelsa, Lamb. Pinet. ed. 1, i. 87,
t. 39, 40. Hutassa heterophylla, Salisb. in Linn. Trans. viii. 316;
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 362. Altingia excelsa, Loud. Hort. Brit.
400. Colymbea excelsa, Spreng. Syst. Cur. post. 315. Hutacta excelsa,
Link in Linnea, xv. 044.
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Habitat.—Australia, especially on Norfolk Island ; also on parts
of the continent.
This species has become very popular in Denmark. We have
wintered it indoors and in a frame.
The Norfolk Island Pine is a beautiful-growing tree, frequently
attaining in its native country 180 feet in height; specimens of
it have been seen that have even measured 228 feet in height
by 14 feet in circumference. It was first discovered by Captain
Cook, in his second voyage round the globe, on the extremity
of New Caledonia, called Queen Charlotte’s Foreland, and on
a small neighbouring island, named by Captain Cook Botany
Island, which is a mere sand-bank; also on another island,
called by our voyagers the Isle of Pines, from its being almost covered
with the above-mentioned tree. Captain Cook states : ‘‘If I except
New Zealand, I at this time knew of no island in the South Pacific
Ocean where a ship could supply herself with a mast or a yard, were
she ever so much distressed for want of one. Thus far the discovery
is, or may be, valuable. My carpenter was of opinion that these trees
would make exceedingly good masts. The wood is white, close-
grained, tough, and light. Turpentine had exuded out of most of
the trees, and the sun had inspissated it into a resin, which was found
sticking to the trunks and lying about the roots. The trees shoot
out their branches like all other Pines, but with this difference, that
they are much smaller and shorter, so that the knots become nothing
when the tree is wrought for use. I took notice that the largest of them
had the smallest and shortest branches, and were crowned, as it were,
at the top by aspreading branch hkeabush. ‘This was what led some
on board into the extravagant notion of their being basalts.” Captain
Hunter also gives a very interesting description of this Pine. In his
“‘ Journal of the Transactions at Port Jackson and Norfolk Island,”
p. 194, he says: ‘‘ The Pines which have been particularly spoken
of by Captain Cook, and by others who have lately visited this island,
are the most conspicuous of any trees here ; they grow to a prodigious
size, and are proportionably tall, being from 150 to 200 feet, and in
circumference from 12 to 14 feet, some to 28 and 30 feet. These
trees, from their immense height, have a very noble appearance,
being in general very straight and free from branches to 40 feet, some-
times 60 feet, above the ground. They have been by some thought
fit for masts for ships of any size. In length and diameter they certainly
are, but with respect to quality they are, in my opinion, wholly unfit ;
even admitting them to be sound, which, from experience, I know is
seldom the case. JI employed the carpenters of the Sirius, while here,
to cut down a few sticks, which it was intended should be sent home
on the first opportunity, in order for trialin His Majesty’s dockyards,
to see if they were, as has been said, fit for His Majesty’s navy or
not. In providing a topmast and a topsail yard for a /4-gun ship, a
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832, a 20, or a sloop, and one rough spar—in all seven sticks—
thirty-four trees were cut down, twenty-seven of which were found .
defective. When these trees were falling, it was observed that most
of them discharged a considerable quantity of clear water, which con-
tinued to flow at every fresh cut of the axe. There is no turpentine in
these trees but what circulates between the bark and the body of the
tree, and which is soluble in water. Itis a very short-grained and
spongy kind of timber, and I think fit only for house-building, for
which we know it to be very useful. When first cut down, five out of
six will sink in water; the wood is exceedingly heavy.”
A.imbricata, Pav. Mem. Acad. Madrid, 1.197. Pins Araucana,
Molin. Chil. 182. Dombeya chilensis, Lamb. Dict. ii. 301. Dombeya
Araucana, Reeusch. Nomenclat. Abies Araucana, Poir. Suppl. v. 35,
Abies Columbaria, Desf. Hort. Paris, 212. Colymbea quadrifaria,
Salisb. in Linn. Trans. vill. 315. Avraucaria chilensis, Mirb. in Mém,
du Mus. xii. 49. <Araucaria Dombeyi, Rich. Conif. 86, t. 2021,
Quadrifaria imbricata, Manett. ex Gord. Suppl. 14. Colymbea
imbricata, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 598.
Habitat.—On the mountains of Southern Chili, between 36° and
48° §., in large forests, and at some elevation on the mountains,
where snow and ice remain for a great part of the year.
Introduced into Europe in 1795,
A noble tree, growing 150 feet high, and indigenous to Southern
Chili, where it is found on the western acclivities of the Andes, often
reaching the snow-line, but never more than 2,000 feet below it. The
roots are for a long period of the year covered with snow. It forms
vast forests in a part of the Andes inhabited by the Araucanians, a
people who are said to pride themselves on their name, its signification
being frank or free. It is found also in great abundance on the
mountains of Caramavida and Naguelbuta in Chili, and in the neigh-
bourhood of Concepcion. The Corcovada, a mountain that rises
opposite Chiloe, is said to be studded from its foot to the snow-line
with large groups of these beautiful trees.
The timber is hard, heavy, durable, yellowish-white, fibrous, and
beautifully veined, capable of receiving a high polish, and easily
worked.
The tree is full of a milky-white resin, and the Araucano Indians
eat the nuts, either fresh, boiled, or roasted, and distil from them a
spirituous liquor; dry and prepare a kind of flour and pastry from
them, or dry them for winter store, and for trading to Concepcion and
Valdivia, from whence they find their way to Valparaiso and Lima.
It is the ‘‘ Peghuen” or monkey-puzzle of the Chilians, no animal of
that kind attempting to climb the trees.
Dr. Poeppig says such is the extent of the Araucarian forest on the
Chilian Andes, and the amazing quantity of the nutritious seeds that
each full-grown tree produces, that the Indians are ever secure from
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want, the forests yielding to those nomad nations a vegetable substance
that is found in greater plenty the more they recede from the whites.
The kernels are dried, after being boiled, for winter use; their time
of ripening is towards the end of March, at which time the cones
break up and fall to pieces, shedding their seeds on the ground,
thus bestowing a great boon on the poor Indians, which nothing but
a small parrot divides with them. And there is little doubt, when the
numerous young Araucarias which are now being planted, or have been
planted in Hurope, become large, and arrive at a fruit-bearing state,
but that as great a boon will be given to future generations as that
conferred on the present one by the fruit of the Spanish chestnut,
which is now so largely consumed in all the towns and cities of
Europe. Fruiting trees are mostly found in Southern England and
in Western France, especially near Brest.
There are several seedling varieties of the Chili Pine distinguished
in the nurseries, but such differences are only retained while the plants
are young, with the exception of the variegated kind (G. Gordon,
‘¢ The Pinetum,” 1875).
The Spaniards having settlements in the immediate vicinity of
the country of the Araucanians, employed Don Francisco Dendariarena
in 1780 to examine the trees, with a view of discovering if any of
them were suitable for shipbuilding. The result of his experiments
was to select this species (the Peghuen of the natives), which was
accordingly made use of to repair the Spanish squadron, then lying
at anchor in the port of Talcaguano. The Abbot Molina, who was
then writing his ‘‘ Civiland Natural History of Chili” (published at
Bologna in 1782), supposed the tree to be a Pinus, and he described
itin his work under the name of Pinus Araucana. In 1782 the
Spanish Government commissioned Don Joseph Pavon to search for
this tree ; and he, finding both its flowers and fruit, ascertained that
it was a distinct genus, and called it Araucaria imbricata. Don Joseph
Pavon (who had previously visited Chili, in company with Don Hip-
polita Ruiz and the French botanist Dombey, in 1777) sent specimens
of Araucaria imbricata to France, to the care of Dombey, who showed
them to MM. Lamarck and De Jussieu in Paris, the former of
whom called it Dombeya chilensis, while Jussieu retained the name of
Araucaria. Don Joseph Pavon, however, complains, in his account
of this tree published in the first volume of the ‘‘ Memoirs of the
Royal Academy of Sciences at Madrid,” that both Jussieu and
Lamarck made several mistakes in their description of the botanical
characteristics of the species which had been avoided by both Molina
and himself. In 1795 Captain Vancouver touched at the coast of
Chili, and Mr. Menzies, who accompanied the expedition, procured
cones, seeds from which he sowed on board the ship, and brought
home living plants, which he presented to Sir Joseph Banks, who
planted one of them in his own garden at Spring Grove, and sent the
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others to Kew. From this circumstance the tree was called at first,
in England, ‘‘Sir Joseph Banks’s Pine.” The tree at Kew was kept -
in a greenhouse until about 1806 or 1808, when it was planted out
where it now stands.
Don Joseph Pavon describes the wood of this tree as of a
yellowish-white, fibrous, and full of beautiful veins, capable of being
polished and worked with facility. He also states that it is well
adapted for shipbuilding, as was proved by the experiments of
Don Francisco Dendariarena in 1780. The resin, abounding in all
parts of the tree, is white ; its smell is like that of frankincense, and
its taste not unpleasant. It is applied as a plaster to contusions, and
for various medical purposes. The Indians regard the fruit as a
very nourishing food ; they eat it raw, as well as boiled and roasted,
and distil from it a kind of spirituous liquor. They have stated
times to collect the fruit, which they preserve to make use of as
required (Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, ii. 108).
According to Pavon, the male tree, in its native country, grows
only to 30 or 40 feet high, while the female reaches 150 feet in height.
He gives the following account of it in a description published in the
** Memoirs of the Royal Academy of Sciences at Madrid”: ‘‘ Its trunk
is quite straight and without knots, ending in a pyramid formed of
horizontal branches, which decrease in length gradually towards the
top; it is covered with a double bark; the inner is 5 or 6 inches
thick, spongy, tenacious, porous, and light, from which, as from
almost all other parts, resin flows in abundance ; the outer is of nearly
equal thickness, resembling eons cleft in various directions, and
equally resinous with the inner.’
An Araucaria imbricata planted in 1870 in the gardens of the
brewery at Carlsberg, near Copenhagen, has now reached a height of
24 feet and a circumference of the stem of 1 foot 10 inches. It is
not at all spoilt, and has kept its branches quite to the ground. In
the winter time it is covered with boards.
Molde (62° 44’) is perhaps the most northern point in Norway
where a healthy, though slow-growing, specimen of Araucaria imbri-
cata is to be found. At Balestrand (61° 15’) there is a plant of this
species. In the winter of 1876-7 the thermometer went down to
—14°C., and the cold continued till May 6th. In the winter of 1880-1,
which was very severe in Norway, the thermometer again went down
to—14° C., but the tree has flourished nevertheless. Balestrand is
therefore the most northern place in the world where a healthy and
fast-growing plant of A. imbricata is to be seen. It was planted in
the spring of 1873, and was then about a foot high. The first winter
it was covered with tan, but afterwards, till 1876, the ground was
only covered with broken branches of Juniperus communis. Since
then the plant has never been covered (Professor F. C. Schiibeler,
‘‘Viridarium Norvegicum,” 1886, p. 445). In September 1885 it
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measured 13 feet 8 inches; the circumference of the stem was sixteen
inches.
In Sweden, Gothenburg (57° 42’) is the most northern point where
as yet success has been obtained with this species when planted
out of doors.
A. Rulei, Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1861, No. 39, 868 (pro parte, excl.
icon.); Gord. Pinet. Suppl. 15 (pro parte); Mueller in Herb. Mus.
Paris. Hutacta Rule, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1866, 292, fig. 2.
Habitat.—South Australia, New Caledonia.
Introduced in 1862.
We have no plant in cultivation in Denmark, but I have cones
of this species in my collection.
29. SCIADOPITYS.—Sieb. and Zucce. Fl. Jap. u. 1, t. 102;
Endl. Conif. 198 ; Carr. Conif. 173, and in Rev. Hort. 1868; Gord.
fmol laxt sp. Thunb. lor. Jap. 276. Pini sp. Sieb. in
Verhand. van het Batav. Genotsch. xii. 12; Parl. in DC. Prodr.
xvi. 2, 435, and Fl. des Serres, t. 1483; C. Koch, Dendr. 11. s. 200 ;
Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 201 ; Lindl. in Gard. Chron.
1861, 22, 360 ; Dickson, Report Bot. Congr. Lond. 1866, 124 ; Hichl.
in Engl. and Prantl, Natiirl. Pfaf. 1. s. 84; Beissner, Nadelholzk.
18, 203; Veitch, Man. Conif. 201.
Flowers moncecious, the male ones terminal, the female solitary,
and growing from among the scaly buds.
Cones elliptic or cylindrical, obtuse at the ends, large, and solitary ;
2 to 4inches long, 14 to 24 inches in diameter.
Scales persistent, leathery, thin, regularly imbricated, wedge-shaped,
half-rounded on the upper part, and with a short bractea adhering.
Seeds elliptic, compressed, seven under each scale, with a leathery
covering, tapering intoa membranaceous wing, attenuating to the base
and apex.
Leaves in whorls like an umbrella, persistent, without any foot-
stalks, linear, flat, and obtuse-pointed ; 20-30 in a whorl.
Name derived from skidos, shade, and pitys, pine, the Parasol
Pine.
S. verticillata, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. 1, t. 101, 102.
Taxus verticillata, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 276 (excl. syn. Keempf. 1784).
Pinus verticillata, Sieb. in Verh. van het Batav. Genotsch. ii. 12.
Habitat.—It is found in the eastern part of the island of Nippon,
upon the mountains of Koja-san, in the province of Kii, and probably
on other of the Japanese islands.
Introduced in 1861, through Mr. J. G. Veitch. It was sent to
the late Mr. Standish of Ascot about the same time, by Mr. Robert
Fortune (Veitch, Man. of Conif.).
Hardy.
The Parasol Fir, according to Mr. Fortune (who was sent out as
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a plant collector by the Royal Horticultural Society), is a large
pyramidal tree with horizontal spreading branches. It attains a
height of from 100 to 150 feet, and from 10 to 11 feet in circum-
ference three feet from the ground; and is not a large bush or
small tree from 12 to 15 feet high, as originally stated by Dr. Siebold
in his ‘‘ Flora Japonica.” The Japanese, however, have several
varieties, among which some are dwarf bushes, others beautifully
variegated, and others with leaves varying from two to four inches or
more in length, and two lines broad; but all linear, a little sickle-
shaped, blunt, or slightly notched at the points, leathery, doubie-
ribbed, with a shallow channel running through them, and all spreading
out horizontally like the ribs of a parasol, and so closely clustered
alternately as to look as if they stood in whorls of from thirty to forty
together at the ends of all the branchlets. Mr. Fortune says they are
of a deep green colour, while, according to Dr. Siebold, they must be
of a yellowish-green, and remain on the tree for about three years, by
which time each branch has from one to three parasols on it, according
to its age ; but in the fourth year they fall off. The cones are elliptic
or cylindrical, obtuse at the ends, and from 24 to 3 inches long, and
13 inch in diameter, and not unlike those of Pinus Cembra, but longer,
and require two years to ripen. The seed-leaves are in twos, and
very similar to those of the common Yew.
Dr. Siebold considers the Parasol Fir the finest Conifer of Japan,
and one which presents an appearance as strange as elegant, in conse-
quence of its innumerable branchings, which always end in a parasol-
like tuft of leaves. Dr. Lindley says the Sciadopitys is nearly related
to the genus Wellingtonia, a statement which seems very questionable,
for, as far asmy knowledge goes, the cones only bear any resemblance,
and that not very marked.
Its Japanese names are ‘‘ Koja-Maki” (the wild or Mount Kojasan
Maki) and ‘‘Inu-Maki” (the spurious or false Maki); while those
of the Chinese are ‘‘ Kin-sung-Maki” (the pale yellow Maki) and
** Kinsjo” (common yellow), on account of the leaves being of a pale
or yellowish-green colour when young.
Tre VI.—ABLETINE A.
30, PINUS.—Linn. Gen. ed. 2, n. 879; Endl. Conif. 81, and
Gen. Pl. 260; Parl. Fl. Ital. iv. 31. Pinus, Abies, and Larix,
Tourn. Inst. 585, 586. Pinus and Abies, Linn. Gen. ed. 1, n. 731,
732 ; Juss. Gen. 414; Rich. Conif. 145, 147, t. 11-17. Pinus, Picea,
Abies, Larix, and Cedrus, Link in Linnea, xv. 482, 516, 525,
533, 537. Pinus, Abies, Cedrus, and Larix, Spach, Hist. des Vég.
Phan. xi. 369, 408, 427, 481. Tsuga, Abies, Picea, Larix, Cedrus,
and Pinus, Carr. Conif. 185, 195, 236, 269, 281, 291. Abies, Cedrus,
Larix, Picea, Pinus, and Pseudolarix, Gord. Pin. 1, 39, 123, 143, 162,
,
;
;
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699. Pinus, Larix, Pseudolarix, Cedrus, and Abies, Henk. and
Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 19, 128,139, 140, 147. Keteleeria, Carr. in
Rey. Hort. ann. 1866, 449. Tsuga, Pseudotsuga, Keteleeria, Abies,
Picea, Larix, Pseudolarix, Cedrus, and Pinus, Carr. Conif. ed. 2,
245. 290, 260, 265, 317, 351, 363, 366, 381; Parl. in DC. Prodr.
xvi. 2, 377 (sub-genus) ; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 269; EKichl. in Engl.
and Prantl, Natiirl. Pfif. ii. 70; Willk. Forstl. Fl. 161; Engelm.
Rey. Gen. Pinus, in Trans. Acad. Sc. St. Louis, iv. 161, t. 1-3.
Flowers monoecious; the male catkins laterally placed in dense
masses around the shoots in a kind of spike, the female solitary or in
whorls, and terminal.
Cones more or less conical, and woody ; some species keep them
closed for many years.
Scales numerous, persistent, more or less elevated, pyramidal,
swollen, and imbricated.
Seeds oval, with a hard bony shell, and either furnished with ample
wings or wingless.
Cotyledons numerous.
Leaves in sheaths of two, three, or five in number, seldom only
one ; somewhat cylindrical, or concave on one side and convex on the
other ; persistent, and pointed.
_ All evergreen trees, found in Europe, Asia, and America, with
one in Africa (P. canariensis).
It was Tournefort who, in 1700, was the first to clearly describe
the pitch trees, and to distinguish those known at that time into the
following genera as they stand to-day: Pinus, Larix, Cedrus, Picea,
and Abies. Linnzeus, fifty-three years later, in his ‘‘ Systema Nature,”’
crowded these genera all back into one genus as Pinus, while other
families of Gymnosperme found other places in his artificial system
along with plants that are very different from them. Nearly a hundred
years later, Bongard in 1834, Don in 1835, Link in 1841, Loudon in
1842, Spach in 1842, Endlicher in 1847, Carriére in 1855, Gordon in
1858, and Parlatore in !1868 reclassified and redescribed the cone- -
bearers, each scientist doing something towards eliminating the Pine
from the rest, and each from the others, arriving ultimately at substan-
tiaily the same classification that Tournefort had reached a hundred
years previously. The Pines compose the largest genus of the Conifere,
and most of the species are very valuable.
P. albicaulis, Engelm. in Trans. Acad. of Sciences of Saint
Louis, ii. 209. P. flexilis, James, var. albicaulis, 1. c. P. cembrordes
Newberry, Rep. on Bot. Williamson’s Exped. vi. 44, fig. 15 (not
Zuce. nor Gord.). P. Shasta, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 390.
Habitat.—Coast ranges of British Columbia, from the valley of the
Letasyouco River (G. M. Dawson), south along the Cascade and Blue
Mountains of Washington Territory and Oregon, extending east along
the high ranges of Northern Washington Territory to the eastern
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slope of the Rocky Mountains of Northern Montana (Old Maria’s
Pass, Canby and Sargent); California, Scott’s Mountains, Mount.
Shasta, and on the high peaks of the Sierra Nevada to Mount San
Bernardino.
A small alpine tree, 20-40 feet in height, with a trunk rarely
2 feet in diameter, or at its highest elevation reduced to a low,
prostrate shrub ; dry, gravelly ridges at the extreme limit of tree-
growth, reaching in the San Bernardino Mountains an elevation of
10,500 feet (C. S. Sargent, ‘*‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
The plant we have in Denmark bearing this name may not be right.
P. apulcensis, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, app. 63; Spach, Hist.
Vég. Phan. xi. 403; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1014, f. 1899, 1900 ;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 153; Knight, Syn. Conif. 33; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 349, and Tr. Gén.
Conif. 316; Gord. Pinet. 216; J. EH. Nelson, Pinac. 102. P. acapulc-
ensis, G. Don in Sweet, Hort. Brit. ed. 3, 769. P. Zacatlane, Roezl,
Cat. 1857-58, 26. P. Psewdostrobus, Roezl (not Lindley).
Habitat.—Mexico. Hartweg discovered it among the mountains
of Acapulco. Introduced to Chiswick in 1839-40. As far as my
knowledge goes we have no plant of this species in Denmark, but I
possess cones brought home by the Danish botanist Liebmann and
gardener Rathsack.
P. australis, Michaux, Arbr. For. i. 62, t. 6, and Sylv. N. Amer.
30, t. 141; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2255, f. 2156-2160, and Encycl. of
Trees, 987, f. 1842-1845; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v. 246, t. 75, f. 3;
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 392; Endl. Syn. Conif. 165 ; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 30 ; Carr. Man.
des Pl. iv. 353, and Tr. Gen. Conif. 345; Gord. Pimet. 187. P.
americana palustris, Hort. Angl. 88; Duham. Arbr. 1. 126. P.
palustris, Mill. Dict. n. 14; Soland. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 3, 368;
Du Roi, Harbk. ed. Pott. ii. 66 ; Wangenh. Beitr. 78 ; Willd. Baumz.
270; Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, 1.30, t. 21; Worb.-Pinet, Web. 59; t. 225
Ant. Conif. 23, t. 6, f. 2; Desf. Hist. Arbr. 11. 612 ; Link in Linnea,
xv. 506. P. georgica, hort. ex Gord. l.c. P. palmiensis, ex Gord.
Pinet. Suppl. 63. P. Palmierii, Manetti, ex Gord. Suppl. l. ¢.
Habitat.—South-eastern Virginia, south to Cape Canaveral and
Tampa Bay, Florida, and through the Gulf States to the valley of the
Red River, Louisiana, and the Trinity River, Texas, rarely extending
beyond 150 miles from the coast.
A tree of the first economic value, 60-100 feet in height, with
a trunk 2-4 feet in diameter. Dry, sandy loam of the maritime
plain, generally of Tertiary formation, and forming, outside of the
river bottoms, extensive forests almost to the exclusion of other
species ; or towards its extreme interior range, especially in the Gulf
States, occupying rolling hills, and mingling with the Oak and various
deciduous trees ; rarely along the borders of swamps in low, wet soil.
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Wood heavy, exceedingly hard, very strong, tough, coarse-grained,
compact, durable; bands of small summer cells broad, occupying
fully half the width of the annual growth, very resinous, dark-
coloured, resin passages few, not conspicuous; medullary rays
numerous, conspicuous ; colour light red or orange, the thin sapwood
nearly white; specific gravity, 0°6999; ash, 0°25; largely manu-
factured into ieee and used in bonetedction of all sorts, for ship-
building, fencing, railway ties, &c. (C. 8S. Sargent).
The turpentine, tar, pitch, resin, and spirits of sargoscisine 5 manu-
factured in the United States are almost exclusively produced by this
species(‘‘U.S. Dispensatory,”’ ed. 14, 709,899, and ‘‘Nat. Dispensatory’’).
In the ‘‘Sylva Americana” an interesting account of the pro-
perties of this Pine is given, from which the following is an extract :—
‘**'This invaluable tree is known, both in the countries which pro-
duce it and in those to which it is exported, by different names. In
the first it is called Long-leaved Pine, Yellow Pine, Pitch Pine, and
Brown Pine; in the Northern States, Southern Pine and Red Pine ;
and in England and the West Indies, Georgia Pitch Pine. We have
preferred the first denomination, because this species has longer leaves
than any other eastward of the Mississippi, and because the names of
the Yellow Pine and Pitch Pine,which are more commonly employed,
Serve in the Middle States to designate two species entirely distinct
and extensively diffused. Towards the north, this tree first makes its
appearance near Norfolk in Virginia, where the Pine-barrens begin.
It seems to be especially assigned to dry, sandy soils, and it is found
without. interruption in the lower parts of the Carolinas, Georgia, and
the Floridas, over a tract of more than 600 miles long from north-east
to south-west, and more than 100 miles broad from the sea towards
the mountains of the Carolinas and Georgia.
“The mean stature of the Long-leaved Pine is 60 or 70 feet, with
a uniform diameter of 15 or 20 inches for two-thirds of this height.
Some stalks, favoured by local circumstances, attain much larger
dimensions, particularly in East Florida. The bark is somewhat fur-
rowed, and the epidermis detaches itself in thin transparent sheets.
The leaves are about a foot long, of a beautiful brilliant green, united
to the number of three in the same sheath, and collected in bunches
at the extremity of the branches ; they are longer and more numerous
on the young stalks. The buds are very large, white, fringed, and not
resinous. The bloom takes place in April. The male flowers form
masses of divergent violet-coloured aments, about 2 inches long; in
drying they shed great quantities of yellowish pollen, which is diffused
by the wind, and forms a momentary covering on the surface of the
land and water. The cones are very large, being 7 or 8 inches
long and 4 inches thick when open, and are armed with small
retorted spines. In the fruitful year they are ripe about the middle
of October, and shed their secds the same month. The kernel is of
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an agreeable taste, and is contained in a thin white shell, surmounted
by a membrane ; in every other species of American Pine the shell is
black, ,
‘‘The wood of this tree contains but little sap; trees 15 inches in
diameter three feet from the ground frequently have 10 inches of heart.
Many stalks of this size are felled for commerce, and none are received
for exportation of which the heart is not 10 inches in diameter when
squared. The concentric circles in a trunk fully developed are close
and at equal distances, and the resinous matter, which is abundant, is
more uniformly distributed than in the other species ; hence the wood is
stronger, more compact, and more durable ; it is, besides, fine-grained
and susceptible of a bright polish. These advantages make it prefer-
able to every other Pine ; but its quality is moditied by the nature of
the soil in which it grows. In the vicinity of the sea, where only a thin
layer of mould reposes upon the sand, it is more resinous than where
the mould is five or six inches thick. The stalks that grow upon the
first-mentioned soil are called Pitch Pine, and the others Yellow Pine,
as if they were distinct species. This wood subserves a great variety
of uses in the Carolinas, Georgia, and the Floridas : four-fifths of the
houses are built of it, except the roofs, which are covered with shingles
of the Cypress ; but in the country the roofs are also of Pine, and are
renewed after fifteen or eighteen years. In naval architecture this is
the most esteemed of the Pines; in the Southern States, the keel,
the beams, the side planks, and the pins by which they are attached
to the ribs, are of this tree. For the deck it is preferred to the true
Yellow Pine. In certain soils this wood contracts a reddish hue, and it
is for that reason known in the dockyards of the Northern States by the
name of Red Pine. The resinous product of the Pine is of six sorts,
namely, turpentine, scrapings, spirit of turpentine, resin, tar, and
pitch. The last two are delivered in their natural state, the others are
modified by the action of fire in certain modes of preparation. More
particularly, turpentine is the sap of the tree, obtained by making
incisions in its trunk. It begins to distil about the middle of March,
when the circulation commences, and flows with increasing abundance
as the weather becomes warmer, so that July and August are the
most productive months.”
Wintered in a frame in Denmark. We tried to winter one plant
out of doors, a little covered. Conesin my collection measure 7 inches
in length.
P. Ayacahuite, Khrenb.
Habitat.—It is a native of the mountains of Northern Mexico, in
the provinces of Chiapa and Oaxaca, where it occurs at elevations of
between 7,000 and 11,000 feet ; it is also found on the higher peaks
of mountains about Cosiquiriachi, in Northern Mexico. Introduced
by Hartweg in 1840 for the Royal Horticultural Society.
A large tree, growing 100 feet high and 3 or 4 feet in diameter, with ©
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_ very much the appearance of the Weymouth Pine (P. Strobus), found
_ particularly on the higher points of the Combre Mountains, in the Sierra
_ of Oaxaca, and on Mount Palado, or Bald Mountain. It is also very
* common on the mountains of Quezaltenango, at an elevation of 8,500
feet, and on the neighbouring mountain of Santa Maria, where it
- is called ‘‘Tablas” by the inhabitants, and ‘‘ Ayacahuite ” by the
Mexicans. It is also found on the higher peaks of the mountains
_ about Cosiquiriachi, in Northern Mexico, at an elevation of 7,000 or
8,000 feet. Timber white and soft.
A plant of this species has done well out of doors slightly covered
with straw and Spruce branches. I possess remarkably fine cones
_ brought home from Mexico by the Danish Professor Liebmann.
P. Balfouriana, Jeffrey in Engelmann’s Rev. of the Genus Pinus,
&c. 179 ; Rep.Oregon Exped. i. t. 3, f. 1 ; Gord. Pinet. 217, and ed. 2,
293; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 109; Bolander in Proc. Calif,
Acad, iii, 318; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 425; Nelson, Pinac.
104 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 149 ; Fowler in Lond. Gard. Chron. 1872,
973; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 32; Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis
Acad, iv. 179; Bot. Calif. 11. 125; Veitch, Man. Conif. 175; Law-
- gon, Pinet. Brit. i. 11, f. 1-5.
Introduced from North California in 1852 by John Jeffrey ; and,
_ many years afterwards, reintroduced under the name of Pinus aristata,
which is now regarded as a variety of P. Balfouriana (Veitch,
‘¢ Manual of Conifers,” 1891).
Habitat. —California, Scott’s Mountain, Siskiyou County (Jeffrey,
Lemmon), Mount Witney, and about the headwaters of King and
Kern rivers.
The specific name Balfowriana was given by Mr. Murray in
compliment to the late Professor of Botany in the University of
Edinburgh. ;
The young specimens growing in British gardens under the name
of Pinus aristata are somewhat different from those regarded as the
true P. Balfouriana. They are more robust, and of more rapid
growth ; the leaves are longer, stouter, duller in colour, and much less
glaucous on the inner faces. The merits of P. Balfouriana as a
decorative tree have yet to be proved.
A small tree, 50 to 60 feet in height, with a trunk 2 to 8 feet in
diameter ; dry, gravelly slopes and ridges, forming upon Scott’s
Mountain a broad belt of open forest growth at an elevation of 5,000
to 8,000 feet (C. S. Sargent).
Hardy.
P. B. aristata, Engelm.
This very singular variety is a truly alpine Conifer, constituting the .
highest belts of timber on the peaks of the Colorado Mountains in
California, where on sheltered slopes, at elevations between 9,000 and
10,000 feet, it forms a trunk over 3 feet in diameter, covered with a
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thin, scaly, light greyish-brown bark, not more than three or four
lines thick even on old trees; but on the high bleak mountains of
the Snowy Range, on Pike’s Peak, and on the heights of the’
Coochetopa Pass, at an elevation of from 10,000 to 12,000 feet, it
becomes a straggling bush, frequently prostrate or almost creeping,
and thickly covered with cones. It, however, never descends to a
lower elevation than 9,000 feet. The wood is white, tough, and not
very resinous.
It was first introduced in 1870 by Mr. Cripps, of Tunbridge Wells
(G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
Seems to be hardy in Denmark.
Pp. Bankstana, Wamp: Pin-wed. Ii: (Gatos e en ae
t..o, and ed. 3, 1.9, t. 35 Pers. Syn. 11.,578;: Dest, Hist. Arb:
tie OU Nouv. “Dulham:) ve" 2345 te G75 hy oe oAnibemmclonts ales
ed. 2, v. 315; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 11. 642; Smith in Rees’ Cycl.
xxvill. No. 4; Nutt. Gen. 11. 223, and Sylv. ii. 124, ed. 2, te
182; Spreng. Syst. uu. 886; Torr. Compend. Fl. N. States, 360;
Beck, Bot. 339 ; Eaton, Manual, ed. 6, 265; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2190,
f. 2064-2067 ; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 13, t. 3; Hook. FI. Bor. Am. ii.
161; Eaton and Wright, Bot. 358; Ant. Conif. 8, t. 4, f. 2;
Lindl. in Penn. Cycl. xvii. 171; Link in Linnea, xv. 491 ; Spach,
Hist. Vég. xi. 379; Endl. Syn. Conif. 177 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 26 ;
Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 218 (excl. syn. con-
torta) ; Parry in Owen’s Rep. 618; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 381, and ed. 2,
485 ; Gord. Pinet. 163, and ed. 2, 230; Richardson, Arctic Exped. 441 :
Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 257 ; Hook. fil. in Linn. Trans.
xxili. 301 ; Wood, Cl. Book, 661; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 44;
Nelson, Pinac. 104 ; Gray, Manual N. States, ed. 5, 470; Hoopes,
Evergreens, 78; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 29; Macoun in Geolog.
Rep. Canada, 1875-76, 211; Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad. iy.
184; Sears in Bull. Essex Inst. xiii. 186; Bell in Geolog. Rep.
Canada, 1879-80, 46; Veitch, Man. Conif. 158; Beissn. Nadelh. 218.
P. canadensis foliis curtis, &c. Duham. Arb. ii. 126. PP. silvestris
divaricata, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 3, t. 366. P. hudsonica, Lam.
Dict. Encycl. v. 339. P. rupestris, Michx. Arb. Forest. i. 49, t. 2.
Habitat.—Bay of Chaleurs, New Brunswick, to the southern
shores of Hudson’s Bay ; north-west to the Great Bear Lake, the valley
of the Mackenzie River, and the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains
between the fifty-second and sixty-fifth degrees of north latitude; south
to Northern Maine, Ferrisburg, Vermont (R. E. Robinson), the
southern shores of Lake Michigan, and Central Minnesota.
A small tree, 20 to 70 feet in height, with a trunk rarely ex-
ceeding 24 feet in diameter; barren, sandy soil, or less commonly
in rich loam ; most common north of the boundary of the United
States, and reaching its greatest development in the region north of
Lake Superior, here often forming considerable forests ; toward its
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extreme western limits associated and often confounded with the
closely allied P. contorta and P. Murrayana of the Pacific region.
Wood light, soft, not strong, rather close-grained, compact ; bands
of small summer cells not broad, very resinous, conspicuous, resin
passages few, not large; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; colour
elear light brown or (rarely) orange, the thick sapwood almost white ;
specific gravity, 0'4761 ; ash, 0°23 ; largely used for fuel, railway ties,
&c. (C. S. Sargent).
P. Banksiana, Lamb., published in 1803 in Lambert’s first edition
of Pines a year prior to Poiret’s name of P. riupestris—which name,
erroneously preferred by Parlatore, must give way to the former—is
probably the only Pine with erect, or at least patulous, cones. The small
prickles of the very young cones soon disappear, so that the mature
ones are unarmed. They keep a long time closed—often many years.
Dr. Mayr believes that the wood of P. Banksiana is not inferior
to that of P. silvestris in quality. He therefore believes that the
plant, although it never attains a great size, is really worthy of being
chosen for forest culture on very poor ground, and he recommends it
for that purpose.
As this Pine grows more to the north than any other species,
there can be no doubt at all as to its hardiness. It is perhaps the
species which gives the greatest quantity of cones. I think it would
be interesting to graft it on a somewhat more vigorous species.
P. Banksiana is rare in Danish gardens ; one specimen, however,
planted in 1870, measures 21 feet in height and 15 inches in girth.
It has proved to be hardy in Stockholm.
P. Beardsleyi, Murr. (P. ponderosa). I find it still necessary to
keep this species as distinct, although probably it may turn out to
be P. ponderosa.
Hardy.
P. Boursierli, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1854, 225 (cum ic.), 333, and
Tr. Gén. Conf. 398 (not Gord., nor Henk. and Hochst.). P.
Royleana (?), Lindl. Journ. Hort. Soc. ix. (cum ic.) ; Gard. Chron.
Jan. 28, 1854.
Habitat.—California, where it was found by the French Vice-
Consul Boursier de la Riviére. |
The first seeds were introduced in 1853.
Seems to be hardy.
_P. Brownil. This plant may later on receive another specific
name.
Hardy.
P. Bungeana, Zucc. Mss. in Endl. Conif. 166. P. exeorticata,
hort.
Habitat.—North-eastern China; also much cultivated, especially
on the island of Chusan, &c.
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Introduced into England in 1846 by the Royal Horticultural
Society, through their collector, Robert Fortune, and named after .
A. v. Bunge, who travelled as a botanist in Siberia and China.
I have seen plants bearing cones in North-eastern France and
Middle Western Germany, and suppose it might be able to stand
Danish winters. We still have only young plants.
The native habitat of this tree is far to the north of China, between
Pekin and the western hills, one of the coldest and most desolate-
looking districts in winter which an inhabited and cultivated country
can well be. In summer the country, although treeless, is not without
vegetation. Its plains are covered with crops of a kind of millet—
a tall Sorghum, from six to nine feet high, with a hard stem as
thick as a man’s thumb, which in autumn is cut about knee-high,
and which did infinite damage to the legs of the cavalry horses in the
Pekin war—and the gardens and neighbourhood of the houses of the
inhabitants are gay with flowers and shrubs. But in winter all is
changed ; the crops being cut down, the plains are one extensive
stubble ; not a plant nor a tree to break the uniform desolate sameness
is to be seen as far as the eye can reach, all the shrubs and plants
having disappeared. Where they can have gone to at first appears
inexplicable ; but on inquiry it turns out that they have been taken
up and carried in pots into outhouses, into cellars and holes under-
ground, and wherever shelter can be obtained from the severity of the
coming storm, which would otherwise kill them all. The hardiest
evergreen cannot, unprotected, stand that piercing climate. Passing
through these inhospitable regions to the mcuntains to the west, Mr.
Fortune first met with this Pine in its native country and full-grown.
In the south he had often seen small plants in pots, and knew the tree
perfectly ; but when he saw the strange aspect of the tree with its
white leaves, he naturally rejoiced at the discovery of a new species.
It was only when he came up to it that he found it was an old
acquaintance. Being almost confined to cemeteries, and in such a
treeless country, its lofty, white, many-pillared columns, so asso-
ciated, formed an impressive and striking object (Pinet. Brit.).
P. canariensis, Chr. Smith in Buch. Beschreib. der Canar. Ins.
159; De Cand. Plant. Rar. Hort. Genev.i. t. 1, 2 ; Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2,
i. 45, t. 28; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2261, f. 2162-2166, and Encycl.
of Trees, 994, f. 1861-64 ; Pinet. Woburn. 57, t. 21; Antoine, Conif.
38, t. 15; Spach, Hist. Vés. Phan. xi. 393; Link im Eimnea, xv.
508 ; Webb and Berth. Flor. Canar. Geograph. Bot. 21, 148 ;
Phytogr. Canar. sect. il. 280; Miscell. Pl. 42, 43; Endl. Syn.
Conif. 165; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 30; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 348; Gord. Pinet. ed. 1,
191, and ed. 2, 264; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 80;
J. E. Nelson, Pinac. 106 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 251.
P. canariensis, a large tree, growing 60 to 70 feet high, is-a
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id
native of the islands of Teneriffe and Grand Caiiary, where it forms
extensive forests from the seashore to an altitude on the mountains
of 6,700 feet, though it is most abundant between 4,030 feet and
5,900 feet above the level of the sea, which may be considered as
the Pine region of these islands. This Pine has been long noticed by
travellers who visited Teneriffe ; but it was confounded with P. mari-
tuma, P. Txda, and even Larix ewropxa, till the name of the species
was settled by Professor Smith, of Christiania. In its general appear-
ance, Messrs. Webb and Berthollet observe, P. canariensis resembles
the European species, and the first view of a Pine forest in the
Canaries is very similar to that of a Pine forest on the Alps. Under
these gigantic trees the soil is dry and poor, and very few plants grow
beneath their shade. The Pines grow on the margins of the valleys,
and on the steep slopes and rugged precipices which form the sides of
the mountains, but not on theirsummits (Hist. Nat. des Iles Canaries,
Geog. Bot. p. 21). On the Grand Canary Island the Pine forests
extend from Oratava to Portillo de la Villa.
The leaves of this Pine are sometimes in twos, but more frequently
in threes, and the trees ascend on the slope of the Peak of Teneriffe
to 7,200 feet of elevation; but the zone above 2,400 feet is wholly
occupied by vast forests mingled with the Juniperus Cedro of Webb.
The inhabitants call it ‘‘ Tea,” and consider its timber excellent, being
resinous, durable, and free from the ravages of insects (G. Gordon,
“‘Pinetum,” 1875).
P. canariensis is perhaps more nearly related to P. Laricio than
to P. ponderosa. The articulation of the four involucral bracts is a
curious feature, which it has in common with P. resinosa.
Wintered indoors in Denmark.
P. Cembra, Linn. Spec. Pl. 1419; Du Roi, Harbk. ed. Poit. ii. 69;
Willd. Baumz. 212; Lamb. Pinet. ed. 1, i. 34, t. 23, and ed. 2, i. 48,
t. 30, 31; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v. 56, t. 77; Pinet. Wob. 69,
t. 27; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2274, f. 2188-2192 ; Encycl. of Trees,
1016, f. 1902-1905; Link in Linnea, xv. 513; Antoine, Conif. 45,
t. 20, f. 2; Villars, Fl. Delph. iii. 806 ; Allion, Fl. Pedem. ii. 179;
De Cand. Fl. France. iii. 275 ; Desf. Hist. Arbr. 11. 612; Spach, Hist.
Nat. Vég. Phan. xi. 398; Endl. Syn. Conif. 141; De Chambr. Trait.
Prat. Arbr. Résin. 334; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 214 ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 34; Gaud. Fl. Helv. vi. 186; Host, Synops.
5623; Fl. Austr. 1. 629; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 340; Wahlenb. FI.
Carpat. 309 ; Baumg. Fl. Transylv. uu. 304; Pall. Fl. Ross. i. 3, t. 25
Ledeb. Fi. Alt. iv. 200; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 295, 387 ; Gord.
Pinet. 219, 295 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 276; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der
Nadelh. 122 ; Maximon, Fruit. Fl. Amur. 262. P. montana, Lam.
Fl. France. ii. 651 (not Mill. and Dur.). PP. foltis quinis, &c. Gmel.
Fl. Sib. i. 179; Duham. Arb. i. 127; Hall. Helv. N. 1659; Du
Roi, Harbk. ed. Pott. iv. 29. PP. silvestris, &e. Bauh. Pin. 491.
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P. sativa, Amman, Ruth. 178. P. silvestris Cembro, Cam. Epit. 42:
Larix sempervirens, &c. Breyn. in Act. Nat. Cur. Gent 7,8. Pinaster,
Bell. Conif. 20,21. Veda arbor, Cembro Italorwm, Daleh. Hist. i. 47. °
Cembra sativa, A. S. Oersted, rilande Trovéxten i Danmark, 1864,
82. P. Cembra stricta, hort. P. Aphernoush, Hort. Angl.
Habitat.—On the Alps, at an elevation of from 4,200 to 6,700
feet, and on the Carpathian Mountains at the same elevations.
It was introduced into England by Archibald, Duke of Argyll, in
1746 ; but whether from Siberia or Switzerland is uncertain, though
in all probability from the latter country, as the cones of the
original tree, still existing at Whitton, answer better to the description
of those of P. C. helvetica than to those of P. C. sebirica. The Swiss
variety was strongly recommended by the Rev. J. Harte in his ‘‘ Essays
on Husbandry,” published in 1746, and it is not improbable that it
was he who communicated the seeds to the Duke of Argyll, though
there is no positive evidence on the subject. Mr. Lambert states that
a great many seeds were brought from Switzerland to England about
the end of the last century, and that more than two thousand plants
were raised from part of them.
The wood of P. Cembra is very soft, and its grain is so fine that
it is scarcely perceptible. According to the ‘‘ Nouveau Duhamel,” it is
very resinous, which is the cause of its agreeable fragrance. It is not
commonly large enough to be .used in carpentry, but in joinery it is
of great value, as it is remarkably easy to work, and is of great
durability. In Switzerland it is very much used by turners, and the
shepherds of the Swiss cantons and of the Tyrol occupy their
leisure hours in carving out of it numerous curious little figures of
men and animals, which they sell in the towns, and which have found
their way all over Hurope. The wood is sional used for wainscoting ;
having not only an agreeable light brown appearance, but retaining its
odour, according to Kasthofer, for centuries. In Dauphiné_the
kernels of the seed, Villars informs us, are eagerly sought after by
a species of crow Cen Caryocatactes, L.), which shows an almost in-
credible degree of skill in breaking the hardest shells. In Switzerland
the seeds are used in some places as food, and in others as an article of
luxury ; and the shell being very hard, and requiring some time and
skill to separate it from the kernel, the doing so forms an amusement
for young persons in the long winter evenings, who, Kasthofer
observes, show a degree of skill in it that might vie with that of the
squirrel. In some places in the Tyrol the seeds are bruised, and an
oil obtained from them by expression. So abundant is this oil in
comparison with that isch by other seeds, that while a pound of
flax seed yields only 2: , 1 lb. of cembra seed yields 5 oz. Cembra
oil is used both as food al aa for burning in lamps; bet as the break-
ing of the seeds requires a long time, it is generally dearer than most
other oils. It has a very agreeable flavour when newly made, but very
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soon becomes rancid. The shells of the kernels, steeped in any kind
of spirits, yield a fine red colour (Loudon, ‘*‘ Arboretum et Fruticetum
Britannicum,” 1844, iv. 2278).
P. Cembra has in Danish parks and forests attained a height of
about 70 feet. One specimen, planted in 1845, is now 42 feet high
and 3 feet 2 inches in girth; and another, also recently measured,
planted in 1864, 50 feet high and 3 feet in girth. Cones often ripen
in Denmark.
P. Cembra grows very well in Southern and Middle Sweden, and
in the vicinity of Stockholm. It grows more than afoota year. It
even grows well in Aangermanland and South Norbotten at about 64°.
It grows also at Wiborg (60° 45’), in Finland.
P. C. sibirica, Loud. When travelling in Russia I discovered that
the seeds of this variety were much liked, and that they were exported
to parts of Scandinavia, where they are called ‘‘ Russer-nédder,” that
is, Russian nuts. The Russian farmers often do much harm to the
few and veryscattered forests of this tree, as theydo not hesitate to cut
down trees merely for the sake of collecting the seeds.
Habitat.—Eastern Russia, and in Siberia. In Russia the border-
line for its distribution forms a half-circle whose convexity turns to the
west. The south border is on the west of Ural, in the northern part
of the government of Perm, about 59° (or perhaps already at Jekaterin-
bourg, 562°—Eversmann). Farther to the west the border-line goes
into the government of Wiaetka (58°), and from there NNW. to
Solwytschegodsk (613°), where it reaches its most western point.
Jt further goes, first NE. and afterwards right H., to Ural, where
it reaches its most northern point, at 643° (A. E. v. Baer and Gr. v.
Helmeisen, ‘“‘ Beitriige zur Kenntniss des Russischen Reiches,” xviii.
17, Petersbourg, 1856). Schrenck says (‘‘ Reise in den Nordosten,”
&e. p. 30) that the Cembra Pine has been found at the Petschora
River (about 66°), in the government of Archangel. In the southern
part of the Jenesei Valley (59}°) it is recorded that the Cembra Pine
(the Siberian form) here and there grows in forests without any other
trees (Ath. vy. Middendorf, ‘‘ Reise in den dussersten Norden und
Osten Siberiens,” iv. 557). Farther to the north it is more and
more spread amongst other trees. Near Krasnojarsk (56° 1’) and
Jeneseisk (58° 27’) the Cembra Pine and the Larch (Larix sibirica)
also grow to gigantic dimensions. The Cembra Pine is said to reach
a height of over 200 feet (62°7 metres), and to attain at the base a
diameter of 6 feet (1°8 métre). It reaches its northern limit at Pala-
vinskoj (69° 10’). (‘‘ Bihang til Kel. Svenska Vetenskaps Academiens
Handlinger,” vol. iv. No. 11, pp. 41, 42; and Chr. Hd. Otto,
‘‘ Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung,” 1877, p. 205.)
The above notes on the distribution of this interesting Pine are
taken from Professor F. C. Schiibeler’s ‘* Viridarium Norvegicum,”
1886, 1. 389.
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I have cones of different sizes of this Pine, and I think theré
exist several varieties of it. ;
P. cembroides, Zuce. in Flora, 1832 ; Gord. Journ. Hort. Soe. i.
236 (cum ic.); Fl. Serr. iv. 824, 325, 331, f. 97; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 404; Gord. Pinet.
192; J. HE. Nelson, Pinac. 107. P. edulis, Wisliz. in Mem. cf a
Tour in Northern Mexico, 1846-47, 88 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort.
Soc. v. 216; Carr. Rev. Hort. 1854, 227, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 408.
P. fertilis, Roezl, ex Gord. Pinet. suppl. 76.
Habitat.—Santa Catalina Mountains, Arizona (Pringle) ; through
Northern Mexico, near Real del Monte.
A small tree, in Arizona 20-25 feet in height, with a trunk
hardly exceeding a foot in diameter; dry ridges and slopes at an
elevation of 3,500 feet. Also in South California.
Introduced by Hartweg in 1846.
May not be hardy.
P. clausa, Vasey in Mayr, Die Waldungen von Nordamerika, 116.
P. mops var. clausa, Chapman.
Habitat.—Florida, shores of Pensacola Bay, south, generally within
30 miles of the coast, to Pease Creek, and occupying a narrow ridge
along the east coast south of St. Augustine.
A tree 70-80 feet in height, with a trunk 2-23 feet in diameter, or
on the west coast rarely 20-30 feet in height; barren, sandy dunes
and ridges; most common, and reaching its greatest development,
about the head of Halifax Bay.
Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle ; bands of small summer cells
broad, very resinous, conspicuous, resin passages numerous, prominent ;
medullary rays numerous, thin ; colour light orange or yellow, the thick
sapwood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°5576 ; ash, 0°31 ; occasionally
used for the masts of small vessels (C. 8. Sargent).
This species may not yet be introduced into the northern parts
of Europe. I possess typical cones of it in my collection.
P. contorta, Dougl. in Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 975, f. 1814-15 ;
Loud. Arbor. iv. 2292, f. 2210-11; Nutt. Sylv. ii. 117, and ed. 2,
ii. 176; Endl. Syn. Conif. 168; Carr. Tr. Conif. 364, and ed. 2, 474;
Torr. in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 141; Gord. Pinet. 165, and ed. 2, 232 ;
Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 261; Lyall in Journ. Linn. Soe.
vil. 1338, 141, in part; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 24; Rothrock in
Smithsonian Rep. 1867, 483; Hoopes, Evergreens, 81, in part ;
Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 381, in part ; Watson in King’s Rep. v.
330; Fowler in Lond. Gard. Chron. 1872, 1070; Gray in Proc.
Am. Acad. vii. 402; Koch, Dendrol. 1. 301; Vasey, Cat. Forest
Trees, 29; Hall in Coulter’s Bot. Gaz. ii. 91; Macoun in Geolog.
Rep. Canada, 1875-76, 211; Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad.
iv. 182, and Bot. Calif. ii. 126; Lond. Gard. Chron. 1883, 351 ;
G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. ser. 2, ix. 327, in part; Veitch,
PINETUM DANICUM. 357
Man. Conif. 145; Masters in Lond. Gard. Chron. 1883, 45, f. 5;
Beissn. Nadelh. 219. P. inops, Bong. Vég. Sitch. 45. P. Bolan-
deri, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 379. P. Banksiana, ex Lindl.
and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 218 (mot Lambert). P. MacIntoshiana,
Laws. ex Gord. Pinet. 165. PP. Bowrsieri, Revue Hort. 1854, 225
(cwim ic.).
Habitat.—Alaska, south along the coast to Mendocino County,
California, extending inland to the western slopes of the coast ranges.
A small stunted tree, 20-30 feet in height, with a trunk 1-2 feet
in diameter ; sandy dunes and exposed rocky points.
Wood light, hard, strong, brittle, coarse-grained ; bands of small
summer cells very broad, resinous, conspicuous, resin passages nume-
rous, not large ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; colour light brown
tinged with red, the thick sapwood nearly white; specific gravity,
0°5815; ash, 0°19(C. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
A specimen of Pinus contorta planted in 1876, now in a Danish
garden, is 17 feet high with a girth of 1 foot 6 inches. Hardy.
P. Coulteri, Don in Linnea, xvii. 440; Loud. Arbor. iv.
2250, f. 2144-47 ; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 67, t. 25, 26; Ant. Conif. 31,
t. 12, 13; Penn. Cycl. xvii. 172; Link in Linnea, xv. 510; Hook.
and Arnott, Bot. Beechey, 393 ; Nutt. Sylv. 11. 112, and ed. 2, ii. 171 ;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 160 ; Carr. in Fl. des Serr. ix. 275 and t.; Carr. Tr.
Conif. 335, and ed. 2, 435 ; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 261 ;
Torr. in Ives’ Rep. 28; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 76;
Bolander in Proc. Calif. Acad. 11. 218; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2,
392 ; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 31 ; Gord. Pinet. ed. 2, 266; Engelm.
in Trans. St. Louis Acad. iv. 182, and Bot. Calif. 1. 127 ; Dawson,
Pinet. Brit. 1. 23, f. 1-5; Beissn. Nadelh. 257. P. macrocarpa,
Lindl. in Bot. Reg. 1840, app. 61; Nelson, Pinac. 117.
- Habitat.—California, Monte Diabla, south through the coast ranges
to the Cuyamaca Mountains, and probably in Lower California.
A tree 80-150 feet in height, with a trunk 3-6 feet in diameter ;
dry ridges and slopes between 3,000 and 6,000 feet elevation ; most
common, and reaching its greatest development, in the San Jacinto
Mountains.
Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, coarse-grained ; bands of
small summer cells broad, very resinous, conspicuous, resin passages
few, large ; medullary rays numerous, prominent ; colour light red,
the thick sapwood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°4133; ash, 0°37
(C. S. Sargent).
Seems to be hardy.
P. deflexa, Torr. Rep. on the U.S. and Mexican Boundary, by
W. H. Emory, 1859, ii. 209 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 416.
Habitat.—On the Cordilleras in California (Parry).
If our plant is correctly named, it is perhaps not quite hardy in
Denmark, ; :
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P. densiflora, Sieb. and Zuce. P. rubra, Sieb. P. japonica,
Forb. P. Pinea, Gord.
Habitat.—Japan. Common in the islands of Nippon and Kiusiu,
on the mountains. It grows as far as to South-western Eso and Sikok.
Introduced into Europe by Siebold & Co., of Leyden, in 1854.
As far as I know we have only small plants in Denmark. I
have seen a plant that had commenced to bear cones in South Sweden,
but it was killed by the frost. Our young plants look well.
P. Devoniana, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, app. 62; Spach, Hist.
Vég. Phan. xi. 402 ; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1001, f. 1877-78 ; Endl.
Syn. Conif. 153; Knight, Syn. Conif. 33; Lindl. and Gord. Journ.
Hort. Soc. v. 215; Carr. Man. des Pl. 349, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 315 ;
Gord. Pinet. 221 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 103 (excl.
syn. Roezl); Nelson, Pinac. 111.
In Roezl’s Catalogue, 1857-58, it is called Pinus blanco, P.
magnifica, P. Ocampi, P. Ocampi Devomana, P. Thibaudiana, and
P. Zitacuaria.
Habitat.—Mexico. Hartweg found this at Ocotillo, between Real
del Monte and Regia, on the most elevated points of the mountains.
It has been tried out of doors, but is not hardy in Denmark. I
possess cones of it in my collection.
P. edulis, Engelm. in Wisliz. Mem. 88 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ.
Hort. Soc. v. 216; Revue Hort. 1854, 227.
Habitat—New Mexico, between Cimaron and Santa Fé, in great
numbers ; also in Arizona. Dr. Mayr says its habitat is as far south
as Pike’s Peak, in Colorado, on dry, stony soil. In Colorado it will
ascend as high as 8,400 feet. He calls 1 “‘an upright dwarf Pine.”
Introduced into Europe in 1848.
A small tree, 20-30 feet in height, with a trunk 1-5 feet in
diameter ; dry mesas and slopes, generally on lime or sandstone,
reaching in Colorado an elevation of 9,000 feet (C. 8. Sargent).
Very likely not hardy.
P. Elliotti, Engelmann. Does not seem to be hardy.
P. excelsa, Wall. Mss. Pl. As. Rar. t. 201 ; Don in Lamb. Pinet.
ed. 2, 1. 55, t. 33; Wall. List. n. 6059; Forb. (Jam.) Pinet. Wob.
75, t. 29; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2285, f. 2197-2202, and Encyel.
of Trees, 1022, f. 1915-18; Link in Linnea, xv. 515; Spach,
Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan. xi. 396; Ant. Conif. 42, t. 29, f 1;
Hoftmeist. in Bot. Zeit. 1846, 184; Endl. Syn. Conif. 145 ; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 34; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215 ; Carr.
Tr. Gén. des Conif. 300 ; Gord. Pinet. 222 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn.
90; Beissn. Nadelh. 283. P. Strobus, Hamilt. Account of Nepaul,
83 (not L. nor Thunb.). P. pendula, Griff. Journ. of Travels,
211, 237, &c. P. Chylla, Lodd. Cat. 1836, 50. P. Strobus eaxcelsa,
Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1022, f. 1915-18. P. Strobus argentea, hort.
P. Strobus pendula, hort. P. nepalensis, De Chambr. Tr. Prat. Arb.
if ed
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PINETUM DANICUM., 359
Résin. 312. P. Dicksoni, hort. Strobus excelsa, A. S. Oersted,
Frilands-Trovoxten i Danmark, 1864, 80.
Habitat.—The Himalayas, from Bhotan to Afghanistan, at eleva-
tions ranging from 5,000 to 12,000 feet.
The first author who drew attention to this species was Dr. Francis
Hamilton, who gathered it in 1802 near Narainhetty, and noticed it
in his ‘‘ Account of Nepaul” under the name of Pinus Strobus, from
which he did not separate it. Dr. Wallich next determined its
characters, and named it P. excelsa. He brought home many good
specimens in various states, some of which he placed in the hands of
Mr. Lambert, who published it as a new species in the second edition
of his ‘‘Genus Pinus” under the name given to it by Dr. Wallich,
and the remainder are still in his collection in the possession of the
Linnean Society. Since then its history is almost confined to
the discovery of additional localities and the ascertainment of its
geographical range. It was introduced into Britain by Dr. Wallich
about 1827 (‘‘ Pinetum Britannicum”).
The specific name excelsa, ‘‘lofty,” refers, according to Major
Madden, not to the stature of the tree, but to the elevation at which
it is found.
Jt is one of the most common Pines of the central zone throughout
the whole Himalayas. Dr. Griffith states its most eastern limits to be
Bhotan, where it is called ‘‘ Lumshing,” ‘‘ Lamshing,” or ‘‘ Lemshing ;”
and its most western locality to be on the mountains of Kafiristan,
near Jalalabad, where it is called ‘‘ Piunee.” It has not hitherto
been met with in Sikkim, and appears to be wholly wanting in Central
and North-west Kamaon, but is the uppermost and only Pine met
with in the ascent to the Neetee Pass in Gurwhal, at an elevation of
11,000 feet, and on both the north and south faces of the Lamakaga
Passes ; while, according to Captain Gerard, its highest limit on the
snowy range of Leem is at an elevation of 12,000 feet, and its lowest,
near Deorah, in Joobul, at only 5,000 feet, thus fixing the extreme
limits of Pinus excelsa at from 5,000 to 12,000 feet of elevation.
Again, Mr. Winterbotham traced it to the mountains of Gilgit, beyond
Cashmere, its most northern habitat hitherto ascertained, as Bhotan
is its most southern and Jalalabad its most western limits.
This is the “‘ Kail,” or ‘‘ Kaell” (sort of Pine), of the hill people
about Simla, the ‘‘ Lem” of Kunawur, and the ‘‘ Yari” of Cashmere;
also the Weeping Fir of the Himalayan travellers, and the ‘‘ Chylla,”
or ‘‘ Cheel,” of Kamaon and Gurwhal.
Timber soft, white, and remarkably compact, producing in great
abundance a highly fragrant resinous turpentine.
Dr. Wallich and some other travellers mention what they consider
varieties of this Pine, some with shorter, others with greener leaves,
and others with stiffer foliage, but all such varieties no doubt arise
from climate and elevation.
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This tree flowers about the end of May, and the cones require
eighteen months to mature (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
This elegant Pine grows from 90 to 100 feet high in its native
country, where the timber is in much repute. In Scotland it is
found in most collections, and forms a handsome ornamental tree
when growing ina light warm soil and sheltered site. It does not
thrive in cold damp soils, and bears exposure indifferently. The long
slender branches, gracefully clothed with bluish-green glaucous
leaves, contrast pleasantly with those of other darker-foliaged trees.
The tree is full of clear limpid turpentine, which flows from the
slightest incision of the bark (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soe. vol. xii.
part 2).
A specimen of Pinus excelsa, planted in 1870, when measured lately
showed a height of 20 feet and a circumference of the stem of 3 feet.
Larger plants, not so old, have been seen in Denmark, but some of
them are not so vigorous. I possess cones ripened in Denmark.
Pinus excelsa has, Prof. Schiitbeler says, done well for several years
in the Botanic Gardens at Christiania. It is also to be found here
and there as far north as Stockholm.
P.e. longifolia. Seems to be hardy.
P. filifolia, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1840, app. 61; Loud. Encycl. of
Trees, 1008, f. 1889-90; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 403; Endl.
Syn. Conif. 155 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 33; Lindl. and Gord. Journ.
Hort. Soc. v. 216; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 350, and Tr. Gén. Conif.
320; Gord. Pinet. 223; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 102
(excl. syn.); J. EH. Nelson, Pinac. 112. P. Skinneri, Forb. ex Gord.
- About a dozen of the names in Roezl’s Catalogue (1857-58) might
be referred to this species.
Habitat.—Guatemala. Hartweg saw it near Santiago, on the
Vulcan del Fuego, and on the mountains near the town of Guatemala.
Introduced into EKurope in 1840.
I have only cones of this species.
P. flexilis, Wislizenus. Long’s Exped. i. 27, 34; Torr. in
Ann. Lye. N. York, i. 249, and Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 141; Eaton,
Manual, ed. 6, 265; Haton and Wright, Bot. 359; Nutt. Sylv. iii.
107, t. 112, and ed. 2, ii. 167, t. 107 ; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort.
Soc. Lond. v. 220; Carr. in Fl. des Serres, ix. 200, Rev. Hort. 1854,
228, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 310, ed. 2, 392; Bigelow in Pacific R.R.
Rep. iv. 6,20; Gord. Pinet. 224, and ed. 2, 302 ; Cooper in Smith-
sonian Rep. 1858, 262; Parry in Trans. St. Louis Acad. ni. 121;
Engelm. in Am. Journ. Sc. ser.; 2, xxxiv. 331, Trans. St. Louis
Acad. 11. 208, Wheeler’s Rep. vi. 257, and Bot. Calif. 11. 124; Henk.
end Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 126; Nelson, Pinac. 112 ; Bolander
in Proc. Calif. Acad. iii. 318; Hoopes, Evergreens, 131, f. 18; Parl.
jn DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 403; Porter in Hayden’s Rep. 1871, 494;
229
Watson in King’s Rep. xxviii, 332, and Pl, Wheeler, 17; Rothrock,
PINETUM DANICUM. 861
Pl. Wheeler, 27, 50, and Wheeler’s Rep. vi. 9; Porter and Coulter,
Fl. Colorado; Hayden, Surv. Misc. Pub. No. 4, 180; Murray in
Lond. Gard. Chron. 1875, 106; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 32; Sargent
in Am. Journ. Sc. ser. 3, xvii. 420; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. i. 35, f. 1.
P. Lambertiana B brevifolia, Hook. ex Nutt. 1. c.
Habitat.—New Mexico and California. Jeffrey found it on the
mountain tops near Fort Hope, near the Fraser River on the Shasta
Mountains, at an elevation of more than 6,500 feet, but it ascends
much higher.
May be hardy.
P. Fremontiana, Endl. May prove to be the same as Pinus
monophylla. Seems to be hardy.
Habitat.—Kastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains, Montana, and
probably much farther north; south to New Mexico, on the Guada-
loupe and Limpia Mountains, Western Texas (Havard) ; on the high
mountain ranges of Utah, Nevada, and Northern Arizona, Inyo
Mountains, and Mount Silliman, California.
A tree 50-60 feet in height, with a trunk 2-4 feet in diameter ;
dry, gravelly slopes and ridges between 4,000 and 10,000 feet eleva-
tion ; common along the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains of
Northern Montana, forming open, scattered forests ; here low, round-
topped, and the prevailing forest tree ; in Central Nevada the most
valuable lumber tree of the region (C. S. Sargent).
P. Gerardiana, Wall. Mss.; Lamb. Pin. ed. 3, t. 79; Royle,
Himalay. 32, t. 85, f. 2; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2254, f. 2153-55,
and Encycl. of Trees, 998, f. 1869-70; Pinet. Wob. 53, t. 19;
Ant. Conif. 29, t. 10; Hoffmeist. in Bot. Zeit. 1846, 184; Spach,
Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 390 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 159 ; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216; Knight, Syn. Conif. 30; Carr. Traité
Gén. des Conif. 333; Gord. Pinet. 195. P. Neosa, Govan, Mss.
P. Chilghosa, Elph. ex Knight, l. c.; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1118.
P. Aucklandi, Lodd. Cat.
Habitat. “The Himalayas, from Afghanistan 4G Nepaul, at eleva-
tions between 8,000 and 10,000 feet.
Introduced ito Kurope about the year 1820.
Seems to be hardy.
A tree growing 50 feet high, with a compact head, found in great
abundance, forming large forests on the northern side of the snowy
range of mountains in Kunamur, beyond the influence of the periodi-
cal rains, where it grows in very dry, rocky ground ; and, according
to Major Madden, its manner of growth differs from that of any
of the other Pines of India. Its trunk is of large girth, but scarcely
exceeding 50 feet in height, furnished with numerous horizontal
branches nearly to the ground, the upper ones forming a large,
compact, conical head. It is also found to the north of Cashmere,
and on the Astor Mountains in Little Thibet. The mountains near
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Nijrow, in the Kohistan of Cabul, are also covered with the
Chilghoza Pine. Captain Gerard states its highest limits on the .
Inner Himalayas to be from 10,000 to 12,000 feet of elevation. The
exterior bark is of a silvery grey, falling off in large flakes, and never
transforming itself into the rough outer coating like the other Pines.
It is called ‘‘ Rhee” or ‘‘ Ree” in Kunamur, ‘‘Shungtee” by the
Thibetans, and ‘‘ Sonoubar Sukkar” (sweet pine-nut) by the Persians
and Arabs.
The Shipkees in Thibet call this Pine ‘‘ Kuminche” and
“¢ Sunoubur-Sughar” (lesser sweet-nut pine), an apt name enough,
for the tree seldom grows more than 50 feet high. Mr. Winter-
botham found it as far north as Gilgit ; but neither Dr. Hooker nor
Dr. Griffith ever seem to have discovered it in a native state either
in Eastern Nepaul or Sikkim; and Captain Gerard states its highest
altitude on the southern exposures of the Inner Himalayas to be from
10,850 to 12,300 feet—generally associated with Cedrus Deodara.
Dr. Griffith found it in Afghanistan occurring on the outer ranges,
indicating exemption from the periodical rains. It is styled by
Europeans ‘‘the edible pine-nut,” the seeds being nearly an inch
long, very sweet, and said to possess many good qualities, but amongst
them that of easy digestion is certainly not to be reckoned as one.
The Neoza Pine also affords abundance of fine turpentine, and the
cones exude a copious white resin, and produce about 100 seeds each,
which are sold in the Simla bazaars under the name of ‘‘ Neoza”’
nuts, and in those of Afghanistan as ‘‘ Chilghoza”’ nuts.
It is quite hardy in England, but very slow in growth (G.
Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,”’ 1875). :
Dr. Aitchison (Journ. Linn. Soc. Nos. 106, 107) thus describes
Pinus Gerardiana as seen in the Kuram district in Afghanistan :
‘A very handsome tree that does not branch as Pines usually do,
the trunk and branches being more like those of a well-formed Oak.
It is easily recognised at a distance by its nearly white, ash-grey bark,
which on close examination is seen not to be of one colour, but consists
of patches of all tints, from light green to autumnal reds and browns ;
this is due to the peculiar way the bark exfoliates. The nuts form a
large article of diet amongst the villagers of the district in which the
Pine grows, and are esteemed a luxury in North-west India.”
Named by Dr. Wallich in compliment to its discoverer, Capt. Gerard,
an officer in the Bengal Native Infantry.
Seems to be hardy in Denmark.
P. halepensis, Mill. Dict. n. 8, ic. t. 216; Lamb. Pinet, ed. 1,
15, t. 11, and ed. 2, 1. 18, t. 7; Willd. Baumz. 267 ; Desf. Hist. Arbr.
ii. 611; Forb. (Jam.) Pinet. Wob. 25, +. 8; Link in Linnea, xv.
496; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v. 238, t. 70; Griseb. Spicileg. FI.
Rumel. ii. 348; DC. Fl. Fr. 274; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. x1.
383 ; Schouw, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, il. 237 ; Loud. Encycl. of Trees,
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PINETUM DANICUM. 3638
967, f. 1790-93 ; Ant. Conif. 2, t. 1, f. 3; Endl. Syn. Conif. 180;
Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 219; Knight, ‘Syn. Conif.
27 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 393 ; Gord. Pinet. 165 ;“Henk. and Hochst.
Syn. der Nadelh. 55 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 83; Nelson, Pinac. 118 ;
Beissn. Nadelh. 323. P. genuensis, Cook. P. hierosolimitana, Duham.
Arbr. 1. 126, n. 14.
Habitat.—The Mediterranean region, from Portugal, Spain, and
South-east France to the Levant ; also. Western Asia as far as Georgia,
and even Persia ; on Mount Hebron in Palestine, and other parts of
Syria (Carr. 506).
Introduced into England in 1763 by Bishop Compton.
Is perhaps not quite hardy, although a young plant stood the
winter of 1890-91 out of doors.
P. h. Pithyusa, Stev. ex Gord. Pinet. 166. P. Pithyusa,
Strangw. in Gard. Mag. xvi. 638. P. maritima, Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2,
i. 13, t. 6. P. abchasica, Fisch. ex Gord. Pinet. 166. P. abasica,
Carr. Conif. ed. 1, 352. P. halepensis abasica, Carr. Conif. ed. 2,
507. P. arabica, Sieber ex Spreng. Syst. i. 886. P. colchica, hort.
Hardiness doubtful.
P. Hartwegii, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, app. 62; Spach, Hist.
Vég. Phan. xi. 402; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1000, figs. 1875-76 ;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 152; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215 ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 83; Carr. Man. des Pl. 348, and Tr. Gén. Conif.
311; Gord. Pinet. 226 (excl. syn. Roezl) ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn.
der Nadelh. 107 (excl. syn. Roezl); J. EH. Nelson, Pinac. 113;
Hoopes, Evergreens, 146.
Introduced into Europe in 1839.
Habitat.-—Mexico. Hartweg discovered it on the Campanario
Mountains at an elevation of about 10,000 feet ; it is to be found
there even where the ‘‘Oyamel” (Abies religiosa) disappears. Further,
this Pine is found on the mountains of Orizaba and near Real del
Monte, and there the tree attains a height of 100 feet.
As far as I know it has not yet been cultivated in Denmark. I
have cones in my collection.
P. inops, Sol. ex Ait. Hort. Kew. ii. 367, and ed. 2, v. 316;
Michx. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 204; Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, i. 18, t. 13, ed. 2,
i. 21, t. 14, and ed. 3, 1. 25, t. 12; Willd. Spec. iv. 496, Enum. 988,
and Berl. Baumz. 266; Pers. Syn. i. 578; Michx. f. Hist. Arb.
panei 08, 1.4; IN; Amer. Sylv. ed. 3, ii. 103, t. 139; Nouy.
Duham. v. 236, t. 69, f. 1; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. 1. 641; Smith in
Rees’ Cycl. xxviii. No. 10; Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 93; Compend.
Fl. Philadelph. ii. 183; Nutt. Gen. 11. 223; Hayne, Dend. FI.
173 ; Elliott, Sk. ii. 633; Spreng. Syst. 1. 886; Torr. Compend. FI.
N. States, 359; Audubon, Birds, t. 97; Beech. Bot. 338; Eaton,
Manual, ed. 6, 265; Bon. Jard. 1837, 376; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2192,
f. 2068-71; Forb. Pinet. Wob. xv. t.4; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii.
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161, in part; Eaton and Wright, Bot. 358; Ant. Conif. 17, t. 5,
f. 3; Lindl. in Penn. Cycl. xvii. 171; Link in Linnea, xv.. 500;.
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 386; Endl. Syn. Conif. 167; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 26; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 ; Carr. Tr.
Gén. Conif. 361, anded. 2, 471; Darlington, Fl. Cestrica, ed. 3, 290;
Darby, Bot. 8. States, 514 ; Gord. Pinet. 167, and ed. 2, 238 ; Cooper in
Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 257 ; Chapman, Fl. 8S. States, 433; Curtis in
Rep. Geolog. Surv. N. Carolina, 1860, ii. 20 ; Wood, Cl. Book, 661,
and Bot. and Fl. 3138; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 22; Nelson,
Pinac. 113 ; Gray, Man. N. States, ed. 5, 470; Hoopes, Evergreens,
84; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 380 (excl. syn. variabilis) ; Vasey,
Cat. Forest Trees, 30; Veitch, Man. Conif. 158. P. wrginiana, Mill.
Dict, n. 9). variabilis, amb. Pine yed? 45-22) taalo:
Habitat.—Middle Island, Long Island, Tottenville and Clifton,
Staten Island, New York ; south, generally near the coast, to the valley
of the Savannah River (Aiken, South Carolina), and through Kastern
and Middle Kentucky to ‘‘ The Knobs” of South-eastern Indiana.
A tree 80-120 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter,
or in the Atlantic States generally much smaller; sandy, generally
barren soil, reaching its greatest development west of the Alleghany
Mountains (C. S. Sargent).
This Pine is found very abundantly in many of the interior States,
and especially where the soil is of a poor, sandy character. In such
situations it grows from 15 to 30 feet high. In the barren districts of
New Jersey particularly, P. inops covers large tracts of land known
as ‘‘ pine barrens.” Some of the trees even in these waste places are
quite handsome, being remarkable for the pale yellowish twigs and
leaves. Many examples of large trees, conical in shape, are to be met
with, although the large majority are but small, stunted shrubs, and
far from ornamental. This species presents a peculiar and striking
appearance ; the straggling branches are covered with a dark, rough
bark, and the young shoots are beautifully tinged with violet, while
the entire tree is almost covered with exuding resin, which emits a
pleasant fragrance or balsamic odour (Hoopes, ‘‘ Evergreens”’).
Hardy.
P. insignis, Dougl. Mss. ex Loud. Arb. iv. 2265, f. 2170-72 ;
Forb.- Pinet. Wob. 5i,; t- 18;° Lindl..1n- Penn. -Cycl xvas 1741
Ant. Conif. 27, t. 8, f. 1; Hook. and Arnott, Bot. Beechey, 393 ;
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 389; Nutt. Sylv. i. 115, and ed. 2, i.
174 ; Bentham, Voy. ‘‘ Sulphur,” 55; Endl. Syn. Conif. 163 ; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 30; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 217 ;
Carr. Tr. Conif. 339, and ed. 2, 440; Bigelow in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv.
25;-Torr. in Pacific R.R. Rep. .iv. 141; Bot. .Mex.. Boundary
Survey, 209, t. 55; Ives’ Rep. 28; Newberry in Pacific R.R. Rep.
vi. 90; Gord. Pinet. 197, and ed. 2, 270 ; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep.
1858, 261; Murray in Edinburgh New Phil. Journ, new ser. xi, 222
Res Oe SE
PINETUM DANICUM: 365
(Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vi. 347); Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 69 ;
Bolander in Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 262, t. 317; Nelson, Pinac.
114; Hoopes, Evergreens, 143; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 395 ;
Lawson, Pinet. Brit. i. 37, t. 1, 5, f. 1-14; Fowler in Lond. Gard.
Chron. (1872), 1070; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 31; HEngelm. in
Trans. St. Louis Acad. iv. 182, and Bot. Calif. ii. 128; Veitch, Man.
Conif. 163. P. californica, Loisl. in Nouv. Duham. v. 243? (not
Harw.). P. adunca, Bose. Msc. ex Endl. P. radiata, Don in Linn.
Trans. xvii. 442. PP. tuberculata, Don in Linnea, xvii. 442 (not
Gord.). P. montereyensis. P. monteragensis, hort.
Habitat.—Calfornia, Pescadero to Monterey and San Simeon Bay.
A tree 80-100 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter ;
sandy soil in immediate proximity to the sea-coast ; rare and local ;
now widely cultivated on the Pacific coast for shelter and ornament.
A form from Guadaloupe Island, off the coast of Lower California,
with leaves in pairs, is var. binata (Kngelm. in Proc. Am. Acad. xi.
119, and Bot. Calif. 11. 128).
P. wmsignis, Dougl., is distinguished by its fresh green foliage and
closely and strongly serrulate leaves. Cones generally thick and very
obligue, with the scales of the outer side large and thick, and on the
inner side smaller and flat ; some cones are more regular, all the scales
being nearly equally flat.
A young plant, somewhat covered in the winter time, has kept alive
three years. Another not well covered died.
P. Jeffreyi, Murr. Rep. Oregon Exped. 2, t. 1; Edinburgh New
Phil. Journ. new ser. xi. 224, t. 8,9 (Trans. Bot. Soc. Edin. vi.
350, and t.); Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 358, and ed. 2, 439; Gord. Pinet,
198, and ed. 2, 272; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 87; Nelson,
Pinac. 115 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 115; Parl. in D@. Prodr. xvi. 2,
393 ; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. i. 45, t. 6, f. 1-4; Koch, Dendr. 11. 314;
Engelm. in Coulter’s Bot. Gaz. vu. 4; Veitch, Man. Conif. 165 ;
Beissner, Nadelholz. 263.
Habitat.—California, Scott’s Mountain, Siskiyou County, south
along the Sierra Nevada to the San Bernardino and San Jacinto
Mountains.
A large tree 98-100 feet in height, with a trunk 4-13 feet in
diameter; dry, gravelly slopes between 6,000 and 8,000 feet eleva-
tion ; most common, and reaching its greatest development, on the
eastern slope of the Sierra Nevadas, here generally replacing the allied
P. ponderosa, from which it may be distinguished by its more deeply
cleft bark, glaucous branchlets and leaves, much larger cones, and by
the strong pungent odour of oil of orange of the freshly cut branchlets.
Wood light, strong, hard, rather coarse-grained, compact ; bands of
small summer cells not broad, very resinous, conspicuous; resin
passages few, not large; medullary rays numerous, obscure; colour
light red, the sapwood pale yellow or nearly white ; specific gravity,
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0°5206 ; ash, 0°26; largely manufactured into coarse lumber (C. S.
Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”). Abietine, a volatile
carbo-hydrogen possessing powerful anesthetic properties, is probably.
obtained by distilling the resinous exudation of this species and of
P. Sabiniana (Watts’ Dict. Chem. ed. 2, Suppl. 1; Am. Journ.
Pharm. 1872, 97 ; U.S. Dispensatory, ed. 2, 1417, and ed. 14, 900;
Fliickiger and Hanbury, Pharmacographia, 545).
P. Jeffreyi, planted near Copenhagen in 1870, has lately given a
measurement of 263 feet in height and 23 feet in girth. It has coned.
P. Jeffreyi is hardly tried anywhere in Norway save at the Botanic
Gardens at Christiania, where a fifteen-year-old plant is to be found ;
it is 64 feet high (2°05 métres). In Sweden this species thrives in
the south, as well as at Stockholm. It also grows at St. Petersburg
(Prof. F. C. Schiibeler, ‘‘ Viridarium Norvegicum,” 1886, 390).
P. koraiensis, Sieb. and Zucc. Flor. Jap. i. 28, t. 116.
P. Strobus, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 275 (not L.). P. mandschwrica, Rupr.
ex Regl. Tent. Fl. Uss.; Mayr, Monog. Abiet. Jap. 1890, 73.
Habitat.—A tree growing from 30;to 40 feet high, rarely found
wild in China or Japan, but much cultivated in gardens, where it
often does not exceed 12 or 14 feet in height. It is found growing
along the sea-coast on the peninsula of Corea, and about the Bay of
St. Peter and St. Paul in the Island of Koraginsk, where the seeds are
eaten by the people.
By the Japanese it was for a long time regarded as lost, they
believing that soldiers from the Corean wars had taken it with them.
But when the large forests of Middle Japan were explored, it was
found in the colder leaf-tree forests, and in the higher situated fir
forests only in few instances, but a tree of first size. It was also found
on the mountains of Katyuke. But although it is rare and new, it
grows near the sea (Mayr).
The Japanese call it ‘‘ Wummi-matsu ” (Sea-coast Pine), and the
Chinese name, ‘‘ Hai-sung-tse,” also means Maritime Pine (G.
Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
P. Lambertiana, Dougl. in Linn. Trans. xv. 500 ; Companion
Bot. Mag. ii. 92, 106, 107, 130, and 152; Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, iii.
157, t. 68, 69; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2288, f. 2203; Forb. Pinet.
Wob. 77,°t. 30;-Hocker, Pl Bor: Am i> W6lss Amie Contiki 415
t. 19; Lindl. in Penn. Cycl. xvii. 173; Hook. and Arnott, Bot.
Beechey, 394; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 397; Nutt. Sylv. iii.
122, t. 144, and ed. 2, ii. 180, t. 114; De Chambray, Tr. Arb. Rés.
346; Endl. Syn. Conif. 150 ; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soe.
Lond. v. 215; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 307, and ed. 2, 403 ; Bigelow in
Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 21; Torr. in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 141 ; Bot.
Mex. Boundary Survey, 210; Ives’ Rep. 28; Newberry in Pacific
R.R. Rep. vi. 42, 90, f. 14 ; Gord. Pinet. 228, and ed. 2, 307;
Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 262; Murray in Trans. Bot. Soe.
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Edinburgh, vi. 369 ; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. i. 47, t. 7, f. 1-7; Bolander
in Proc. Calif. Acad. ui. 226, 317; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh, 95 ;
Nelson, Pinac. 115 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 134 ; Parl. in DC. Prodr.
xvi. 2, 402; Fowler in Lond. Gard. Chron. (1872), 1071; Koch,
Dendr. ii. 2, 323; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 32; Veitch, Man. Conif.
179 ; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 294.
_ Habitat.—Oregon, Cascade and coast ranges, from the head of the
Mackenzie River and the valley of the Rogue River, south along the
western flank of the Californian sierras, through the coast ranges to the
Santa Lucia Mountains, and in the San Bernardino and Cuyamaca
Mountains.
A large tree, 150-300 feet in height, with a trunk 10-22 feet
in diameter ; most common, and reaching its greatest development,
upon the sierras of Central and Northern California between 4,000
and 8,000 feet elevation ; in the Oregon coast ranges descending to
1,000 feet above the sea-level.
Wood very light, soft, coarse, straight-grained, compact, satiny,
easily worked ; bands of small summer cells thin, resinous, conspicu-
ous, resin passages numerous, very large and conspicuous ; medullary
rays numerous, obscure; colour light brown, the sapwood nearly
white ; specific gravity, 0°3684 ; ash, 0°22 ; now largely manufactured
into lumber and used for interior finish, door-blinds, sashes, &c., and
for cooperage and woodenware ; less valuable and less easily worked
than that of the eastern White Pine (Pinus Strobus) ; its quality injured
by the larger and more numerous resin passages. A saccharine
exudation from the stumps of cut or partially burnt trees is sometimes
used as a substitute for sugar (Sargent).
For the discovery of this gigantic species we are indebted to the
late indefatigable collector for the Royal Horticultural Society, Mr.
David Douglas, who first found it on the western coast of North
America. He has given an elaborate description of its growth,
&c., in vol. xv. of the ‘‘ Linnean Transactions,” from which the
following is an extract: ‘* This plant covers large districts about a
hundred miles from the ocean, in latitude 43° N., and extends as
far to the south as 40°. It first came under my notice in August 1825
while at the head-waters of the Multuomah River. In October 1826
it was my good fortune to meet with it beyond a range of mountains
running in a south-westerly direction from the Rocky Mountains
towards the sea, and terminating at Cape Orford in Vancouver. It
srows sparingly upon low hills, and the undulating country east of the
range of mountains just mentioned. Where the soil consists entirely
of pure sand, in appearance incapable of supporting vegetation, there
it attains its greatest size and perfects its fruit in most abundance.
The trunk grows from 150 to 200 feet in height, varying from
20 to near 60 feet in circumference. One specimen, which had been
blown down by the wind (and this was certainly not the largest
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I saw), was of the following dimensions: its entire length was
215 feet; its circumference, 3 feet from the ground, was 57 feet
9 inches ; and, at 184 feet from the ground, 17 feet 5 inches. The
trunk is unusually straight, and destitute of branches for about two-
thirds of the height ; the bark is uncommonly smooth for such large
timber, of a light brown colour on the south, and bleached on the
north side. The branches are rather pendulous, and form an open
pyramidal head, with that appearance which is peculiar to the Abies
tribe. The leaves are between 4 and 5 inches long, and grow in fives,
with a short sheath like those of P. Strobus ; they are rigid, of a bright
green colour, but not glossy, and, from minute denticulations of the
margins, are scabrous to the touch. The cones are pendulous from
the extremities of the branches ; they are two years in acquiring their
full growth, are at first upright, and do not begin to droop, I believe,
till the second year ; when young they have a very taper figure ; when
ripe they are about 11 inches in circumference at the thickest part, and
vary from 12 to 16 inches in length. The scales are lax, rounded at
the apex, and perfectly destitute of spines. The seeds are large, eight
lines long and four broad, oval, and, like those of P. Pinea, their
kernels are sweet and very pleasant to the taste. The wing is mem-
branaceous, of a dolabriform figure and fuliginous colour, about twice
as long as the seed ; it has an innumerable quantity of minute sinuous
vessels, filled with a crimson substance, and forming a most beautiful
microscopic object. The embryo has twelve or thirteen cotyledons. The
whole tree produces an abundance of pure amber-coloured resin. The
timber is white, soft, and light ; it abounds in turpentine reservoirs,
and its specific gravity has been ascertained, by a specimen brought
home by me, to be 0°464. The annual layers are very narrow. In
the above specimen there were fifty-six in the space of 44 inches
next the outside. The resin, which exudes from the trees when they
are partly burned, loses its usual flavour and acquires a sweet taste, in
which state it is used by the natives as sugar, being mixed with their
food. The seeds are eaten roasted, or are pounded into coarse cakes
for their winter store. The species to which this Pine is most nearly
allied is undoubtedly P. Strobus, from which, however, it is ex-
tremely different in station, habit, and parts of fructification. I
have named it in compliment to Aylmer Bourke Lambert, Esq., a
vice-president of the Linnean Society, whose splendid labours in inves-
tigating the genus Pinus are too generally known and appreciated to
require any eulogium from me.”
Seems to be hardy.
P. Laricio, Poir. Dict. Encycl. v. 339; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v.
t.67,. 74,.4...2 5° Lamb:. Pinet. ed.) 2, 1:9) to-42 Pinet. Wob. 23s
Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2206, f. 2081-84, and Encycl. of Trees, 957,
f. 1768-69 ; De Cand. Fl. Fr. iii. 274; Desf. Hist. Arbr. ii. 611; Ant.
Conif. 3, t. 2, f. 1, 2; De Chambr. Tr. Prat. Arbr. Résin. 245, pl. iii.
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f. 19, 13, and pl. v. f. 6, 7; Link in Linnea, xv. 494; Schouw.
Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, iii. 234; Spach, Hist. Vée. Phan. xi. 384;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 178 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 219 ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 27; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 384; Gord.
Pinet. 168 ; Veitch, Manual Conif. 147; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 238.
Tlevkn, Homer, ii. 23, 328. Tlev«n idaia, Theophrast. Hist. Plant.
iii. 4. Pinaster, Plin. Hist. Nat. xvi. 17. PP. silvestris « maritima,
Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. 366. LP. silvestris maritima, Ait. Hort.
Kew. ed. 1, ii. 366. P. maritima, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 315
(not Lam. nor Lamb.). PP. Pinaster, Mor. Stirp. Sard. Elench.
i. 42 (not Sol.). P. Laricio Poiretiana, Ant. Conif. 3, t. 2, f. 1;
Endl. Conif. 179. £. Laricio corsicana, or corsica, hort.
Habitat.—Southern Europe, and many parts of Western Asia;
the islands in the Mediterranean Sea, particularly Corsica, Sardinia,
and Sicily. Very common on Mount Etna, from 4,000 to 6,000 feet
elevation.
Introduced into England in 1759, under the name of Pinus silvestris
maritima.
P. Laricio has done well at Christiania. It has ripened seeds at
the Botanic Gardens of Upsala.
There can be little doubt that this is the best all-round Conifer
that has yet found its way into the British Isles, and we predict that
ere long the number of Corsican Pines to be found in woods and
plantations will far exceed that of any other introduced or native
species. Itis of very rapid growth, and is well suited for planting,
even in the most exposed and wind-swept situations ; is not fastidious
as to soil, and is perhaps the most valuable timber-producing tree that
has ever been brought before the British arboriculturist.
As an ornamental tree it is almost superfluous to say one word in
its favour, its light, airy appearance being well known to every tree-
lover. We do not wish it, however, to be inferred that it can in
point of ornament compare with several other species, although it
will be admitted it is worthy of at least second rank. From our own
experience of home-grown wood of the Corsican Pine, it is, so far
as lasting qualities are concerned, second to none of those we have
tried. It is strong, tough, elastic, very resinous, and easily worked,
and this is speaking of trees of fully fifty years’ growth. We have
used home-grown Laricio wood for many purposes, and always with
the most satisfactory results, some of the largest planks being fully
27 inches wide, and cut from trees that girthed nearly 9 feet at a yard
from the ground. Recently we examined several planks which were
sawn up seven years ago, and find that they are little the worse for the
wear and tear to which they have been subjected. In France exten-
sive plantations of this Pine have been formed, while the Prussian
Government has introduced it into the State forests (Trans. Roy.
Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
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P. L. austriaca, Endl. Syn. Conif. 179. P. Laricio y nigricans,
Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 387. .P. austriaca, Hoss. Monogr.
der Schwarzfohre, Wien, 1831. PP. nigricans, Host. Fl. Aust. ii, 628.
P. nigra, Lk. in Abhandl. d. Berl. Akad. 1827, 173. P. Pinaster,
Bess. Fl. Galiz. 11. 294. P. maritima, Koch, Syn. ed. 1, 667. P.
dalmatica, Wis. Fl. Dalmat. i. 129. P. silvestris, Baumg. F1. Transylv.
i. 203.
This tree has of late years attracted considerable attention, not
only from its perfect hardihood, but from its ornamental appearance
and the shelter it affords to other less hardy kinds. Asan ornamental
tree it is certainly not behind many of its neighbours, with its wealth
of dark, glossy, and shaggy foliage and pleasing contour. For planting
in clumps or masses it is particularly well suited ; indeed few Pines
form a more striking feature in the landscape than this tree does when
arranged in irregular clumps. Singlespecimens, when allowed plenty
of room on the greensward, are highly attractive, and produce in a
short space of time masses of the richest green foliage, which contrast
well with other Conifers of a light or silvery appearance.
As a timber tree it is not without value, and several experiments
made with the wood prove that it is very durable, and one of the few
kinds that may be used where it is subjected to wet and dry alter-
nately. Seven years ago we cut up two large trees of this Pine, and
placed the planks side by side with those of the Scots and Spruce Firs
to hold up the sliding banks of a river, each being marked and noted
for future observations, and on examining these a year ago the Aus-
trian Pine seemed quite sound, but a lighter colour than when placed
in position. Sufficient time, however, has not elapsed for us to speak
with any amount of assurance as to the superiority of the wood of this
tree over that of either the Spruce or Scots Firs ; but from the present
appearance of gates, stiles, and posts manufactured some years ago,
there can be little doubt that it will, so far as lasting qualities are
concerned, be quite equal to either of the other two. It is remarkably
strong, tough, coarse of grain, very resinous, works well, and takes a
good polish. A native of Austria, and introduced into Great Britain
in 1835 (Trans. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
P. L. austriaca, in Danish gardens, has attained a height of
about 70 feet. Plants about fifty years old measure 60 feet high and
more ; but among plantations, especially in poor soil, they have been
a failure, as the plants, after some years of good growth, have died.
It suffers much in many places from Lophodermium Pinastri.
P.-L. austriaca is to be found planted here and there in Norway,
e.g. at Christiania, Drontheim (Trondhjem), Stenkjor, and even as
far north as Kabelvang, in Lofoten (68° 12’), where it has done well
for several years. The largest tree I have seen in Norway stands in
the Botanic Gardens at Christiania. It was planted in 1842, and was
then about a foot high (31 cm.), it being now about 47 or 48 years of
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age. It is 38 feet high, and the stem measures 4 feet in circum-
ference. It has several times ripened sound seeds. In Sweden it is
also found at Stockholm (59° 10’), and in Finland as far north as
Wiborg (60° 45’) (Prof. F. C. Schiibeler, ‘‘ Viridarium Norvegicum,”’
1886).
P. L. austriaca fastigiata. This is a variety characterised by a
more or less columnar outline.
P. L. austriaca variegata, hort. Pinus austriaca variegata,
hort. 3
P. L. calabrica, Delam. P. calabrica, Delam. P. Laricio stricta,
Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 492. P. L. ttalica, hort. P. romana, hort.
P. L. monspeliensis, hort. P. monspeliensis, Salzm. P. Salz-
mannii, Dunal. in Mém. Acad. Scien. de Montp. ii. 81 (cwm ic.).
iP haricio tenuifolia, Parl. in° DC. Prodr. xvi.- 2,.387. -P. L.
8 pyrenaica, Gren. and Godr. (not Lap.). P. L. y cebennensis, Gren.
and Godr. P. L. leptophylla, Crist. Hurop. Abiet. 15.
We have nice piants of this form. Hardy in Denmark.
P. L. Pallasiana, Endl. Conif. 179. P. Pallasiana, Lamb.
Pin. ed. 2, 11, t. 5. P. maritima, Pall. Index. Taur. LP. caramanica,
Oliv. P. Laricio caramanica, Spach. Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 385. P.
taurica, hort. JP. tatarica, hort. PP. halepensis, Bieb. Flor. Taur.
Oauc. ii. 408 (not Mill.), P. Fenzl, Ant. and Kotsky.
Habitat.—The Crimea, forming forests of considerable extent
on the slopes of the mountains in the neighbourhood of the south
coast.
Introduced by Messrs. Lee and Kennedy in 1790.
P. L. Pallasiana, planted in 1845, now measures 47 feet in height
and 5 feet 2 inches in girth.
P. leiophylla, Schiede and Deppe in Linnea, v. 364, and
xii. 490 ; Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, 1. 38, t. 21; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2273,
f. 2186-87, and Encycl. of Trees, 1011, f. 1891-93 ; Forb. Pinet. Wob.
V4, f. 28; Ant. Conif. 39, t. 18, f. 2; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi.
401; Endl. Syn. Conif. 155; Knight. Syn. Conif. 33; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215; Carr. Man. des Pl. 350, and Tr.
Gén. Conif. 320; Gord. Pinet. 329; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der
Nadelh. 100 (excl. syn. Roezl).
Habitat.—Mexico, especially in cool regions of the mountains of
Angangueo; also on the mountains of Oaxaca, in the province of
Necuachan.
Introduced about 1839.
I do not think we possess this plant in Denmark, but I have cones
of it in my collection.
P. leucodermis, Ant. in Oester. Bot. Zeitsch. 1864, xiv. 366;
Beck, Flor. von Siidbosn. in Annal. Naturhist. Hofmus. Wien, ii. 37
(1887), and Boiss. Fl. Orient. s. 697.
Habitat.—Dalmatia, Montenegro, Herzegovina, South Bosnia,
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and in Servia. Prof. Hausknecht, of Weimar, found many plants of
this species, always on chalky ground. |
Introduced in 1864 by Maly, court gardener, who discovered it
and brought it home to Belvidere, in Vienna.
Of this interesting species there is given a good description by
Prof. Giinther, Knight of Beek von Managetta, in the Wiener
Illustr. Gartenzeitwng.
We possess only very young plants, but these may prove hardy.
P. longifolia, Roxb. Mss. ; Fl. Ind. Orient. iii. 651; Lamb.
Pinet. ed. 2, 1. 48, t. 26, 27; Royle, Himal. 32, t. 85, f. 2; Loud.
Arbor. iv. 2252, f. 2148-52, and Encycl. of Trees, 996, f. 1865-66 ;
Forb. Pinet. Wob. 55, t. 20; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. 247 ; Ant. Conif.
29, t. 9; Link in Linnea, xv. 508; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 390;
Hoffm. Bot. Zeit. 1846, 184; Endl. Syn. Conif. 158; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216; Knight, Syn. Conif. 30 ; Carr. Man. -
des Pl. iv. 351, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 332 ; Gord. Pinet. 200 ; Henk.
and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 72; Beissn. Nadelh. 251. P. Serena-
gensis, Madd. ex Gord. l. c. (?) P. Timoriensis, Loud. ex Henk. and
Hochst. l.c.
Habitat.—Along the Himalayas from Bhotan to Afghanistan, at
an elevation of about 1,625 feet above sea-level ; at Simla on higher
elevations ; in Kamaon and Gurhwal, north as far as the Pindur, large
forests are to be found mostly comprising this species only.
It is called ‘*‘ Cheer” by the hill people in India—a word, according
to some, meaning ‘‘ bark,” or ‘‘rind,” so conspicuous on old trees ;
but, according to others, from its milk or turpentine, which it produces
in great abundance. It is called ‘‘Sulla” by the mountain people
from Nepaul to Buschur, a term denoting ‘‘ to spread fragrance,” which
this tree does to a remarkable extent. On the upper banks of the
Thelum River it is styled by the people ‘‘ Anunder” ; and throughout
Kangara and the eastern hills it is named ‘‘Cheel,” ‘ Gulla,” and
‘“‘Thansa,” or ‘‘Tanshing.” There are two varicties: one, which
has its woody fibre twisted, but open in the grain, and of a white
colour, and called ‘‘ Kutcha” by the natives ; the other, in which the
fibres are straight, has reddish and compact wood, and is called
‘“‘Pucka”; but this character is not permanent, as sometimes the
wood, though white, is compact and straight-fibred. The reddish
wood, however, is preferred by the natives, and sold under the name
of ‘‘ Dadar.” The twisted kind, being subject to warp and split, is
rejected, and never used for architectural purposes ; but the Cheel
timber, found growing in all places at an elevation of 5,000 feet and
upwards, with a northern aspect and on poor soil, is invariably the
straight-fibred kind, and the timber is good. Again, in southern
localities and lower down, it is twisted in the fibre, and of but little
use for housebuilding and similar purposes. The better variety, how-
ever is extensively used for boat-building in India; but boats built
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of its wood do not last more than six or seven years, the timber being
liable to rot if exposed to the weather; while, on the other hand, if
protected, it is well adapted for housebuilding purposes, although for
shipbuilding and spars it is almost useless, as it resists so badly the
effects of the weather, and is so soft; but the quality of its timber
differs more, perhaps, than that of any other Pine, in consequence of its
growing in high or low situations. The forests near Almorah, at an
elevation of 4,500 feet, produce excellent timber for domestic purposes,
under the name of ‘‘Surul” (straight), either from the tall, straight,
branchless stems of old trees, or from the woody fibre rending freely
and quite straight in the grain. In the Sanscrit dialect it is called
‘““Tanshing,” or ‘‘Tansa” (Needle-tree), on account of its long,
needle-like leaves. ‘The seeds are eaten in India.
This species attains a height of from 60 to 100 feet, and is con-
fined in a great measure to the outer or lower ranges of the mountains,
commencing as low as 1,000 feet above the level of the sea, and is rarely,
if ever, found at a greater elevation than 7,000 feet, but appears to have
a very great power of enduring variations of climate, for it seems
equally at home in the hot, damp valleys of Sikkim as on the dry,
stony hills of the Punjab, where rain hardly ever falls, and it is at all
seasons exposed to a powerful and scorching sun. It is very common
throughout the whole region of the Punjab, and as far to the east as
Bhotan, occurring at all intermediate altitudes, and where, from the
diversity of climate and different aspects in which it grows, itis known
under various names. It also abounds in all the lower and outer
ranges of the Himalayas, from Bhotan to Afghanistan. Dr. Griffith
describes it as descending in Bhotan to the low elevation of 1,800 or
2,000 feet above the sea, while on the ranges between the Jumna and
Sutlej itis abundant at from 2,500 to 3,000 feet of elevation, and
finally it becomes stunted, and disappears at Simla, at an elevation of
7,000 feet, but occurs in greatest perfection and abundance at Kamaon
and Gurhwal, north of the Pindur, at from 2,500 to 7,000 feet of
elevation, which places seem little else than one great forest of the
Cheer Pine. It has a rough bark, divided by deep fissures into large
and longish plates, and the stems of the larger trees are about 12 feet
in girth, with a clear stem 40 or 50 feet from the ground, and with an
exceedingly picturesque head, very irregular in outline, as the branches
are irregularly and thinly scattered. A large quantity of tar and
turpentine is extracted from the wood, and the chips are used for
_eandles in India, and called ‘‘Chamsing” (night-lights) ; and, accord-
ing to Dr. Hooker, ink is made in Sikkim from the charcoal of the
burnt leaves mixed with rice-water (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum”).
The wood is made into charcoal. Weight of wood 37 to 45 lbs. per
cubic foot (F. M. Bagley, ‘‘ Cat. of Plants, Brisbane Bot. Gardens”).
It has been wintered indoors in Denmark. One plant, however,
_ exposed out of doors does not appear to have suffered.
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P. macrophylla, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, app. 63; Spach, Hist.
Vég. Phan. xi. 402; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1006, f. 1885-86 ; Endl.
Syn. Conif. 153 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215 ; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 33 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 315 ; Gord. Pinet. 231; Henk.
and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 106 (excl. syn. Roezl). P. Leroyi,
Roezl, ex Gord. l. c.
Habitat.—Mexico. Hartweg found it, but sparsely, on Ocotillo,
one of the highest tops of the Angangueo Mountains.
We have no plant under observation, but there are interesting
cones in my collection.
P. mandsehurica, Rupr. Hardy. This plant may later on be
otherwise determined.
P. Massoniana, Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2, 20, t.8. P. sinensis, Lamb.
Pinet. ed. 2, ii. 127, t. 53; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2264, f. 2167-69,
and Eineycel. of ‘Trees; 999, f. 1873-74; Ants (Conti, ala iter
Forb. Pinet. Wob. 39, t. 12; Endl. Syn. Conif. 158; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216; Knight, Syn. Conif. 30; Carr. Man.
des Pl. 351, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 331; Gord. Pinet. 209 (excl. syn.
Sieb.). P. Keseya, Royle, Mss. Gard. Mag. 1840, 8. P. nepalensis,
Forb. Pinet. Wob. 34; Ant. Conif. 23. P. Cavendishiana, Paxt.
Habitat.—South-eastern China, Formosa.
P. Massoniana, Lamb., Parl., is well distinguished from the tree
thus named by Siebold and Zuccarini (180), and by Endlicher, and which
was named by Parlatore P. Thunbergit.
This Pine may not be hardy in Denmark. A couple of plants
received under this name, and which probably were the true Pinus
sinensis, Lamb., died a year after planting.
P. mitis, Michx. Hist. Arb. Amer. i. 52, t. 3, N. Amer. Sylv.
i 120; 4: 137. ed. 3, mi... 96; t: 137 and Es -BoreAmer! 1204s
Barton, Prodr. Fl. Philadelph. 93; Poir. Suppl. iv. 417; Loud.
Arbor. iv. 2195, 4. 2072-76; Ant. Comf. 16, 42-55 f. 13 dines
in Penn. Cycl. xvii. 171; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 386 ; Torr.
Fl. N. York, u. 229; Endl. Syn. Conif. 167 ; Knight, Syn. Conif.
26; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 217; Carr. Tr.
Gén. Conif. 361, and ed. 2, 472; Gord. Pinet. 173, and ed. 2, 243:
(excl. syn. Roylei); Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 275 ; Chap-
man, Fl. 8. States, 433 ; Curtis in Rep. Geolog. Surv. N. Carolina,
1860, iii. 19 ; Lesquereux in Owen’s 2nd Rep. Arkansas, 389 ; Wood,
Cl. Book, 660, and Bot. and Fl. 318; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh.
23; Gray, Man. N.U. States, ed. 5, 470; Hoopes, Evergreens, 88 ;
Parl. DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 580 ; Young, Bot. Texas, 516 ; Koch, Dendr.
ii. 2, 300; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 30; Broadhead in Coulter’s
Bot. Gaz. ii. 60; Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad. iv. 184;
Ridgway in Proc. U.S. Nat. Mus. 88; Veitch, Man. Coniferz, 158 ;
Beissner, Nadelholzk. 216. P. variabilis, Pursh, Fl. of N. Amer.
ii, 648. P. echinata, Mill, Dict. n, 12 ; Wangenh. Beitrage, 74;
5 EE Ae OS Pee eis ee
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PINETUM DANICUM. 375
Marsh. Arbor. 100; Du Roi, Obs. Bot. 44, and Harbk. ed. Pott. ii. 51.
P. Tzxda y variabilis, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. 363. P. Roylei,
Lindl. P. lutea, Lodd. P. turbinata, Bosc. P. intermedia, Fisch. ex
Gord. Pinet. 170.
Habitat.—Staten Island, New York, south to the Chattahoochee
region of Western Florida, through the Gulf States to Tennessee and
Eastern Texas, and through Arkansas to the Indian Territory,
South-eastern Kansas, Southern Missouri, and in Union County,
Tilinois.
A tree 80-100 feet in height, with a trunk 2-5 feet in diameter ;
light sandy soil, or, less commonly, along the low borders of swamps,
forming west of the Mississippi River, mixed with Oaks and other
deciduous trees, extensive forests; the only species of Northern
Arkansas, Kansas, and Missouri, reaching its greatest development
in Western Louisiana, Southern Arkansas, and Hastern Texas.
Wood, varying greatly in quality and amount of sap, heavy, hard,
strong, generally coarse-grained, compact; bands of small summer
cells broad, often occupying half the width of the annual growth, very
resinous, resin passages numerous, large ; medullary rays numerous,
conspicuous ; colour orange, the sapwood nearly white ; specific gravity,
0°6104 ; ash, 0°29; largely manufactured into lumber, especially in
the States west of the Mississippi River, and among Yellow Pines
only inferior in value to that of P. palustris (C. S. Sargent).
Introduced in 1739. This is the Pine which produces the valuable
“yellow pine” timber of commerce. The tree does not often exceed
80 feet in height. Although possessing no special ornamental pro-
perty, it should be planted for the sake of its timber. Its habit of
growth very much resembles that of Pinus silvestris, and the trunk
is almost of uniform girth for nearly two-thirds of its length (Trans.
Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
P. mitis has in Denmark attained to nearly 60 feet in height, but
young plants of this species sometimes appear to suffer much.
P. monophylia, Torr. and Fremont, Rep. of the Expl. Exped.
to the Rocky Mountains, 1842, and to Oregon and North Calif. in
1843-44, 312, 1.4. P. Fremontiana, Endl. Conif. 183.
_Habitat.—Near Utah Lake, Utah, to the eastern foot-hills of the
Californian Sierras, south along the mountain ranges of the Great
Basin to the San Francisco mountains of Northern Arizona:
A small, bushy tree, 13-20 feet in height, with a trunk some-
times 3 feet in diameter; dry, gravelly slopes and mesas between
3,000 and 6,000 feet elevation (C. 8. Sargent).
Seems to do well out of doors in Denmark.
P. montana, Mill. Gard. Dict. n. 5. P. Mughus, Scop. FI.
Carn. ed. 2, 11. 247, t. 9. P. Pumilo, Haenke, Bot. Bemerk. of
Reise ins Riesengebirge, s, 68. P, wncinata, Ramd. in DC. France.
ed. 3, ill, 726, oP;
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Habitat.—Mountains of Central Europe, especially in Austria,
South Germany, Switzerland, and Southern France; on the Pyrenees,
&e. j
During the last twenty years and more, many millions of Pinus
montana have been planted annually, especially in Jutland, on our
poorest ground. No country probably has propagated this plant on
such a large scale. The wncinata form is the best.
P. Montezumee, Lamb. Pinet, ed. 2, 1. 39, t. 22; Schlecht.
in Linnea, xii. 489; Ant. Conif. 38, t. 17, f. 1; Spach, Hist. Vég.
Phan. xi. 401; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1004, f. 1881-84; Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. i. 234 (cum ic.) ; Lindl. and Gord. I. ¢. v. 215;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 154; Knight, Syn. Conif. 33; Carr. Man. des
Pl. iv. 349, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 317 ; Gord. Pinet. 232 ; Henk. and
Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 97 (excl. syn. Roezl). LP. occidentalis,
Humb. Bonpl. and Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. 11. 4 ; Deppe in Linnea,
v. 76 (not Swartz).
Habitat.—In different parts of Mexico, ingreat numbers. Schiede
found it between Perote and the Hacienda de Flachichuca, at the
foot of the Orizaba. Humboldt found it in South Mexico.
Introduced into Europe in 1839.
It has succeeded very well out of doors, protected during the
hardest part of winter with a mat of straw.
P. monticola, Douglas Mss. ; Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, iii. 27, t. 35;
Loud. Arbor. iv. 2291, f. 2208, 2209; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 81, t. 31;
Ant. Conif. 40, t. 18, f. 3; Hook. and Arnott, Bot. Beechey, 394 ;
Endl. Syn. Conif. 148 ; Lind. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v.
215 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 305, and ed. 2, 401 ; Gord. Pinet. 233, and
ed. 2, 314 ; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 262, Pacific R.R. Rep.
xii. 2, 27, and Am. Nat. i. 410;. Lyall in Journ. Linn. Soe. vii. 141 ;
Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 94; Nelson, Pinac. 120 ; Hoopes, Ever-
greens, 135; Bolander in Proc. Calif. Acad. ili. 318; Parl. in DC.
Prodr. xvi. 2, 405 ;,Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 402; Fowler in
Lond. Gard. Chron. 1872, 1071 ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 2, 322 ; Vasey, Cat.
Forest Trees, 32; Macoun in Geolog. Rep. Canada, 1875-76, 211 ;
Hall in Coulter’s Bot. Gaz. ii. 91; Engelm. in Bot. Calif. ii. 123 ;
G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ix. 328; Veitch, Man.
Conif. 181, f. 41; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. i. 69, f. 1-6; Beissner,
Nadelholzk. 293. P. Strobus monticola, Nutt. Sylv. N. Amer. ii. 177.
Habitat.—Vancouver’s Island, coast and gold ranges of Southern
British Columbia, through the Coeur d’Alléne and _ Bitter-root
Mountains of Idaho to the valley of the Flathead River, Northern
Montana (Canby and Sargent) ; south along the Cascade Mountains of
Washington Territory and Oregon, and the Californian Sierras to
Calaveras County.
First discovered and introduced by Douglas in 1831; since then
collected by many explorers. Jeffrey, Murray, Beardsley, Bridges,
PINETUM DANICUM. 377
Lobb, &c., have all aided in introducing it into England (‘‘ Pinetum
Britannicum,” 1884, vol. i.).
It does not occur in any of the botanical hsts of the different
United States exploring expeditions which crossed the continent within
the United States territory for the purpose of ascertaining the best
route for a railroad to the Pacific. This may have been due to the
distribution of the tree being local, as these expeditions only crossed
the country transversely from east to west, and did not explore it
longitudinally from north to south, while the expeditions which have
done so found it.
A large tree, 100-150 feet in height, witha trunk 3-5 feet in
diameter ; most common, and reaching its greatest development,
in the Pend d’Oreille and Clark’s Fork regions of Idaho—here a
valuable and important timber tree; in British Columbia generally
below 3,000 feet, and in Califcrnia between 7,000 and 10,000 feet eleva-
tion; not common (C. S. Sargent).
P. monticola is so nearly allied to the Weymouth Pine (P. Strobus),
that Loudon thought this might only prove a variety of it, and conse-
quently only separated them provisionally, untilan opportunity occurred
of examining the male catkins and ascertaining other particulars. This
information we now have, and no doubt exists as to its being a distinct
species from P. Strobus. The only doubt now is whether two species
are notincluded under the name P. monticola. It is ahandsomer tree
than P. Strobus, its green is darker and richer, the leaves are stiffer
and. less serrulate, while its beautiful orange-coloured cones add to its
attractions. It seems less liable to break, and consequently has more
rarely double branches or competing leaders than the Weymouth Pine.
That such a beautiful and free-growing tree has now, after a fair
trial, been found to be well suited for planting in British woodlands
is a matter of the greatest importance, for certainly few members of
. the Pine family combine the useful with the ornamental in so high a
degree. P. monticola is a very handsome tree, about midway in
appearance between P. Cembra and P. Strobus. The contour of a
fair-sized specimen may be called pyramidal, not so much, however,
as in P. Cembra, with an abundance of rather short branches, well
clothed with dark rich green foliage. More, perhaps, as an ornamental
tree than as a valuable timber-producer is this Pine known to us ; yet in
this latter respect it is certainly far from valueless, as fine samples of
its timber, as well as the various uses to which it is applied, clearly
peint out. The timber, of which a plank 18 feet long, 46 inches wide,
and 3 inches thick, was once exhibited, was well packed and firm, not
of too deep a colour, and well adapted for using where strength and
lasting qualities are of first importance. The value of the wood, as
grown in England, has not yet been fairly tested. As an ornamental .
tree it, however, occupies the front rank (Trans. Roy. Scot, Arb,
So¢. xii. pt. 2),
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Pinus monticola, planted in 1876, is now 19 feet high, with a
girth of 1 foot. Iam unable to say if taller specimens are to be found |
in Denmark. It has produced cones.
P. monticola czerulescens. This is a variety with a more
glaucous appearance than the type.
P. muricata, Don in Linn. Trans. xvii. 441. P. Edgariana,
Hartw. in Journ. Hort. Soc. iii. 217, 226.
Habitat.—California, Mendocino County, south through the coast
ranges to San Luis, Obispo County.
Introduced into Europe in 1846.
Is perhaps not hardy in Denmark.
This very distinct Pine was first discovered by Dr. Coulter at San
Luis, Obispo, in Upper California, to the south of Monterey, at an
elevation of 3,000 feet, and within ten miles of the seashore. It
grows straight, but rather stunted, seldom exceeding 40 feet in height.
Mr. Hartweg found it growing on the western declivity of the
mountains near Monterey, and within two miles of the seashore,
attaining a height of from 20 to 30 feet, and with a trunk 12 inches in
diameter. In this locality it was confined to a small wood half a mile
square, and intermixed with and surrounded by Pinus insignis. Mr.
Hartweg again met with it at a considerable distance to the south of
Monterey, on the ascent to the mission of La Purissima, where the
monotony of the bare hills was only relieved by a small forest of it ;
the trees, however, not attaining a larger size than those found grow-
ing near Monterey. Mr. Jeffrey found ita tree 40 feet high, of a
conical form, on the Siskiyou Mountains, at an elevation of 7,500 feet,
growing in moist soil, near the summit of the mountain. It was
named P. Murrayana by the Oregon Committee, and P. Hdgariana by
Hartweg in the Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society. It is
the ‘‘Obispo,” or Bishop’s Pine, of the Californians, and has been
found to be quite hardy in England (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,”
1875.)
This is a very distinct Pine, the irregular appearance of its branches
and clustered prickly cones being different to those of any other with
which I am acquainted. From its rather unusual appearance it is
worthy of a corner in the pinetum. It is perfectly hardy, not at all
fastidious as to soil or situation, of the easiest culture, and valuable for
planting as game shelter, or for the ornamentation of high-lying and
breezy situations (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
P. Murrayana, Balfour, Rep. Oreg. Exped. 2, t. 3, f. 2. P. con-
torta var. Murrayana, Engelm. in Bot. Calif. P. contorta, New-
berry in Pacific R.R. Rep. PP. inops, Benth. Pl. Hartw. 337.
P. contorta var. latifolia, Engelm. in King’s Rep. v. 331. P. contorta
latifolia, Engelm. in Porter’s Fl. Colorado. LP. (?) Bouwrsiert, Carr,
Conif. ed. 2, 475.
Introduced into Europe since 1830,
PINETUM DANICUM. 379
Habitat.— Valley of the Yukon River, Alaska (Fort Selkirk, Dall.) ;
south through the interior of British Columbia, along the mountain
ranges of Washington Territory and Oregon, and the Sierra Nevadas of
California to Mount San Jacinto; on the high plateau east of the Rocky
Mountains in about latitude 56°, and south through the mountains of
Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah to New Mexico and
Northern Arizona.
A tree 60-80 feet in height, with a trunk 2-4 feet in diameter,
reaching its greatest development in the Californian Sierras; in
the interior regions in dry, gravelly soil—here the prevailing tree,
covering immense areas, and generally replacing other species
destroyed by fire ; in Western Washington Territory, and southward,
only along the borders of moist alpine meadows between 6,000
and 9,000 feet elevation ; generally confounded with the closely
allied P. contorta of the coast, from which it may be distinguished by
its longer, broader leaves, very thin, scaly bark, thin sapwood, and
less resinous and finer-grained wood, resembling that of the White
Pines ; the distribution of the two species in Northern British
Columbiaand Alaska is still undetermined.
Wood light, soft, not strong, close, straight-grained, easily worked,
compact, not durable ; bands of small summer cells narrow, not con-
spicuous, resin passages few, not large ; medullary rays numerous,
obscure ; colour light yellow or nearly white, the thin sapwood lighter ;
specific gravity, 0°4096 ; ash, 0°32 ; occasionally manufactured into
lumber, and used for fuel, railway ties, &c. (C. S. Sargent).
Hardy. Has ripened cones in Denmark.
P. occidentalis, Swartz, Prodr. 103, and Fl. Ind. Occid. ii.
1230; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v. 250, t. 72, f. 2; Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2,
peste 22): Ant. Conif; 40, t. 18, f. 1; Loud. “Arbor. iv.: 2271,
f, 2183, and Encycl. of Trees, 1015, f. 1901; Endl. Syn. Conif. 154 ;
Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Sec. v. 215; Carr. Man. des Pl. 350,
and Tr. Gén. Conif. 318; Gord. Pinet. 234; Henk. and Hochst.
Syn. der Nadelh. 101 (not J. HE. Nelson, Pinac.). Larix americana,
foliis quinis, ab eodem exortu, Tourn. Inst. 586. P. foliis quinis, ab
eodem exortw, Plum. Cat. 17, and Pl. Amer. 154, t. 161. P. cubensis,
hort. ex Gord. l. c.
Habitat.—On the mountains in the middle of St. Domingo, parts
of Cuba, and the Isle of Pines.
Introduced into Europe in 1820.
We have no plants of it in cultivation in Denmark, but I possess
cones brought home by the Danish botanist and plant collector, Baron
Eggers,
P. oocarpa, Schiede in Linnea, x1. 491; Loud. Encyel. of
Drees; 1012; f. 1894-98; Ant. Conif. 39, t. 17, f. 2; Endl. Syn.
Conif. 152; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215; Knight,
Syn, Conif. 33; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv, 348, and Tr. Gén, Conif,
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312 ; Gord. Pinet. 234; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 9- ;
J. E. Nelson, Pinac. 122.
Habitat.—Mexico. Schiede and Hartweg found it between Ario
and the Vulcan Jorullo, and in other temperate parts of Mexico.
Introduced to R.H.S. Gardens, Chiswick, in 1840.
We do not possess plants of this species, but I have cones in my
collection.
P. oocarpoides, Bentham Mss. ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der
Nadelh. 99 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215. P. oocarpa
var. oocarpoides, Endl. Syn. Conif. 152; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 313 ;
Gord. Pinet. 235. P. Skinneri, hort.
Habitat.—Different parts of Mexico and Guatemala.
We have no plants of this, but I have cones in my collection.
P. osteosperma, Engelm.; Wisliz. Mem. Tour Nth. Mexico
1846-7, 89. P. cembroides, Gord. Journ. Hort. Soe. 1. 236 (cm ic.),
not Zucc. P. Llaveana, Schiede and Deppe in Linnea, xii. 488.
P. fertilis, Roezl.
Habitat.—Dr. Mayr says it is found in dry, hot parts of Santa
Catalina, in Arizona, and in New Mexico.
Introduced into Europe in 1848.
Perhaps we do not yet possess the right plant in Denmark, as it
does not resemble native specimens in my herbarium.
P. Parryana, Engelm.
Habitat.—California, Larkin’s Station, 20 miles south-east of
Campo, San Diego County (Vasey), and southward into Lower
California.
A small tree, 20-30 feet in height, with a trunk 12-18 inches in
diameter ; very rare within the limits of the United States, south of
the boundary forming extensive open forests upon the high mesas
and slopes of Lower California (Pringle).
Is perhaps not hardy in Denmark.
P. parviflora, Sieb. and Zucc. Flor. Jap. ii. 27, t. 115; Endl.
Syn. Conif. 138 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 292 ; Gord. Pinet. 236 ; Henk.
and Hochst. 120. P. Cembra, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 274.
Habitat.—Some authors say that it is only to be found in Japan
farther north than 35°. Dr. Mayr found it in Shikoku on Kiushiu.
How far north it goes is unknown.
Hardy.
P. p. brevifolia. This is a still more dwarf variety than the
type, and is very suitable for small gardens.
P. patula, Schiede and Deppe in Linnea, xi. 448; Lamb.
Pinet: ed. 2; 1. 36, t. 19; duoud. Arbor. iv. 2266), 2175-76, and
Encycl. of Trees, 992, f. 1855-56; Ant. Conif. 35, t. 16, f. 2;
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 400 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 157 ; Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216 ; Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 351, and Tr.
Gén. Conif, 329, and ed. 2, 427; Gord, Pinet, 203; Henk. and
PINETUM DANICUM. 881
Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 81 (excl. syn. Roezl); J. E. Nelson,
Pinac. 122.
Habitat.—Grows in the colder parts of Mexico, Jaya las Couces,
between Lerma and Toluca, and around Real del Monte, to 9,700 feet
in height.
Introduced into Europe about 1820. A specimen in Denmark has
kept alive, but it may not be quite hardy.
P. Peuce, Griseb. Spic. Flor. Rumel. ii. 349. P. excelsa var.
Peuce, Griseb. P. Cembra var. fruticosa, Griseb. Reis. in Rumelien,
189-191. JP. excelsa, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 405. P. cxcelsa,
Hook. Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 145. P. Pewce, Griseb. in Contribu-
tions to the History of certain Species of Conifers, by Dr. M. T.
Masters, 205.
This species has much shorter leaves and sheaths than has
P. excelsa.
Habitat.—On the Peristeri Mountains in Macedonia, where it was
discovered by Grisebach ; on the frontiers of Montenegro, and the
Kom, where the Servian botanist Pancic found it. Further, it is
to be found at Periamdagh, in the Balkaus, where Janka observed it
at an elevation of 5,000-6,500 feet.
Introduced into cultivation in 1864.
We have plants about twenty years old, which have developed
very well, and proved hardy. Cones have ripened in Denmark.
P.P.argentea. This hasa more silvery appearance than the type.
P. Pinaster, Sol. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, iii. 367 ; Lamb.
Pimetwweds tl 1, 9; t. 4.5, and ed. 2, i. 21, t. 9: Loud. Arbor. Brit.
iv. 2213, f. 2100-2101, and Encycl. of Trees, 961, f. 1781-82 ; Ant.
Conif. 18, t. 6, f. 1; Pinet. Wob. 29; Link in Linnza, xv. 498;
Schouw in Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, i. 235; Endl. Syn. Conif.
168; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 (excl. syn.
Massoniana) ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 27; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif.
365 ; Gord. Pinet. 176 ; Henk. and Hochst. 25 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 221.
Pinaster, Czesalp. De Plant. lib. 3, cap. 52, p. 180. P. maritima
altera, C. Bauh. Pin. 492. P. silvestris 8, L. Spec. Pl. 1418. P.
silvestris, Mill. Dict. n. 1 (not L.). P. maritima, Poir. Dict.
Encycl. v. 337. P. Laricio, Savo. Fl. Pis. ii. 353 (not Poiret).
- P. nepalensis, Royle and hort. aliq. P. Latteri, Madden ex Gord.
Pinet. 176. P. syrtica, Thor. Prom. in Gascogn. 161. P. Nove
Hollandiz, Lodd. P. Nove Zealandia, Lodd. LP. St. Helenica,
Loud. P. neglecta, Low. LP. japonica, hort. aliq. P. chinensis,
Knight, ex Gord. Pinet. 176.
Habitat.—The Mediterranean countries of Europe, chiefly in the
neighbourhood of the coast ; also in Algiers. It is particularly abun-
dant in the South of Portugal, in many parts of Spain, and in the
West and South of France. |
Introduced into England by Gerard in 1596. ‘‘ The ornamental
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effect of this Pine is not much appreciated ; neither is the quality
of its wood. It has often been highly recommended for seaside .
planting, but with ruinous results in the following instances. Soon
after reading a favourable report upon this Pine which appeared a
number of years ago, a landed proprietor on the west coast planted
it extensively, with the result that scarcely a plant survived the first
year. I have also tried it, and the failure could not have been greater
if I had used a tropical plant. There are said to be several varieties
of the Pinaster, and possibly we may not have the hardiest one,
which grows so abundantly in the West of France. Unless we can
import the hardiest variety, I don’t think we shall ever grow the
Maritime (or Cluster) Pine in sufficient numbers on our seaboard to
supply us with pitch, tar, resin, and other products of the Pinaster. I
would advise the British landowner rather not to purchase them
than risk their failure on bleak seaside exposures” (Trans. Roy. Scot.
Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
P.P. Hamiltoni, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 383. P. Hamiltonii,
Ten. Cat.; Orton, Bot. Napol. 1845. (7?) P. Pinaster major, Duham.
Arbr. ii. 133," t2-285) No: 25-ex DC) Bi kr ie Zia. Lina ster:
altissma, Lamb. P. Corteana, hort.
It was introduced to England in 1825 by the Earl of Aberdeen,
from the neighbourhood of Nice.
P. P. Lemoniana, Endl. Syn. Conif. 169 ; Loud. Encycl. of Trees,
963, f. 1783-84 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 ; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 27. P. Lemoniana, Benth. in Hort. Trans. ser. 2, i. 512,
t. 20; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 400.
P. Pinea, L. Spec. Pl. 491; Du Roi, Harbk. ed. Pott. ii. 52;
Lamb. Pinet. ed. 1,1. 11, t. 6-8, and ed. 2, i. 23, t. 10, 11; Loud. Arbor.
Brit. iv. 2224, f. 2106-2109, and Encycl. of Trees, 965, f. 1787-89 ;
Desf. Hist. Arb. ii. 611; Loisel. Nouv. Duham. v. t. 72, 73, f. 3;
DC. FI. Fr. iii. 273 ; C. Gay, Fl. Chil. v. 418; Ant. Conif. 20, t. 3,
f. 2; Link in Linnea, xv. 499; Griseb. Spicileg. Fl. Rumel. ii.
347 ; Pinet. Wob. 31, t. 10; Schouw, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, iii.
236; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 375; Endl. Syn. Conif. 182 ;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 27 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 219 ;
Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 402; Gord. Pinet. 179; Veitch, Man.
Conif. 154; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 220. P. domestica, Mathiol.
Valgris. 87. P. satwa, C. Bauh. Pin. 491. P. ossiculis duris, foliis
longis, 3. Bauh.:Hist:1,°248:" Pimus,- Plin. Hist. Natexvie 16.5:
maderensis, Ten. in Semp. Hort. Reg. Neapol. 1845. P. Pinea
chinensis, hert. P. americana pinea, hort. P. japonica, hort. P. afri-
cana, hort.
Habitat.—Italy and the Mediterranean region generally, both in
Europe and Africa ; also Portugal, Madeira, and the Canary Islands.
Introduced into England before 1548, as it is mentioned in
Turner’s ‘‘ Names of Herbes,” published in that year.
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A conservatory plant once bore a small cone in the Botanic
Gardens, Copenhagen. One winter I observed that a young plant
kept alive out of doors, but this species cannot be regarded as being
hardy in Denmark.
A low tree, with a round, bushy appearance, from 15 to 20 feet
high, which produces the ‘‘ Carpathian balsam.” It is found on the
sandy coasts of Tuscany, and the States of the Church, to the west of
the Apennines, on the hills of Genoa and Tuscany, frequently forming
forests with the Cluster Pine (Pinws Pinaster), and is cultivated
threughout the whole of Italy, from the foot of the Alps to Sicily, but
is not commonly found higher than 1,500 feet of elevation, except in
the South of Italy, where it grows at an elevation of 2,000 feet. It is
cultivated along all the shores of the Mediterranean, and in Greece
attains a height of 50 or 60 feet, where its seeds or nuts form an
extensive article of commerce, as well as in Italy and the South of
France. It forms a very ornamental small tree, with a rounded head,
and is celebrated for producing a fine effect in the grounds of Italian
villas (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
The seeds are edible ; the wood white, light, and full of resin.
The Stone Pine being of aslow growth and rather tender constitu-
tion, few specimens of this Pine have attained to large dimensions in
Great Britain. As a timber tree in this country it is almost valueless,
but its extremely picturesque appearance renders it of great value for
ornamental planting. It affords a striking contrast, from its stiff and
rounded head, to other trees of an open and informal mode of growth.
A native of both Europe and Africa. Introduced prior to 1548 (Trans.
Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
P. ponderosa, Dougl. in Loud. Arb. iv. 2248, f. 2182-37 ; Com-
panion Bot. Mag. iu. 111; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 44, t. 15 ; Ant. Conif.
feet Oo, 4-00; tindl. in Penn. Cycl. xvi. 172; Link in Linnea,
xv. 506; Nutt. Sylv. i. 114, and ed. 2, ii. 173; Spach, Hist. Vég.
xi. 389 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 163 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 30; Lindl. and
Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 217 ; Carr. Tr. Conif. 340, and
ed. 2, 445 ; Gord. Pinet. 205, Suppl. 67, and ed. 2, 281 ; Newberry in
Pacific R.R. Rep. vi. 56, 90, t. 4, f. 12; Cooper in Smithsonian
Rep. 1858, 261, Pacific R.R. Rep. xii. (2), 27, 68, and Am. Nat. iii.
409; Torr. Bot. Mex. Boundary Survey, 209, and Ives’ Rep. 28 ;
Engelm. in Am. Journ. Sc. ser. 2, xxxiv. 332, Proc. Am. Phil.
Soc. ser. 2, xii. 209, Wheeler's Rep. vi. 261, Trans. St. Louis Acad.
iv. 181, and Bot. Calif. ii. 125; Lyall in Journ. Linn. Soc. vii. 142 ;
Bolander in Proc. Calif. Acad. i. 226, 317; Henk. and Hochst.
Nadelh. 71; Nelson, Pinac. 125 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 117; Parl.
in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 395 (excl. syn. Sinelairvi); Watson in King’s
Rep. v. 331, and Pl. Wheeler, 17; Gray in Proc. Am. Acad. vii. 402;
Fowler. in Gard. Chron. 1872, 1826; Koch, Dendr. ii. 2, 310;
Rothrock in Pl. Wheeler, 28, 50, and Wheeler’s Rep. vi. 9; Porter
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and Coulter, Fl. Colorado ; Hayden’s Surv. Misc. Pub. No. 4, 129 ;
Hayden in Warren’s Rep. Nebraska and Dakota, ed. 2, 121; Vasey, .
Cat. Forest Trees, 30; Hall in Coulter’s Bot. Gaz. i. 91; Macoun
in Geolog. Rep. Canada, 1875-76, 211 ; Brandegee in Coulter’s Bot.
Gaz. iii. 32; G. M. Dawson in Canadian Nat. new ser. ix. 326;
Rusby in Bull. Torr. Bot. Club, ix. 106; Veitch, Man. Conif. 167 ;
Beissner, Nadelholzk. 260. P. Benthaniana, Hartw. Journ. Hort.
Soc. ii. 189, and iii. 2238. P. Beardsleyi, Murr. Edin. New Phil.
Journ. 1855, 286. P. Craiqiana, Murr.
Habitat.—Interior of British Columbia, south of latitude 51°; south
and east along the mountain ranges of the Pacific region to Mexico,
the Black Hills of Dakota, Colorado, and Western Texas ; not detected
in Central or Southern Nevada.
P. ponderosa, Douglas, is a variable and widespread species of
western North America, several forms of which have been described
as distinct.
A large tree, 200-300 feet in height, with a trunk 12-15 feet in
diameter, or throughout the Rocky Mountain region much smaller,
rarely exceeding 100 feet in height (var. scopulorum) ; dry, rocky
ridges and prairies, or in Northern California, rarely in cold, wet
swamps, reaching its greatest development along the western slope of
the sierras of Northern and Central California ; in Western Washington
Territory and Oregon rare and local ; after Pseudotsuga Douglasti the
most generally distributed and valuable timber tree of the Pacific
forests, furnishing the principal lumber of Eastern Washington
Territory and Oregon, Western Montana, Idaho, the Black Hills of
Dakota, Western Texas, New Mexico, and Arizona.
Wood, varying greatly in quality and value, heavy, hard, strong,
brittle, not coarse-grained nor durable, compact ; bands of small
summer cells broad or narrow, very resinous, conspicuous, resin
passages few, small ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ; colour light
red, the very thick sapwood almost white ; specific gravity, 0°4715 ;
ash, 0°35 ; largely manufactured into lumber, and used for railway
ties, fuel, &c. (C. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
It has done well in Sweden at Alnarp and at Gothenburg, and
seems to be hardy in Denmark.
P. p. var. scopulorum, Engelm. in Fl. Calif. ii, 125. P.
ponderosa, by botanists from the Rocky Mountains.
Habitat.—According to Engelmann, it is to be found on the whole
of the Rocky Mountains.
Seems to be hardy.
P. pseudostrobus, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, 63; Loud. Encycl.
of Trees, 1008, f. 1888 ; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 402 ; Endl. Syn.
Conif. 156; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 216; Carr. Man.
des Pl. iv. 350, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 321; Gord. Pinet. 237 ; Henk.
and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 104 (excl. syn.).
PINETUM DANICUM. 885
Habitat.—It is a native of the mountains of Angangueo and
Orizaba, and other parts of Mexico.
Not yet proved hardy in Denmark.
P. pungens, Michx. Hist. Arb. Am. i. 61, t. 5, and N. Amer.
Sylv. ed. 3, ii. 105, t. 140; Nouv. Duham. v. 236, t. 67, f. 4;
Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 2, v. 314; Pursh, Fl. Am. Sept. ii. 6438;
Poir. Suppl. iv. 417; Elliott, Sk. ii. 635; Spreng. Syst. ii. 886;
Eaton, Manual, ed. 6, 265 ; Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, i. 34, t. 17; Loud.
Arbor. iv. 2197, f. 2077-80; Forb. Pinet. Wob. 57, t. 21; Eaton
and Wright, Bot. 359; Ant. Conif. 18, t. 5, f. 4; Lindl. in Penn. Cycl.
xvi. 171; Nutt. Sylv. 11. 125, and ed. 2, 11. 184; Spach, Hist. Vég.
Phan. xi. 387 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 166 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 27 ; Lindl.
and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 217 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 359,
and ed. 2, 470 ; Darby, Bot. 8. States, 515 ; Gord. Pinet. 181, and ed. 2,
254 ; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 257 ; Chapman, FI. 8. States,
432; Curtis in Rep. Geolog. Surv.- N. Carolina, 1860, i. 20;
Wood, Cl. Book, 660, and Bot. and Fl. 313; Henk. and Hochst.
Nadelh. 21; Nelson, Pinac. 127; Gray, Man. N.U. States, ed. 5,
469 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 98; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 379;
Koch, Dendr. ii. 2, 304; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 30; Meehan in
Rep. Perm. Fruit Growers’ Soc. 1877, and t.; Engelm. in Trans.
St. Louis Acad. iv. 183; Veitch, Man. Conif. 158; Beissn. Nadelh.
214.
Habitat.—Alleghany Mountains, Pennsylvania to Tennessee.
A tree 30-60 feet in height, with a trunk 2-5} feet in diameter ;
most common, and reaching its greatest development, upon the high
mountains of Kast Tennessee ; here often the prevailing species, and
forming extensive forests (C. S. Sargent).
A specimen ef P. pungens, planted in 1878, now measures 12 feet
6 inches in height, with a girth of 8 inches.
Tt has produced cones in Denmark.
P. pyrenaica, Lapeyr. Arb. Pl. Pyren. 146, and Suppl. 63;
Loud: Arbor. Brit. iv. 2209, f. 2090-93, and Encycl. of Trees, 961,
Pei; 79-30- Ant. Conf. 3, t. 3, f. 4; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort.
Soc. v. 219; Endl. Syn. Conif. 180; Knight, Syn. Conif. 27; David,
Rev. Hort. 1852, 416; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 391; Gord. Pinet.
182; Veitch, Man. Conif. 156; Beissn. Nadelh. 225. Pinaster
hispanicus, Clus. Hist. pl. 33. P. halepensis major, Ann. Soc. Roy.
d Hort. Par. 1838, 186. Pinaster hispanica, Roxas di San Clemente.
P.; Brutia, Ten. Syn. 47, and Fl. Nap. v. 266, t. 200. P. Loise-
leuriana, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 500. PP. Pallasi, Paol. H. Bot. Parol.
1841, 3. P. Paroliniana, Webb. Herb. P. Parolini, Wis. LIllust.
delle Piante Nuov. Mem. ii. 7,t. 1. P. hispanica, Cook, Sketches
in Spain, ii. 337. P. penicillus, Lapeyr. Hist. Pl. Pyren. 63.
Habitat.—The Pyrenees, chiefly on the Spanish side ; also in many
places on the sierras stretching across the peninsula ; in the South of
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France, especially in the department of Gers; and, according to
Parlatore : ‘‘In nemoribus Calabriz ad 2,400-3,000 ped., hine inde
solitaria ; in insula Cypro, insula Creta, frequens in Monte Tauro:
Caramanico ad 2,500-5,000 ped. ; in Syria et in Bithynia ubi vastas
conficit sylvas ” (Prodr. xvi. 384).
Introduced into England in 1834 by Captain Cook (afterwards
Captain Widdrington).
P. nyrenaica, Lapeyr., has, Professor Schiibeler says, done well
as young plants at Christiania. At Christiansand (58° 8’) it thrives
exceedingly well. Professor Schibeler has seen a plant 11 feet high
(3°5 métres). The four top-shoots had together a length of 6 feet.
It has also been kept out of doors at Stockholm (Schiibeler).
If these plants really belong to the true Pinus pyrenaica it is an
interesting testimony to its hardiness. As far as I know we have only
young plants in Denmark. They have apparently not suffered from
winter cold.
P. pyrenaica, Lapeyr., fide Parlatore (P. Brutia, Ten., and with
other synonyms), must not be confounded with P. pyrenaica, Loud.,
which is a form of P. Laricio, to which it is so closely allied as to be often
considered a variety of it; but the leaves of P. Laricio are stouter,
and the more numerous ducts are surrounded by strengthening cells,
which are very scarce in the leaves of the other. ‘The Pinus pyrenaica
of English plantations is now generally considered to be this form
of the very variable Pinus Laricio, or Corsican Pine, and recog-
nisable among other things by the deep orange colour of the young
shoots. The name of pyrenaica should be strictly confined to
P. pyrenaica, Lapeyr. This is a tree which, on the authority
of Parlatore, is a native of the forests of Central and South-
eastern Spain, the mountains of Calabria, the islands of Cyprus and
Crete, the Caramanian ‘Taurus, Syria, and Bithynia. Not un-
naturally, it has received a variety of names, as generally happens
when botanists describe a specimen from one locality without having
the opportunity of detailed comparison of specimens from other
regions.
The tree in question has been confounded with P. Pinaster
(as in Veitch’s Manual), from which it differs considerably, with
P. Laricio, and with P. halepensis. Gay, in a note in the ‘‘ Kew
Herbarium,” says it differs from P. halepensis in its leaves, which
are twice the length cf those in halepensis ; in the cones, which are
oblong, not ovoid ; and in the scales of the cone, which are depressed,
aot raised in the centre. We may also add that the stems are less
elaucous, and the cones are on much shorter stalks, spreading, not
deflected, broader at the base, and with flatter apophyses. Lambert,
unfortunately, confounded both halepensis and Laricio under his
maritima. He subsequently corrected the mistake in part, so that
PINETUM DANICUM. 387
t. 9, vol. 1. ed. 1, folio, represents Laricio, though called maritima.
His t. 10, vol.i., shows a detached cone with prominent apophysis =
the P. halepensis var. 8 of Tenore, while the cone on the branch has
a flat apophysis, hke Brutia.
What follows is taken from the ‘‘ Pinetum Woburnense,” p. 27 :—
The Calabrian Pine ‘‘ bears a strong similarity to the P. maritima
of Lambert, as well as to the P. haiepensis, but is readily distinguished
from either of these species by its much longer wavy leaves, which
vary from 3 to 5 inches in length, whilst those of the above-mentioned
species are seldom above half the size. The cones of the P. Brutia are
also quite (nearly) sessile, growing in large clusters (or singly)’surround-
ingthe stem. A splendid figure of this is given in Mr. Lambert’s
third volume of his ‘Genus Pinus,’ in which he says that ‘ Sprengel
has even referred it to P. Pinaster, not even allowing it the rank of
a variety ; but no two species can be more distinct. The leaves in
Pinaster are straight, rigid, twice as stout, and disposed in interrupted
verticils ; and the cones are double the size, with the scales elevated
and angular. The specimen represented in the plate was obligingly
communicated to me by the Hon. Wilham T. H. Fox-Strangways,
Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, who received it from
Professor Tenore.’ It, however, appears to me to be more nearly
allied to the P. halepensis than to any other of the species. The
Woburn collection is indebted for this new and valuable Pine to the
Right Hon. the Karl of Mountmorres, who, I believe, was the first
that raised it from seed in this country, and kindly sent a couple of
plants of it, along with a valuable collection of other plants, to
Woburn. It is a native of Calabria (the ancient Brutium), where it
attains a considerable size, and produces timber of a very superior
quality.”
This tree has been highly spoken of for the purposes of reafforest-
ing the Karst and the Adriatic coast (M. T. M. in the Gardeners’
Chronicle, Sept. 8, 1888, p. 267).
P. reflexa, Engelmann in Gard. Chron. Feb. 25, 1882, 260.
P. flexilis var. refleca, Engelm. in Rothrock’s Rep. Bot. Exped.
Wheeler.
Habitat.—High mountains of South-western New Mexico (Greene,
Rusby), to the Santa Rita Mountains (Rothrock, Engelmann, and
Sargent), and Santa Catalina Mountains (Lemmon, Pringle), Arizona.
A tree 80-100 feet in height, with a trunk sometimes exceeding
2 feet in diameter ; rocky ridges and slopes of almost inaccessible
cations between 6,000 and 8,000 feet elevation (C. S. Sargent).
Is perhaps not hardy in Denmark.
P. resinosa, Sol. in Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, 111. 367, and ed. 2,
Peo famp, Pin. ed. 1,27, t. 13, ed. 2, 1.23, 4..15, and -ed. 3,
1.17, t. 13; Willd. Spec. iv. 496, Enum. 988, and Berl. Baumz.
ClCH?
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267 ; Poir. in Lam. Dict. v. 339; Pers. Syn. ii. [578 ; Dest. Hist,
Arb. 11. 612; Smith in Rees’ Cycl. xxviii. No. 3; Pursh, Fl. Am.
Sept. i. 642; Eaton, Manual, 110, and ed. 6, 264; Nutt. Gen.
li. 220 ;, Hayne, .Dend. Bl 17s); Spreng.) Syst.) tsose elon:
Compend. FI. N.U. States, 360; Fl. N. York, ii. 227; Beck, Bot.
339 ; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2210, f. 2094-97; Forb. Pinet. Wob.. 19,
t. 6; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 161, in part ; Eaton and Wright, Bot.
308 ; Bigelow, Fl. Boston. ed. 3, 384; Lindl. in Penn. Cycl. xvii.
170; Ant. Conmif. 7, t4, fe 1 3 laimk im inna: eaveno0te- endl:
Syn. Conif. 178 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 27 ; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ.
Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 219 ; Parry in Owen’s Rep. 618 ; Carr. Tr. Gén.
Conif. 401; Gord. Pinet. 183 (excl. syn. Loiselewriana), and ed. 2,
256 ; Richardson, Arctic Exped. 441 ; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep.
1858, 257 ; Wood, Cl. Book, 661, el Bot. and Fl. 313; Henk. and
Hochst. Nadelh. 45 (excl. syn. Tbe tana) ;. Sargent, Forest Trees
of N. Amer. 191 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 102 ; Gray, Man. N.U. States,
ed. 5, 470 ; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 388 ; Koch, Dendr. ii. 2, 286 ;
Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 30; Macoun in Geolog. Rep. Canada,
1875-76, 211 ; Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad. iv. 179 ; Sears in
Bull. Essex Inst. xii. 185; Bell in Geolog. Rep. Canada, 1879-80,
50; Veitch, Man. Conif. 159; Beissn. Nadelh. 246. P. rubra,
Michx. tf) IN. Amer; Sylvian. Wt25t. 134:
Habitat.—Newfoundland ; northern shores of the Gulf of St. Law-
rence and Lake Nipigon to the valley of the Winnipeg River ; south
through the Northern States to Chestnut Hill, Middlesex County,
Massachusetts, the mountains of Northern Pennsylvania, Isabella
County, Michigan, and Central Minnesota.
According to Michaux, in America it rises from 70 to 80 feet, with
a trunk about 2 feet in diameter, and retaining nearly the same bulk
for two-thirds of its height. The bark is of a clearer red than that of
any other Pine in the United States, and by this the tree may always
readily be distinguished. The leaves are 5 or 6 inches long, of a dark
green, two ina sheath, and collected in bunches at the extremities of the
branches, like those of the Pinaster, instead of being distributed
Penutanls, over them, like those of P. se and P. silvestris (J. C.
Loudon, Arb. et eae Brit. 1814, iv. 2211).
This is an elegant tree when young. Michaux, seeing its trunk
covered with red bark, called it P. rubra, a name it has still kept
in some places.
Wood light, not strong, hard, rather coarse-grained, compact ;
bands of small summer cells broad, dark-coloured, very resinous, resin
passages few, small, not conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous, thin ;
colour light red, the sapwood yellow or often almost white ; specific
gravity, 0°4854 ; ash, 0°27; largely manufactured into lumber and used
for all purposes of construction, flooring, piles, &c.
A large tree, 80-85 feet in height, with a trunk 2-43 feet in
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diameter ; light, sandy loam or dry, rocky ridges, forming scattered
groves rarely exceeding a few hundred acres in extent ; common,
and reaching its greatest development, through Northern Wisccnsin
and Minnesota; rare in the Eastern States, except in the extreme
northern portions of New England (C. 8. Sargent).
P. resinosa is rare in Denmark. A plant twenty-two years old
has reached a height of more than 25 feet, and a girth of more than
2 feet.
iP ricida,, Mall Dict. ed. 7; n.-l0; Du Roi, Harbk. ii. 60’;
Marshall, Arb. 101; Wangenh. Amer. 41; Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, i. 25,
Pets 19 ed. 2, 1. 32, t. 16,17, and ed. 3,1. 28, t. 18, 19 ; Willd. Spec.
iv. 498, Enum. 988, and Berl. Baumz. 268 ; Pers. Syn. 11. 578; Desf.
Hist. Arb. ii. 612 ; Michx. fil. Hist. Arb. Am. i. 89, t. 8, and N. Amer.
Sylv. ed. 3, i. 118, t. 144; Nouv. Duham. v. 244, t. 74; Ait. Hort.
Kew. ed. 2, v. 317 ; Smith in Rees’ Cycl. xxviii. No. 14; Pursh, FI.
Am. Sept. ii. 643; Poir. Suppl. iv. 417; Eaton, Manual, 110, and
ed. 6, 265 ; Barton, Compend. Fl. Philadelph. ii. 183 ; Nutt. Gen. ii.
223 ; Hayne, Dend. Fl. 175; Elliott, Sk. 11. 635; Spreng. Syst. u.
887 ; Torr. Compend. Fl. N.U. States, 360, and Fl. N. York, ii. 227 ;
Beck, Bot. 339; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2239, f. 2123-26; Forb. Pinet.
Wob. 41, t. 13 ; Eaton and Wright, Bot. 358 ; Ant. Conif. 26, t. 7, f. 2 ;
Bigelow, Fl. Boston. ed. 3, 385 ; Lindl. in Penn. Cyel. xvii. 172 ; Link
in Linnea, xv. 503; Spach, Hist. Vée. xi. 388; Griffith, Med.
Bot. 604 ; De Chamb. Arb. Résin. 31 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 164; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 30; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v.
217; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 342, and ed. 2, 447; Darlington, FI.
Cestrica, ed. 3, 299 ; Darby, Bot. S.U. States, 514 ; Gord. Pinet. 207,
and ed. 2, 283; Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 257 ; Chapman,
Fl. S.U. States, 433 ; Curtis in Rep. Geolog. Surv. N. Carolina, 1860,
iii. 21; Wood, Cl. Book, 660, and Bot. and Fl. 318; Henk. and
Hochst. Nadelh. 67 ; Nelson, Pinac. 128; Gray, Man. N.U. States,
ed. 5, 469 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 119; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2,
592- Koch, Dendr. u..2, 307; Vasey, Cat. Forest .Trees, 31;
Engelm. in Trans. St. Louis Acad. iv. 183; Sears in Bull. Essex
Inst. xiii. 186 ; Veitch, Man. Conif. 169; Beissner, Nadelholzk. 266.
P. Teda rigida, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, i. 368. P. Fraseri, Lodd.
Cat. 1836. P. Loddigesi, Loud. Arb. Brit. iv. 2269.
Habitat.—Valley of the St. John’s River, New Brunswick, to the
northern shores of Lake Ontario ; south through the Atlantic States to
Northern Georgia, extending to the western slope of the Alleghany
Mountains in West Virginia and Kentucky (Pineville, Bell County,
De Friese).
A tree 40-80 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter ;
dry, sandy, barren soil, or less commonly in deep, cold swamps ;
very common.
Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, coarse-grained, compact ;
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bands of small summer cells broad, very resinous, conspicuous, resin
passages numerous, not large; medullary rays numerous, obscure ;
colour light brown or red, the thick sapwood yellow, or often nearly
white; specific gravity, 0°5151; ash, 0°23; largely used for fuel,
charcoal, and occasionally manufactured into coarse lumber (C. 8.
Sargent, ‘“‘Forest Trees of North America”). Upon the island of
Nantucket, Massachusetts, this species is now greatly injured by the
attacks of the destructive caterpillar of the pine moth, Retina frus-
trana (Scudder in Pub. Mass. Agric. Soc. 1883, and t.).
This species seems to have formerly abounded in Connecticut,
Massachusetts, and New Hampshire, for from the beginning of the
eighteenth century till 1776 these States furnished Britain with a
considerable quantity of tar. About the year 1705—a misunder-
standing having taken place between Great Britain and Sweden, from
which latter country the British Government had principally drawn
its supply of tar—Great Britain encouraged this branch.of industry in
the northern part of America by a premium of £1 sterling for every
barrel of tar made from dead wood, and £2 for every barrel made from
green wood ; in consequence of which, and of this tree furnishing tar
abundantly, its destruction has been so rapid that itis now rarely
found in the Northern States. P. rigida was cultivated in England by
the Duke of Bedford previously to 1759 (J. G. Lemmon, ‘‘ California
Board of Forestry,” 1889-90).
In some parts of the Alleghanies, where this tree abounds,
houses are built of it, and the wood, if it is not covered with
paint, is readily recognised by its numerous knots. It is thought
better than the Yellow Pine for floors that are frequently washed,
as the resin with which it is impregnated renders it finer and
more durable. It is used for ship pumps, and as fuel by the bakers
and brick-makers of New York and Philadelphia ; and from the roots
is prepared lampblack. The principal use of this tree is, however, to
furnish tar and turpentine. The essence of turpentine, used in most
parts of America for painting, is obtained from this tree.
Dr. Mayr says in his book, ‘‘ Die Waldungen von Nord-Amerika,”
that P. rigida is hardly more resinous than other Firs, and that as a
substitute the wood of P. mitis and P. resinosa is also called ‘‘ Pitch
Pine.” He draws attention to the great error of falsely calling the
excellent wood of the Yellow Fir (P. australis) pitch pine, although it
is not socalled in America. This mistake has caused the planting of
large numbers of P. vigida as ‘‘ Pitch Pine.” Dr. Mayr believes that
this species can only be recommended for planting on sandy hills near
the sea-coast.
A tree of this species planted in 1864 in Denmark now measures
36 feet in height and 2 feet 9 inches in girth.
P. Russelliana, Lindl. Bot. Reg. 1839, app. 68; Spach, Hist.
Vég. Phan. xi. 402; Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1003, f. 1879-80; Endl.
PINETUM DANICUM. 391
Syn. Conif. 152; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215 ; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 33; Carr. Traité Gén. des Conif. 314; Gord. Pinet.
238 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelholzk. 105; J. EH. Nelson,
Pinac. 128.
Habitat.—On the highest points of ‘‘Carmen,” in Mexico. Hartweg
discovered it on the way from San Pedro to San Pablo, near Real del
Monte.
Introduced into Europe in 1839.
We have not yet obtained the plant in Denmark, but I have
cones in my collection.
P. Sabiniana, Doug]. in Companion to Bot. Mag. ii. 150 ; Lamb.
Pin. ed. 1, ii. 137, t. 58 ; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2246, f. 2188-43; Forb.
Pinet. Wob. 63, t. 23, 24; Hook. Fl. Bor. Am. ii. 162; Lindl. in
Penn. Cycl. xvi. 172; Ant. Conif. 30, t. 11 ; Hook. and Arnott, Bot.
Beechey, 393 ; Link in Linnea, xv. 509 ; Nutt. Sylv. ui. 110, t. 113,
and ed. 2, i. 169, t. 118; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 390; De
Chambray, Tr. Arb. Rés. 347; Endl. Syn. Conif. 159; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 30; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. v. 216 ;
Mle des Serres, 1x; 275, t. 964; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 334, / and
ed. 2, 430; Torr. and Gray in Pacific R.R. Rep. 1. 1380; Bigelow
im Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 25; Torr. in Pacific R.R. Rep. iv. 141,
Bot. Mex. Boundary Surv. 210, t. 57, and Ives’ Rep. 28 ; Newberry in
Pacific R.R. Rep. vi. 39, 90, f. 13 ; Gord. Pinet. 208, and ed. 2, 284;
Cooper in Smithsonian Rep. 1858, 261; Walpers, Ann. v. 799;
Bolander in Proc. Calif. Acad. in. 226, 318; Henk. and Hochst.
Nadelh. 75; Lawson, Pinet. Brit. i. 85, t. 11, f. 1-3; Nelson,
Pinac. 129 ; Hoopes, Evergreens, 121; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2,
391; Fowler in Lond. Gard. Chron. 1872, 1826; Koch, Dendr. 11. 2,
312; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 31; Engelm. in Wheeler's Rep. vi.
9/9, Trans. St. Louis Acad. iv. 182, and Bot. Calif. 1. 127; Veitch,
Man. Conif. 169.
Habitat.—California, Portuguese Flat, Shasta County; south
along the foot-hills of the coast ranges and the western slope of the
Sierra Nevada, below 4,000 feet elevation.
A large tree, 80-100 feet in height, with a trunk 2-4 feet in
diameter ; very common through all the foot-hills region (C. S.
Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America’’).
Mr. Muir, in an article in Harper’s Magazine on the coniferous
forests of the Sierra Nevada, gives the following account of this tree,
which for its interest is worth transcribing: ‘‘The first coniferous
tree met by the traveller in ascending the range from the west is the
Nut Pine, remarkable for its loose, airy, tropical appearance, suggesting
a region of Palms rather than cool rising Pine woods. No one would
take it at first sight to be a Pine or Conifer of any kind, it is so loose
in habit and so widely branched, and its foliage is so thin and grey.
Full-grown specimens are from 40 to 50 feet in height, and from 2 to
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3 feet in diameter. Ata height of 15 or 20 feet from the ground the
trunk usually divides into three or four main branches, about equal .
in size, which, after bearing away from one another, shoot straight up
and form separate summits, while the crooked subordinate branches
aspire, or radiate, or droop in loose ornamental sprays. The slender,
greyish-green needles are from 8 to 12 inches long, loosely tasselled,
and incline to droop in handsome curves, contrasting with the stiff,
dark-coloured twigs and branches in a very striking manner. No
other tree of my acquaintance, so substantial in body, is in its body
so thin and so pervious to light. The sunbeams sift through even the
leafiest trees with scarcely any interruption, and the weary, heated
traveller finds but little protection in the shade. It grows only on
the torrid foot-hills, seeming to delight in the most ardent sun-heat,
like a Palm, springing up here and there singly, or in scattered groups
of five or six, among shrubby white Oaks and thickets of Ceanothus
and Manganita, its extreme upper limit being about 4,000 feet above
the sea, its lower about from 500 to 800 feet. The generous crop of
sweet nutritious nuts (seeds) which it yields makes it a great favourite
with Indians and with bears. The cones are truly magnificent,
measuring 5 to 8 inches in length, and not much less in thickness ;
rich chocolate-brown in colour, and protected by strong, down-curving
hooks, which terminate in scales. Nevertheless, the little Douglas
squirrel can open them. :
‘‘Indians gathering the ripe nuts make a striking picture. The
men climb the trees like bears and beat off the cones with sticks, or
recklessly cut off the more fruitful branches with hatchets, while the
squaws gather them in heaps, and roast, them until the scales open
sufficiently to allow the hard-shelled seeds to be beaten out. Then,
in the cool evenings, men, women, and children, with their capacity
for dirt greatly increased by the soft resin with which they are all
bedragegled, form circles around the camp-fires on the bank of some
stream, and lie in easy independence, cracking nuts, and laughing and
chatting, as heedless of the future as bears and squirrels.”
One plant, about sixteen years of age, was killed in the winter of
1890-91, but it was not a healthy or well-cultivated plant.
The species may be hardy.
P. serotina, Michaux, Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 205; Lamb. Pinet.
ed. 1, 1. t. 19; Pinet. Woburn. 47, t. 16; Link in Linnea, xv. 504;
Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 30;
Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 341; Gord. Pinet. 209; Henk. and Hochst. 70.
P. rigida var. serotina, Engelm. Revis. of the Genus Pinus, &e. 183 ;
Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 979, f. 1824-27. P. Texda B alopecuroidea,
Ait. Hort. Kew. ed. 1, v. 317.
Habitat.—North Carolina ; south, near the coast, to the head of
the St.'John’s River, Florida.
A tree 40-80 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter ;
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inundated borders of streams and ponds in low peaty soil; not
common.
P. silvestris, Linn. Spec. Pl. 1418 (excl. var.); Lamb. Pinet.
ed. 2, i. t. 1; Rich. Conif: t. 11; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2153, f. 2043-44 ;
Ant. Conif. 9, t. 4, f. 3; Schouw, Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 3, i. 331;
Spach,- Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 376; De Cand. Fl. Fr. iii. 271; Desf.
Hist. Arbr. ii. 610 ; De Chambr. Tr. Prat. Arbr. Résin. 142, pl. 1,
moro and pl. 5, f. 25 Endl: Syn. Conf. 171 ; Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 218; Knight, Syn. Conif. 26; Carr.. Tr. Gén.
des Conif. 372 ; Gord. Pinet. 184 ; Veitch, Man. Conif. 156 ; Beissner,
Nadelholzk. 225. Teda, Plin. Hist. Nat. xvi. 19. Pinaster vulgaris
prior, Clus. Pannon. 16. P. silvestris vulgaris genevensis, J. Bauh.
Misr 1 2, 250. P. silvestris, C. Bauh.. Pinet.. 491.. P. silvestris
scariosa, Lodd. PP. silvestris squamosa, Bose. P. rubra, Mill. Dict.
n.d. PP. silvestris rigensis, hort. LP. rigensis, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par.
Abr. u. 61.
Habitat.—Central and Northern, and even parts of Southern
Kurope, such as Spain; and the Siberian forest region as far as the
Amour River. It is not now found growing wild in Denmark.
A tree of this species lately measured in a Danish garden gave a
height of 60 feet and a circumference of 4 feet 2 inches ; 1t was planted
in 1845. Trees exceeding 70 feet are to be seen in plantations.
In reference to the height of this species Prof. Schiibeler says:
“The grandest and finest trees, wherever they can be found, are cut
down to be used as masts; but even in the South of Norway it is
difficult enough to find a Pine that has a height of 100 feet or more.
Two such trees, which are to be found in Lower Telemarken (59° 16’ N.
and 6° 55’ E.), were measured in November 1872. One specimen was
found to have a height of 104 feet, with a diameter at the base of
34 inches; the other had a height of 105 feet, and at 96 feet from the
ground the trunk had a diameter of 5 inches. ‘The first-mentioned
tree, at the height of 40 feet, had a diameter of 16 inches; at 50 feet,
143 inches ; at 60 feet, 12 inches ; and at 70 feet, 9} inches. The
other tree had similar dimensions. The diameters are counted without
the bark.”
P.s. monophyila, Hodgins (the One-leaved Scotch Fir).
The leaves of this variety are attached 1o eazh other throughout
their length, and have the appearance of being united, but by giving
them a twist they separate into two, like the ordinary Scotch Fir. It
is a very singular variety.
P. s. variegata, hort. (the Variegated Scotch Fir).
This only differs from the ordinary form in the mixture of its pale
straw-coloured with the usual glaucous- or bluish-green leaves being
produced on both old and young wood.
P. Strobus, Linn. Sp. Pl. 1419, and Syst. ed. Reich. iv. 174; Mill.
Dict. n. 13 ; Hunt. Evel. Syl. 263 ; Wangenh. Beitr. i. t. 1, f. 1;
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Vitm. Sp. Pl. v. 345; Ait. Kew. iii. 369; Du Roi, Harbk. ed. Pott.
i, 79; Marsh. Arb. Amer, 10]; Poir, Dict! we 340-3 Wambs eee
ed. 2, i. t. 32; Nouv. Duham. v. 249; Pursh, Fl. Amer. Sept. ii.
644; Hayne, Dend. 176; Laws. Manual, 360; Loud. Arb. Brit. iv.
2280, f. 2193-96 ; Pinet. Wob. 83; Gord. Pinet. i. 239, and ii. 295 ;
Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. i. 302, and 11. 399; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. 92 ;
Beissn. Nadelh. 288. P. folvis quinis, cortice glabro, Gron. Virg. ii.
152. P. foluis longissimis ex wna theca quinis, the White Pine, nos-
tratibus, Colden, Nov. Ebor. n. 229 in Act. Upsal. 1743. P. canadensis
quinquefolia, floribus albis, &c., Duham. Arb. 11. 127. P. virginiana,
comis longis, non wt in vulgari echinatis, Pluk. Alm. 297. Lari«
canadensis, &c., Tourn. Inst. 586. Strobus americana, A. S. Oersted,
Frilands-Trévoxten i Danmark, 1864, 80.
Habitat.—Newfoundland, northern shores of the Gulf of St. Law-
rence to Lake Nipigon and the valley of the Winnipeg River ; south
through the Northern States to Pennsylvania, the shores of Lake
Michigan, ‘‘ Starving Rock,” near La Salle, Ilhnois, near Davenport,
Iowa (Parry), and along the Alleghany Mountains to Northern
Georgia.
Introduced into England in 1705, and has there got its most
common name—after Lord Weymouth, who a short time after its
introduction planted a great number of trees on his property at Long-
leat, in Wiltshire (Ff. C. Schiibeler, ‘‘ Viridarium Norvegicum,” i. 392,
1886). P. Strobus received its name from Linneus, and was, as
Loudon says, first cultivated in England by the Duchess of Beaufort
at Badminton, in 1705, and great quantities were soon afterwards
planted at Longleat. :
A large tree of the first economic value, 80-170 feet in height,
with a trunk 4-12 feet in diameter ; sandy loam upon drift formations,
forming extensive forests, or in the region of the great lakes often
in small bodies seattered through the hard-wood forests, here reaching
its greatest development; north of latitude 47° N. and south of
Pennsylvania, Central Michigan, and Minnesota much smaller, less
common and valuable (C. 8. Sargent).
Pinus Strobus is found in highest perfection in the extensive
territory comprehended between 42° and 45° north latitude. Within
this space lie large portions of the provinces of New York, New
England, Nova Scotia, and Canada. The principal woods are on the
shores of Fundy Bay and of Canso Bay (in Nova Scotia) ; on the eastern
side of Massachusetts Bay ; on the shores of the rivers Piscataqua and
Merrimac (in New Hampshire), and of the Connecticut and Mohawk ;
and from the extreme northern side of the river St. Lawrence towards
Montreal and the shores of Lake Champlain. In the more
southerly parts of North America this species appears but sparingly,
and never in continued forests—a proof that a cold, rough climate
suits it best. The soil in which this Pine is found is said to be of the
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best kind, being a clay mixed with sand and other earths ; it is light
and moist, preserving these qualities to the depth of some feet. The
valleys, the crevices of the mountains, and banks of rivers are
the storehouses, as it were, into which the rains and melted snows
in the spring carry down the fattest parts of the soil of the higher
lands. — :
The wood of this species is more employed in America than
that of any other Pine. Throughout the Northern States, at the
time the younger Michaux published his ‘‘ North American Sylva”
(1819), seven-tenths of the houses, except in the larger capitals,
were of wood, and about three-quarters of these were built almost
entirely of White Pine; and even in the cities the beams and
principal woodwork of the houses were of this wood. ‘‘The orna-
mental work of the outer doors, the cornices and friezes of apartments,
and the mouldings of fireplaces, all of which in America are elegantly
wrought, are of this wood. It receives gilding well, and is, therefore,
selected for looking-glass and picture frames. Sculptors employ it
exclusively for the images that adorn the bows of vessels, for which
they prefer the kind called the Pumpkin Pine. At Boston, and in
other towns of the Northern States, the inside of mahogany furniture
and of trunks, the bottoms of Windsor chairs of an inferior quality,
water-pails, a great part of the boxes used for packing goods, the
shelves of shops, and an endless variety of other objects are made of
White Pine. In the district of Maine it is employed for barrels to
contain salted fish, especially the kind called the Sapling Pine, which
is of a stronger consistence. Forthe magnificent wooden bridges over
the Schuylkill at Philadelphia and the Delaware at Trenton, and for
those which unite Cambridge and Charlestown with Boston, of which
the first is 1,500 feet, and the second 3,000 feet in length, the White
Pine has been chosen for its durability. It serves exclusively for the
masts of the numerous vessels constructed in the Northern and
Middle States, and for this purpose it would be difficult to replace it
in North America. The principal superiority of White Pine masts over
those brought from Riga is their lightness, but they have less strength,
and are said to decay more rapidly between decks and at the point
of intersection of the yards. This renders the Long-leaved Pine
(P. australis) superior to the White Pine, in the opinion of the greater
part of the American shipbuilders ; but some of them assert that the
White Pine would be equally durable if the top were carefully pro-
tected from the weather. With this view, an experiment has been
suggested, of a hole, several feet deep, made in the top of the mast,
filled with oil and hermetically sealed; the oil is said to be absorbed
in afew months. The bowsprits and yards of ships-of-war are of this
species. The wood is not resinous enough to furnish turpentine for
commerce” (J. C. Loudon, ‘f Arboretum ”’).
Michaux states that P. Strobus grows in America to the height of
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from 100 to 180 feet, with a straight trunk of from 4 to 6, or even
7 feet in diameter. :
In England P. Strobus is fast coming to the front, not only
as an ornamental, but as a valuable timber-producing tree ; indeed,
whether viewed from an economic or ornamental aspect, it must be
considered as one of the most valuable Pines that have yet been
introduced. A comparison of the wood produced by the Weymouth
Pine in this country and that sent to the Colonial and Indian
Exhibition revealed but slight differences, and nothing more than
would naturally be expected between a mature and a partially-developed
tree. The rapidly approaching extinction of this tree is at present
causing much anxiety to those who are interested in the timber
supplies of America, and is owing partly to the reckless and improvi-
dent felling carried on under the impetus of speculation. With such
a state of things abroad, it is to be regretted that greater numbers
of this Pine are not planted in suitable soils and situations in the
British Isles, for that there are vast tracts of almost worthless land
that is well suited for its culture is beyond a doubt. I do not wish
it to be inferred from anything here said that the Weymouth Pine is
suitable for planting at high altitudes and in exposed situations, for
such has been long ago proved to be a fallacy ; but that it will grow
rapidly and produce useful timber in partially sheltered districts has
been proved on various occasions by those who have paid particular
attention to the value of exotic Conifers as profitable timber-producers
in this country. The Weymouth Pine has much to recommend it to
the British arboriculturist, for besides the great quantity of valuable
timber it produces, it certainly is the handsomest of the genus that
has been found to be perfectly hardy in these isles. Its form is
light and elegant, and the silvery glaucous leaves afford a distinct and
pleasing contrast to the majority of the cultivated Pines. Whether
grown as a plantation tree, or singly for purely ornamental purposes,
the stem is always straight and clean, and the branches evenly
distributed. The Weymouth Pine is a tree of very rapid growth,
numerous specimens (of which I have kept a record) having attained
to an average height of 57 feet in thirty years (Trans. Roy. Scot.
Arbs Soe) Xl. pts:2):
This species has in some parts of Denmark, at the age of about
sixty years, attained a height of 80 feet ; while others, planted in
1845, are 47 feet high, with a circumference of stem of 2 feet 8 inches.
P. Strobus has been planted on many parts of the coast of Norway
as far north as Drontheim (Trondhjem, 63° 26’), where it succeeds
very well, and probably it would thrive even farther north.
The largest specimen to be found in Norway is to be seen near
Christiania, at Bogstad. It was planted nearly a hundred years ago,
and is now about 80 feet in height, with a circumference of more
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Near Stockholm, in the park of the Royal Castle, Drottningholm,
several grand trees of this species are to be found. When paying a
visit there I had no opportunity of measuring them exactly, but
observed that I could not reach more than about half-way round the
stems with my arms. Some of these trees are most likely of similar
dimensions to the above-mentioned tree in Norway.
P. S. nivea, Knight, the White Weymouth or Snow Pine.
P. 8. alba, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1018. P. nivea, Booth, ex Knight,
Syn. Conif. 34. P. Strobus argentea, hort.
This variety differs from the species in having the leaves erectly
spreading, more dense, and of a very dark green colour when fully
grown, but when young of a silvery white on the upper surface.
This kind bears considerable resemblance to P. monticola, but the
leaves are less dense on the shoots, and much slenderer; the cones
are narrower, and of a bright green colour when young, while those
of P. monticola are of a dull purple.
P. Teeda, Linn. Spec. 1419; Du Roi, Harbk. Baumz. ii. 63;
Wangenh. Beitr. 1787, 41; Lamb. Pin. ed. 1, i. 23, and ed. 2, i. 30;
Desf. Hist. Arb. 11. 612 ; Michaux fils, Arbr. For. de Amer. i. 97 ;
Ait. Hort. Kew. 11. 368 ; Willd. Baumz. 269; Loisel. Nouv. Duham.
v. 245; Lawson, Agric. Manual, 351; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2237,
f. 2118-22, and Encycl. of Trees, 976, f. 1816-19; Forb. Pinet.
Wob. 43, t. 14; Ant. Conif. 25; Link in Linnea, xv. 503; Spach,
Hist. Nat. Véo. Phan. xi. 391; Endl. Syn. Conif. 164; Lindl. and
Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 217 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 30 ; Lawson,
Abiet. 34; Gord. Pinet. 210, and suppl. 67; Oersted, Frilands-
Trovoxten 1 Danmark, 1864, 1.77. P. virginiana tenuifolia, Pluk.
Almag. Bot. Phyt. 297. P. foliis longissinus, Colden, Nov. Ebor. in
met. soc. Upsal. p. 1743, n. 230. P. folus ternis, Gronov. FI.
Waretm. 1762, ed. 2, 152.
A tree 80-85 feet in height, with a trunk 3-5 feet in diameter ;
low, wet clay or dry sandy soil, springing up on all abandoned
lands from Virginia southward, and now often replacing in the
southern Pine-belt the original forests of P. palustris; in eastern
North Carolina rarely on low, rich swamp ridges—here known as
*“Rosemary Pine,” and attaining its greatest development and value
(C. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
It is one hundred years since this species was described by
Linneeus, and there is no reason to doubt that it was recognised and
described by botanists as long as seventy years before that date. It
was not, however, brought to England until 1713, when Bishop
Compton introduced it. It is doubtless to that period, or not long
after, that the fine specimens at Syon House and Pains Hill are to be
referred. One of the latter, Loudon says, is doubtless the handsomest
tree of the species in Europe. Others at Kew and Whitton belong
to a somewhat later period (‘‘ Pinetum Britannicum ”).
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Iam stillin some doubt whether we have this plant in Denmark
or not. One plant (still to be verified) is perhaps this species.
P. Teocote, Cham. and Schlecht. in Linnea, v. 76, and xii. 487 >
Lamb. Pinet. ed..2, 1. 37, t. 20; Loud. Arbor. iv. 2266, f. 2173-74,
and Encycl. of Trees, 991, f. 1852-54; Ant. Conif. 35, t. 16, f. 3;
Link in Linnea, xv. 505; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 400; Endl.
Syn. Conif. 156 ; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 21 ; Knight,
Syn. Conif. 30; Carr. Man. des PI. iv. 351, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 328 ;
Gord. Pinet. 211; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 83 (excl. syn.).
Habitat.—Mexico, on the sides of Orizaba, between Cruzblanca
and Jalacingo ; also between Angangueo and La Ventilla, and at
Real del Monte. Hartweg found it at Ocotillo.
Introduced into Europe in 1839.
We do not possess living plants of it m Denmark, but I have
cones in my collection.
P. Thunbergii, Parl. in DC. Prodr. 388; Franch. and Savat.
Enumer. 464+; Masters, Linn. Journ. xviii. 504 ; Descrip. Cat. 245 ;
Luerssen, Zeitschrift fiir Forst. und Jagdw. 275, 1. P. Massoniana,
Lamb. Pinet. ; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 1. 378, 73, and u. 478 ; Veitch,
Gard. Chron. ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Bue 3, 285
Miquel, Prolusio Fl. Jap. 330, 2; Koch, Dendr. ii. 282,- : Nippee
Chumokuschi, 6; Veitch, Man. Conif. 148; Rein, Jap. ii. i. 281, 28 ;
Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. u. 24, 118; Endl. Syn. Conif. 174; Murr.
Pines and Firs of Jap. 23.; Hoopes, Evergreens ; Le Japon 4 Expos.
Univer. 109, 10 ; Gord. Pinet. 241. P. Pinaster, Loud. Arbor. Brit.
2218 ; Gord. Pinet. 176. P. silvestris, Thunb. Fl. Jap. 274. P. rubra,
Sieb. Syn. Plant. Cicon. 1. P. Dime oT Paxt. Flower Gard.
P. tabuleformis, Fortune.
Habitat.—Most parts of Japan, but especi ially near the coast. In
some works it is mentioned that this species also belongs to China,
but Dr. H. Mayr considers it doubtful whether this Pine is to be
found in China.
Seems to be hardy.
The following exiract from Siebold’s ‘‘ Flora Japonica” gives a
highly interesting description of a practice peculiar to Japanese horti-
culture, which appears to have been in vogue for many years, probably
for centuries past : ‘‘The art of the Japanese gardener has exhausted
itself in the cultivation of this Pine and Pinus densiflora. They clip
and cut them in all manner of ways; they stretch out the branches like
a fan, upon horizontal espaliers, or give to the branches the form of a
flat plate. In that artificial culture extremes meet—surprise is equally
sought to be gained by specimens of immense extent as by others reduced
to the most minute dimensions.” During Siebold’s sojourn at Osaka he
went to see the celebrated Pine before the Naniwaja Tea-house, of
which the branches, artificially extended, have a circuit of 135 paces.
Another remarkable instance of this artificial cultivation was seen by
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Mr. Maries at Lake Bi-wa, near Kioto, in Nippon. The main trunk
of the tree is 28 feet in circumference. At about 10 feet from the
ground this divides into three primary branches, which have been
made to spread out horizontally, and the circular space covered by
them and their appendages is fully 60 yards in diameter. On the
other hand, they showed him, in Jeddo, a dwarf tree in a lacquered
box of which the branches did not occupy more than 2 square inches.
The wood of P. Thunbergii is resinous, tenacious, and durable;
it is chiefly used in the construction of buildings. The Japanese
also make charcoal of it. The soot which they procure from it by
burning its resinous roots with the oil of the turnip (Brassica
orientalis) is said to be employed in making the famous Chinese ink,
which is manufactured principally in the convent of Nara, in the
province of Janato.
PR. Torreyana, C. Parry. Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 326 ; Henk.
and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 117 (not J. E. Nelson). PP. Sabiniana
microcarpa, J. E. Nelson. P. lophosperma, Lindl. ex Gord. Pinei.
Suppl. 69; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelth. 112.
Habitat.—California, mouth of the Soledad River, San Diego
County ; doubtfully reported from one of the islands of Sania
Barbara and from Lower California.
_ A low, short-lived, gnarled, crooked tree, 20-25 feet in heighi,
with a trunk 9-18 inches in diameter; crests of sandy blufis imme-
diately upon the sea-coast ; very local, and fast disappearing (C. S.
Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
Probably not hardy.
P. tuberculata, Gord. Pinet. ed. 1, 211, ed. 2, 288 (mot Don),
and Journ. Hort. Soc. iv. 218, and f.; Fl. des Serres, v. 517, and f.;
| Rep. Oregon Exped. 2, t. 2, f. 2; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 78
(im part); Bolander in Proc. Calif. Acad. ii. 262, 317; Lawson,
Smet. Brit. 1. 95, t. 13, f— 1-9; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 441
(qm part); Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 394; Koch, Dendr. ii. 2,
309; Vasey, Cat. Forest Trees, 51; Engelm. in Trans. Si. Louis
Wead. itv. 185, and Bot. Calif. 1. 128; Veitch, Man. Conif. 170;
Beissner, Nadelholzk. 270. PP. californica, Hartw. in Journ. Hort.
Soc. i. 189.
_ PP. tuberculata, Gord. Pinet. ed. 1, 211 Mot Don), a name at first
erroneously given to a species sent by Jeifrey, is to be retained as now
im general use, and because Don’s original tubderculaia is a mere form
of insignis {Engelm.).
_ Habitat.—Valley of the Mackenzie River, Oregon ; south along the
western slope of, the Cascade and Sierra Nevada Mountains, and on
the Californian coast ranges from the Santa Cruz to the San Jacinto
' Mountains.
A tree 60-70 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter, or
(rarely) reduced to a low shrub, fruiting when not more than 3 feet
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in height ; dry, gravelly ridges and slopes from 2,500 (San Bernardino
Mountains) to 5,500 (Mount Shasta) feet elevation; not common
(C. 8. Sargent).
Seems hardy in Denmark.
I have kept some cones of it for more than twenty-five years, and
they are not yet opened. I have seen a cone-bearing plant in the
Northern Netherlands.
This Pine was first discovered by Dr. Coulter, to the south of
Monterey, near the level of the sea, and growing almost close to the
beach, intermixed with P. radiata. Mr. Hartweg found it growing on
the Santa Cruz Mountains, sixty miles to the north of Monterey by
land. It is a tree of slow growth, and seldom attains more than
30 feet in height, with a trunk 8 or 10 inches in diameter. Mr. Jeffrey
found it at an elevation of 5,000 feet, with the cones adhering to the
tree ; in several instances with twenty whorls of cones on the trunk,
the growth of as many years, the branches being covered with them
in the same way as the trunk. The timber is red and hard, and the
tree of a conical form, growing about 40 feet high, in poor sandy soil.
It is quite hardy (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
P. Winchesteriana, Gord. Journ. Hort. Soe. ii. 158 (cum ic.) ;
Lindl. and Gord. l. c. v. 215; Knight, Syn. Conif. 33; Carr. Man.
des Pl. iv. 351, and Tr. Gén. Conif. 325; Gord. Pinet. 241; Henk.
and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 118 (excl. syn. Roezl) ; J. H. Nelson,
Pinac. 137.
Habitat.—Mexico, where it was found by the Marquis of Win-
chester, who in 1846 introduced it into Europe. Hartweg found it in
great numbers on the Cerro de San Juan near Tepic.
We have not yet acquired any plants, but I have cones in my
collection.
31. CHEDRUS.—Endl. Conif. 135. Laricis sp. Tourn. Inst. 586.
Abietis sp. Juss. Gen. Pl. 414; Rich. Conif. 147, t.14, n. 1. Cedrus,
Link in Linnea, xv. 537, and pl. Auct. ; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi.
is Myer IWeyonly, Jens. ils ie ai, ual ae min. t. 51, 52 (Pinus);
Forb. Pin. Wob. t. 48, 49 (Pinus) ; Hook. fil. in Nat. Hist. Rev. 1862,
xi. t. 1-3; Carr. Conif. 366 ; C. Koch, Dendr. 11. 265 ; Gord. Pin. 39;
Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 140; Hichl. in Engl. and Prantl, Natiirl.
Pflf. ii. s. 74; Willk. Forst. Fl. s. 158; Beissn. Nadelh. 296.
Flowers moncecious ; the male catkins solitary, cylindrical, erect,
and terminal, female somewhat oval and obtuse, solitary, vee rarely
in twos, and erect.
Cones oval, obtuse at the ends, quite smooth, erect, onl on the
upper side of the branches.
Scales very closely placed, rounded on the outer margins, quite
thin at the edges, leathery, smooth, and more or less deciduous.
Seeds in twos under each scale, with a soft tegumental covering,
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full of turpentine, more or less angular, and furnished with a large
persistent membranaceous wing.
Ootyledons mostly nine in number.
Leaves needle-shaped, somewhat four-sided, stiff, persistent, and
disposed either in bundles or solitary. |
All splendid evergreen trees, found either on Mount Lebanon, in
the North of India, or on the Barbary and Atlas Mountains in Northern
Africa.
The word ‘‘ Cedar ” (‘‘ Kedros” of the Greeks) was not restricted by
the ancients to the Cedar of Lebanon, but probably derived from the
Arabic ‘‘ kedr,” worth or value, or its derivative ‘‘ kedrat,” strength
or power, in allusion to the value of the wood. The Hebrew and
Arabic names for the Cedar are ‘‘ Araz” or ‘‘ Arz,” and that of the
Romans ‘‘ Arar,” all from the Arabic root ‘‘ araza’”’—‘‘ He was firm
and stable, with roots deeply fixed in the ground” (Golius). Other
writers derive the name from ‘“‘kaio,” to burn, and ‘‘ drio,” to sweat
or distil, a kind of incense being obtained from the split wood, and
burnt as a substitute for it in the East; Pliny also describes the pro-
cess of making ‘‘cedria” from the Cedar wood by distillation, and
affirms its great value as aremedy for toothache, for which cure our
modern creosote is therefore but an old remedy revived. Again, others
derive the name from Kedron, a brook in Judea, the Cedar of Lebanon
being formerly plentiful along its banks.
In the Natural History Review for January 1862, Sir Joseph
Hooker, after giving a general description of the three Cedars in their
several habitats, observes ‘‘ that as species the three Cedars cannot be
distinguished, and that they must all have been derived from one
common stock. It should be added that, besides the differences in
habit, habitat, and colour of foliage, there are no other distinctions
whatever between them—of bark, wood, leaves, male cones, anthers,
or the structure of these, nor in their mode of germination or duration,
the girth they attain, or their hardiness. Also that all are very variable
in habit ; so much so indeed is this the case with the Deodar, which is
the most distinct of all in habit, that there are several distinct varieties
sold by nurserymen, some as stiff-leaved, others as dark-coloured,
and others as short-leaved, as the Lebanon Cedar. Also, that though
the differences in the shape of the seeds and scales of Libani and
Deodara are very marked, they vary much; many forms of each
overlap, and further transition between the most dissimilar may
be established by intercalation of seeds and scales from Cedrus
atlantica.”
C. atlantica, Manetti, Cat. Hort. Madoet. suppl. 9. C. africana,
Gord. Pinet. 39. C. argentea, Loud. ex Gord. Pinet. 1. c. C. elegans,
Knight, Syn. Conif. 42. (C. Libant var. atlantica, J. D. Hook.
Journ. Bot. 1880; C. Koch, Dendr. nu. 2, 269. Abies atlantica,
Lind], and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. 1850, v. 214. Pinus atlantica,
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Endl. Conif. 137. P. Cedrus y atlantica, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi:
2, 408. :
Habitat.—North Africa, on the highest mountains in Algeria, and
particularly on the Atlas, near Tairet, and on the Aurés Mountains at
an elevation of 3,250-4,000 feet and more ; in thick forests, on the
Pic of Tangour, together with some Cedrus Libani ; and on the Tabor
and Tababor Mountains.
Introduced into Europe in 1842.
A noble tree, like the Cedar of Lebanon, growing from 80 to
100 feet high, with horizontal branches and a tabular-shaped head
when old, but somewhat pyramidal and open in the head when young.
C. atlantica may be met with in Denmark, aged about twenty-five
years, and about 25 feet in height. ‘The glaucous varieties seem to be
fully as hardy as the species.
C.a.cinerescens. A most beautiful variety.
C. Deodara, Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2428, f. 2283-86, and Encycl.
of Trees, 1059, f. 1975-77 ; Pinet. Wob. 149, t. 48, 49; Link in
Linnea, xv. 538 ; Spach, Hist. Nat. Vég. Phan. xi. 430 ; Hoffm. in Bot.
Zeit. 1846, 185 ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 42; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 281;
Gord. Pinet. 40, and Suppl. 19; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. 141 ;
Beissn. Nadelh. 305. Pinus Deodara, Roxb. Fl. Ind. Or. ii. 651. Abies
Deodara, Lindl. in Penny Cycl. 1833, 9; Lindl. and Gord. in Journ.
Hort. Soc. v. 214. C. indica, De Chambr. Tr. Prat. des Arb. Résin.
341. OC. Liban, Barr. var. Deodara, Hook. fil. Himal. Journ. i. 257,
and in Nat. Hist. Rev. 1861, 11. t. 1-3.
Habitat.—The Himalayan Mountains, in a continuous forest from
Afghanistan (about 34° N.) to Nepaul, from longitude 68° to 85° E.,
at various elevations from 6,500 to 15,000 feet.
Introduced into Great Britain in 1831, by the Hon. W. Leslie
Melville, and produced its cones for the first time in Europe in 1858,
at Bicton, Devonshire, the residence of the Lady Rolle.
In the Himalayas the Deodar occupies a great vertical belt or range,
flourishing from about 5,000 to 12,000 feet of elevation, mixed up for
the first 1,500 feet with Pinus longifolia, while for the last 3,000
or 4,000 feet it accompanies Picea Morinda and Abies Pindrow.
It is found on all the higher mountains from Nepaul upto Cashmete ;
and Dr. Griffith describes it as occurring in vast forests and of great
size towards Kafiristan, where it is called ‘‘ Nokhtur,” and flourishes
at an elevation of from 6,000 to 10,000 feet above the sea. But to see
the Deodar in its greatest perfection, one must visit the snowy ranges
and lofty mountains of the interior, far from the influence of the
plains, and where for nearly half the year it is enveloped in snow ;
there its dimensions become gigantic. In Lower Kamaon there is an
extensive forest of very fine trees from 20 to 27 feet in girth, and
Major Madden records one tree which in 1830 measured 364 feet
in circumference fully 5 feet from the ground: and ona subsequent
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journey he saw several on the northern declivity of the Booram and
Roopin Passes not under 30 feet in girth, and from 150 to 200 feet
high. The timber has a peculiar and strong odour, so that no insects
will touch it ; the grain is open, straight, not liable to warp, even if
in thin boards and exposed to the weather, and may be considered
the best wood of its class in the world ; but, like all other woods of
that class, if cut young it will soon decay when in contact with damp.
Next to its timber, the most valuable product is its turpentine, which
when rubbed on any other kind of timber renders it less liable to
decay and the ravages of vermin.
The Deodar Cedar is called ‘‘ Kelon,” ‘‘ Kolan,” and ‘‘ Kolain ”
in Gurhwal, all Sanscrit variations for Cedar and its resinous products.
In Kunawur it is known as the ‘‘ Kelmung” by the Arian population,
and about Simla as that of ‘‘ Keloo,” ‘‘ Kelou,” and ‘“‘ Keoulee,” all
vernacular terms for resin or its extracts. The Hindostanee names
‘“‘Devadaru,” ‘‘Deodara,” and ‘‘Dewar” are all derived from
** Deva,” or ‘‘ Derva” (deity), and ‘‘daru” (timber or tree), and
rendered by Sanskrit writers as ‘‘ Tree of God,” ‘‘ Spirit-bearer,”
**Divine tree,” and ‘‘Lord of Cedars.” In Kafiristan the tree is
called ‘‘ Nokhtur,” on account of its prickly or pungent leaves; and
the people of Nepaul, Cashmere, and Persia apply the same names and
terms as those used by the hill people in India, and hold it in equal
veneration. It has not yet been found in a wild state either in
Kastern Nepaul or Sikkim, although these gigantic sons of snow fringe
the bare rocks and fix their roots where there appears to be very little
soil, on the lofty passes from Nepaul to Cashmere ; and, according to
Captain Pemberton (in his ‘‘ Report on the Eastern Frontier”), the
most southern point to which the Deodar has yet been traced is the
summit of the lofty ranges immediately west of Munipoor, an
interesting region, which, with the Singfo Mountains, south-east of
Assam, carry the zone of perpetual snow farthest south in India. The
Deodar also grows to extraordinary dimensions on all the higher
mountains throughout the Western Himalayas, and occurs in vast
forests in Kunawur, Kamaon, Kooloo, Mussoorie, and on the Chumbra
range in Kangara, at elevations varying from 6,000 to 12,000 feet.
At Rashulah, in Kooloo, a forest exists with trees from 18 to 24 feet
in girth, at four feet from the ground ; and according to Dr. Jameson,
of two trees measured by him near Mulari, in Gurhwal, at an elevation
of 11,000 feet, one girthed 26 feet at three feet from the ground, and
the other 27 feet ; but, as a general rule, the finest trees always are
found growing on the north side of barren mountains, in thin, poor
soil, formed from the decomposition of granite, gneiss, mica, or clay-
slate. Captain Johnson, in his ‘‘ Excursion to the Sources of the
Jumna,” states that the peaks on the northern side of the Boorung
Pass were completely hidden by forests of gigantic Deodars, some of
which measured 33 feet in circumference, and were from 60 to 70 feet
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without a branch. Here, too, the character of the timber was
different from that grown in southern aspects and rich soil, being
more compact, harder, and of a deeper red, owing to its slow growth.
The boat-builders along the Jhelum River distinguish its timber under
the appellation of ‘‘ Peliptur,” and consider it the most valuable of all
for its durability, both for naval and architectural purposes, the wood
being compact, rather close-grained, long-fibred, highly resinous,
deliciously perfumed, and lasting for a great number of years, even
though much exposed to the elements, being but little affected by
water, as boats built of its timber will last for twenty or thirty years,
while those built of the ‘‘Cheer” (Pinus longifolia) only last six or
seven (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
The excellence of Deodar timber is proved beyond all doubt ; but
he inaccessible situation of the forests and the cost of transport are at
present insuperable obstacles to its general use in Britain. _ Whether
the trees growing in this country will yield timber as good as that
afforded by native trees, can only be determined by time, and as yet
no trees of sufficient age and size exist in England to furnish any
criterion of the quality the timber may prove to possess in its maturity.
Tt must be remembered also that the Deodars in Great Britain are
srowing under climatal conditions very different from what they are
on the Himalayas, where ‘‘ for nearly half the year they are enveloped
in snow, and where from the middle of March to the middle of June
there is considerable dryness in most of the situations; from the
middle of June to the middle of September there is a cloudy atmo-
sphere, almost continual rain, and great moisture of the climate ; in
autumn there is fine clear weather” (Report of Dr. Royle to Her
Majesty’s Commissioners of Works).
The Deodar Cedar may be justly considered as one of the most
graceful and lovely trees that adorn the pleasure-ground or forest,
producing long, spreading, pendulous branches that are amply covered
with branchlets which, when young, have a lightish grey bark. The
leaves vary from an inch to nearly two inches in length, of a light
glaucous colour, somewhat three-sided, acute at apex, quite linear
throughout, growing in bundles on the old wood, but solitary on the
young shoots. Male catkins cylindrical, from an inch to an inch and
a half in length; somewhat club-shaped, with yellowish-coloured
anthers tinged with red. Cones from 4 to 5 inches long, and from
8 to 9 inches in circumference, on short footstalks, quite erect,
generally in pairs. Scales broad, membranous. The wood of the
Deodar Cedar is considered to be almost imperishable. It has a
strong smell of turpentine, and from the fineness of its grain is
susceptible of a very high polish. This species of Cedar is sup-
posed by some to be the one used in the construction of Solomon’s
Temple, but its never having been discovered on or near Mount
Lebanon is a strong argument against this opinion. It is, however,
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redarded by the Hindoos as a sacred tree, and designated by them
** Devadera,” or Tree of God. It is alsoinferred that this is the Aleum-
tree brought from Ophir by Solomon, which is represented to possess
more valuable properties than the one that came from Lebanon. . Mr.
Lambert appears to have received from Dr. Wallich a section of .a
trunk of the C. Deodara measuring nearly 4 feet in diameter ; he also
quotes the following passage from Mr. Moorcroft’s Journal relative to
its durability : ‘‘ A few years ago a building, erected by the order of
the Emperor Akbar, was taken down, and its timbers (of Deodar) were
found in a state so little impaired as to render them fit to be em-
ployed in a house built for my friend Rajah Shah. Supposing that
the former edifice was constructed at the same time as the fort of
Najurunger, a.H. 1006, or a.p. 1597, its age is two hundred .and
twenty-five years. Zenool Abudeen began to reign over Kashmeer
A.H. 820,.or a.D. 1417, and died a.H. 878, or a.pv. 1473. | His
mother was interred in a domed building of excellent brick and mortar
work, reported to have been erected in the time of the Hindoo sove-
reigns. Its solid walls, from 7 to 8 feet thick, differ much in character
from the facing and rubble work in the reigns of the Mogul Emperors
of Hindostan. In this building pieces of Deodar were inserted in
the walls—by way, apparently, of strengthening the bond—and their
ends, or sides, were left on the same plane with the brickwork. The
window frames were of the same material, with the difference, how-
ever, of the former being squared, and deprived of the sapwood left,
and the surface was only slightly smoothed, and partly retained in its
original form. In the latter instance the crust of the wood was
generally somewhat crumbly, and had been pierced by the worm
about a quarter of an inch in depth ; whilst that of the squared wood,
exposed much more to the influence of the weather, was neither
crumbly nor worm-eaten, but was jagged, from the softest part of the
wood, between the plates or ribs, having often been washed by the
rain, though its structure had not been attacked by the worm.”
The introduction of the Deodar marks an epoch in the annals of
British arboriculture. Its graceful and beautiful form in its young
state, and its grand and imposing aspect in its maturity, place it in
the highest rank as an ornamental tree, its value as such being greatly
enhanced by the readiness with which it accommodates itself to almost
all situations. No position and no variety of soil appears to come
amiss to it ; on lime or sandstone, rock or clay, it grows with equal
facility (Karl Ducie in Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. 1874).
Cedrus Deodara has only once (1878), to my knowledge, produced
cones in Denmark. It was at Valloe, in Zealand. Trees about. forty
years old, and 30 feet high, or perhaps more, are met with.
In Professor F. C. Schiibeler’s *‘ Viridarium Norvegicum ” (1886)
the following account is given at p. 443 : ‘‘In Stavanger, on the S.W.
coast of Norway (68° 58’ N. 3° 24’ H.), there is to be found an example
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of this species, which has the following history. In Carlisle, in the
county of Cumberland, in the spring of 1855, a cutting was planted
in a flower-pot. The owner afterwards moved to Stavanger, taking the
plant with him, and planting it out in the garden in the spring of 1857.
It was then only 12 inches high. When in 1863 he left Stavanger
the tree was 5to6feet high. It has never been protected in the
winter time. In August 1877, when the tree was found by the forest-
master Gloersen, it had the following dimensions: Height, 14 feet ;
at a height of 1} feet the stem had a circumference of 21 inches, and at
a height of 3 feet it had a circumference of 17 inches. The greatest
diameter of the crown was 9 feet. This tree since then has been twice
much damaged, but a measurement which was taken in October 1885
gave the following results: Height, 51 feet; the circumference of
the stem a foot from the ground, 284 inches, and the diameter of
the crown 11 feet 6 inches. The tree now looks quite fresh.”
At Stockholm Cedrus Deodara survived the winters of 1872-76,
but in the winter of 1876-77 the crown was much injured. In
sheltered situations it has since that year done fairly well, although
the tops have in many instances been killed.
C. D. crassifolia, hort. Carr. Man. des Pl. 345.
This variety differs from the preceding one in having much thicker
and shorter leaves, and much shorter and more compact branches,
which are less pendulous.
C. D. robusta, hort. (the robust Deodar). C. D. gigantea,
Knight.
A robust-growing variety, with avery glaucous appearance, and
much larger in all its parts. j
C. D. viridis, hort. (the green-leaved Deodar). C. D. tenuifolia,
Knight. SS eer
A very distinct variety, on account of its bright grass-green colour
and slender habit. It is entirely free from any glaucous appearance,
even when young. :
C. Libani, Barrel. Icon. 499; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2402,
f. 2267-82, and Encycl. of Trees, 1057, f. 1974; Pinet. Wob. 145;
Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 427; Link in Linnea, xy. 538;
Knight, Syn. Conif. 42; De Chambr. Tr. Prat. des Arbr. Résin.
308 ; Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 283; Gord. Pinet. 43; Henk. and
Hochst. Syn. 144; Beissn. Nadelh. 297. Cedrus magna, sp. Cedrelate,
Plin. Hist. Nat. xiii. 11, and xxiv. 11. Alta Cedrus, Bel. Conif. 3.
Cedrus, > Bel. It. 162 ;- Trew. in-N. A. Nu C. “iii.-app, 445, 4.018,
f. 1-7. Cedrus magna, sp. Libani conifera, J. Bauh. Hist. i. 277.
Cedrus conifera, foliis Laricis, C. Bauh. Pin. 490. Larix orientalis,
Fructu. rotundiore obtuso, Tourn. Inst. 586. Cedrus phenicea,
Reneaulm. Specim. 27. © Pinus Cedrus, L. Spec. Pl. 1420. Larix
Cedrus, Mill. Dict. n. 3. Larix patula, Salisb. in Linn. Trans. viii.
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314. Abies Cedrus, Poir. Dict. vi. 510. Cedrus patula, Koch, Dendr.
1873, 1. 268.
Habitat.—The mountains of Syria and Asia Minor, especially
Lebanon, and that portion of the Tauric range which extends through
Cilicia. ‘‘In Monte Tauro preesertim Cilicio sylvas vastas construens”
(Prodr. xvi. 408). Also in the island of Cyprus on the mountain
near Khrysakus. The discovery of the Cedar in Cyprus is quite
recent. It appears to be confined to one spot, and to differ from the
known form in having shorter leaves and smaller cones (see paper by
Sir J. D. Hooker in the ‘‘ Journal of the Linnean Society,” xviii.
517). Also in some parts of Algeria, where it grows together with
Cedrus atlantica.
In Bellon’streatise, ‘‘ De Arboribus Coniferis,” published in 1553, the
author says he was told that the Cedar of Solomon is found on Mount
Lebanon, and also on Amanus and Taurus, and on the mountains
above Nicea, but nowhere in the Isle of Crete. He then mentions
several kinds of Juniper, all of which he calls Cedars ; and states it to
be his opinion that the great Cedar of Mount Lebanon was not the
wood used for building Solomon’s Temple. On another page, after
relating his visit to Mount Lebanon, he says, “ Right true and
excellent are the trees of Mount Lebanon.” He afterwards describes
their appearance and mode of growth, adding: ‘‘ The Cedars that we
saw on Amanus and Taurus were very similar to these. They grewin
moist places, like those in which the Spruce Fir (Picea Abies, L.)
delights ; and they are also found in moist valleys.”
The Cedar of Lebanon has been long celebrated for its majestic
growth, and frequent allusions are made to it in Holy Writ. In
Isaiah xli. 19, it is thus stated: ‘‘ I will plant in the wilderness the cedar;
I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine.” In Hzekiel xvii. 22:
‘‘ Thus saith the Lord God; I will also take of the highest branch
of the high cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the top of his
young twigs a tender one, and will plantit upon an high mountain and
eminent.” Again itis mentioned in the First Book of Kings vii. 2. that
Solomon built ‘‘the house of the forest of Lebanon ” with the Cedar
tree ; not that the house was erected on Mount Lebanon, but in
consequence of the vast number of Cedar trees employed in its
construction, especially those that constituted its numerous columns,
which were all of the Cedar tree, and gave rise toits being designated
“‘the house of the forest of Lebanon.” It is also stated in Ezekiel
xxvii. 5, ‘They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir:
they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee.” In
reference to this passage may be here quoted the following extract
from a note relative to it inthe ‘‘ Pictorial Bible” : ‘‘ It is by no means
certain that the tree to which naturalists have given the name ‘ Cedar
of Lebanon’ is the same as the ‘Arez of Lebanon,’ so often mentioned
in Scripture. As the word in the Armenian dialects is applied to
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several trees of the Pine tribe, it may very possibly have been the
same in the Hebrew. Under this view it might sometimes denote the
‘Cedar of Lebanon,’ and often other trees of a similar character ; and
if so, those equally err who insist that this tree can only be intended,
and those who contend for some other particular species, to the exclu-
sion of all the rest. Meanwhile it may be observed that the so-called
‘Cedar of Lebanon’ can hardly be intended in this particular text,
as, although the trunk of this tree is large, itis neither long nor
straight, and therefore utterly unfit to be the mast of a ship; to
which may be added, the wood is soft and inferior to the worst
sorts of deal.” Mr. Lambert, in his description of this tree, also
observes :—
“«'The diuturnity of the Cedar we frequently find alluded to. The
wood of this famous tree has been supposed to preserve books much
better than any other material ; hence the expression ‘ cedro dignus ’
was considered one of the highest compliments that could be bestowed
ona literary performance. It is recorded that in the Temple of Apollo
at Utica was found Cedar-wood nearly two thousand years old ; and at
Saguntum in Spain, in an oratory consecrated to Diana two hundred
years before the destruction of Troy, a beam was discovered which has
since been removed to Zante ; but, in the relation of the properties
assigned to this tree, Professor Martyn says there is much vulgar error
and confusion, the Cedar of Lebanon being often confounded with trees
which belong to different genera. At least the accounts given by the
ancients of the long duration of their Cedar very ill accord with the
species now under consideration, whose wood is no more than a very
inferior kind of deal, with little or no smell, and of a soft texture,
evidently of short duration ” (Pinet. Woburn. 147).
“The Cedars are mostly confined to one spot at the head of the
Kedisha Valley ; they have, however, been found by Ehrenberg in
valleys to the northward of this. The Kedisha Valley, at 6,000 feet
elevation, terminates in broad, shallow, flat-floored basins, and is two
to three miles across ; it isin a straight line 15 miles from the sea, and
about three or four from the summit of Lebanon, which is to the
northward of it.
‘¢The Cedars form one group, about 400 yards in diameter, with
an outstanding tree or two not far from the rest, and appear as a
black speck in the great area of the corry and its moraines, which
contain no other arboreous vegetation, nor any shrubs but a few
small Berberry and Rose bushes, that form no feature in the
landscape.
‘‘The number of trees is about four hundred, and they are dis-
posed in nine groups ; they are of various sizes, from about 18 inches
to upwards of 40 feet in girth; but the most remarkable and
significant fact connected with their size, and consequently with the
age of the grove, is that there is no tree less than 18 inches in girth,
’
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and that we found no young trees, bushes, nor even seedlings, of a
second year’s growth. We had no means of estimating accurately the
ages of the youngest or oldest tree. It may be remarked, however,
+ that the wood of the branch of an old tree, cut at the time, is 8 inches
in diameter (exclusive of bark), presents an extremely firm, compact,
- and close-grained texture, and has no less than one hundred and forty
rings, which are so close in some parts that they cannot be counted
without a lens. Calculating only from the rings on this branch, the
youngest trees in Lebanon would average a hundred years old; the
oldest two thousand five hundred years old, both estimates, no doubt,
widely far from the mark. Calculating from trunks of English
| rapidly-grown specimens, their ages might be estimated as low, re-
_ spectively, as five and two hundred years; while from the rate of
growth of the Chelsea Cedar, the youngest tree may be twenty-two,
and the oldest six to eight hundred years old.
‘*'The positions of the oldest trees afforded some interesting data
relating to the ages of the different parts of the grove, and the
direction in which it had lately spread. There were only fifteen trees
above 15 feet in girth, and these all occurred in two of the nine
clumps, which two contained one hundred and eighty trees. Only
two others exceeded 12 feet in girth, and these were found in
| immediately adjoining clumps, one on one side and one on the other
of the above-mentioned. There were five clumps, containing a
hundred and sixty-six trees, none of which were above 12 feet in
girth, and these were all to the westward of the others. On this side,
therefore, the latest addition to the grove had taken place.
“The wood. of the Cedar is of a reddish white, light and spongy,
easily worked, but very apt to shrink and warp, and by no means
durable. The horizontal section, as Loiseleur Deslongchamps justly
| observes, exhibits the annual layers very distinctly marked. Each
year has apparently two; the one narrow, close-grained, hard, and of
_areddish brown, and the other three or four times broader, loose,
_ spongy, and whitish. In general, the section of the trunk of a Cedar
bears a nearer resemblance to that of the Silver Fir than to that of
, any other of the Abietineze. When the tree has grown on mountains the
annual layers are much narrower, and the fibre much finer, than
when it has grown in plains; so much so that a piece of Cedar-
| wood brought from Mount Lebanon by Dr. Pariset in 1829, and
| which he had made into a small piece of furniture, presented a sur-
| face compact, agreeably veined, and variously shaded, which, on the
whole, may be considered handsome” (Hist. du Cedre, &c. p. 48).
The date of the introduction of the Cedar of Lebanon into
_ England cannot be fixed with certainty; it is not mentioned in
Hvelyn’s “Silva,” written in 1664, but there is evidence to show
that its introduction was effected very shortly afterwards (Veitch).
| The economic value of the Cedar of Lebanon in modern times,
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otherwise than for ornamental planting, is inconsiderable ; the timber
of trees felled in Britain is inferior ; ‘‘ the wood is light, soft, brittle,
apt to warp, and by no means durable” (Loud. Arb. et Frut.
p. 2417).
In the expedition to Mount Lebanon, undertaken by Sir J. D.
Hooker, Captain Washington, R.N., and other gentlemen, in the
autumn of 1860, ‘Sa section of the lower limb of one of the oldest
(which lay dead on the ground) was procured, which gave a totally
different idea of the hardness of Cedar-wood from what English
specimens do” (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1862, p. 67).
Lamartine, who visited the Cedars of Lebanon in 1838, wrote of
them: ‘‘ These trees are the most celebrated natural wonders in the
world.”
The ancients thought they grew nowhere else than upon Mount
Lebanon, above all other vegetation—thus being peculiarly set apart—
a belief which powerfully affected their religious ideas and at once
excited veneration.
The Arabs, of all sects, to this day attribute to these trees not only
vegetative force which enables them to live for ever, but also a soul
having the power to express consciousness and feeling similar to
animals, and approaching the intelligence of man; in fact, in the
Arab mind they are divine beings in the form of trees.
The Maronite Christians inhabiting Lebanon are scarcely less
pronounced in their regard for this tree than the Moslem Arabs, for
annually the patriarch of that sect, attended by scores of bishops,
priests, monks, and five or six thousand of devotees, ascend to the
Cedar grove and there celebrate in their shade the ‘‘ Feast of the
Transfiguration,’ and ecclesiastical censures are denounced against
those who shall injure these consecrated trees in any manner.
Ina delightful article published in the Pacific Rural Press, by
Mrs. Jeannie C. Carr, of Pasadena, Cal., she states: ‘‘ The oldest
Cedar of Lebanon in Europe is growing in the Jardin des Plantes, in
Paris, where it was planted by the elder De Candolle, who brought it
from Palestine over a century ago.* It is related that the vessel in
which he crossed the Mediterranean was unseaworthy, and during
the prolonged voyage the sailors and passengers suffered greatly
from the scarcity of water, but De Candolle resolutely denied him-
self and gave his scanty portion to the little tree, which, thus
saved from perishing, has become the living monument of the great
botanist.”
The oldest Cedar of Lebanon in America is in Philadelphia,
raised from seed planted by the veteran American botanist Bartram
in his now famous garden (J. G. Lemmon).
* A specimen now growing at Bretby in Derbyshire was planted in the
year 1676. Vide page 489.—[Eps. ]
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32. PSEUDOLARIX.—Abietis sp. Lindl. in Penny Cycl.
i. 34. Genus Pseudolarix, Gord. Pin. 292; Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 3638 ;
Masters, Contrib. to Hist. of certain Species of Conif. in Linn. Soc.
Journ. xxii. 208; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 189; Parl. in DC.
Prodr. 412 (Pini sect.) ; C. Koch, Dendr. 265 (sub-genus); Eichl.
in Engl. and Prantl, Natiirl. Pfif. ii. s. 77; Beissn. Nadelh. 309 ;
H. Mayr, Monographie der Abietineen des Japanischen Reiches,
1890.
Flowers monoecious.
Cones oblong, pendent, brittle, and, like the head of the common
Artichoke, covered with divergent GES
Scales very deciduous, extended at the points, heart-shaped at the
_ base, and enclosing at the bottom two soft-coated seeds.
Seeds irregularly shaped, with a soft, thin, whitish, skin-like
covering, more or less enclosed by the wing, but free, and full of
turpentine. ;
Wings ovate-lanceolate on the outer side, but quite straight on the
inner one, and entirely covering the inner face of the scale.
Leaves deciducus, soft, linear, flat, and collected in bundles on the
adult plants, but scattered singly along the young shoots, and very
long on the young plants.
Cotyledons from five to seven in number.
Name derived from pseudo, false, and larix, the Larch—the false
or Chinese Larch.
A noble, hardy tree found by Mr. Fortune in the central and
north-east provinces of China, and very distinct from the European
Larches, in the cones having deciduous scales with divergent points
(G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
P. Fortunei, Gord. Pinet. 292. Larix conifera, -&c., Keempf.
Ameen. Bigot: 883. L. Kenpferi, Fortune. Pinus Kempferi, Lamb.
Pin. ed. 3,7. Abies Kempferi, Lindl. in Penny Cycl. i. 34.
Habitat. The mountains of North-east China, in the prov ince of
Che-Kiang, at an elevation of about 1,000 metres. .
Btidaced into Europe in 1846 by Robert Fortune. Dr. H. Mayr
says in his ‘‘ Monographie der Abietineen des Japanischen Reiches,”’
1890, p. 64: ‘‘ Kempfer’s Larch is without doubt our leptolepis ;
therefore it would be better to change the name Larix Kempferi, and
that derived therefrom, Pseudolarix Kempferi, to another name,
which would obviate all mistake.” Further on, at page 99, he says:
“To that mentioned by Kempfer in 1712 (Larix conifera), Lambert
has, in his ‘ Pinetum,’ 1832, given the specific name Kempferi. The
description, the locality in which Keempfer had collected it, the name
he gave the plant (Kara-matzu-monuw), leave no doubt that he meant
leptolepis. Fortune has identified the Larch he discovered in 1840
with that of Keempfer’s, and also given it the specific name Kampfer.
But to prevent all errors, I would like to propose to call it ‘ Pseudolarix
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Fortunei, Mayr.’ Fortune’s Pseudo-larch is neither to be found grow-
ing wild in Japan, nor js it at the present day cultivated there.”
The Pseudolarix is only to be found as small plants in Denmark ;
but I suppose the species will prove hardy. P. Fortune is a highly
ornamental tree, the foliage of which in spring is of the most delicate
pea-green, and towards autumn assumes a bright or clear golden-yellow.
Even when leafless, the beautiful yellowish-green or golden-brown of
the young shoots is particularly effective, and as uncommon as it is
beautiful. We have found the Golden Larch to be perfectly hardy, to
succeed well, perhaps best, on a free, gravelly loam, and to bear stem
and branch pruning with impunity. Itis the only deciduous golden
Conifer at present introduced, and is the largest in growth. For its
ornamental qualities it is certainly well worthy of extended culture
(Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
33. LARIX.—Endl. Conif. 128. Laricis sp. Tourn. Inst. 586.
Abietis sp. Juss. Gen. Pl. 414 ; Rich. Conif. 147, t. 18. Larix, Link
in Linnea, xv. 533, and pl. auct.; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi.
431; Carr. Conif. 351; C. Koch, Dendr. 11. 257 ; Gord. Pinet. 123 ;
Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 128 ; Endl. Syn. Conif. 128 (Pinus, sect.
Larix); Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 409 (Pinus, sect. Larix) ; Hichl.
in Engl. and Prantl Natirl. PAf. i. 75; Willk. Forstl. Fl. 136;
Beissn. Nadelh. 314; H. Mayr, Monographie der Abietineen des
Japanischen Reiches, 1890, 62.
Flowers moncecious ; the male catkins small, without footstalks,
and egg-shaped ; the female ones erect, solitary, ovate, and much
larger than the males.
Cones small, ovate-obtuse, or somewhat cylindrical, and consisting of
but few scales.
Scales persistent, leathery, thin towards the margins, and a little
reflexed or undulated.
Bracts either longer or shorter than the scales, unevenly notched
on the edges, ovate-pointed, or lanceolate.
Seeds very small, with a leathery covering and membranaceous
wings.
Cotyledons from five to seven in number.
Leaves deciduous, linear, obtuse, soft, without footstalks, and
either produced in bundles or singly.
The name Larch, according tc some authors, is derived from the
Celtic word lar (fat), on account of the tree producing an abundance
of resinous matter, which flows externally down its stem, and which
Ovid describes in the following lines :—
‘¢The new-made trees in tears of amber run,
Which harden into value by the sun.”
But, according to other writers, the name is derived from the Welsh
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llar (wide-spreading), on account of its horizontally extended branches.
Its Spanish name, ‘‘Alerce,” and its Italian one, ‘‘L’Arice,” are
derived from the Arabic ‘“ Al-araz,” a kind of Cedar, or coniferous
- tree.
All deciduous trees, found in the colder parts of Europe, Asia, and
America.
L. americana, Michx. Fl]. Bor. Amer. ii. 203 ; Michx. fil. Arbr.
Forest. ii. 38, t. 4; Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2399, and Encyel. of
Trees, 1057, f. 1973; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. 137 ; Beissn. Nadelh.
329. Pinus Larix rubra, Marsh. Arb. 105. P. microcarpa, Lamb.
Pinet. ed. 1, t. 37. P. intermedia, Du Roi, Harbk. Wild. Baumz. ii.
115. P. pendula, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 409. Larix micro-
carpa, Pinet. Woburn. 139, t. 47. L. tenwifolia, Salisb. in Linn.
Trans. vill. 313. JL. intermedia, Link in Linnea, xv. 535. L. lari-
cina, Koch, Dendr. 11. 265. LZ. Fraser, Curt. ex Gord. Pinet. 129.
L. americana rubra, Loud. ex Knight, Syn. Conif. 40. Abies
microcarpa, Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 215.
Habitat.—Northern Newfoundland and Labrador to the eastern
shores of Hudson Bay, Cape Churchill, and north-west to the northern
shores of the Great Bear Lake and the valley of the Mackenzie River
within the Arctic Circle ; south through the Northern States to Northern
Pennsylvania, Northern Indiana and Illinois, and Central Minnesota.
Introduced in 1739 by Peter Collinson.
A tree 80-100 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter ;
moist uplands and intervening lands, or south of the boundary of the
United States in cold, wet swamps, often covering extensive areas ;
here much smaller and less valuable.
Wood heavy, hard, very strong, rather coarse-grained, compact,
durable in contact with the soil; bands of small summer cells broad,
very resinous, dark-coloured, conspicuous, resin passages few, obscure ;
medullary rays numerous, hardly distinguishable ; colour light brown,
the sapwood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°6236; ash, 0°33; pre-
ferred and largely used for the upper knees of vessels, for ship
timbers, fence posts, telegraph poles, railway ties, &c. (C. S. Sargent).
The inner bark of the closely allied EKuropean Larch is recom-
mended in the treatment of chronic catarrhal affections of the pulmonary
and urinary passages ; probably that of the American species would be
equally efficacious (C. S. Sargent).
Larix americana—or, as it is often called, microcarpa—is to be
found in Danish gardens about 40 feet high.
i. dahurica, Turcz. in Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosq. 1838, 101 ; Trautv.
Imag. Plant. 48, t. 32; Knight, Syn. Conif. 40; Carr. Tr. Gén.
Conif. 270; Gord. Pinet. 123 (excl. syn.); Henk. and Hochst.
Syn. der Nadelh. 138 ; Beissn. Nadelh. 328. IL. kamtschatica, Carr.
Traité Gén. Conif. ed. 1, 279. Pinus Larix americana, Pall.
Flor. Ross. i. 2, t. 1, fig. e. P. dahwrica, Fisch, in Endl. Conif. 128.
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P. kamtschatica, Endl. Conif. 135. Abies Gmelini, Rupr. Bietr. Pfl.
Russ. Reich. ii. 56. L. amwrensis, hort.
Habitat.—Near the Amur River, Amurland, Saghalien, Dahuria,
and eastern parts of Siberia.
Hardy.
L. europzea, De Cand. FI. France. iii. 277 ; Loud. Arbor. Brit.
iv. 2350, £. 2258-62, and Encycl. of Trees, 1053, f. 1972 ; Pinet. Wob.
133; Link in Linnea, xv. 534; Desf. Hist. Arbr. ii. 567; De
Chambr. Tr. Prat. Arbr. Résin. 277, pl. 3, f. 16, 17 ; Schouw in Ann.
Se. Nat. ser. 3, 1. 241; Knight, Syn. Conif. 40; Carr. Traité Gén.
des Conif. 276; Gord. Pinetum. 124; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der
Nadelh. 130; Beissn. Nadelh. 321. Pinus Larix, L. Spec. Pl. 1420.
P. L. a communis, Endl. Conif. 184. L. decidua, Mill. Dict. n. 1.
L. vulgaris, Fisch. in Spach, Hist. des Pl. Phan. xi. 432. L. excelsa,
Link in Abh. Berl. Akad. d. Wissensch. 1827, p. 182. L. pyramidalis,
Salisb. in Linn. Trans. vill. 315. JL. decidua a communis, Henk.
and Hochst. Syn. p. 180. JL. europxa communis, Laws. Man. 386.
Abies Larix, Lam. Illustr. t. 785.
Habitat.—On the whole region of the Alps and in Central Europe,
chiefly at altitudes of from 3,000 to 5,000 feet, forming dense forests,
often intermixed with the Spruce and Silver Firs, and sometimes with
the Cembra Pine ; also on the Carpathian and Sudetian Mountains ;
also in Siberia, from the Ural Mountains to Kamtschatka.
Tntroduced into England prior to 1629, in which year it is men-
tioned by Parkinson in his ‘‘ Paradisus.”
Larix europea, the common Larch, is considered by many to be by
far the most valuable of all our coniferous trees. The wood is applicable
to almost any purpose, and weighs when green 68 lbs. 13 0z., and when
dry 36 lbs. 6 oz. per cubic foot. It makes a first-class charcoal. The
sap furnishes the Venetian turpentine of commerce, the branches
exude the manna of Briancon, and the bark supphes excellent tannin.
The tree being thus useful in all its parts, we may well ask, Where is
its equal or substitute to be found ?
The wood of the European Larch, according to Kasthdéffer, lasts
four times longer than that of any other species belonging to the tribe
Abietineze. The wood of trees produced in a good soil is of a yellowish
white, but that of trees grown in a cold and elevated situation is
reddish or brown, and very hard. Ina suitable situation the timber
is said to come to perfection in forty years, while that of the Pinaster
(Pinus Pinaster) requires sixty years, and that of the Scotch Pine
(P. silvestris) eighty years (Trans. Soc. Art. xxix. 25).
The wood of Larix ewropxa is used in Switzerland for covering the
roofs of houses, being cut into shingles of about a foot square and half
an inch in thickness, which are nailed to the rafters. At first the roofs
appear white, but in the course of two or three years become perfectly
black, and the joints are stopped by the resin which the sun extracts
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from the pores of the wood, and which renders the roof impenetrable
to rain. The tree is sufficiently frequent in that country to render
the covering a cheap one.
It is from Larix europea that the true Venetian turpentine is
extracted. This substance has been procured in the greatest abun-
dance near Lyons, in France, and in the Valley of St. Martin, near
Lucerne, in Switzerland. But what is very remarkable, the inner
part of the wood of this tree yields a pure gum, scarcely inferior in its
qualities to the Arabian gum. In the Russian empire this has been
received into the shops, and sold under the name of Orenburg gum,
an appellation extremely improper, as Pallas justly observes, Oren-
burg being very distant from the Uralensian forests, where the gum
is collected from Larix sibirica. Possibly this product is obtained
from Larix europea as well.
Larix ewropea is to be found in Danish plantations at an age of
more than a hundred years, and with a height exceeding 100 feet.
A tree of this species planted on the Danish island of Moena
hundred years ago now measures over 100 feet in height, witha girth
of more than 8 feet; while another planted in 1882 has already
attained a height of 35 feet and a girth of 1 foot 8 inches.
In Sweden the Larch grows well in Aangermanland and the
southern parts of Norbotten.
In Finland it has been planted at Uleaborg (65°). At Svartze (60° 8’)
a Larch fourteen years old was measured, and found to be 16 feet
in height. At the Forest Academy at Evois (61° 15’) a tree eleven
years old measured 15 feet in height and 6 inches in diameter
(‘‘Catalogue Spécial d’Objets envoyés & PExposition de Moscou en
1882,” Helsingfors, 1882, p. 14).
Larie ewropxa does not belong to the Scandinavian flora, as
stated in some works on Conifers. A wrong translation of ‘in
montibus Sudetris” may have caused this error.
In Norway it was first planted at the close of the eighteenth and
the beginning of the nineteenth centuries. Prof. Schiibeler, in his
**Viridarium,” says that the most northern point where he has seen
the Larch planted is at Tramso (69° 40’), but there it was only a shrub,
as it is rather windy at that place, and the ground sandy and stony.
At Reeros (Roros), near the Swedish frontier, where sometimes there
is even more than 50° C. of frost registered, Larch trees are to be
found as high as 30 feet.
t is strange that the name Larix leads to so many mistakes ;
for instance, in a German botanical and physiological work recently
published it is said that Pinus Laricio is the common Larch !
LL. e. pendula, Laws. Man. 386. Pinus laricina, Du Roi, Obs. Bot.
49. P. Larix nigra, Marsh. Arbr. 108. P. Larix repens, Endl. Conif.
134. P. pendula, Sol. in Ait. Hort. Kew.ed. 1, iii.s.369. Larix pendula,
Salish. in Linn. Trans. viii. 313. LZ. intermedia, Lodd. Cat. 1836, 50.
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L. decidua pendula, Regel in Gartenfl. 1871, s. 102. L. decidua
americana, Henk. and Hochst. Conif. s. 133. L. americana pendula,
Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1057.
By some authors this variety is supposed to be of American origin.
Tt is hardy in Denmark.
L. Griffithi, Hook. fil. and Thompson. Pinus Griffithi, Parl.
in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 411. Abies Griffithiana, Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 214. Larix Griffithiana, Gord. Pin. 126.
Habitat.—The temperate forests in the Hastern Himalayas, and
in Eastern Nepaul, Sikkim, and Bhotan, at from 8,000 to 12,000 feet
elevation.
Introduced in 1850. |
A small tree, not exceeding 40 feet in height, with precisely the
habit of L. europea var. pendula, which it so closely resembles as to
have deceived myself and others. It differs from that plant in the
very large cones with very long points to the exserted bracts. It is
called ‘‘ Sah” or ‘‘Saar” by the Lepchas of Sikkim, and ‘‘ Boarge sella”’
by the Nepalese, who informed me that it was found as far west as the
heads of the Cosi River in Hastern Nepaul. It occurs only towards the
heads of the valleys near the snows, many milesfrom the plains of India,
at elevations of 10,000 to 12,000 feet, and where I first saw it clothing
old moraines; and though subsequently met with on grassy or bushy
slopes, it was only where there was much rock and free drainage. The
wood is regarded as the most durable of all the Sikkim Conifers,
and is easily split into planks ; but all of those that I have met with
were small, soft, and white ; I never saw any hard, close-grained red
wood, like that of the Larch in Switzerland, which may be accounted
for by the extreme wetness of the Sikkim climate.
The cultivation of the Himalayan Larch in Kurope has hitherto
proved a total failure, at least as far as I have ascertained. I sent
quantities of the seed to Kew in 1848, which germinated freely, and
hundreds of plants were raised and widely distributed ; but in every
case these succumbed, in a few years, to virulent attacks of Coccus
Laricis. Repeated importations of the seed into Kew and elsewhere
have met no better fate. I have often been shown L. europxa for
L. Griffithi, sometimes with the most positive assurance that the tree
was received as such from Kew ; but in no instance have these borne
the unmistakable cone of the Himalayan Larch (J. D,. Hooker,
Gard. Chron. 1886, p. 718).
This species is perhaps hardy in Denmark.
L. kurilensis, new spec., H. Mayr, Monogr. der Abietineen des
Jap. Reiches, 1890, 66, 5, f. 15.
Habitat.—It grows in the Kuriles, but not on Kunashiri. It
only commences on Shikotan, where it forms a small tree; but on
Iturupp (Japanese Etorofu) it grows into a tree of the height and habit
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of the Central Japanese Larch (Larix leptolepis). Hight degrees
farther north than Iturupp, in Kamtschatka, in the vicinity of
Peter-Paul’s Harbour, Ruprecht found a Larch, which he described
as Abies kamtschatica. It may be the same. JL. kurilensis is not to
be found on Eso. It grows in the Kuriles intermixed with Picea
ajanensis and Abies sachalinensis. :
LL. leptolepis, Murr. Pines and Firs of Japan, 89 ; Gord. Pinet.
128 ; H. Mayr, Monogr. Abiet. Jap. Reich. 1890, 63. L. japonica,
Carriére, Conif. ed. 2, 353. L. Sieboldi, Zucc. Abies leptolepis, Sieb.
and Zucc. Fl. Jap. 12, t. 103. Pinus leptolepis, Endl. Conif. 130.
P. Larix, Thunb. FI. Jap. 275.
Habitat.—Japan. Dr. Mayr says that Larix leptolepis grows into
a tree of great size. In the cooler forests some very strong examples
are intermixed, but the greatest number are to be found in the tem-
perate regions on volcanic ground ; a few go near to the alpine region.
This Japanese Larch only occupies a somewhat small area ; it extends
no further south than Fuji-san, at 353° N., its most northern point
being 38° N. ; beyond this it is not found, neither is it on the Island
of Eso. It is of no greater value as a forest tree than the Kuropean
Larch, but in its youth it is certainly more beautiful in appearance.
Introduced in 1861 by Mr. J. G. Veitch.
Hardy.
L. occidentalis, Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. iil. v. 148, t. 120. Pinas
Nuttalli, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 412. Larix americana brevi-
folia, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 357.
Habitat.—British Columbia, Selkirk and Gold ranges, south of
latitude 53° N., extending west to the head of Okanagan Lake (G. M.
Dawson), south along the eastern slopes of the Cascade Mountains to
the Columbia River, through the mountain ranges of Northern Wash-
ington Territory to the western slopes of the Rocky Mountains of
Montana, and on the Blue Mountains of Washington Territory and
Oregon.
A noble tree of great economic value, 100 to 150 feet in height,
_ with a trunk 3 to 5 feet in diameter; moist mountain slopes and
ledges between 2,500 and 5,000 feet elevation ; scattered among
other trees, and never exclusively forming forests, the thick bark long
resisting the action of forest fires ; very common, and perhaps reaching
its greatest development, in the region north of the Big Blackfoot
River and in the Flathead River, Montana; here the largest and most
valuable timber tree.
Wood heavy, exceedingly hard and strong, rather coarse-grained,
compact, satiny, susceptible of a fine polish, very durable in contact
with the soil ; bands of small summer cells broad, occupying fully half
the width of annual growth, very resinous, dark-coloured, conspicuous ;
resin passages few, obscure; medullary rays numerous, thin; colour light
bright red, the thin sapwood nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°7407 ;
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ash, 0:09; occasionally manufactured into lumber, but principally
used for fuel, posts, railway ties, &c. (C. S. Sargent).
Citizens of the Hastern States who visit the North-west are
surprised to find Tamarack trees occupying dry, exposed ridges on
mountain sides, instead of in the low swamps that the eastern species
affect, and still more to find the timber of the western species so
valuable and popular for all purposes of building, such as the manu-
facture of bridges, railroad ties, fence posts, and all other uses where
durability is desired.
A peculiarity of the tree is the thick, coarse bark, that has the
protective merit of long resisting the action of forest fires.
Recently surveyors for the California and Oregon Railway dis-
covered a grove of Tamarack trees on the upper waters of Luckiamute
River, one of the small western branches of the Willamette River,
and near the summit of the low range of coast mountains south-west
of Dallas, Oregon.
Little could be learned of the trees except that they were tail,
straight, and seemed suitable for purposes of bridge-building, rail-
road ties, and perhaps for general lumber. Examination is desirable
to determine whether or not this is a distinct species, but the proba-
bilities are that it is an outlying form of Larix occidentalis, the Great
Western Larch (J. G. Lemmon, ‘‘ California State Board of Forestry,”
1889-90).
A young tree planted out for trial i Denmark some years ago has
made splendid growth.
IL. sibirica, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. 204. JL. ewropxa B sibirica,
Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1054. L. decidua B rossica, Henk. and
Hochst. Conif. s. 182, partly. LD. decidua 6 sibirica, Rel. Gartenflora,
1871, s. 101. Abies Ledebouri, Rupr. in Beitr. z. Flor. Russl. ii. 56.
Pinus Ledebourt, Endl. Conif. 131. P. intermedia, Fisch. in Schtshagl.
Anz. Entedeck. vii. 3 (not Dur.).
This species, Professor Pallas says, is found in cold mountainous
places, from the Ural Mountains northwards, through Siberia and
Kamtschatka, to the Pacific Ocean. It delights in a middle station
on the sides of mountains, where it is sheltered from the north and
exposed to the east wind, growing in a gravelly or rocky soil. In
valleys and marshes, or on the very tops of mountains, it never occurs.
It extends as far north as lat. 68°, where it forms a trailing shrub ;
but in the south of Siberia and Russia it grows to the same height
and bulk as the European Larch. In the north it has more the habit
of the American Larch ; but it differs, he adds, from that species very
essentially (Fl. Ross. pt. 1, p. 2).
I have seen fine examples of this tree in Russia and in Finland, and
I am convinced of its hardiness. JI also think its growth is even
better, and more straight and erect, than is the case with the Huropean
species,
PINETUM DANICUM. 419
34, PICEA, Link.—Endl. Conif. 112. Picea, sec. 14, genuine,
Link in Linnea, xv. 516. Picea, Carr. Conif. 236, 317. Abies,
Don in Loud. Arbor. Brit. iv. 2293; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2,
413 (Pini sec.); Engelm. Bot. Calif. ii. 121; Nees. Gen. Fl. Germ.
Monoch. n. 7; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. +. 532; L. OC. Rich. Conif.
t. 15; Lamb. Pin. t. 25-29, and min. ed. t. 35-39 ; Forb. Pin. Wob.
t. 32-36 ; Zaub. and Spach, Pl. Or. ii. t. 14; Ledeb. Ic. Fl. Ross.
t. 499; Wall. Pl. As. Rar. t. 246; Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. t. 3;
Nutt. N. Am. Sylv. t. 146-148 ; Newberry, Bot. Williams Exped. t. 9 ;
C. Koch, Dendr. 1. 232 (Abies, Don) ; Pancic, Eine neue Conif. in d.
Ost]. Alpen, Belgrad, 1876; Eichler in Engl. and Prantl, Natiirl.
PAf. ii. s. 77; Willk. Forstl. Flor. s. 65; Beissn. Nadelh. 331;
H. Mayr, Monogr. der Abiet. des Jap. Reich. 1890, 43.
Flowers moncecious; the male catkins axillary or terminal, the
female ones terminal and solitary.
Cones pendent, solitary, terminal, and remaining on for a long
time.
Scales persistent, leathery, thin, broadly rounded, and sometimes
undulated on the edges.
| Seeds oblong, pointed with a short, stiff, deciduous wing, and bony
shell.
Bracts small and hidden by the scales.
Cotyledons from seven to nine in number.
Leaves solitary, four-sided, acute-pointed, and scattered all round
the shoots.
All evergreen trees, found in the colder parts of Europe, Asia, and
America. The ancients called the Spruce Fir ‘‘ Picea,” and the Silver
Fir ‘‘ Abies,” but by some inadvertence Linnzeus reversed the names,
and thus created great confusion in their nomenclature. The English
and some of the American writers still follow Linnzeus, and apply the
name Abies to the Spruces, and Picea to the Silver Firs (so also
have Don, Loudon, Gordon, Emerson, &c.), while nearly all the
French, German, and other Continental authors follow Bauhin and
Du Roi, and reverse the terms, applying Picea to the Spruces, and
Abies to the Silver Firs. Pliny called Picea excelsa ‘‘ Picea,” and
distinguished it from the Silver Fir, as the ‘‘ tonsili facilitate,” on
account of its fitness to be shorn, or clipped into hedges ; and Professor
_ Link observes that the true Spruces approach nearest to that of Pinus,
and that upon close inspection still more so than at afirst glance. He
says: ‘‘ For instance, if the leaves that stand singly are examined
minutely, it will be seen that several of them have their surface grown
together, and consequently they are in tufts, like the leaves of the true
Pines ; and as aproof that this is the case, it will be found that there is
no upper surface on the leaves of the Spruces, but that the leaves pre-
sent only the under surface on both sides, as will be seen on comparing
them with the leaves of the true Pines. The seam where the leaves
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are joined may be distinctly seen, for it forms a line in relief on both
sides of the leaves of the common Spruce, which is never the case
when such line is formed by the midrib, because it is then either on
the upper or under side. Some Spruces have two leaves grown
together, others four ; the sheaths at the base of the leaves are not
observable, but appear to have grown together in the footstalk.” In
addition, Professor Link points out the following differences between
the leaves of the true Spruces (Picea) and Silver Firs (Abies). The
leaves of the Silver Firs, he says, ‘‘ do not grow together, but are single,
and have the usual form of single leaves, the midrib being only visible
on the under side ; the upper one, having a furrow down the centre of
the leaf, is flat, divided at the point, and dark green, with two white
stripes on the under side, one on each side of the midrib, and arranged
in two or more rows along the shoots in a more or less lateral position.”
P. acicularis, Maxim. LP. japonica, Regel.
Habitat.—In the Japanese mountains. Some authors believe it
to be a form of P. Alcockiana (P. bicolor). Regel regards it as an
alpine form.
Hardy.
P. ajanensis, Fischer, ex Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc.
vy. 212; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 259, 12; lor. Ochot. 87 ; Masters
in Linn. Journ. xviii. 508 ; Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 6743; Yataba, Catal.
of Pl. Bot. Gard. 208; Engl. and Prantl, Natiirl. Pfif. ii. 1, s. 58;
Mayr, Monogr. Abiet. Jap. 53, 4, f. 10. Abies ajanensis, Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 212; Maxim. Prim. Fl. Amur. 261, 686 ;
Veitch, Man. Conif. 66. A. jezoénsis, Sieb. and Zucc. FI. Jap. 110;
Lindl. and Gord. in Journ. Hort. Soc. l.c. ; Knight, Syn. Conif. 37 ;
Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 1, 255 ; Gord. Pinet. ed. 1, 17 ; Murr. Pines
and Firs of Japan, 72 ; Henk. and Hochst. Syn. der Nadelh. 137, 199 ;
Miquel, Prolus. Fl. Jap. 330; Hoopes, Evergreens, 180, 12 ; Sieb.
and Zucc. Rein. Jap. 1. 280, s. 25. Picea jezoénsis, Carr. Tr. Gén.
Conif. ed. 1,255, 9. Abies microsperma, Lindl. Gard. Chron. Jan. 12,
1861, 22; Henk. and Hochst. 186. A. microcarpa, Lindl. Miquel,
Prolus. Fl. Jap. 389. Abies ajanensis var. microsperma, Veitch, Man.
Conif. 66. Picea ajanensis var. japonica, Maxim. ii. Reise. PP.
japonica, Maxim. Index. Seminum Hort. Petropolitan. 1865, 33;
Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 481. Abies Menziesii, Loud. Franch.
and Savat. Enum. 467; Cat. of Pl. Koishikawa Bot. Gard. 92.
A. sitchensis, Lamb. Koch, Dendr. i. 247, 28. A. Schrenkiana,
Lindl. and Gord. Pinet. ii. 18. Pinus Menziesii, Dougl. Parl. in
DC. Prodr. 418, 87. Picea obovata var. Schrenkiana, or ajanensis,
Engl. and Prantl, Natiirl. Pflf. 79.
Habitat.—It is found in Eastern Siberia. Dr. Mayr says that it
is at home in Japan on all the mountains of Eso. Ii only reaches the
coast in the west of the island, and on swampy ground behind the
sand-dunes, where it extends almost to the sea, close to which grows a
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Small vegetation of Roses (Rosa rugosa) and some poorly developed
Oaks (Quercus dentata). The greatest forests of this Fir are found in
the western and central mountains between Kitomi Kushiro and
Nemora, where it is mixed with P. Glehni; from the north-east
corner of Eso they go over to the Kuriles. It is also at home on
Sachalin, and on the neighbouring continent. Dr. Mayr also says
that this Fir, as a profitable forest tree, has no advantage over
European Firs ; but seen away from the North American blue-white
species and varieties, it is to be considered one of the most beautiful
of the blue-white varieties.
Introduced in 1861 by John Gould Veitch.
Hardy.
P. alba, Link in Linnea, xv. 519. Abies canadensis, Mill. Dict.
n. 1 (mot Michaux). Pinus canadensis, Du Roi, Observ. Bot. 38.
P. laxa, Ehrh. Beitr. iii. 24. P. glauca, Monch. Weissenb. 73.
P. tetragona, Monch. Meth. 364. Abies alba, Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer.
ii. 207 (not Mill.). Pinus alba, Ait. Hort. Kew. ed 1, iii. 371.
P. americana alba, hort. Abies americana alba, hort. A. curvifolia,
hort.
. Habitat.—Newfoundland, northern shore of Labrador to Ungava
Bay, Cape Churchill, and north-westward to the mouth of the Mac-
kenzie River and the valley of the Yukon River, Alaska ; south to the
coast of Maine, North-eastern Vermont (West Burke and Elmwood,
Pringle), Northern Michigan, Minnesota to Moose Lake and the W @z¢e
HKarth Indian Reservation, the Black Hills of Dakota (R. Douglas),
along the Rocky Mountains of Northern Montana to the valley of the
Blackfoot River (Canby and Sargent), Sitka, and British Columbia.
A tree 50-170 feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter ;
low, rather wet soil, borders of ponds and swamps; most common
north of the boundary of the United States, and reaching its greatest
development along the streams and lakes of the Flathead region of
Northern Montana, at an elevation of 2,500 to 3,500 feet ; the most
important timber tree of the American sub-arctic forests north of the
sixtieth degree of latitude; here more generally multiplied and of
larger size than the allied P. nigra, with which it is associated ; its
distribution southward in British Columbia not yet satisfactorily
_ determined.
Wood light, soft, not strong, close, straight-grained, compact,
satiny ; bands of small summer cells thin, not conspicuous ; resin
passages few, minute ; medullary rays numerous, prominent ; colour
light yellow, the sapwood hardly distinguishable; specific gravity,
0°4051 ; ash, 0°32 ; largely manufactured into lumber, although not
distinguished in commerce from that of the Black Spruce (P. nigra)
(C. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
A tree of this species planted in Danish ground in 1864 is now
88 feet high, with a girth of 2 feet 3 inches; and one planted at
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Frijsenborg sixty years ago now measures more than 60 feet in
height.
P, a. echinoformis, Carr. Conif. 321. Abies alba echinoformis,
hort.
P. Alcockiana, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 348. Abies Alcoquiana,
J. G. Veitch and Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1861, 23, and 1862, 308.
Abies bicolor, Maxim. Mél. Biolog. vi. 24 (1886), in Bull. Acad. Imp.
Sc. St. Petersb. x. 488. Pinus Alcoquiana, Parl. in DC. Prodr.
xvi. 2, 417 (1868). Abies acicularis, hort. (uot Maxim.). <A. excelsa
var. acicularis, hort.
Dr. Mayr, who has lived in Japan during the last few years, pro-
poses to refer P. Alcoquiana to P. bicolor, For the present I prefer
to retain the name P. Alcockiana until some of our plants can be
determined.
P. bicolor, H. Mayr. <Abres Alcockiana, Lindl. and Veitch,
Gard. Chron. ; Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, 66; Henk. and
Hochst. Syn. 185; Miquel, Prolus. Fl. Jap. 389; Koch, Dendr.
ii. 245, 27 ; Yoyo mokusai, 24; Hoopes, Evergreens, 176, 9; Le
Japon & Exposition Univ. 110, 20; Gord. Pinet. 4; Veitch, Man.
Conif. 67; Rein. Japan. i. 280, 25. Pinus Alcockiana, Parl. in DC.
Prodr. xvi. 2, 417. Abies bicolor, Maxim. Mélang. Biol. Bull. Acad.
St. Petersb. 6; Miquel, Prolus. Fl. Jap. 389; Franch. and Savat.
Enum. 467, 1666; Rein, Japan. 11. 280, 23. A. Menziesii, Loud. Cat.
of Plants, Koish. Bot. Gard. 1877, 92. P. ajanensis, Fischer, Yatabe,
Cat. of Plans, Bot. Gard. 1877, 208.
Habitat.—According to Dr. Mayr, this Fir is not much more
widely distributed than P. polita. It is only to be found in Central
Japan from 353° to 38° N.; further north it does not exist. In
a vertical direction, it belongs to the temperate and cold Conifer
woods, but is also to be found here and there in the cold Beech
forests in single specimens.
P. ceerulea Hudsoni. It has not yet been determined to which
species this variety belongs.
P. Engelmanni, Engelm. in St. Louis Trans. ii. 212. Abies
alba, (?) Torrey in Fremont’s Rep. 97. A. nigra, Engelm. in Sill.
Journ. xxxiii. 330 (not Poir.). A. Hngelmanni, Parry in St. Louis
Trans. ii. 123. Pinus commutata, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 417.
P. Engelmann, Engelm. in Proc. Am. Phil. Soc. new ser. xii. 209.
Habitat.—Peace River plateau, in latitude 55° 46° N. (G.
Dawson), through the interior of British Columbia, and along the
Cascade Mountains of Washington Territory and Oregon to the valley
of the Mackenzie River ; along the principal ranges of the Rocky and
Wahsatsh Mountains to the San Francisco Mountains, Sierra PIAS
and Mount Graham, Arizona.
A large tree, 80-150 feet in height, with a trunk 3-4 feet in
diameter, or at its extreme elevation reduced to a low, prostrate
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shrub ; dry, gravelly slopes and ridges between 5,000 and 11,500 feet
elevation ; the most valuable timber tree of the central Rocky
Mountain region, here forming extensive forests, generally above
8,500 feet elevation ; rare, and of small size, in mountains of Wash-
ington Territory, Ononan, and Montana.
The species, and the varieties also, thrive well in Danniakls, but
only young plants have as yet been Giemed
P. Engelmanni glauca, hort. Abies Engelmann glauca, hort.
P. excelsa, Link in Linnea, xv. 517. Picea, Plin. Hist. Nat.
xvi. 10. P. Latinorum, J. Bauh. Hist. 1. 2, 238. Abies tenuiore folio,
&c., Tourn. Inst. 585. Picea major, prima sive Abies rubra, C. Bauh.
Pin. 4938. Pinus Abies, L. Sp. Pl. 1421. P. Picea, Du Roi, Obs.
Bot. 37. LP. excelsa, Lam. Fl. Frane. ed. 1, ii. 202. Abies Picea, Mill.
Dict. n. 3. Pinus cinerea, Rol. Deutschl. Fl. 376. Abies excelsa,
DC. Fl. France. iii. 275. Picea vulgaris, Link in Abhandl, Berl. Acad.
1827, 180.
Habitat.—EKurope, from almost the limits of arborescent vegetation
in the north, at about latitude 68°, to as far south as the Alps and
Pyrenees. With the exception of the last-named mountains, on which
it is not very abundant, it is not known to be native south of latitude
45°, and it is not indigenous to Denmark, Holland, Britain, and
Treland.
The Spruce Fir is very common, especially in Scandinavia, and
forms forests on the Alps, from east to west, and is principally found
at a height varying from 4,000 to 6,500 feet of elevation, but it some-
times occurs as high as 7,000 feet, where it becomes very dwarf ;
while, on the other hand, it has been found as low as 1,000 feet at
Tolmezzo in Venice, but nowhere on the whole chain of the Apennines.
It is also wanting in a natural state in the countries surrounding the
Mediterranean, even on the mountains.
Gilpin, who was almost a cynic in his dislike of regularly formed
trees, and who disliked the White Pine on account of its smooth bark,
conical form, and the exact disposition of its branches, says of the
Norway Spruce :—‘‘ The Spruce Fir is generally esteemed a more ele-
gant tree than the Scotch Pine, and the reason, I suppose, is because
it often feathers to the ground, and grows in a more exact and regular
shape, but this is a principal objection to it. It often wants both
form and variety. We admire its flowing foliage, in which it some-
times exceeds all other trees, but it is rather disagreeable to see a
repetition of these feathery strata, beautiful as they are, reared tier
above tier in regular order from the bottom of a tree to the top.”
The timber of the Spruce is that known in the trade as ‘‘ white
deal,” in contradistinction to ‘‘red deal,” which is the wood of the
Scots Fir; and it receives a further denomination from the places
whence it comes, as ‘Christiania white deals” have acquired a
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various forms, according to the purposes for which it is intended.
Entire trees, of good size, merely barked, and with a little of the sap-
wood taken off, are exported for masts and spars. Entire trees of
smaller size, again, are exported for poles. These are the younger
trees which have been drawn up by growing close together, or near
old ones. Squared planks of various length, breadth, and thickness,
according to the size of the trees, are what are called ‘‘ deals” and
‘“battens.” Deals are the longer of the two. They run about 12 feet
long by 23 to 3 inches thick, and 7 to 9inches wide. Battens, again,
are from 2 to 7 inches wide, and from $to13 inch thick. In mer-
cantile transactions 120 deals are reckoned as 100, and 120 deals of
the larger size, 12x93, are equal to 52 loads, and of the smaller
size, 12x9x 2k, to 43 loads. Of the latter size 38 deals make a ton,
and two tons make a last. It is very durable, being among Conifers
in this respect, according to Loudon, next to the Larch—a statement
which, however, we think must be taken witha qualification dependent
on the rate and place of growth of the individual tree. Grown upona
dry soil the wood is brittle and short-grained, but grown on a dampish
soil it is quite of an opposite character. Disregarding exceptional
cases, however, its durability and tenacity make it excellently suited
for palings and rough purposes, and leaving the bark on makes it last
longer. On a comparison of the durability of the Spruce and the
Scots Fir which have been used for rails, paling, fences, and gate-posts,
at thirty years old, the Spruce Fir has been found to last two or three
years longer than the Scots (‘‘ Pinetum Britannicum ’’).
‘*There is a great diversity of opinion respecting the merits of this
tree ina landscape. The objection is chiefly to the monotonous for-
mality of its appearance ; yet when it is in a situation highly artificial
or extra-natural, as near ornamental buildings, on rugged, rocky
places, or on the tops of informal hills, there is probably nothing
more beautiful ” (T. Meehan, ‘‘ Handbook of Ornamental Trees ”).
Downing says the Norway Spruce is the great tree of the Alps,
and as a park tree to stand alone we scarcely know a more beautiful
one. Its fine sweeping feathery branches hang down in the most
graceful and pleasing manner.
Introduced about 1548. It thrives well, attains to a great height,
and is a very useful timber tree, the wood being light and elastic, and
suitable for a variety of purposes. Its durability depends a good deal
on the altitude at which it grows, the soil it grows in, and the
management to which it is subjected. The colour of the wood is
either a reddish or yellowish white, and contains much legs resin than
the Scots Pine. It weighs 65 lbs. 11 oz. per cubic foot when green,
and 35 Ibs. 2 oz. when quite dry. Its ashes furnish potash, and its
trunk resin, from which Burgundy pitch is made. The timber takes
a high polish, is used for gilding upon, and, like the Pear, takes a
rich black stain. This tree is an excellent and cheap nurse, and,
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being dense in the foliage, it may be said to be a storehouse of heat.
It is of a conical form, and being an excellent non-conductor, it
protects the ground from cold and draught. The tree luxuriates on
north and east exposures in deep loams or a moist sandy soil, and on
such it is believed to produce timber in Scotland equal, or almost
so, to that grown in Norway (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xu. pt. 2).
P. excelsa is to be found in Danish forests and gardens with a
height of 100 feet and more. A forester told me that he had measured
a tree, supposed to be 125 years old, which was 118 feet high and
11 feet and a few inches in girth.
P. excelsa, says Professor Schiibeler, does not seem to reach in
Scandinavia the height and thickness it attains in Germany—for
instance, in the Erz Mountains of Saxony. Even there, under good
conditions, one will seldom find trees more than 100 feet high (31°37
metres) with a diameter of 3 feet (94 cm.). The young growth is
sometimes, even in northern situations, very considerable, being often
over 2 feet.
P.e. aurea magnifica. A distinct, clear yellow variety, brought
_ into commerce by Mr. Hans, nurseryman, of Hernhut.
P. e. brevifolia, Cripps (the Short-leaved Miniature Spruce).
A distinct pigmy Spruce, with very minute leaves.
P.e. Clanbrassiliana, Carr.
This is a very distinct-growing variety, seldom or never exceeding
4or 5 feet in height, but forming a compact, low bush, with short
slender branches, which are densly covered with leaves that are little
more than a quarter of an inch in length, of a needle shape, somewhat
four-angled, their grooves tinged with a light glaucous hue. This
plant was first introduced to Great Britain by Lord Clanbrassil, and
is designated ‘‘Clanbrassiliana” in compliment to his lordship. It
presents an interesting and curious appearance in the arboretum
_ amongst the more gigantic-growing species belonging to the same
genus.
Plants about thirty, perhaps forty, years of age are to be seen in
Denmark. In rare cases I have seen a branch revert to the species,
but perhaps it came from the stem on which the variety was grafted.
P. e. denudata, Carr. P. excelsa virgata, Jacq.
This variety, known as the Naked or Twig-branched Spruce, differs
principally from the monstrous form of the common Spruce in the
lesser branches being more twiggy, spreading, reflexed, and a little
more divided at irregular distances, and in the leaves being stouter,
and lying more closely along the branchlets. It is of French origin.
P. e. elegans, Loud. P. elegans, Smith. P. excelsa dwmosa, hort.
A dwarf variety, with very slender grey foliage, only growing 4 or5
feet high, with a very compact, pretty appearance.
P. e. eremita, Knight, Carr. Abies miniata, Knight.
A variety with short, stout branches, covered with a yellowish red
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bark, and mostly solitary, or free from laterals ; the leaves are short,
irregularly four-sided, somewhat two-rowed, from being reverted or
bent backwards, and mostly blunt-pointed.
It nearly approaches Abies excelsa monstrosa, but is much less
branching, and with the bark generally of a much redder colour.
P. e. finedonensis, Paul. P. finedonensis, hort.
A striking variety of the common Spruce, with all the younger
leaves on the upper side of the shoots at first of a pale yellow, or straw
colour, as well as the young wood ; but afterwards, as they get older,
they change toa bronzy brown, and finally, when fully matured, become
light green, while those leaves on the under side of the shoots and fully
shaded branchlets are more or less green from the first.
This variety originated at Finedon Hall, in Northamptonshire,
where it came up accidentally ina bed of seedling common Spruces.
P. e. Gregoryana, Paul. Abies Gregoryana, Low.
A very dwarf variety, seldom growing more than 1 or 2 feet high,
but with numerous smallspreading and somewhat declining branchlets,
thickly covered with short, stiff, needle-shaped leaves, placed obliquely
all round the shoots, and of the same colour in all parts.
It was raised at the Cirencester Nursery, in Gloucestershire.
P. e. inverta, Smith. Abies inverta, Smith.
A pendulous variety of the common Spruce, in which the leading
shoot straightens itself in the old wood, after the manner of the Deodar
Cedar, but not so quickly ; the lateral branches on old plants are as
drooping as the Weeping Willow, and the leaves are longer, larger,
and of a brighter green than those of the common Spruce, of which it
is only an accidental variety, obtained by Mr. Richard Smith, of the
St. John’s Nursery, Worcester.
This kind appears, according to the drawing of the original tree,
distributed by Mr. Smith, to be superior in its more drooping habit to
all the other forms of the Pendulous Spruce, of which there are several
variations.
P. e. monstrosa, Loud. Abies excelsa Cranston, hort. A. excelsa
horizontalis, hort.
A very singular variety, with the branches and branchlets thickened
and mostly without laterals, and straggling in all directions.
P. e. mucronata, Loud. Abies mucronata, Rauch.
A dwarf-growing variety, with short, thick, dark green, sharp-
pointed leaves, and distorted, irregular branches, rather crowded. It
is of French origin, and very distinct. P. excelsa mucronata, Carr., is
perhaps another plant.
P. e. nigra, Loud. Abies Lemoniana, Booth. A. gigantea, Smith.
A. excelsa gigantea, hort.
This only differs from the common Spruce in having the leaves of
an intense dark green, and stouter, and in the cones being very much
longer and broader.
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P. e. pendula, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1027. Abies communis
pendula, Booth. <A. wiminalis, Alstroemer.
_ This only differs from the species in haying all its branches and
branchlets drooping, and the leaves rather longer.
P. e. pygmeea (the Dwarf Spruce), Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 334.
Abies excelsa pygmexa, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1027. A. pygmea, hort.
A. parvula, Knight, Syn. Conif. 36. 4A. minima, hort. <A. minuta,
hort. A. nana, hort. A. pumila, hort.
A very diminutive variety, only growing a foot high, but spreading
on the ground, and certainly one of the dwarfest of all Firs.
P. e. pyramidalis, hort. Abies pyramidalis, hort. Picea
excelsa pyramidalis, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 330. Abies excelsa pyrami-
aalis, hort.
This variety differs from the common Spruce in having its
branches ascending, and frequently as much collected together as
those of the Lombardy Poplar. A striking kind, on account of its
compact, pyramidal form. Of French origin.
P. e. stricta, Loud. Abies excelsa conica, Keteleer. Picea excelsa
- conica, Carr. Pinus Picea conica, Endl.
A very neat dwarf variety, quite conical in shape, and not more
than 3 or 4 feet in height, with the branches and branchlets erect and
numerous. Leaves slender, very closely compressed, bright green,
marked along the sides with glaucous lines, and seldom more than
half an inch in length, and terminating in a slender point. It is a
very nice, compact variety.
P. e. tenuifolia, Loud. (the Slender Spruce). Abies excelsa
attenuata, hort. A. gracilis microphylla, hort. A. microphylla, hort.
This variety differs in having very thin, slender leaves, and
attenuated branches, with few branchlets.
P. e. variegata, Loud. Abies excelsa foliis variegata, Loud.
This differs in having some of its leaves, and occasionally some of
the lesser branchlets, pale yellow or whitish in colour, intermixed
with the ordinary green foliage of the plant. Abies excelsa aurea,
introduced by Messrs. J. & C. Lee, is probably a richer variety of the
above.
, P. Glehnii, Masters, Gard. Chron. March 6, 1880, p. 300, f. 54 ;
Linn. Journ. xviii. 512; Yatabe, Cat. Pl. Herb. Tokio, 208; Mayr,
Monogr. der Abietineen des Japanischen Reiches, 1890, p. 56, 4,
fig. 11. Abies Glehnii, Fr. Schmidt, Reisen im Amurlande und auf
der Insel Sachalin, 1868, 176, cwm ic. A. obovata var. japonica,
Maxim. Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1866; Veitch, Man. Conif. 80. Picea
japonica, Regel, Ind. Sem. Petrop. 1865.
Habitat.—It was found by Glehn, who accompanied F. Schmidt in
his travels in Sachalin and in Amurland. It does not occur in
Northern Sachalin, but in the south, and also near to Eso, in great
numbers. On Eso itself this Fir reaches its highest development,
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and there are certainly a greater number to be found there than in all
Central Japan combined.
Seems to be hardy.
P. hondoensis, H. Mayr, Monogr. d. Abietineen des Japan.
Reiches, 1890, 51, 4, f. 9.
Habitat.—The real Tohi is only to be found on the high mountains
of Central Japan, from 353° to 38° N. It is not to be found more
northerly. It belongs to the temperate cool region. With P. bicolor
it forms mixed forests on the Fuji-san, and on the Ontake and other
mountains of Central Japan and Kisso; on the Nantai-san, near
Nikko, it extends higher up than Birches, Beeches, and Oaks, and it
is there found mingled with Tsuga diversifolia.
P. jezoensis, Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. ed. 2, 345. Abies jezoénsis,
Sieb. and Zucce. Fl. Jap. ii. 19, t. 110. Pinus jezoénsis, Ant. Conif. 97,
Ue coriaity Ale
This species Dr. Mayr identifies with Picea ajanensis, Fisch.
As our plants in Denmark are still young, I think it right to keep
the above name to them for a time.
P. microsperma. Abies microsperma, Lindl. in Gard. Chron.
Jan. 1861; Veitch, Gard. Chron. April 1862; Gord. Pinet. Suppl. 12
(descript. falsa); A. Murr. fil. Pines and Firs of Japan, 69, figs.
129-136.
This plant Dr. Mayr also believes to be identical with P. ajanensis
(like the P. jezoénsis), but I think it best still to keep the above name
to our young plants during observation, until a correct determination
can be arrived at.
P. Morinda, Link in Linnea, xv. 522. Pinus Smithiana,
Lamb. Pin. i. t. 88. P. Khutrow, Royle, Illustr. of Himal. Bot.
353, t. 84, f. 1. Abies Snuthiana, Forb. Pinet. Wob. 103, t. 30.
A. Khutrow, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1032, f. 1931. <A. spinulosa,
Griff. Journ. of Travels, 259, 265, 275. A. pendula, Griff. ex Gord.
Pin. Suppl. 7. A. Morinda, hort. Picea Khutrow, Carr. Conif. ed.
1, 258. Pinus Morinda, hort.
Habitat.—The Himalayan Mountains from Bhotan (7,800 to 10,500
feet) to Cashmere, and throughout the whole of the forests from the
Kuram district to Seratigah, in Afghanistan, at elevations ranging
from 6,000 to 12,000 feet. Rare in Sikkim, at elevations of from
8,000 to 11,000 feet (Hook. fil. and Thompson).
Introduced into Scotland in 1818 by Dr. Govan, of Cupar, who
sent cones to the Earl of Hopetoun. From the seeds of these cones
the first plants, six in number only, were raised.
A magnificent tree, found on the lofty mountains of the interior,
from Bhotan up to Kafiristan, at elevations of from 7,000 to 12,000 feet,
and it is not only a very superb, buta very gracefultree. The boughs
ascend a little in the young trees, but are horizontal in the older ones,
and from these the branchlets and smaller twigs droop in the most
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graceful manner. It prefers a north aspect, and attains a great height
in favourable situations, frequently from 100 to 150 feet high. Capt.
Hodgson measured a fallen tree in 1830 and found the length 169 feet
(G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
The economic value of P. Morinda does not appear to be very
great. Sir J. D. Hooker notes that ‘‘it has white wood, employed
for posts and beams,” but the timber is soft, and, although free from
knots, is very perishable (Gordon, ‘‘ Pinetum,” p. 21). Dr. Royle states
that a very fine resin is secreted in the cones, which, no doubt, would
yield a superior turpentine (‘‘ Botany of the Himalayan Mountains,”
p. 352).
It is the most graceful Fir met with on the Himalayas, on account
of its long drooping branchlets and great dimensions. It sometimes
measures from 18 to 20 feet in girth four feet from the earth’s surface,
and towers 150 feet or more into the heavens. Its wood is soft
and open-grained, and when converted into boats is said not to last
more than five or six years.
In the Himalayas this Fir is called ‘‘ Morinda” (nectar, or honey
of flowers), on account of the resinous drops or tears found on the
young cones and other parts of the tree, resembling honey. The
mountaineers about Simla call it “‘ Rai,” “Re,” ‘ Rhai,” and ‘‘ Ray-
ung”; and the people of Gurhwal, ‘‘Realla,” ‘‘Rhei,” and ‘‘ Rayha,”
all variations in their dialects for Fir-tree, Prickly Fir, and Wood
Pine. It is also called by the same people ‘‘ Roo,” ‘‘ Roo-ee,” and
*“ Row,” all signifying to weep or shed tears, either on account of
its resinous drops or the drooping appearance of the full-grown trees.
Dr. Royle’s barbarous local name, ‘‘ Khutrow,” should either be
“*Koodrow” (Weeping Fir) or “‘ Koodrai” (Prickly Fir), its true
vernacular names about Simla, of which Dr. Griffith’s temporary
botanical one, spimnulosa, is a translation. In the Simla jurisdiction it
is styled ‘‘ Row ” and “ Rai,” and in the Kohistan of the Punjab, and
in Kooloo, ‘‘ Koodrow” ; but in Kamaon and Gurhwal ‘ Morinda”
and ‘‘ Koodrai” are its more common appellations. The tree isa
very sombre figure in the landscape.
No one should attempt to introduce this tree unless every care
and attention can be bestowed upon it after planting, having first
selected a congenialspot. The Himalayan Spruce is almost invariably
found on the northern declivities of the mountains in its native
country, and therefore requires either a partially shaded aspect or a
northern exposure. In the latter case, if a belt of evergreens or
other protection be afforded, fine specimens may be obtained, but as
it belongs to that class of uncertain trees, neither tender nor yet
entirely hardy, care is absolutely necessary to induce it to thrive
properly. A slight protection of evergreen boughs, tied quite loosely
over it during the winter, is all that is required ; or, in the case of
young plants, the boughs may be allowed to remain during the summer
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months, care being taken in this instance to admit plenty of air and
light (Hoopes, ‘* Evergreens ”’).
Picea Morinda planted in Danish gardens in 1852 now has a height
of 274 feet and a girth of 2 feet 8 inches. One planted in 1864 now
measures 15 feet in height and 1 foot in girth. Taller ones than
these have been seen. Cones are often produced on trees of this
species in Denmark.
I have observed this species in several countries in Western
Europe, and in every instance it seems to thrive well. I have also
observed it in several parts of Denmark, where it develops well every-
where. The hard and long winter of 1890-91 did not do the tree any
apparent harm. I observed one of about the age of twenty years
standing together with many young trees of the same species. Ali
looked well, although close by were trees of Abzes pectinata, Pinus
Laricio, Taxus baccata, and Juniperus communis which had some dead
branches. It is interesting to know that the most southern Picea is so
hardy in Denmark.
P. nigra, Link in Linnea, xv. 520. Abies Picex, foliis brevioribus,
&c., Mill. Dict. Ic. t. 1. A. Mariana, Mill. Dict. n. 2. A. mary-
landica, hort. A. aigra, Michx. fil. Arb. Forest. d’Amer. Sept. i.
123, t. 11. <A. denticulata, Poir. Dict. vi. 520. Pinus nigra, Ait.
Hort. Kew. ed. 1, ii. 370. P. Abies canadensis, Marsh. Arb. 103.
P. Mariana, Du Roi, Obs. Bot. 38. P. marylandica, hort. P.
americana nigra, hort. P. a. rubra, Wangenh. Amer. 75. Abies
nigra var. Michx. fil. l.c.
Habitat.—Newfoundland, Northern Labrador to Ungava Bay,
Nastapokee Sound, Cape Churchill, Hudson Bay, and north-west to
the mouth of the Mackenzie River and the eastern slope of the Rocky
Mountains ; south through the Northern States to Pennsylvania,
Central Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota, and along the Alleghany
Mountains to the high peaks of North Carolina.
An important tree (called ‘‘ Double Spruce” by the Canadians, a
third part of their forests being exclusively of this species), 50-70
feet in height, with a trunk 2-3 feet in diameter ; light, dry, rocky
soil, forming, especially north of the fiftieth degree of latitude, ex-
tensive forests on the watersheds of the principal streams, or in
cold, wet swamps ; then small, stunted, and of little value.
Wood light, soft, notstrong, close, straight-grained, compact, satiny ;
bands of small summer cells thin, resinous ; resin passages few, minute ;
medullary rays few, conspicuous ; colour light red or often nearly
white, the sapwood lighter; specific gravity, 0°4584; ash, 0:27;
largely manufactured into timber, and used in construction, for ship-
building, piles, posts, railway ties, &c.:(C. S. Sargent).
The foliage of P. nigra (or, as it is often called, P. Mariana) is
dark green and gloomy in appearance, occasioning the popular
appellation of Black Spruce.
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This species is well described in the ‘Sylva Americana”; it is
there said to attain the height of 70 or 80 feet. The distinguishing
properties of the wood of Black Spruce are stated to be strength,
lightness, and elasticity. Introduced into England about the year
1700 by Bishop Compton.
The Black Spruce holds relatively the same position, in an
economic sense, among the coniferous trees of North-east America
as the Norway Spruce does among those of Europe. Its timber is of
excellent quality, light, strong, and elastic ; durable when protected,
but decaying rapidly when exposed to the weather. It is more used
in the Dominion of Canada and the adjacent portions of the United
States than that of any other coniferous tree ; it is also exported to
Great Britain in large quantities, chiefly to the ports of Liverpool and
Glasgow. The consumption of Black Spruce timber is known to be
enormous, many thousands of acres being cleared annually to supply
the demand.
The Canadian French call the Black Spruce “ Hpinette a4 la Biére,”’
because the twigs of the tree used to be boiled in water with other
substances, such as sugar, molasses, &c., and the liquor being casked
and fermented, received the name of spruce beer.
The ornamental qualities of Abies nigra are not of a very high
order, although it possesses some very distinctive characters, but
these are only well developed in this country when the trees are
growing in retentive, loamy soils and moist places, freely exposed on
all sides. In the New England States and adjoining provinces of
Canada, where the Black Spruce is most abundant, it is found to
‘delight in cold, hilly, and mountain regions, attaining its largest size
in those moderate elevations, ridges, or slopes where the soil has a
ready drainage, and at the same time retains considerable moisture
by reason of its mossy-shaded surface and large percentage of dark
vegetable mould. It also grows freely in low swampy lands and about
sphagnous marshes, but in such localities it is inferior in size and
quality.”
“‘The Black Spruce is much disposed to be variable. In open
sphagnous marshes a form occurs so marked in its appearance that in
some localities it has received the name of the Bastard Spruce. The
branches of this variety are generally slender, the internodes short,
and the leaves pale. The tree has a feeble, starved, and sickly
agypect, and does not attain a large size. Another form occurs in the
Adirondack region ; the foliage has a silvery or glaucous hue, on
which account itis sometimes mistaken for the White Spruce. The
most remarkable variety is found on the highest summits of the
Adirondacks. It is the variation of the tree into a mere procumbent
shrub, so small that it offers but little impediment to him who would
walk over it. These bushes are more or less flattened in outline, the
branches issuing nearly from the opposite sides of the trunk, as in the
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Ground Hemlock. They grow in dense patches, completely covering
the ground, and in numerous instances with their apices all pointing
the same way. ‘They have the short internodes and the short pale
leaves of the Bastard Spruce.” (From a Paper on Abies nigra, read
before the Albany Institute by C. H. Peck, Esq.)
It has long been known in Hurope ; and Josselyn, in his “‘ History of
New England,” published in London in 1672, informs us that it was
considered at that period to furnish the best yards and topmasts in
the world.
Cones being frequently imported, the tree is abundant in British
nurseries, and has been generally distributed as an ornamental tree ;
which it hardly merits, save on account of the colour of its cones
when young and the dense habit of growth of the tree.
The Black Spruce, according to Pursh, is of ‘‘ great mechanical
use” in America, besides being ‘‘the tree of which that wholesome
beverage called spruce beer is made.” Michaux says ‘‘the dis-
tinguishing properties of the Black Spruce are strength, lightness,
and elasticity.” In the dockyards of the United States the spars
are usually of Black Spruce from the district of Maine, and it ig
exported in great quantities for the same purpose to the West Indies
and Liverpool. The knees of vessels at Boston and in the district of
Maine are sometimes made of the base of this tree and one of the
principal roots ; and it is substituted for Oak in many places where
the timber of that tree is becoming scarce. In Maine and Boston it
is often employed for the rafters of houses, and is more esteemed for
that purpose than even the Hemlock Spruce. It is sometimes used for
floors, for which purpose it is found tougher than the White Pine,
P. Strobus, but is more liable to crack. In all these regions, but
particularly in Maine and New Brunswick, the Black Spruce is sawn
into boards of considerable width, which are sold a fourth cheaper
than those of White Pine, and are exported in great quantities to
the West Indies and to England, being used in the latter country,
principally at Birmingham and Manchester, for packing-cases. This
species is not resinous enough to afford turpentine as an article
of commerce, and the wood snaps when burning like that of the
Chestnut.
The following is the method given by Duhamel for making spruce
beer : ‘‘To make a cask of spruce beer a boiler is necessary which
will contain one-fourth part more than the quantity of liquor which
is to be put into it. It is then filled three parts full of water,
and the fire hghted. As soon as the water begins to get hot, a quan-
tity of Spruce twigs is put into it, broken into pieces, but tied together
into a faggot or bundle large enough to measure about 2 feet in
circumference at the ligature. The water is kept boiling till the bark
separates from the twigs. | While this is being done, a bushel of oats
must be roasted, a few at time, on a large iron stove or hot plate ; and
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about Efteen galettes, or as many sea-biscuits, or if neither of these
are to be had, fifteen pounds of bread cut into slices and toasted. As
these articles are prepared, they are put into the boiler, where they
remain till the Spruce Fir twigs are well boiled. The Spruce branches
are then taken out, and the fire extinguished. The oats and the bread
fall to the bottom, and the leaves, &c., rise to the top, where they are
skimmed off with the scum. Six pints of molasses, or 12 to 15 lbs.
of coarse brown sugar, are then added, and the liquor is immediately
tunned off into a cask which has contained red wine; or, if it is
wished that the spruce beer should have a fine red colour, five or six
pints of wine may be left inthe cask. Before the liquor becomes cold,
half a pint of yeast is mixed with it, and well stirred, to incorporate
it thoroughly with the liquor. The barrel is then filled up to the
bunghole, which is left open to allow it to ferment, a portion of the
liquor being kept back to supply what may te thrown off by the fer-
mentation. If the cask is stopped before the liquor has fermented
twenty-four hours, the spruce beer becomes sharp, like cider ; but if it
is suffered to ferment properly, and filled up twice a day, it becomes
mild and agreeable to the palate. It is esteemed very wholesome,
and is exceedingly refreshing, especially during summer ” (Duham.
Arb. 1.17). According to Michaux, ‘‘ the twigs are boiled in water,
a certain quantity of molasses or maple sugar is added, and the
mixture is left to ferment.” The essence of spruce (of which spruce
beer is made in America) is obtained ‘‘by evaporating to the con-
sistence of an extract the water in which the ends of the young
branches of Black Spruce have been boiled.” Michaux adds that he
cannot give the details of the process for making the extract, as he
has never seen it performed ; but that he has often observed the pro-
cess of making the beer in the country about Halifax and in Maine,
and that he can affirm with confidence that the White Spruce is never
used for that purpose. He also states that spruce beer is considered
very wholesome, and in long voyages is found efficacious in prevent-
ing attacks of scurvy.
Picea nigra (Black Spruce) has little to recommend it to the British
arboriculturist, either as an ornamental or commercial tree. At certain
stages of growth, and when planted in peculiar situations, there is a
certain beauty about this Spruce, but as usually seen in this country
it is of meagre appearance and ill adapted for ornamenting our parks
and woodlands (‘Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
P. n. pumila, Knight. Abies mgra fastigiata, hort. Picea
nigra fastigiata, Carr.
A dwarf variety, growing 3 or 4 feet high, and rather slender,
with smaller foliage and a more compact habit.
P. obovata, Ledeb. Fl. Altaic. iv. 201, and Illust. t. 499. Pinus
obovata, Ant. Conif. 96, t. 37, f. 2. P. Abies, Pall. Fl. Ross. i. 6
(excl. syn.). Abies obovata, Loud. Arb. Brit. iv. 2329. <A. excelsa
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var. obovata, C. Koch, Dendr. 1. 238. Picea vulgaris var. altatca,
Teplonchoff, Bull. Soc. de Mose. ed. 1, xli. 250.
| Probably this name is only correct for those plants of Picea
obovata that grow in Northern Europe, viz. Picea excelsa medioxoma,
Nylander, which form is very well illustrated in the ‘* Pinetum
Britannicum.”’
Habitat.—Siberia, from the Ural Mountains to Dahurica, and
from the Altai Mountains—where it forms vast forests from the base
to 4,000 feet elevation—to the arctic regions as far as lat. 69° 30’ N.;
also in Northern Europe.
Tt is called ‘‘ Kara-Schersee” by the Tartars on account of its
warted branches and close appearance, and is a very different kind
from the Abies orientalis which is so frequently substituted for it in
nurseries. It more resembles the common Spruce, but with very
much smaller egg-shaped cones, which are quite obtuse at the ends,
and seldom more than 2} inches long by 1} wide.
Some authors deem this plant to be only a variety or mountain
form of P. excelsa. Dr. Ugo Dammer has written on this question in
the Gartenflora.
We have probably more than one form of P. obovata in Deninark
among the so-called ‘‘ Nordlands-Graner,” raised from seeds received
from more northern parts of Hurope.
Hardy.
P. Omorika, Pancic. C. Bolle, Monatsb. des Vereines zur
Beforderung des Gartenbaues, 1877; Reichenbach in Botanische
Zeitung, 1877; Gard. Chron. April 14, 1877, 470, May 19, 1877,
620, and March 8, 1884, 308; Ascherson, Sitzb. der Gesells. Natur-
freunde zu Berlin, 1881; Boissier, Fl. Orientalis, v. 701 (sub P. orientalz
obiter). Pinus Omorica, Panciec.
Habitat. —Mountains of South-western Servia, in Bosnia and
Montenegro ; also in Western Bulgaria.
Picea orientalis, which has been compared with it, has shorter
leaves, more acutely pointed and more four-sided in section. The
cells also which surround the central bundle-sheath are in P. orientalis
of an oblong form, and radiate from the central bundle on all sides.
Their walls are undulated. Hence, then, the superficial appearance,
no less than the internal structure of the leaves, is quite distinct in
the two species; a comparative examination of which, therefore,
confirms Dr. Pancic’s view that he had to do with a previously
undescribed species, and not with a form of P. orientalis. Moreover,
the cones of P. orientalis are longer and the scales broader than in
P. Omorika (Maxwell T. Masters, ‘‘ Contributions to the History of
certain Species of Conifers’’).
Recently introduced into Northern Europe; the first tree was
planted in Denmark in 1890.
Hardy.
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'—. orientalis, Link and Carr. Man. des Pl. iv. 340. Pinus
orientalis, Linn. Spec. Plant. 1421. Abies orientalis, Poir. Dict.
vi. 518.
Tournefort found this species growing about twenty-five miles to
the south-east of Trebizond. He there found it pretty high up the
mountains. He says: ‘‘ After having visited the environs of the
convent, where there are plants which interested us in the most
agreeable manner, we ascended to the most elevated places, which the
snow had only left a few days previously, and where we saw others
which were yet loaded with it. The people of the country call the
common Firs ‘ Nevkos,’ which differin nothing from those which grow on
the Alps and the Pyrenees ; but they have preserved the name ‘ Eyatn ’
for another fine species, which I had not previously seen except
around this monastery.”’ Stevens records it as growing on the summits
of the Imeritian Mountains in Upper Mingrelia, also between Guriel
and the Adscharensen Mountains. Lambert gives figures of the
details of specimens which he had received from China and the
neighbourhood of Tiflis, and which he thought belonged to this
species ; but it has been doubted whether either of these truly belongs
to it, and one of them certainly does not. Consequently, the habitat
of this species, so far as yet known, does not extend greatly beyond
the regions to the east of the Black Sea, Trebizond not lying very
far from its south-east corner.
The usually dense habit of this Spruce, combined with its deep
dark green foliage, which is perfectly distinct from that of any
other Conifer, renders it of great value for contrasting with other
trees of a more light and airy appearance. Although of slow
growth and doubtful value as a forest tree, still for ornamental plant-
ing, particularly for lawns of small extent, or where larger trees
would be out of place, this Spruce is of particular value, and cannot
fail to attract attention and win the admiration of the lovers of
trees. As scarcely half a century has elapsed since its introduction
no trees have reached maturity, although specimens of fully 50 feet in
height are not uncommon. When grown under favourable circum-
stances, the Eastern Spruce makes an annual upward growth of about
17 inches. A specimen growing on gravelly loam, with a surface
coating of decayed vegetable matter, and in a sheltered situation, has
attained to the height of 47 feet in twenty-nine years, and in that
time has produced about 30 feet of timber. The few specimens of
wood I have examined were of good quality, the graining and texture
resembling closely its near ally, the Norway Spruce. As a timber
tree it will never rank high with us, but as an ornamental and
perfectly hardy tree it merits greater attention than it has received.
The date of introduction is not certain, but it is supposed to have been
about 1838. Nearly three hundred years before, in 1553, however,
it was noticed by Bellon, who visited its native country. Habitat,
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Mount Taurus and the Caucasian region (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb.
Nocy-xil. pt. 2).
In short, its habitat might be stated thus: Eastern and south-
eastern shores of the Black Sea, Taurus and the Caucasus, Imeritia,
Mingrelia, between Adschar and Guriel. Abundant near Trebizond.
Introduced into Great Britain in 1839 (Lawson’s ‘‘ Pinetum
Britannicum :” Abies orientalis, p. 3). Some authors say that it was
introduced into Kurope in 1837.
P. orientalis planted in 1849 in Denmark now measures 49 feet in
height and 4 feet in girth. Larger trees are probably to be found in
Danish gardens ; one has been estimated at 53 feet. It has done well
at Stockholm and Upsala.
P. polita, Carr. Tr. Gén. des Conif. 256; Masters, Linn.
Journ. xvill. 507; Nakamura, Ueber den Anat. Bau der w. j. Conif.
xvii. 26; Matzumura, Nippon Shokobutzumei, Tokio, 140, 1628 ;
Desc. Cat. Exhib. Edinburgh, 253; Yatabe, Cat. of Plants, Herb.
Tokio, 187; Cat. of Plants, Bot. Gard. Tokio, 208; Tanaka Jo,
Dai Nippon Shokubutsu-tai; San-rin-kai, 91, 1, 20. Abies polita,
v. 212, Sieb. and Zuce. Fl. Jap. ii. 20; Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort.
Soc. v. 212; Murray, Pines and Firs of Japan, 77; Miquel, Prolus.
Fl. Jap. 331, 3; Yoyo moku-sai shoran, 22; Franch. and Savat.
Enum. 466, 1665, i.; Hoopes, Evergreens, 181; Cat. of Plants,
Koishikawa Bot. Gard. 92; Nippon Chumoku-shi riyaku, 17 ; Le
Japon a l’Exposition Univ. 110, 18; Gord. Pinet. 16; Veitch,
Man. Conif. 77; I. Rein, Japan. ii. 280, 24. Pinus polita, Ant.
Conif. 95, t. 36; Endl. Syn. Conif. 121; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2,
417; Abies Thunberg, Fl. Jap. 275. Abies Torano, Sieb. Syn. PI.
Occ. 58; Verhandlungen van het Batav. Genotsch. xii. 12; Koch,
Dendr. i. 233, 19. A. Thunbergiit, Lamb. A. Snuthiana, Gord.
Pinet. ; Hoopes, Evergreens. Picea Smithiana, Lamb. Engl. and
Prantl, ii.1. P. Khutrow, Carr. Willk. Forstl. Fl. 95. Abies Khutrow,
Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1032, f. 1931; Henk. and Hochst. 199 ;
Mayr, Monogr. Abiet. Jap. 1890, 46, 3, f. 7.
Dr. Mayr, who has collected the above notes on its literature,
says: ‘It is a question if it was not the bicolor Spruces instead
of the polita that caused the five last-named authors to believe
that the Himalayan Spruce was distributed in Central Japan ; but
with the sparingly given notes in the works cited it is impossible
to decide this question.’ “The last five synonyms therefore seem
unnecessary.
Habitat.—Corea and Japan. Dr. Mayr says that in almost all
botanical works the habitat given is wrong. It is not to be found in
Japan further north than 38°. It is at home neither on Eso nor on
the Kuriles. It is always isolated, mixed with leaf-trees, and it
forms no groups or forests of itself. It is rare over the whole of
Japan, of no great value as a forest tree, and is, so to say, not in use.
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Most of the Japanese do not even know the name, Dr. Mayr further
says that he has not found trees more than 120 feet high.
Tt is hardy in Denmark. |
Introduced in 1861 by Mr. J. G. Veitch (A. Murray, Pines and
Firs of Japan, 80; Sieb. and Zucce. Fl. Jap. 21).
P. pungens, Engelm. Watson in FI. Calif. ii. 122 ; Carr. Observ.
ad P. sitchensis; Sargent, Woods of the United States, No. 385,
P. Parryana, Barron. P.commutata, Abies pungens, Engelm. A,
Parryana, hort.
The White Spruce and Blue Spruce of North America.
Habitat.—Valley of the Wind River, south through the mountain
ranges of Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah.
A tree 120-160 feet in height, with a trunk 2-35 feet in diameter ;
borders of streams, in damp or wet soil, generally between 6,000 and
9,000 feet elevation, never forming forests or reaching as high eleva-
tions as the allied P. Hngelmannit ; rare and local.
Hardy.
P. rubra, Link in Linnea, xv. 521. Pinus rubra, Lamb. Pinet.
ed. 2, 43, t. 28, and ed. 3, 66, t. 38. P. americana rubra, Wangenh.
Beitr. 75, t. 16, f. 80. P. americana, Gaertn. de Fruct. et Sem. 1.
60, t. 91. Abies rubra, Poir. Dict. vi. 520. A. americana rubra,
hort. <A. arctica, Cunn. ex Gord. Pinet. 11.
Habitat.—North-eastern North America, in Nova Scotia and New-
foundland, and in the extreme northern parts of the same continent,
around Hudson’s Bay as far as the arctic regions, where it only forms
shrubs, the last vestige of arborescent vegetation. Its timber is said
to be excellent.
It is frequently confounded with Picea excelsa, and is certainly
not easily distinguished from it, except when producing cones, when
its characteristic marks are very conspicuous, the cones of the Norway
Spruce being six times the size of those of the American one. I find
it is a mistake for some botanists to regard it as Picea wgra, or a form
of this species, from which it is very different.
A tall tree, varying in stature according to soil and situation. In ,
deep loamy soil, and in a favourable situation, it grows 70 or 80 feet
high, while in the cold arctic regions it becomes a small bush.
Hardy. Has frequently produced cones in Denmark.
P.r. czerulea, Loud. Abies cxrulea, Lodd. <A. rubra violacea,
Loud. Pinus rubra violacea, Endl. Picea cerulea, Link.
This isa more slender and dwarfer variety, growing only 6 or 8
feet high, with bluish-grey foliage and violet-coloured cones.
P. Schrenkiana, Fisch. and Mey. Plant. Schrenk. ii. 12.
Pinus Schrenkiana, Ant. Conif. 97. Abies Schrenkiana, Lindl. and
Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 212. Pinus obovata 8 Schrenkiana, Parl.
in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 415. Picea obovata Schrenkiana, Carr. Conif.
ed, 2, 388. P. obovata B Schrenkiana fol. longioribus, Masters, Conif,
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of Jap. 506. (2) P. thianschanica, Rupr. Sertum Thianschanicum, 72.
Pinus orientalis B longifolia, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. i. 671.
Habitat.—Picea Schrenkiana is a native of the Altai Mountains
and South-west Siberia.
A tall tree, resembling Abies Menziesit, and in favourable situations
growing 80 feet high, but diminishing in stature according to situation,
soil, and elevation.
Hardy.
P. sitchensis, Traut. and Mey. Forul. Ochatensis, 1856 ; Carr.
Conif. ed. 1, 260. Pinus Menziesii, Dougl. Msc. Lamb. Pinet. iii.
t. 89. Abies Menziesii, Loud. Arbor. iv. 2321. A. sitchensis, Lindl.
and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 212. Pinus sitchensis, Bong. in Mém.
Acad. St. Petersb. vi. ser. 2,104. Picea Menziesti, Carr. Conif. ed. 2,
018. P. sitkaensis, Mayr in Wald. N. Am. 338.
Habitat.—Alaska, south to Mendocino County, California, not
extending more than fifty miles inland from the coast.
A large tree, of great economic value, 155-200 feet in height,
with a trunk 10-15 feet in diameter; gravelly ridges and swamps,
reaching its greatest development in Washington Territory and Oregon,
near the mouth of the Columbia River ; here forming a belt of nearly
continuous forest growth of fifty, or farther north and south rarely
more than ten or fifteen, miles in width.
Wood light, soft, not strong, close, straight-grained, compact,
satiny ; bands of small summer cells narrow, not conspicuous ; resin
passages few, obscure ; medullary rays numerous, rather prominent ;
colour light brown tinged with red, the sapwood nearly white ;
specific gravity, 0°4287 ; ash, 0°17 ; largely manufactured into lumber,
and used for construction, interior finish, fencing, boat-building, the
dunnage of vessels, cooperage, wooden ware, &c. (C. S. Sargent).
Introduced in 1831 by the Royal Horticultural Society through
their collector, David Douglas.
In Oregon and Washington Territory P. sitchensis, in company
with the Douglas Fir and Thuwya gigantea, is one of the principal trees
that form the dense coating of vegetation that covers the coast range
of mountains ; but it never attains dimensions so gigantic as those of
the Douglas Fir. Its timber is of excellent quality, and is used by
the settlers for various kinds of carpentry.
The Tide-land Spruce, being so accessible to early voyagers, was
collected by the first visitors to the north-west coast, and it has
received half-a-dozen scientific names, as it was classed in different
ways. At last separated from the other Spruces by the French
botanist Carriére, and named from one of the localities of its first
discovery, on the island of Sitka (J. G. Lemmon, ‘‘California State
' Board of Forestry,” 1889-90).
It does not attain to the size of the Douglas Fir in its native
country, but its timber is of excellent quality, and is used for a great
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variety of purposes. In suitable sites in Britain, and in deep moist
loam, it is a rapid-growing and very handsome tree, its beautiful
silvery foliage and long wavy branches being very attractive in orna-
mental grounds. It is of a wide-spreading habit, and the branches
require plenty of room to fully develop their graceful proportions.
Some of the finest specimens in Scotland are growing in the policies
at Castle Menzies, in Perthshire. Asa timber tree it promises to be
one of the best of recently introduced Conifers (Trans. Roy. Scot.
Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
Carriere, in his ‘‘Traité général des Coniferes,” Ist edition,
p- 260, calls this Spruce Picea sitchensis. In the second edition of
the same work (p. 318) he calls the tree Picea Menziesii, Carr.
And there he mentions the variety Picea Menziesii crispa, Carr.
(Antoine, Conif. t. 33, f. 2). He says the species was introduced in
1831, and is very hardy. In the description he only gives the tree a
height of 40-50 feet, which makes me think that the tree he observed
was either very young or, perhaps, the fine blue but more dwarf
variety, Picea sitchensis speciosa. He makes the following observa-
tion : ** Picea Menziesii is seldom beautiful in cultivation except when
it thrives well, and only when itis young. Jt soon loses the leaves cn
its lower branches, or they remain dead on the branches, which is not
attractive. It is rare that this species attains a height of 25-35 feet.
Really it is only a large shrub.”
In nursery catalogues especially, Picea sitchensis has often been,
and is still sometimes, mistaken for Picea pungens, Engel.
The silver-white variety is still often called Picea (or Abies) Men-
ziesit argentea. Krom Carriére’s above-cited notes as to the size of the
tree we might also perhaps suppose that he had observed a plant
growing on ground not suited to the tree. On different soils the
tree changes its character, especially of the leaves, or rather needles.
I have observed the tree under very different circumstances, and
have noticed that sometimes the needles, and also the branches, are
more or less stiff, sometimes even rather soft, and thus they change in
colour. I do not believe that it is only the soil which makes such altera-
tions. The tree does not seem to demand much from the ground ; in
somewhat poor ground in Denmark young plants have thriven very well,
at least for some years, and have even grown faster than any other
species. Some authors and nurserymen believed that the two names
Picea sitchensis and Picea Menziesic (sometimes with the generic names
of Abies and Pinus) were not synonyms, but that they belonged to two
different species, although it was admitted that they might be closely
allied. One species, Picea Menziesii, would then be the slow-growin
one, and Carriére’s above-cited remarks might make some people
believe this. This one should have its home in Northern California.
The other one was then believed to grow much faster and taller.
Now, however, most authorities agree that there is only one species,
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If there be much variation in the growth of the plants, it can
only come from a different manner of propagation, from the quality
of the seed, or from the locality where this has been collected.
Perhaps seeds from warm localities, either in the area where the
species grows wild or from plants cultivated in the south, do not give
such healthy or vigorous and tall plants as the seeds ripened in the
north are likely to do. The name P. sitchensis, as Bongard had already
ealled the tree in 1833, will thus have to be adopted. In America
this name also seems to be the one most common. It was only in
1837 that Douglas gave the other name to the tree. Endlicher
described Picea sitchensis, Bongard, in his ‘‘ Syn. Conif.” p. 123, asa
species then not sufficiently known.
That the ground has some influence on the appearance of the
plants has been proved in the well-known gardens of the former
Court-Marshal and President, Saint Paul Illare, at Fischbach, in
Silesia. There, in a mountain climate and in stiff, loamy, and
perhaps clayey ground, plants 5 feet high, obtained from Dutch
nurseries with light soil, and of the soft-leaved form they called
Menziesii, became in about three years’ time very stiff-leaved and
prickly.
We have in Denmark in any case two forms—the real species,
which grows very tall (as notes following will show), and the beau-
tiful light blue, but not tall-growing variety, P. sitchensis speciosa.
This variety is probably of little value for profitable planting, but it is
very beautiful in gardens and pleasure grounds. It is perhaps the best
of all Spruces, and ought, I think, to be planted in very great numbers,
if the seeds could be obtained somewhat cheaper. Some of the best
plants I have seen are in the plantations of Mynheer Schober at
Utrecht. In his grounds at Schavenhorst, in Gelderland, on light soil,
he has trees with stems of the thickness cf 74 feet near the base, and
at the height of 3 feet from the ground a circumference of 53 feet.
From some parts of Northern Germany, particularly from Zoschen
(see Gartenflora for 1892), very unfavourable reports are given ; but
such mishaps in culture seem to be rare.
In some reports it is stated that the branches of the older parts
throw out shoots, which is also the case with Pinus rigida. Schober
has, among others, observed this ; and he also mentions that there
is a difference in growth between the less hardy plants raised from
seeds collected in warm coast climates and the hardy plants raised
from the seed of trees grown on mountains; these are the fast-
growing, which he calls P. Menztesi. -
P. sitchensis seems to produce cones in nearly all countries in the
West of Europe. In Denmark it has done so for several years, but not
in such great quantities as P. alba often does. Those first developed
do not generally yield germinating seeds. Plants raised from home-
grown seeds are still rare. Some imported plants here seem to have.
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been grafted on P. alba. They generally have a slow growth, and
all are very prickly.
P. sitchensis is to be found in Danish gardens of from thirty to
forty years old.- Some planted in 1864, and recently measured, gave
the following dimensions : Height, 49 feet ; girth, 3 feet 6 inches.
P. Yezomomi. - This is a new species recently introduced into
Europe from Yezo. I think it will prove hardy in Denmark.
35. TSUGA.—Endl. Conif. 83. Picea, sect. 2, Link in Linnea,
xv. 523. Abies, sect. 4, Pewcoides, and sect. 5, Micropeuce, Spach,
Hist. des Vég. Phan. xi. 423, 424, Tsuga, Carr. Conif. 185, and
ed. 2, 243. Keteleeria, Carr. in Rev. Hort. Ann. 1866, 449, and
Conif. ed. 2, 260; Beissn. Nadelh.. 393 ; H. Mayr, Monogr, Abieti-
neen, 1890, 58.
Flowers moncecious ; the male flowers axillary, almest terminal as
they are placed near the upper leaves. The female flowers are
terminal. Cones pendent, almost spheroid, about 1 inch long; in
ene species three times as long.
Cotyledons three to six.
Leaves small, linear, flat or slightly four-sided ; they are somewhat
spirally scattered, but often arranged in two rows.
Evergreen trees, with shoots and twigs pendent and gracefully
curved.
The species of this genus are all found in eastern and western
North America, in Japan, and on the Himalayas.
T. Brunoniana, Carr. Conif. ed 2, 247. Pinws dumosa, Don,
Fl. Nepal. 55. PP. decidua, Wall. Mss. P. Brunoniana, Wall. Pl.
Asiat. Rar. i. 24, t. 247. Abies Brunoniana, Lindl. in Penny
Cyclop. 1. No. 9. A. dumosa, Loud. Arb. Brit. iv. 2325, f. 2233-34.
t. Habitat.—In the temperate Himalayas at an elevation of 8,500-
11,500 feet, in Bhotan. It was first discovered by Captain Webb in
the north-west of Nepaul, in the inner valleys of Sikkim ; here Hooker
found trees of about 130 feet high, and about 50 feet in circum-
ference. Wallich first called the tree Pinus decidua, because damaged
or broken branches drop their leaves.
A fine tree, growing from 70 to 80 feet high, with spreading
branches and pendulous brittle branchlets, found in Bhotan Proper,
occurring from 6,500 to 9,500 feet of elevation ; a large, solitary tree.
Dr. Griffith measured one specimen 27 feet in girth, at a height of five
feet from the ground. Dr. Hooker found it in Sikkim, forming a
narrow belt at an elevation of from 9,000 to 10,000 feet, on the south
flank of Kunchinjunga, probably the loftiest peak in the world ; but
in the innermost valleys the limits are from 8,500 to 10,500 feet of
elevation.
In Nepaul it is called ‘‘Changathasi-Dhoop,” a name implying
that it is employed for incense. eo
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The Gorkhalees, in Nepaul, call this tree ‘‘Thingia” (Yew), or
‘‘ Thingoori-Sulla” (fragrant Yew), and the Bhotiyas, ‘‘Semadoong,”
which has a similar meaning ; but, according to Professor Don, it is
better known under the name of ‘‘ Silloo-Haterhee” (fragrant Fir),
and is found plentifully on the mountains of Gosainthan, in Nepaul,
where its bark is much used for the covering of sheds and outhouses.
It is by far the handsomest of all the Indian Firs in a native state ;
but its timber is of a very inferior quality, and soon perishes if fully
exposed to the weather.
A young plant out of doors during the last two years has kept
alive in Denmark under cover of some leaves and Spruce branches, but
it suffered a little.
T. canadensis, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 248. Abies foliis solitariis
confertis obtusis membranaceis, Gronov. Virgin. 191. Pinus canadensis,
Linn. Spec. Pl. 1421. P. americana, Du Roi, Obs. Bot. 41. P. Abies
americana, Marsh. Arb. 103. Abies canadensis, Michx. Arb. Forest.
de PAmér. Sept. 1. 187, t. 13. Picea canadensis, Link in Linnea,
xv. 524.
Habitat.—Nova Scotia, Southern New Brunswick, valley of the
St. Lawrence River to the shores of Lake Temiscaming, and south-
west to the western borders of Northern Wisconsin ; south through
the Northern States to Newcastle County, Delaware, South-eastern
Michigan, Central Wisconsin, and along the Alleghany Mountains to
Clear Cleek Falls, Winston County, Alabama (Mohr).
A tree 70-110 feet in height, with a trunk 3-4 feet in diameter ;
dry rocky ridges, generally facing the north, and often forming
extensive forests almost to the exclusion of other species, or, less
commonly, borders of swamps in deep, rich soil; most common in
the north, although reaching its greatest individual development in
the high mountains of North Carolina and Tennessee.
Wood light, soft, not strong, brittle, coarse, crooked-grained,
difficult to work, liable to wind-shake and splinter, not durable ; bands
of small summer cells rather broad, conspicuous ; medullary rays
numerous, thin ; colour light brown tinged with red, or often nearly
white, the sapwood somewhat darker ; specific gravity, 0°4239 ; ash,
0°46 ; largely manufactured into coarse lumber and used in construction
for outside finish, railway ties, &. ; two varieties, red and white,
produced apparently under precisely similar conditions of growth, are
recognised by lumbermen (C. 8S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North
America”). ‘The bark, rich in tannin, is the principal material used
in the Northern States in tanning leather, and yields a fluid extract
sometimes used medicinally as a powerful astringent. Canadian or
Hemlock pitch, prepared from the resinous secretion of this species,
is used in the preparation of stimulating plasters, &c. (‘‘ U.S. Dis-
pensatory,” ed. 14, 709, 903; ‘‘ Nat. Dispensatory,” ed, 2, 1109 ;
Flickiger and Hanbury, ‘‘Pharmacographia,” 552).
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The wood of the Hemlock Spruce, according to Michaux, is less
valuable than that of any other of the large resinous trees of North
America ; but the bark is of inestimable value for the purposes of the
tanner. It is always esteemed an excellence in wood to split ina
straight line, which it does when the fibre is vertical ; but that of the
Hemlock Spruce is so oblique that it makes the circuit of trunks
1 foot 3 inches to 1 foot 8 inches in diameter in ascending five or
six feet. Besides this defect, which is general, and which renders it
unfit for rural fences, the old trees frequently have their concentric
circles separated at intervals, or, in the language of the country, are
shaky, which greatly impairs their strength. This effect is produced by
the winds, which have a powerful hold upon the large compact summit
formed by the head of the Hemlock Spruce, exposed, as it generally
is, above the tops of the surrounding trees. The wood is found tu
decay rapidly when exposed to the atmosphere, and is therefore un-
suited for the external covering of houses, which is another important
defect in a country where nearly all the houses are of wood, but when
covered it is of great durability ; and as the White Pine (P. Strobus)
becomes rarer, the Hemlock Spruce is substituted for it as extensively
as possible. It is firmer, though coarser grained ; affords a tighter
hold to nails, and offers more resistance to the impression of other
bodies. For this reason it is employed, in the district of Maine, in
the form of two-inch planks for threshing-floors. But the most
common use, in which great quantities are consumed in the Northern
States, is for the first sheathing of wooden houses, which are after-
wards covered over with clap-boards of White Pine. For economy,
the interior frame is also often made of Hemlock Spruce, and it
is found, when guarded from the damp, to be as desirable as any
other species. It is always chosen for the laths of the interior
walls, and it is exported in this form to England. In the district of
Maine it is usually taken forthe posts of ruralfences, which last about
fifteen years, and are preferable to those of the Grey and Red Oaks
(Quercus ambigua and Q. rubra). It contains little resin, and the trunk
is but slightly coated with turpentine, even where large pieces of
bark have been a long time removed. The bark, when used for
tanning, is taken from the tree in the month of June, and half the
epidermis is shaved off with a plane before it is thrown into the mill.
From the district of Maine it is exported to Boston, Providence, &c.,
and is almost exclusively employed in the tanyards at those places. It
is brought to New York from the upper parts of the Hudson, and is
sometimes carried to Baltimore. Its deep red colour is imparted to
the leather ; and, though it is inferior to the bark of the Oak, the
American tanners think the bark of the two kinds united are better
than either of them alone. Hemlock Spruce bark was once exported
to England, but the commerce has ceased with the demand. The
Indians are said to use it in dyeing their light baskets made of Red
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Maple (Michaux). The young twigs and ends of the shoots are used
by the settlers as a substitute for tea ; the essence of spruce is also
extracted from the shoots. In England the Hemlock Spruce forms
one of the most ornamental of the Fir family, being among needle-
leaved evergreen trees what the Weeping Willow is among the Willows.
As it bears the knife, and is extremely hardy, it might be employed
as hedges, for which purpose it is used in the American nurseries,
along with Thuya occidentalis.
This Hemlock of Hastern America is the best known of all the
Spruces, being freely planted in the Hastern States, as well as in
Europe and Australia. It is recognised at sight by its many long
ascending plume-like branches, divided into small twigs, each clothed
with dark green leaves in two ranks, and its small oval cones, about
three-fourths of an inch long, produced along the edges of the plumes
like a fringe of pendent acorns.
Always beautiful when standing alone, and where it can expand,
this tree becomes singularly unsightly when crowded in a swamp.
Here, in yielding to the pressure of its environment and the attacks
of its neighbours of the same species—always the most ruthless of
enemies, since all are inherently fitted for the place which only one
may be able to seize and hold—the tree becomes extremely dejected
and its branches crippled.
This aspect of decrepitude does not appear when the tree is allowed
to develop at will, as on the edge of a forest, or when planted on a
lawn, where it becomes a mass of conical foliage of great beauty.
The branches, nearly horizontal, spring out irregularly from the trunk,
never in whorls; the branchlets bend gracefully outward and down-
ward, the longest in the middle of the branches, dividing and sub-
dividing into tiny segments, reminding one of the compound leaves
of the Poison Hemlock of the Parsnip family, and this resemblance
suggested the popular name ‘‘ Hemlock” for these trees (J. G.
Lemmon, ‘‘ California State Board of Forestry,” 1889-90).
No evergreen tree or shrub can excel this Conifer for richness of
foliage or beauty of outline ; and during spring or early summer the
young, drooping shoots, of a lively yellowish green, contrast finely
with the dark sombre green of the older foliage, and form a combina-
tion that, for pleasing effect, is certainly hard to match. An erroneous
opinion is gaining ground that the Hemlock Spruce is not suited for
the climate of Britain ; even Loudon and Michaux have little to say in
its favour ; and as a veteran American arboriculturist some time ago
remarked, English nurserymen have generally followed suit by
regarding the tree in a similar light. True it is we have no such
specimens as are recorded from ‘‘ the Far West,” and equally true is it
that this Spruce will not flourish and put on its best garb when planted
anywhere and anyhow with us, no more than do the majority of
foreign importations ; but treat the Hemlock Spruce in a rational
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inafiner, and as its nature requires, and it will ere long be found that
few trees are more amenable to cultivation, and, perhaps, none repay
more fully the bestowal of a little extra care and attention at the time
of planting. Numerous instances of the rapid growth of this Conifer
in the British Isles might be adduced. A moist, deep, rich, but light
soil and sheltered situation are its chief requirements.
Few trees in Britain have attained the age or size at which the wood
is mature ; but specimens that have come under my notice might be
reckoned as second-class in- the Pine list. The late Mr. Speed,
gardener at Chatsworth, who had unusual opportunity of observing
the tree and testing the quality of the wood, reported the latter as
hard and heavy. In its native country the wood of the Hemlock
Spruce is not much in request, being coarse and crooked-grained, and
liable to splinter. It is sawn into boards of an inferior quality,
adapted for mining purposes, flooring of barns, wharves, and out-
buildings. The bark is used for tanning purposes, and in America
realises about fifteen shillings per ton. Introduced about the year
1736 (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
Trees of 7. canadensis of about a hundred years of age have in
some Danish gardens attained a height of 50 feet and more. One
planted in 1845 now measures 34 feet in height, with a girth of 2 feet.
T.c. gracilis, Waterer. Abies canadensis microphylla, hort.
This is a very singular-looking variety of the Hemlock Spruce, on
account of its slender shoots, thin appearance, and small foliage. The
leaves are linear, blunt-pointed, glossy above and glaucous below ;
more or less obliquely placed all round the shoots, and seldom more
than three lines long. Branches and branchlets very slender, little
divided, more or less drooping at the ends, and rather thickly covered
with the small obliquely placed leaves.
A very distinct and singular-looking variety, raised at Knap Hill, in
Surrey.
T. ec. nana, Carr. Prcea canadensis nana, Lawson.
A dwarf variety, not growing more than two or three feet high,
and spreading on the ground, with’a more tufted foliage.
T. caroliniana, Engelm. in Coulter’s Bot. Gaz. vi. 23 ; Sargent,
Forests of N. America (Final Reports, Tenth Census of U.S.), ix.
207. Abies caroliniana, Chapman in Fl. of S. States, suppl. 650.
Habitat.—Southern Alleghany region, Bluff Mountain, North
Carolina (A. Gray); ‘‘Saluda Mountains,” South Carolina (L. 8. Gibbs);
Pinnacle Mountain, North Carolina (Curtiss); New River, North
Carolina, and Cceurshead, South Carolina (Canby) ; Whiteside’s Moun-
tain and Devil’s Court-house Peak, Jackson County, North Carolina
(J. Donnell Smith).
A small tree, 40-50 feet in height, with a trunk 2-24 feet in
diameter ; dry, rocky ridges between 4,000 and 5,000 feet elevation ;
rare and local ; long confounded with the closely allied T. canadensis.
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In 1881 Dr. Engelmann published it under the name of 7. caro-
liviana, described from specimens (collected by Professor Gibbs,
of Charleston), as distinguished from T. canadensis by its larger,
glossier, blunter leaves, and its larger cones with wide-spreading
scales. These points, combined with its alpine habit, seem quite
sufficient to indicate that the variation from a common type has
been Jong continued, and is sufficient for specific recognition (J. G.
Lemmon).
In Denmark we have only a young plant put out for trial last
year.
T. diversifolia, Maxim. in Mél. Biolog. vi. 373; Franch. and
Savat. Enum. Pl. Jap.
Habitat.—Maximowicz found this Tsuga isolated here and there
on the mountains of Kiushiu ; Mayr saw it on several mountains of
Central Japan, such as the Nantasin, the Shiranesan (Kotsuke), in
large forests, some of these not containing other trees. It was often
found in the Beech region, and even a few examples were found near
the alpine region.
Possibly hardy.
T. Hookeriana, Murray in Edin. New Phil. Journ. 289 (April
1855), and in Proc. Hort. Soc. 1i. 202 (1863). Abies Williamsoni,
Newberry in U.S. Pacif. R.R. Rep. vi. 53 (1857).
I find it right to keep the name 7. Hookeriana to the young plants
we have received under that denomination, as they look different from
T. Pattoniana. :
Hardy.
This tree was found by Mr. W. Murray on Scots Mountain, one
of the high Californian mountains, about lat. 41° 20’ N., long.
122° 37’ W., where the ground was already covered with snow, on
the 16th of October. Dr. Newberry found it on the summit of the
Cascade Mountains in Oregon, lat. 44° N., and says that it is the
most alpine in its habit of all the Firs, extending from the height
of 6,000 feet up to the limit of perpetual snow. He adds: *‘It
will doubtless be found in similar circumstances on other parts of
the Cascade range, but we saw it only on the group of mountains
called the Three Sisters.” We are no granters of propositions ; and
therefore, before assenting to it, should like to know, a little better
than appears from the Doctor’s description, what he means by its being
the most alpine in its habit of all the Firs. Will it bear a more arctic
climate than Pinus Lanksiana, or Abies nigra, or A. excelsa, which in
Norway extends as far north as lat. 70°? We think not ; but that is
of less consequence than the important fact that it isa beautiful tree,
and so far alpine as to make it perfectly safe to cultivate in the coldest
parts of Britain or temperate Europe. Lobb found it in great abun-—
dance on the highest peaks of the Sierra Nevada, near the head-waters
of the north tributary of Feather River, also more southerly towards
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Lake Foster, in iat. 39° 30’ N. and long. 120° 15’ W. (‘ Pinetum
Britannicum”’).
T. Mertensiana, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 250. Pinus Mertensiana,
Bong. Vég. de Sitka, 45. P. canadensis, Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. ii.
164. Abies Mertensiana, Lindl. and Gord, Journ. Hort. Soc. vy. 211.
A. taxifolia, Jeffr. ex Murr. A. Bridgesi, Kellog. in Proc. Calif.
Acad. of Nat. Se. 1. 37. A. Albertiana, Murr. Syn. var. Conif. 9.
Psuga canadensis var. Mertensiana, Newb. ex Zabel in Forstl. Blitt.
ix. Jahrg. s. 209, 210.
Habitat. Be yal: south alone the islands and coast of British
Columbia, and through the Selkirk, Gold, and other interior ranges
to the Bitter Root Mountains of Idaho, and the western slopes of
the Rocky Mountains of Montana (valley of the Flathead River,
Canby and Sargent), extending south along the Cascade Mountains
to Southern Oregon, and in the coast ranges to Marin County,
California, between 1,000 and 4,000 feet elevation.
A large tree, 100-200 feet in height, with a trunk 4-10 feet
in diameter ; low, moist bottoms or rocky ridges; very common,
and reaching its greatest development, in Western Oregon and
‘Washington Territory, often forming extensive forests, especially
along the western base of the Cascade Mountains.
Wood light, hard, not strong, rather close-grained ; bands of small
summer cells thin, not conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous, promi-
nent ; colour light brown tinged with yellow, the sapwood nearly white ;
specific gravity, 0°5182 ; ash, 0°42; occasionally manufactured into
coarse lumber. The bark, rich in tannin, is the principal material used
on the north-west coast in tanning leather (C. 8S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest
Trees of North America’’).
This graceful Conifer, with its drooping branches and delicate
feathery sprays of foliage se ed on the under side, is one of the most
ornamental that has yet found its way into this country. The foliage
is much admired, particularly in early summer, when each twig is
terminated with a tuft of golden-green leaves surmounted by the
darker green of the previous year. The whole contour of Prince
Albert’s Fir, particularly when grown in suitable soil—a peaty loam—
is gracefully irregular, the long and lithe branches and pendulous
branchlets imparting a refined air that never fails to attract attention.
For lawn and park planting it is in much request, and may be
described as the most beautiful of its class. As a timber tree, how-
ever, it is not likely to attract much attention, at least in Great
Britain, although, as exhibited at the Forestry Exhibition in Edinburgh,
the wood seemed of excellent quality, and thanks are due to the
forester to the Right Hon. T. Inglis, of Glencorse, Midlothian, for
the practical way in which the timber was tested for fencing posts.
One of those exhibited had been in the ground five years, and appeared
to be little the worse. The upward annual growth of this Spruce is
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fairly rapid, the average of fifteen specimens growing under favourable
circumstances being 20 inches. At Hafodunas, in North Wales, one
of these trees in thirty-five years produced 48} feet of wood, or fully
14 foot perannum. Introduced in 1851 (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc.
Ge pt. 2).
This species is still rare in Danish gardens. One of about the -
age of forty years has attained a height of 50 feet.
T. Pattoniana, Engelm. in Bot. Calif. and Wats. Fl. Calif. ii.
121. Abies Patton or Pattonana, Jeffr. in Rep. Bot. Exp. to Oregon,
1 (cum ic.). A. Hookeriana, Murr. in Edinb. New Phil. Journ. 1855,
new ser. 289, t. 9. A. Williamsoni, Newb. Pacific R.R. Rep. ii.
53, t. 7. (%) Picea californica, Carr. Tr. Conif. 261, and ed. 2, 346.
Pinus Pattoniana, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 429. Tsuga Hooker-
aana, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 252.
An alpine tree, rarely 100 feet in height, with a trunk 5-7 feet
in diameter ; dry slopes and ridges near the limits of tree growth,
ranging from an elevation of 2,700 feet in British Columbia to 10,000
feet in the Sierras of Central California.
Habitat.—Valley of the Fraser River, British Columbia, and
probably much further north ; south along the Cascade Mountains and
the Californian Sierras to the head-waters of the San Joaquin River,
extending east along the high mountains of Northern Washington
Territory to the western slopes and summits of the Coeur d’Aléne and
Bitter Root Mountains of Idaho (Lolo trail, Watson), and the divide
between Tompson and Little Bitter Root Creeks, Northern Montana
(H. B. Ayres).
T. P. argentea. Both the species and the variety seem to
thrive very well. .
T. Sieboldii, Carr. Conif. ed. 1, 186. Abies Tsuga, Sieb. and
Zuce. Fl. Jap. ii. 14, t. 106. | Pinus Tsuga, Ant. Conif. 23, t. 32, f. 2;
Endl. Conif. 83. P. Araragi, Sieb. Verh. van het Batav. Genotsch.
xii. 12. Abies Araregi, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1036. Tsuga Tsuja,
Murr. Sketch of Conif. of Jap. in Proc. Hort. Soe. ii. 508.
Habitat.—In Kiushiu and Shikoku this Tsuga almost wholly
occupies many narrow, stony, but warm valleys. Ata higher eleva-
tion it grows together with Pinus parviflora.
36. PSEUDOTSUGA.—Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 245, and in Rev.
Hort. 1868, 152 (cwm ic.) ; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 430 (Pini sect.
Tsuga) ; Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 423 (Peucoides) ; Endl. Syn.
Conif. 87; Engelm. Bot. Calif. un. 119; Forb. Pin. Wob. t. 45;
Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. t. 115 (Abies); Hook. Fl. Bor. Amer. t. 183
(Pinus) ; Newberry, Bot. Williams Exped. t. 8; C. Koch, Dendr. u.
255 (Abies) ; Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 155 (Abies) ; Hichler in Engl.
and Prantl, Natiirl. Pflf. ii. s. 80 (Tsuga incl. Pseudotsuga) ; Willk.
Forstl. Fl. s. 103 ; Beissn. Handb. der Nadelholzk. 410.
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Branches verticillate or whorled. Bark on the young shoots
glabrous.
Leaves flattish, coriaceous, stiff, bright green, more or less acumi-
nate, pointed.
Cones about 3} inches long, pendent, persistent, somewhat long,
Bracts very long and two-pointed.
Cotyledons six to twelve.
Very large evergreen tree. Leaves at the base stalked and
narrow, linear, flat, spirally scattered, and as they are turned at the
base, they stand almost in two rows.
_ P. Douglasii, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 256. Pinus taxifolia, Lamb.
Pin. ed. 2, 58, t. 36. P. Douglasii, Sab. Mss. in Lamb. Pinet. ed. 2,
ii. t. 72. Abies Douglasvi, Lindl. in Penny Cyclop. i. 32. Picea
Douglasii, Link in Linnea, xv. 524. Tsuga Douglasii, Carr. Conif.
ed. 1,192. Abies californica, hort. aliq.
Habitat.—Coast ranges and interior plateau of British Columbia
south of latitude 55° N. (not reaching the coast archipelago north of
Vancouver’s Island) ; east to the eastern slope of the Rocky Mountains
in latitude 51° N. (Bow River Pass, Macoun) ; south along the moun-
tain ranges of Washington Territory, Oregon, the California coast
ranges, and the western slope of the Sierra Nevadas ; through the
mountain ranges east to Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, and the
Guadaloupe Mountains of Texas ; in the Wahsatch and Uintah Moun-
tains, the ranges of Northern and Eastern Arizona, and southward into
Mexico; not detected in the interior region between the Sierra
Nevada and the Wahsatch Mountains, south of the Blue Mountains
of Oregon and north of Arizona.
A large tree, 200-300 feet in height, with a trunk 3-12 feet in
diameter, or in the Rocky Mountains much smaller; here rarely
100 feet in height ; the most generally distributed and valuable
timber-tree of the Pacific region, growing from the sea-level to an
elevation in Colorado of nearly 10,000 feet ; often forming extensive
forests almost to the exclusion of other species, and reaching in
Western Oregon and Washington Territory its greatest development
and value.
Wood hard, strong, varying greatly with age and conditions
of growth in density, quality, and amount of sap; difficult to
work, durable; bands of small summer cells broad, occupying
fully half the width of the annual growth, dark-coloured, con-
Spicuous, soon becoming flinty and difficult to cut; medullary
rays numerous, obscure; colour varying from light red to yellow,
the sapwood nearly white; specific gravity, 0°5157; ash, 0°08;
largely manufactured into lumber and used for all kinds of construc-
tion, railway ties, piles, fuel, &c. Two varieties, Red and Yellow
Fir, are distinguished by lumbermen, dependent probably upon the
age of the tree; the former coarse-grained, darker coloured, and
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considered less valuable than Yellow Fir (C.S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees
of North America”). The bark is found valuable in tanning leather.
This species was first found by Menzies in Nootka Sound, when
Vancouver stopped there on his celebrated voyage round the world
(1790-95), in which Menzies accompanied him as naturalist and
surgeon. It was figured and imperfectly described by Lambert, under
the name Abies taxifolia, from specimens of the foliage brought by
Menzies; and these specimens are still preserved in the British
Museum, the museum having acquired Lambert’s collection after his
death. No seeds were, however, brought by Menzies. Others,
probably, had also found it, for Nuttall had specimens before Douglas.
Specimens from him also are in the British Museum, and his manu-
script name for it was the characteristic one of Abies appendiculata.
It was re-discovered by Douglas in 1827, when collecting for the
Royal Horticultural Society, and anew described and figured with the
cone by Sir William Hooker, under the name by which it has since
been generally known (Abies Douglasiv). A plentiful supply of seed
was then sent by him to the Society, and distributed among its
Fellows; and a number of trees, the oldest in Britain, scattered
here and there throughout the country, are the produce of that first
consignment.
Perhaps more has been written about this Fir than any other of
recent introduction. Although of a spreading habit where it has room
to grow, it is among the fastest timber-producing trees of the Fir
tribe ; but when grown too fast the wood is of a rough and second-rate
quality. Possibly, with the exception of the Larch, this Fir is the
most valuable, commercially, of all the exotic Conifers. Hitherto it
has been grown in too limited numbers, and under exceptional treat-
ment, to enable us to put a proper value upon its timber. If treated
like our common forest-trees, my belief is that it will not supersede
some other species of Fir. Abies Menziesit grows at as high altitudes
in its native habitat, and in some places in Scotland it is preducing
as much, if not more, timber than the Douglas Fir ; and before we place
the latter higher, we must see its value better tested as a common forest-
tree. As yet the Larch is the tree par excellence for forest-planting ;
and I question very much, if the Douglas Fir were once tested as
thoroughly as the Larch has been, whether its supposed superiorities
would not vanish. This dark-green tree, grown as a single specimen,
is of an open habit of growth, and rather ornamental.
In certain situations it is one of the most valuable timber-trees that
have yet found their way into the British Islands. As regards the actual
produce of timber in a given time, itis far ahead of any other tree
grown in this country, not excepting the Wellingtonia or Sequoia. We
state this from measurements recorded by ourselves for a number of
years of trees grown under similar conditions as regards soil, altitude,
and situation. The greatest amount of timber produced by the
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Douglas Fir in this country during fifty years is no doubt that of
which we kept a record, viz. 240 feet, or nearly 5 feet per year for
half a century. The tree here referred to as having produced this
almost fabulous quantity of wood is growing on an estate in North
Wales, and is of the following dimensions : Girth of stem at three feet
up, 11 feet 9 inches; and at twenty-one feet up, 8 feet 4 inches ;
42 feet in length of the butt contains 217 feet of excellent clean
timber. Another Douglas Fir, growing within a few yards of the
former, has a girth of stem at three feet from the ground of 13 feet
8} inches; and 24 feet in length of the stem contains exactly
131 feet of wood. In a plantation of this Fir formed twenty-two
years ago, the average sizes we found to beas follows: Height, 76 feet ;
girth of stem at twenty-four feet up, 4 feet; cubic contents, fully
50 feet.
The timber produced in this country is of excellent quality, being
light but strong, works readily, has a pleasant yellowish tinge, and
takes a good polish. By way of experiment we have used the wood
rather extensively for fencing purposes, for doors, in boat-building
(principally as masts), and for various other purposes, and with
excellent results; although it would be premature to speak with
perfect certainty, for sufficient time for a fair trial has not elapsed
since the experiments were instituted. Asan ornamental tree for the
park or lawn the Douglas Fir is of great value, its graceful outline
and wealth of foliage being special attractions. When planted in
clumps or masses it is effective, the beautiful rich green foliage being
pleasing in the extreme, particularly in early spring, when the young
leaves are becoming fully developed, for then the contrast between
these and the dark green—almost Yew-green-——of the older foliage is
strikingly distinct.
The cultivation of the tree in Great Britain and Ireland looks at
present very encouraging, and I trust that experiments will be con-
tinued ; but I deprecate altogether rushing into extensive plantings,
as advocated by the correspondent of the Perthshire Constitutional,
until time has shown that the tree really deserves to supersede the
species hitherto cultivated by us, and of which we know what to
expect. My personal opinion is, that the Douglas Fir will just as
_ little revolutionise our sylvicultural operations as the Weymouth Pine
has been able to do, though great things were expected of it at one
time. There is a great difference between nursing up a single tree in
a fine soil and under otherwise favourable conditions, and the growing
of a species on a large scale for economic purposes ; in the former case
only exceptional results present themselves to the eye, while in the
latter case averages must be looked for and reckoned with.
In planting the Douglas Fir for ornament, ample space should be
allowed for the development of all the branches, as, if the trees are
crowded together, the lower branches die off, and thus greatly mar
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the effect. It is difficult to decide the distance apart at which these
trees should be planted, much depending on the soil, position, and
altitude at which they are grown. A safe average, under ordinary
conditions as to soil and situation, would be 20 feet, the standards
ultimately left being 40 feet apart; thus giving, in the majority of
instances, ample room for the spread of branches (Trans. Roy. Scot.
Arb:,Soc: xii. pt: 2):
Quite recently (April 1890),a German writer, Dr. Heinrich Mayr,
has published several articles in the Garden and Forest upon our
Cone-bearers, notably one upon this tree, which in Germany is called
‘ Douglasia.” He writes at length about its desirable qualities and
its cultivability. He declares that the Douglasia will become the Larch
of the plains and lowlands of Germany. This is saying much in its
praise where the Larch is so highly valued as it is in Germany.
The tree in cultivation maintains its disposition to vary greatly, and
the Doctor writes: ‘‘ Where it is heaviest, it comes nearest to Larch ;
but when lightest it is the equal of any Fir, Spruce, or Pine.”
Second only to the Germans are the French, Belgians, Austrians,
Swiss, Italians, and English in their appreciation and utilisation of
the Douglas Spruce, while large quantities of the seeds are exported
yearly to Australiaand New Zealand (J. G. Lemmon).
Pseudotsuga Douglas isto be found in Danish parks and gardens,
at an age of from thirty to forty years, and some trees measure
50 feet and more in height.*
In South Norway they are to be found nearly 50 feet high. In
Sweden the Douglas Fir has done well at Stockholm. It seems as if
it will also succeed at St. Petersburg.
P. D. Stairii, hort. Tsuga Douglas Stair, hort. Abies
Douglas Stairu, hort.
This distinct, pretty variety, which originated at Castle Kennedy,
the Earl of Stair’s seat in Wigtownshire, Scotland, is almost white in
spring. It assumes a colour approaching the type in summer, and a
silvery tint in autumn, and generally loses its leaves before the next
season’s growth appears, sometimes even before winter commences.
It is of a dwarfish habit, and is a unique specimen for the lawn.
It was described in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, Nov. 18, 1871, and in
the Garden, Noy. 23, 1872, as a veritable silver or almost pure white
Spruce.
P. D. Standishiana, Gord. This very remarkable variety was
first observed by Mr. Standish in his nursery at Bagshot, growing
amongst some seedling P. Douglasit raised from English-saved seed,
* A flagstaff of Psewdotsuga Douglas is erected near the Temperate
House in the Royal Gardens, Kew. It came from Vancouver’s Island, and
was presented to the Royal Gardens in 1861 by Edward Stamp, Esq. It is
159 feet high (about 12 feet being underground), and weighs 4 tons 8 ewt.
2qrs. Age about 250 years. Circumference at ground-level about 43 feet.
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gathered from a Douglas Fir growing in close proximity to some
large Silver Firs.
~P. D. taxifolia, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 258. Tsuga Douglasit taxi-
folia, Carr. Conif.ed.1,193. Abies Douglasvi taxifolia, Loud. Encycl.
of Trees, 1033, f. 1932-33. Abies taxifolia Druwmmondii, ex Gord.
Pin. Suppl. 10. (?) Tsuga Lindleyana, Roezl, Cat. Conif. Mexic.
1857, 8. Abies Drummondu, hort. Abies Douglasii americana,
Hartweg. Abies Douglasw brevibracteata, Ant.
A very distinct variety with much longer leaves, and of a deeper
green, than the species, with the cones much shorter, but broader and
less pointed ; the extended bracts are also much shorter, and not
much longer than the scales.
A small, handsome tree, growing from 30 to 40 feet high, with
horizontal branches and straight branchlets, little forked, found on the
Real del Monte Mountains in Mexico, at an elevation of from 8,000
to 9,000 feet, and in the Oregon country.
37. KETELEERIA, Carr.—Carr. Rev. Hort. 1866, 449 (cum
ac.), and Conif. ed. 2, 260; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 430 (Tsuga
Pini sect.) ; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 231 (Picea, Don). Abies, Lindl. in
Paxt. Flow. Gard. 1850, 43; A. Murr. fil. Pines and Firs of Jap. 49 ;
Henk. and Hochst. Nadelh. 183; Hance in Journ. of Bot. 1882,
xx. 32; Gord. Pinet. ed. 2, 27; Masters in Journ. Linn. Soc.
Xvill. 522, and in Gard. Chron. 1868, 13838; Oct. 8, 1887, 440; Feb.
16, 1884, 214; Pirotta in Bull. d. R. Soc. Tosc. de Orticult. 1887,
269; Beissn. Handb. d. Nadelholzk. 420.
This monoecious genus has been named by Carriére after Mons.
Keteleer, at that time one of the firm of Thibaut and Keteleer, at
Sceaux.
Large evergreen trees with, when old, umbrella-formed crowns.
The leaves are almost two-ranked, and more or less scattered, stiff,
linear, flat, a little curved near the base, long and sometimes pointed,
green on the upper side, and a lighter green on the under side.
The cones are upright and cylindrical. In some descriptions we are
told that the scales keep together, but I have observed that in my
collection they usually droop like the cones of the Abies.
Much difference of opinion exists as to whether Keteleeria For-
tunet is a Spruce, a Silver Fir, or a new genus, which arises from its
having erect, cylindrical cones with persistent scales, soft angular
seeds full of turpentine, permanent wings, and flat, linear-lanceolate
leaves somewhat spirally arranged on the young shoots, and more or
less two-rowed on the adult parts ; from all of which it would seem to
be intermediate between the two ; but having persistent scales on the
cones, it must be considered as belonging to the Spruces rather than
to the Silver Firs (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
K. Fortunei, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1866 (cum ic.), and Conif. ed. 2,
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260. Abies Fortunei, Murr. Pines and Firs of Jap. 1863, 49. Abies
jezoénsis, Lindl. in Paxt. Flow. Gard. 1850, 43. Picea Fortunei,
Murr. Proc. Hort. Soc. 1862, 421. Pseudotsuga jezoénsis, Bertrand in
Ann. Sc. Nat. ser. 5, xx. 87 (Bot.). Pinus Fortunei, Parl. in DC.
Prodr. xvi. 2, 480. Picea jezoénsis, Carr. Conif. ed. 1, 255 (in part,
excl. syn.).
Habitat.-—South-eastern China, with Foo-chow-foo. Abundant on
the mountains to the north of Foo-chow, intermixed with Pinus
Massoniana.
Introduced by Mr. Robert Fortune in 1846.
Hardiness doubtful.
It is a singular fact that up to this time but one tree of this kind is
known in its (presumed) native country—that originally met with by
Fortune in the vicinity of a temple at Foo-chow-foo, in China.
Fortune speaks of it as a magnificent tree with the habit of a Cedar
of Lebanon, with beautiful erect purple cones. No other tree of this
species, is, as we have said, known, except those raised from Fortune’s
seeds. From this circumstance, and the fact of its situation in the
grounds of a temple, it is probable that the tree was introduced to Foo-
chow-foo, and that its native habitat will sooner or later be discovered.
Meanwhile it is satisfactory to know that Messrs. Rovelli, of Pal-
lanza, North Italy, have raised sufficient plants from seed to obviate
the risk of extermination of so remarkable a tree. The bark of the
trunk is of a particularly thick corky character, quite unlike that of
any other Conifer that we can recall, and’ much more like that of a
Cork Oak (M. TY. M. in Gardeners’ Chronicle, March 1884, p. 348).
38. ABIES, Link.—Endl. Conif. 89. Genus Abies, Link in
Linnea, xv. 526; Carr. Conif. 195. Picea, Donin Loud. Arb. Brit. iv.
2329. Abies, sect. Pence and Picea, Spach, Hist. des Vég. Phan.
xi. 414; Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 418; Engelm. Bot. Calif.
ii. 117; Forb. Pin. Wob. t. 37-44; Fl. des Serres, t. 1487 ; Ledeb.
Ic. Fl. Ross. t. 500; Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. i. t. 117-119; Newb.
Bot. Will. Exp. t. 6; C. Koch, Dendr. ii. 208 (Picea, Don); Eichler
in Engl. and Prantl, Natirl. Pfif. i. 81; Willk. Forstl. Fl. 106.
Flowers moncecious; the male catkins axillary or terminal ; the
female ones solitary, on very short branchlets, and cylindrical.
Cones erect, cylindrical, or nearly so, axillary, and growing on
the upper side of the branches.
Scales deciduous, or falling off when ripe from the axil of the
cone, which remains persistent on the branches.
Bracts dorsal, and either enclosed by or projecting beyond the
scales.
Seeds somewhat triangular, full of turpentine, two under each
scale, covered with a soft tegument, and furnished with ample per-
sistent, membranaceous wings, more or less wedge-shaped.
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Cotyledons in fives.
Leaves solitary, flat, pectinated more or less in two rows, persistent,
and silvery below.
_ All trees, found in Europe, Asia, North America, Mexico, and
Northern Africa.
The name ‘‘ Abies” is said by some writers to be derived from
*¢ Apios,” a Pear-tree, the cones being like its fruit ; while cthers
derive the name from ‘‘abeo,” to rise or spring up, in allusion to its
aspiring habit of growth.
Pliny and the ancient writers originally called the Silver Fir
‘* Abies ” (which name may have been a corruption of ‘‘albus,” the
leaves of the Silver Fir being white when seen from below), but
Linnzeus afterwards changed the name to that of ‘‘ Picea,” on account
of the abundance of resinous matter produced by the tree. More
recently still, Professor Link proposed the restoration of its older
name, under that of Abies vera, a suggestion which has been followed
by nearly all the Continental writers, but rejected by some in
England and America; hence the reverse of names applied .to the
Silver Fir and Spruces on the Continent to those used in England
~ and in America.
Some pre-Linnzan botanists clearly distinguished the genera
Picea and Abies, placing the Spruce in the former and the Fir in the
latter genus. Linnzeus reversed the terms, and the confusion in
botanical nomenclature has continued to the present time.
Chief of those who apply the name “‘ Abies” to the Fir family are
almost all the older botanists, including Pliny and Tournefort, with
the modern Link, Spach, Michaux, Nuttall, Carriére, &c.
As late as 1847, Endlicher, in his ‘‘ Synopsis,” still classed both the
Spruces and the Firs with the Pines; and as late as 1856 Asa Gray, in
his “‘ Flora of the Northern United States,” arranged the Spruces as
a sub-genus of Abies, under the name of Picea.
Dr. Engelmann says: ‘‘I follow Link in his definition and limita-
tion of the genus Abies, which seems to be a very natural one, com-
prising the Silver and Balsam Firs. The name ‘‘ Picea” enjoys the
Linnean prestige, but is contrary to Pliny’s and to classical usage.
Picea is the Pitch-tree, and properly designates the Spruces.
-Tournefort, the elder De Candolle, Gray, and others comprised uncer
the name ‘‘ Abies” both the Spruces and the Firs; but the generic
distinctions between them are abundant, and based upon floral and
fruit characters, as well as upon leaf anatomy.”
A. amabilis, Forbes, Pinet. Wob. 125, t. 44; Engelm. in Gard.
Chron. 1880, 720, f. 136-41; Sargent, Rep. on the Forests of N.
Amer, 1884, 213. Pinus amabilis, Dougl. Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 93
(1825). Picea amabilis, Loud. Arb. iv. 2342, f. 2247-48. Pinus
grandis, Lamb. Descrip. of the Gen. Pin. ed. 2, iii. t. 26 (not Dougl.).
Abies grandis var. densiflora, Engelm. in litt.
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Habitat.—Valley of the Fraser River, British Columbia (Engel-
mann and Sargent), and probably farther north ; south along the:
Cascade Mountains of Washington Territory and Oregon.
A tree 100-150 feet in height, with a trunk sometimes 4 feet in
diameter, forming extensive forests on the mountains of British
Columbia, between 3,500 and 5,000 feet, and upon the mountains
south of the Columbia River between 3,000 and 4,000 feet elevation,
here reaching its greatest development; its northern range not yet
determined.
Wood light, hard, not strong, close-grained, compact; bands of
small summer cells broad, resinous, dark-coloured, conspicuous ;
medullary rays numerous, thin; colour light brown, the sapwood
nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°4228; ash, 0°23 (C. S. Sargent).
This species of Fir, though discovered sixty-five years ago, was
not certainly known to exist until recently, the reports of early
explorers having lost their credence with botanists, who came to the
conclusion that the traditional amabilis was a form of some other
species, or else a mythical Fir formed by mixing specimens of two or
more species.
David Douglas, the veteran botanical explorer of the North-west,
on his first trip up the Columbia River (1825), discovered this very
local species (September 7) ‘‘on the top of a high mountain, south of
the Grand Rapids of the Columbia River, after a laborious climb oi
fifteen hours.” .
With it he had the good fortune to find another new Fir. The
first he named Pinus (the generic name then of all the pitch trees)
amabilis, on account of its lovely appearance; the other he called
P. nobilis, for apparent reason, being a most noble tree in aspect.
The two species, he declared in his report, ‘‘ are the grandest trees
of the tribe.”
Returning to Fort Vancouver, he there met Dr. Scouler, another
successful explorer of the Great West, and the two spent the night
in relating experiences, ‘‘ until the sun, rising over the noble stream,
apprised them that another day had begun.”
Douglas lost the greater part of his specimens in various
mishaps of long explorations during the winter season in a rough
country, but succeeded in preserving a few, which he carried home to
England and deposited with his English friends. Soon after he
published these two species of Firs, with a third species collected
earlier at the mouth of the Columbia (Abies grandis, ‘‘ the Grand
Fir”), in the ‘‘Companion to the Botanical Magazine,” 1836, as
Pinus amabilis and P. nobilis.
In the year 1838 Dr. Lindley published the A. nobilis and A.
grandis, under the present generic name Abies, in the ‘‘ Penny Cyclo-
peedia,” and by this early publication of the species under the present
gener.c reference, Dr. Lindley becomes the namer of these two species.
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Subsequently (1839), Forbes, in the ‘‘Pinetum Woburnense,”
published all three species, with illustrations, under the generic name
of Abies, and because he was the first to so publish the Amabilis Fir
he becomes the namer of that lovely species, while the enterprising,
toiling, learned Douglas unfortunately loses this added honour.
It is unfortunate, and it seems unjust, that the discoverer of an
object in natural history—one who, like Douglas, has the energy and
daring to explore, the intelligence to comprehend when he has an
object in sight that is new to science, and, moreover, the ability to
describe and name it correctly, referring it to the proper genus in
vogue at the time of publishing—it seems unjust that such a namer
should subsequently lose the honours of discovery and of authorship,
because, forsooth, another view of the relative importance of groups
places the object in another category, and therefore another person,
to wit, the one who so places it, becomes the author of the species.
Such is the latest usage, however, based upon lately revived ancient
laws of nomenclature ; and, in the long run, it works less mischief
than would a reverse rule, whereby pseudo-scientists could air their
vanity by foisting upon us a host of unfounded terms at will.
Time passed, and many botanists visited the North-west ; Jeffrey,
in 1856, again reporting the Amabilis Fir from the Fraser River region,
but others did not see it. For several years authors catalogued the
species, relying upon the statements of Douglas and Jeffrey ; but, at
length, faith in their statements died out, and botanists began ignoring
the species.
In 1879, Dr. Engelmann, who was elaborating the Abietinez for
the ‘‘ Botany of California,” boldly declared that there must have been
some mixing of Douglas’s and Jeffrey’s specimens, and the ‘‘ Lovely
Fir ” was therefore a myth—a fictitious species.
The next year, however (in 1880), the Doctor, accompanied by
Professor Sargent and Dr. Parry, made an extended exploration of the
forests of the great North-west, intent upon settling, once for all,
several doubtful subjects that had all along marred our descriptive
work, and they were very successful—after toiling as Douglas had
done, finding that in every case the original explorers had told but
the truth.
3 On Silver Mountain, near Fort Hope, Fraser River, at an elevation
of 4,000 to 5,000 feet, they came in sight of a beautiful, unfamiliar
Fir, which they at once recognised as the long-lost ‘‘ Amabilis ’—the
same that Douglas had first made known fifty-five years previously.
A few weeks afterwards Professor Sargent ascended the very
mountain where Douglas made his fifteen-hour climb, just south of
the cascades of the Columbia River, and there also was found the
Amabilis Fir in all its pristine beauty, and not far distant the Noble
Fir, as Douglas had portrayed it.
In 1885, and again in 1889, Mr. and Mrs. Lemmon explored the
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same forest region between the Columbia River and the base of
Mount Shasta, where grow these two wonderful Firs—amabilis and
nobilis ; also near and below them is Abies grandis, and above, high
on the timber line of Mount Hood, is a fourth species—the Abies
lasiocarpa—this restricted region, of a few miles in extent, containing
more species of Fir than any other known area (J. G. Lemmon).
A.balsamea, Mill. Dict. n. 3. Pinus balsamea, Linn. Spec.
Pl. 1421. Abies balsamifera, Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. ii. 207. Picea
balsamea, Loud. Arb. iv. 2339, f. 2240-41.
Habitat.—Northern Newfoundland and Labrador to the southern
shores of Hudson Bay ; north-west to the Great Bear Lake and the
eastern base of the Rocky Mountains; south through the Northern
States to Pennsylvania, Central Michigan, and Minnesota, and along
the Alleghany Mountains to the high peaks of Virginia.
A tree 70-80 feet in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 2 feet
in diameter, or at high elevations reduced to a low, prostrate shrub
(A. hudsonica, hort.); damp woods and mountain swamps (C. S.
Sargent).
Canadian balsam, or balm of fir, an aromatic liquid oleo-resin
obtained from this and other species of Abies by puncturing the
vesicles formed under the bark of the stem and branches, is used
medicinally, chiefly in the treatment of chronic catarrhal affeciions, and
in the arts (‘‘ U.S. Dispensatory,” ed. 14, 898, 900 ; ‘‘ Nat. Dispensa-
tory,” ed. 2, 1417 ; Fliickiger and Hanbury, ‘*‘ Pharmacographia,” 552).
Specimens of A. balsamea, about fifty years old and 40 feet high,
are to be met with in Danish gardens.
In Norway, along the south coast, and on the west coast as far as
Trondhjem (63° 20’), it may frequently be found ; and in the neigh-
bourhood of Christiania a tree of this species, about a hundred years
old, has attained a height of nearly 60 feet and a girth of more than
6 feet (Schiibeler, ‘‘ Viridarium Norvegicum”’).
A. brachyphylla, Maxim. Mél. Biolog. vi. 23. Pinus brachy-
phylla, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 424; Ant. Conif. 78 (1846);
Endl. Syn. Conif. 101 (1847). Picea brachyphylla, Gord. Pinet.
ed. 2, 201. Abies Veitchi, hort. A. Webbiana, hort. Picea Veitch,
hort. P. firma, hort. P. pinnosa, hort. (the last five are all errone-
ous synonyms given in gardens). Abies homolepis, Lindl. and Gord.
Journ. Hort. Soc. 1850, 210; Carr. Tr. Gén. Conif. 215 (1853) ;
Miquel, Prolus. Flor. Jap. (1867).
This name will for the present be kept to one plant, which resembles
that known as Abies homolepis.
According to Dr. H. Mayr, this Silver Fir is to be found in
great abundance, between 386° and 38°, on the high mountains of
Japan. About 1870 it was imported direct from Saghalien to
Copenhagen, where one tree has since thriven well, although it has
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not grown very tall. Another tree imported from England about
fifteen years ago has produced cones in Denmark.
A. bracteata, Hook. and Arn. in Beechey, 394. Pinus renusta,
Dougl. in Comp. Bot. Mag. ii. 152. Pinus bracteata, Don in Linn.
Trans. xvi. 443. Picea bracteata, Loud. Arb. Brit. iv. 2348, f. 2256.
A. venusta, C. Koch in Dendy. 11. 210.
Habitat.—Santa Lucia Mountains, California, from the northern
boundary of San Luis, Obispo County, about forty miles northward.
A tree 150-200 feet in height, with a trunk 3-4 feet in diameter ;
moist, cold soil, occupying four or five canons between 3,000 and
6,000 feet elevation, generally west of the summit of the range (G. R.
Vasey).
Wood heavy, not hard, coarse-grained, compact; bands of small
summer cells broad, resinous, conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous,
obscure ; colour light brown tinged with yellow, the sapwood not seen ;
specific gravity, 0°6783; ash, 2°04; probably more valuable than the
wood of the other North American Abies (C. 8. Sargent).
* This matchless Fir is another of those trophies that rewarded the
laborious explorations and keen scrutiny of the veteran explorer of the
North-west, David Douglas, who discovered this tree in March 1831.
A few paragraphs concerning this event, and the various names the
tree has borne, cannot fail to be of interest :—
Mr. Douglas had made a journey to North-west America in 1825-26,
and had explored the Columbia River region industriously, making
many important discoveries, especially of Cone-bearers. No sooner
had he arrived home and disposed of what specimens he had
saved out of his numerous disasters, than he longed to return.
Commissioned by the Royal Horticultural Society, he made a second
journey in 1830, reaching the mouth of the Columbia River in October.
In December he sailed southward, intent on exploring California,
which, though a hot country, he was convinced possessed hosts of new
trees on its mountains. He passed by the Golden Gate—no one at-
that date attaching any importance to the large bay within and the little,
hamlet of ‘‘ Yerba Buena” on the peninsula—and arrived at Monterey,
the capital of the territory, December 22, 1830. So jealous were the
Mexican authorities, that Douglas had to spend three months in
negotiating for a permit to explore the territory. The little he
could move about, unobserved, was richly rewarded however.
‘¢ Karly as was my visit to the coast,” he writes, ‘‘ spring had already
commenced. The first plant I took in my hand was hibes speciosum
(a native gooseberry), in full bloom. The same day I added to my
new species Nemophila insignis, a humble but lovely plant, the
harbinger of Californian spring, and forming a carpet, as it were, of.
the tenderest azure hue.”
When his permit to explore had arrived, he set out eagerly, and
soon had traversed the region round about, reporting his observations.
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in letters to friends at home. Of California he writes: ‘‘ Well does
it merit its name. The heat is intense and the dryness of the
atmosphere invariable, not infrequently 129 degrees, which, if I
mistake not, is not exceeded in Africa or Persia. _ In this fine country
how I lament the want of such majestic rivers as the Columbia !”
From time to time he contrived to make excursions to the interior
and into the mountains of the coast, until the end of April, when he
undertook a journey to Santa Barbara about May 15.
During one of these excursions from Monterey into the mountains,
Douglas had the good fortune to discover this secluded Bristle-
cone Fir, which he announces thus to his learned friend Hooker :
‘*Y will now mention another new Pine to you, Pinus venusta,
which I discovered last March (1831) on the high mountains
of California (you will begin to think that I manufacture Pines
at pleasure). As my notes are not at hand” (they were subse-
quently lost), ‘‘I must describe from memory.” Unfortunately, he
had no opportunity to revise and correct his descriptions aided by his
notes, as he lost his life soon after in the Sandwich Islands.
In the numerous published descriptions of this lovely Fir, another
pioneer explorer is always connected with its discovery—to wit,
Dr. Thomas Coulter.
Dr. Coulter arrived in Monterey in November 1831, from the
south, having the previous season explored the Central States of
Mexico.
Douglas gave the doctor a warm welcome to California. ‘‘ Since I
commenced this letter,” he writes to Hooker, ‘‘Dr. Coulter has
arrived. He is a man eminently calculated to work, full of zeal, very
amiable, and I hope may do much good to science. I do assure you
from my heart it is a terrible pleasure to me to meet a really good
man, and one with whom I can talk on plants.”
They had often met before, and around the fitful camp-fire had
passed many a night in botanical converse. Little did the two friends
dream then that soon they would be for ever separated, and that
inadvertently many of the discoveries of Douglas in the vicinity of
Monterey would be credited to Dr. Coulter. Coulter also visited
the locality of the new Fir, procured good specimens, which, with
other Conifers, he carried home. David Don, describing them in the
Linn. Trans. 1837, not only ignored Douglas’s name of Pinus venusta,
published a year previously, but gave the credit of discovery to
Dr. Coulter, thus : ‘‘ Pinus bracteata, discovered by Dr. Coulter on the
Santa Lucia Mountains of California, at an elevation of 6,000 feet,”
&c. Lambert, in 1842, quoted Don; and the following botanists,
Antoine, Hooker, Endlicher, Walpers, Parlatore, and McNab, all
continue the name of bracteata (J. G. Lemmon). |
This is one of the most strikingly beautiful of all the Silver
Firs. It is one of those few plants which is happy in an historical
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sense. It is easily recognised even without the cones, its source of
origin is known, and there is little or none of the ambiguity and
imperfect knowledge concerning it which are so fruitful in differences
of opinion and so productive of vexatious synonyms in other cases.
It was introduced to England by William Lobb, who in a letter to
Messrs. Veitch, written from California, says: ‘‘ This beautiful and
singular tree forms here the most conspicuous ornament of the
arborescent vegetation. On the western slopes, towards the sea, it
occupies the deepest ravines, and attains a height of 120 to 150 feet,
and 1 to 2 feet in diameter. The trunk is as straight as an arrow ; the
lower branches decumbent; the branches of the upper part are
numerous, short, and thickly set, forming a long tapered pyramid
or spire, which gives to the tree that peculiar appearance which is not
seen in any other kinds of the Pinus tribe. When standing far apart,
and clear from surrounding trees, the lower branches frequently
reach the ground, and not a portion of the trunk is seen from the base
to the top.
** Along the summit of the central ridges, and about the highest
peaks, in the most exposed and coldest places imaginable, where no
other Pine makes its appearance, it stands the severity of the climate
without the slightest perceptible injury, growing in slaty rubbish,
which to all appearance is incapable of supporting vegetation. In
such situations it becomes stunted and bushy, but even then the
foliage maintains the same beautiful dark green colour, and when
seen at a distance it appears more like a handsomely grown Cedar
than a Pine. No doubt it is one of the hardiest trees of the
Californian vegetation, and is equally well adapted for clothing the
mountain tops as the sheltered valley.
‘** The cones, too, are quite as singular as the growth is beautiful ;
when fully developed the scales, as well as the long leaf-like bracts,
are covered with globules of thin transparent resin, presenting to the
eye a curious and striking object.
~ “Douglas was mistaken in saying that this Fir does not occur below
6,000 feet of elevation. On the contrary, it is found as low as
3,000 feet, where it meets Taxodiwm sempervirens.”
Later on the tree was met with by Beardsley, who, in the ‘* Pinetum
Britannicum,” gives the following particulars concerning it :—
‘*T have never seen any description that does justice to this most
beautiful of all the Firs. -It rises to the height of 130 feet, straight
asa line, the trunk tapering regularly from the ground to the top ;
clothed with branches which are slim and graceful down to the ground ;
the outlines of the branches taper almost as regularly as the trunk,
giving the appearance of an elongated pyramid, as Hartweg describes
it ; but I would rather call it a tall spire, with a pyramidal base of
two-thirds of the lower part of the tree. The pencil of the artist
could not give ita more regular shape than it appears in nature. I
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saw no tree deprived of its lower branches, except in thickets where it
was impossible for them to grow ; there was not one, with the above
exceptions, that I could not step from the ground on to its branches.
Not the least remarkable thing is that these branches bear fine foliage
down to the ground, and the branchlets often touch the ground. I
have found it occupying exclusively the calcareous district abounding
with ledges of white, veined, and grey marble.”
Some writers say the plant grows on calcareous soil, while Vasey
met with it on moist, cold soil.
The remarkable length of the bracts sets one wondering what their
purpose can be. Can it be that the scales remain attached to the
bracts as they fall, and that these insert their long points into the
débris of leaves on the surface of the soil, and so serve to ‘‘ dibble the
seed in”? We do not know. We only say, Can it be? Douglas
compared the cones to the inflorescence of a Banksia. We submitted
a cone to the inspection of non-botanical friends, who pronounced
it to be a Teasel or a Thistle—comparisons which aptly denote the
appearance of the cones (Gardeners’ Chronicle, February 1889, p. 242).
Too much cannot be said in favour of this little-known tree, for,
with its long and thick deep-green foliage, erect habit, and pleasing
contour, it is beyond doubt one of the handsomest of the many Coni-
fers with which California has enriched our empire. The largest, best-
furnished, and most healthy specimen of A. bracteata that I have seen
is growing in a soil largely composed of peat, and partially sheltered
from the prevailing winds of the district.. After becoming established
the upward growth of this tree is fairly rapid, the annual addition to
the height of the specimen referred to, for five consecutive years,
averaging 13} inches. Being of recent introduction, few opportunities |
of testing the quality of the timber have been afforded. Introduced
in 1853 (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xi. pt. 2).
Seems to be quite hardy in Denmark.
A. esphalonica, Link in Linnea, xv. 529; Loud. Arb. Brit. iv.
9325, £. 2235-36. Pinus cephalonica, Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. i.
218, and Conif. 98. P. Abies B cephalonica, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi.
2,422. Picea cephalonica, Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1039, f. 1940-46.
A. panachaica, Heldr. Pl. Exsicc. A. Luscombeana, Loud. Arb. iv.
2325 (cum ic.). A. pectinata y cephalonica, Cat. Sem. h. Vratis. 1863,
Picea Kukunaria, Wender d. Pfl. Bot. Garten, 11,
Habitat. Mount Enos (now Monte Negro), in the island of
Cephalonia, whence its specific name. Also throughout Greece, on
the mountains, from 3,000-5,000 feet elevation, forming dense forests
(Parl. in Prodr. xvi. 422).
Mr. Loudon observes that the merit of introducing Abies
cephalonica into England entirely belongs to General Napier, and
that it never was heard of in any public collection, or in nurseries,
till 1824. The plant sent to the Plymouth nursery was, in 1837,
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sold to the Duke of Bedford for twenty-five guineas. Two of those
sent to the Exeter nursery were sold to the Rev. Theodore Williams,
of Hendon Rectory, for about the same sum each ; and the third was
retained as a stock plant to propagate from.
A fine tree, growing upwards of 60 feet high, with a trunk 9 or
10 feet in circumference, and a spreading head. Timber very hard
and durable. It is called the White Cedar by the Greeks.
This handsome Fir is well adapted for general use in our country,
and, whether planted singly on the lawn, or mixed with others in the
woodland, is at all times a pleasing object and worthy the attention of
planters. Unfortunately, in some districts, and especially when
planted in unsuitable situations, young trees are apt to suffer from
late spring frosts. That, however, should be no detriment to its
extended use, as, bya proper selection of soils and sites, success in the
cultivation of this tree is not difficult. A stiffish soil, such as a good
clayey loam, thoroughly drained, and a northern or western aspect,
will be found most suitable, as these considerably retard early growth,
the great evil to which the tree is susceptible in our clime.
As an ornamental Conifer this is of not less than second-rate im-
portance, the long and lithe branches being well clothed with dark
olive-green foliage, while the whole contour of the tree is remarkably
pleasing. The timber of home-grown trees, which I have used experi-
mentally for several purposes, appears to be good and durable, but
sufficient time has not elapsed since the experiments were made to
speak with certainty ; so far, however, they are satisfactory, and tend
to prove that the wood, when of mature age, will be of value for many
outdoor purposes. According to General Sir Charles Napier, the
timber produced in its native wilds is of excellent quality ; and he
informs us that, in pulling down some houses which had been built
from a hundred and fifty to three hundred years before, the wood
from the Black Forest (on the Black Mountain, Cephalonia) was
found as hard as oak, and perfectly sound. In the seventeenth
century wood was supplied from this forest for the whole of the Ionian
group of islands, as well as for the arsenal in Corfu. The wood is
extremely resinous. Under favourable circumstances, the rate of
growth is about 10 inches a year; but the production of timber is
somewhat slow. Three specimens of fifty years’ growth, which I
measured, were 38 feet each on an average, or about 9 inches annually
since they were planted. Introduced from Cephalonia in 1824
(Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
Introduced by the Court gardener, Schmidt, from Athens into
Germany in 1856.
This species has attained a height of 44 feet and a girth of
6 feet, forty years after being planted, in the gardens at Carlsberg,
near Copenhagen. One planted in 1864 now measures 28 feet high
and 1 foot 10 inches in girth,
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In Norway it may be seen at Christiania of about 10 feet in height,
and in Sweden it thrives as far north as Stockholm.
A. c. var. Apollinis. A. Apollinis, Link in Linnea, xv. 528.
Pinus Apollinus, Ant. Conif. 73. P. Abies 8 Apollinis, Endl. Syn.
Conif. 96. P. Abies, Du Roi, P. Apolliis, Link, Christ. Europ. Abiet.
P. Picea B gracea, Fraas f. Class. Abies pectinata B Apollinis, Lindl.
and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. v. 210; Laws. Pinet. Brit. v. cum ic.
Picea Apollinis, Rauch, Gord. Pinet. Suppl. 44. P. cephalonica
Apollinis, hort. Abies cephalonica parnaccica, Henk. and Hochst.
Syn. 181.
Introduced into Central Europe about 1859.
A tree of this variety planted in Denmark in 1879 now measures
313 feet in height and 1 foot 10 inches in girth.
A handsome tree, rarely exceeding 60 or 70 feet in height and 2
er 3 feet in diameter, with an ample spreading head and smooth stem,
covered with a pale yellowish brown bark, scarcely ever having on its
surface any of those blisters containing resinous matter so commonly
to be found on all the Silver Firs. It isfound plentifully in many parts
of Greece, forming extensive forests, at elevations varying from 1,500
to 4,000 feet, but more particularly in the southern parts, such as on
the sacred Apollo, and on the celebrated and mighty mounts called
Parnassus and Olympus, where in olden times mankind went in crowds
to be deluded, and giants piled up in hopes to scale heaven. Itis also
found in the Morea, near Tripolizza, once the Turkish capital, in
Central Arcadia, particularly on the eastern part of the plain, at the
foot of Mount Meenalus, a region which even the ancients charac-
terised as the ‘‘abode of winter.” Itis quite hardy, but, like the Mount
Enos Silver Fir, suffers greatly (especially when young) from the late
spring frosts, which so frequently destroy the young growth on many
of our Silver Firs.
Much difference of opinion still exists among writers with respect
to whether the Apollo Fir should be considered a distinct species, or
only as a variety of the common Silver Fir, or Mount Enos Silver Fir.
Professor Endlicher considered it as only a variety of Picea pectinata,
while Professor Link made ita distinct species, in which opinion he
has been followed by M. Carriére and some others, while I myself at first
referred it to Picea cephalonica, to which it certainly is very nearly
related, andfrequently confounded with ; but, after a careful examina-
tion of ample and excellent original specimens presented to me by
Professor Link, I have come to the conclusion that he is right in con-
sidering it a distinct species, especially as it is always reproduced true
from seed and retains its great diversity of foliage, the larger portion
of which is generally more or less linear, dense, and blunt-pointed,
while the remainder is more or less dagger-shaped, very acute pointed,
thickly placed all round the shoots, and like those of Picea cephalonica.
A. c. var. Regine Amaliz. <A. Regine Amelix, Heldr.
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Gartenfl. 1860, 113, and 1861, 286 (cum ic.). <A. cephalonica B
arcadica, Henk. and Hochst. Syn. 182. A. peloponnesiaca, Haage.
Pinus peloponnesiaca, hort. Abies pectinata B Regine Amalix, Cat.
Sem. Hort. Vrastislav, 1863. Pinws Abies, Du Roi (6) LOU Manali:
Heldr. Christ. Kurop. Abiet.
This variety has been brought into notice by M. Heldreich, of
Athens, under the name of Abies Regine Amalizx, or the New Arca-
dian Fir, and with a statement that it was first obtained in 1856 by
M. Schmidt, the Curator of the Royal Gardens at Athens, who at the
time considered it new, and distinct from the Grecian, or Apollo
Fir, and gave to it the name of Pinus peloponnesiaca, which name
M. Heldreich afterwards changed to that of Abies Reqinex Amalie, in
compliment to the Queen of Greece, a great patron of gardening. M.
Schmidt, however, had never seen the tree, nor was anyone aware of
its peculiarities, until Messrs. Balsamaki and Origoni, two inspectors
of the royal forests, reached Khrysovitsi, a village in Central Arcadia,
near Tripolitza, in the Morea, where, at an elevation of about 1,500
feet above the sea, they discovered a whole forest of this Fir, stretch-
ing in a north-westerly direction towards Alonistena, and covering
Mount Rhaudia and the adjacent valleys, thus having an extent of
above three leagues in length and one and a half broad. It is called
by the country people ‘‘ Hemeron Elaton” (Tame Fir), on account of
the lower situations of its forests on the mountains, and the ready
means for obtaining its timber for domestic purposes ; while, on the
other hand, they apply the term ‘‘ Agrion Elaton” (Wild Fir) to
Picea cephalonica, because of the inaccessible and lofty places where it
in general grows. The inhabitants living near the large Fir forests
are in the habit of ringing the stems, or cutting off the heads of the
more vigorous trees at about two or three feet from the ground, for the
purpose of obtaining the resin which flows from the wounds and upper
part of the stumps, which stumps afterwards throw out a number
of symmetrically formed shoots, the principal ones of which eventually,
if undisturbed, become leaders, and form stems frequently 20 feet
high and a foot in diameter (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
A. cilicica, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 307. Pinus cilicica, Ant. and
Kotschy, Oest. Bot. Wochenblatt, Dec. 1853, 409. P. Tschugatskoi,
Fisch. Mss. Abies T'schugatskoi, Laws. ex Gord. Pinet. Suppl. 50.
Picea cilicica, Rauch ex Gord. Pinet. l.c.
A tree from 40 to 60 feet high, inhabiting Mount Taurus, in Cilicia,
in north-west Gillock, in company with the Cedar of Lebanon, at an
elevation of from 4,000 to 5,000 feet, in Antitaurus and Afghanistan.
Seems to be hardy in Denmark.
A. concolor, Lindl. and Gord. Journ. Hort. Soc. Lond. 1850,
v. 210. Pinus concolor, Engelm. ex Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2,
496. Picea concolor, Gord. Pinet. ed. 2, 216. Abies Lowiana, Murr
A. grandis.
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Habiiat.—Northern slopes of the Siskiyou Mountains, Oregon,
and perhaps farther north in the Cascade Mountains ; south along the
western slope of the Sierra Nevadas to the San Bernardino and San
Jacinto Mountains, California ; along the high mountains of Northern
Arizona to the Mogollon Mountains, New Mexico; northward to
the Pike’s Peak region of Colorado, and in the Wahsatch Mountains
of Utah.
A large tree, 100-130 feet in height, with a trunk 4-5 feet in
diameter ; moist slopes and canons between 3,000 and 9,000 feet
elevation, reaching its greatest development in the Californian Sierras ;
varying greatly in the colour and length of leaves, habit, &c., and
perhaps merely a southern form of the too nearly allied A. grandis,
from which it cannot be always readily distinguished.
Wood very light, soft, not strong, coarse-grained, compact ; bands
of small summer cells narrow, resinous, not conspicuous ; medullary
rays numerous, obscure ; colour very light brown or nearly white, the
sapwood somewhat darker ; specific gravity, 0°3638 ; ash, 0°85 ; occa-
sionally manufactured into lumber and used for packing-cases, butter-
tubs, and other domestic purposes.
This species, planted in Danish gardens about 1864, now has a
height of about 40 feet and a girth of 3} feet. It has produced cones.
A. Hichlerii, Lauche, is probably the same as A. Veitchii.
A. firma, Sieb.and Zucc. Fl. Jap. u. 15, t. 107. A. Momi, Sieb.
Verhand. van het Batav. Genotsch. xii. 12; Koch, Dendr. 227.
A. bifida, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. i. 18, t. 109; Carr. Tr. Gén. des
Conif. 214. A. homolepis, Sieb. and Zucc. Fl. Jap. ii. 17, t. 108.
A. Webbiana, Lindl. and Gord. (not Endl.) Journ. Hort. Soe. v. 211.
A. major, Honso Sufu, 78. Picea firma, Gord. Pinet. 147. P.
Webbiana, Gord. Pinet. 160 (partly 1858). Pinus Webbiana, Ant.
Conif. 70, t. 27. P. bifida, Ant. Conif. 79, t. 31, £. 2. P. homolepis,
Ant. Conif. 78, t. 31, f.1. P. Harryana, MacNab. in Proc. R. Irish
Acad. 689, t. 47, f. 16. Abies T'schonoskiana, Hort. Petrop.
Habitat.—Japan, but, according to H. Mayr, not further north
than 40°.
Introduced in 1861 by Mr. J. G. Veitch.
Seems to be hardy in Denmark.
A. Fraseri, Lindl. in Penny Cyclop. i. n.5. Pinus Fraseri,
Pursh, Fl. Bor. Amer. 1. 639. Picea Frasert, Loud. Arb. iv. 2340,
f. 2243-44. Abies balsamea 8 Fraseri, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi.
422.
Habitat.—The highest summits of the Alleghany Mountains in
North Carolina and Tennessee. Introduced in 1811 by Mr. Fraser,
Lea Bridge, near London, after whom it is named.
A tree 60-80 feet in height, with a trunk sometimes 2 feet in
diameter; moist slopes between 5,000 and 6,500 feet elevation,
forming considerable forests.
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Wood very light, soft, not strong, coarse-grained, compact ; bands
of small summer cells rather broad, light-coloured, not conspicuous ;
medullary rays numerous, thin; colour light brown, the sapwood
lighter, nearly white ; specific gravity, 0°3565 ; ash, 0°54(C. 8. Sargent).
A. Fraseri has in Denmark, in some gardens, as at Hesede,
Enium, &c., attained a height of about 50 feet. 1% has also pro-
duced cones. A. balsamea is often wrongly called ‘‘ Fraseri” in
nurseries.
Prof. F. C. Schiibeler says, in his ‘‘ Viridarium,” that he has
not seen this species elsewhere in Norway than at Molde (62° 44’) and
at the Botanic Gardens at Christiania, where formerly two plants were
to be found. The tallest of these died in the summer of 1881,
on account of the roots having got into a wet subsoil ; it had several
times given good germinating seeds. It was then 45 feet (14:1 m.) high,
with a diameter at the base of 15 inches (34 cm.), and was forty years
old.
In Sweden it does well at Stockholm, and also seems inclined to
succeed at St. Petersburg.
A. grandis, Lindl. in Penny Cyclop. n. 3; Engelm. in Bot.
Calif. 11. 118. Pinus grandis, Dougl. in Bot. Mag. Comp. ii. 147.
Picea grandis, Loud. Arb. iv. 2344, f. 2245-46. Abies Gordoniana,
Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 298. A. amabilis, Murr. A. oregona, hort.
Habitat. —Vancouver’s Island; south of Mendocino County,
California, near the coast ; interior valleys of Western Washington
Territory and Oregon ; south of the Umpqua River ; Cascade Mountains,
below 4,000 feet elevation ; through the Blue Mountains of Oregon
(Cusick) to the eastern slope of the Cceur d’Alléne Mountains (Cooper) ;
the Bitter Root Mountains, Idaho (Watson), and the western slopes
of the Rocky Mountains of Northern Montana, Flathead region
(Canby and Sargent).
A large tree, 200-300 feet in height, with a trunk 3-5 feet in
- diameter ; most common, and reaching its greatest development, in the
bottom-lands of Western Washington Territory and Oregon, in rich,
moist soil; or moist mountain slopes, then much smaller, rarely
exceeding 100 feet in height.
Wood very light, soft, not strong, coarse-grained, compact ; bands
of small summer cells broader than in other American species, dark-
coloured, resinous, conspicuous ; medullary rays numerous, obscure ;
- colour light brown, the sapwood rather lighter ; specific gravity, 0°3545 ;
ash, 0°49; in Western Oregon manufactured into lumber and used for
interior finish, packing-cases, cooperage, &c. (C. 8. Sargent).
It was the first new tree to confront the great explorer, Douglas,
on Cape Disappointment (the heavily wooded point south of the mouth
of the Columbia River), where his vessel touched the coast (April 1825),
after having been kept by the severe winter weather outside the bar
for six weeks. Of the weather he declares: ‘‘The hurricanes of
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North America are a thousand times worse than those of the noted
Cape Horn.”
At last, on the 7th of April, at 4 p.m., the ship came to anchor
in Baker’s Bay, just north of the mouth of the river, and ‘thus
terminated my long and tedious voyage of eight months and fourteen
days.” But at once his circumstances change. ‘‘ The night following
T reckon as among the happiest moments of my life.” ‘‘The greater
part of the country,” he states, ‘‘as far as the eye could reach, was
covered with Pines of various species.”
The Conifers (all called Pinus in his day) which gladdened the
soul of Douglas a few days after on that promontory of Cape Disappoint-
ment were anything but disappointing to the storm-tossed botanist.
There were at least eight species, representing as many genera, as we
now know them, all within the radius of his vision: Pinus contorta
growing on the drifting sand of the outer shore ; Tsuga Mertensiana
and Picea sitchensis next in the moist, swampy slopes of the promon-
tory ; the great Thuya gigantea, forming the greater part of the brow
of the promontory, with the monster Fir, Abies grandis, and the great
False Spruce, which was thereafter to bear his name, Pseudotsuga
Douglasii, crowning the elevation ; while in deepest shade, by spring or
stream, shone the bright-leaved Alaska Cedar, Chamecyparis nutkaénsis,
and the Western Yew, Taxus brevifolia.
On stepping out of the boat he picked up Rubus spectabilis and
Gaultheria Shallon, and the first tree he reached was a new one which,
on account of its great size, he named Pinus grandis, though he did
not report his discovery until five years later (1830).
In 1836 he published it under that name in the ‘‘ Companion to
the Botanical Magazine.” Subsequently (1837) Dr. Lindley published
it in the ‘‘ Penny Cyclopedia” as Abies grandis, and this being the
present reference, he thus becomes the author of the species (J. G.
Lemmon, ‘‘ California Board of Forestry,” 1889-90).
Introduced in 1831. This is not only a grand ornamental tree,
but the most rapid grower of all the Silver Firs. In its native habitat,
in low, moist situations, it grows to 280 feet in height, and often girths
21 feet. Such enormous growth may well tempt us to plant it more
frequently. It is extremely well adapted for ornamental planting,
the soft, rich green foliage, densely branched stem, and symmetrical
habit being recommendations rarely combined in one species. The
timber produced in this country is of excellent quality, being
weighty, resinous, and the concentric rings firmly packed. The
largest specimen which I have cut down—and only stern necessity
compelled its removal—was, exclusive of the broken top, 72 feet in
height, measured 26 inches in diameter at the butt end, and contained.
73 feet of timber. On measuring some of the annual rings near the bark
I found them to average an inch in thickness, which speaks highly
in favour of the tree as a rapid timber-producer. When felled and
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stripped of its branches, the balsamic fragrance, from the quantity of
resin the tree contained, was perceptible at a considerable distance—
further than I have ever noticed even in the Douglas Fir—and the
circumstance was conimented upon amongst the woodmen employed
in removing it. The average upward rate of growth of A. grandis in
this country is 17 inches, while the quantity of timber produced in
fifty years by the large specimen referred to gave an annual average
of nearly 13 cubic foot. When cut into boarding the wood resembled
im appearance the common Silver Fir, but was perhaps darker, of
greater specific gravity, and of firmer texture. It works well and
takes a good polish, but, from the rapid rate of growth, the graining is
somewhat rough, though perfect in delineation. The timber was used
experimentally for many purposes; but sufficient time has not yet
elapsed for us to speak with certainty regarding its Jasting qualities.
So far, however—and it is now five years since the tree was felled—it
seems quite sound, and likely to remain so for many years to come.
A comparison of the timber of this tree grown in Britain with that
exhibited from British Columbia at the Colonial and Indian Exhibi-
tion revealed but few differences, and nothing more than might be
expected between that of a partially developed and of a mature tree.
Taking into consideration the quantity and quality of wood produced
by A. grandis, as also its highly ornamental appearance and undoubted
hardihood, we place it in the front rank for economic planting in the
British Isles. The soil best suited for it is an open, rich loam, where
it will not suffer either from excess or want of moisture (Trans. Roy.
Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
A. grandis thrives very well in some parts of Denmark ; one
planted in 1864 now measures 53 feet in height and 6 feet in girth.
A. homolepis, Sieb. and Zucc. Pinus Haryana, MacNab, Proc.
R. Irish Acad. 1876. P. Tschonoskiana, Neumann, Cat. ex Parlatore.
The name homolepis is, according to Dr. H. Mayr, to be preferred
to the now perhaps more common one of A. brachyphylla.
A. magnifica, Murr. Proc. Hort. Soc. Lond. 1862, iii. 318, f.
25-33. <A. amabilis. A. campylocarpa, Murr. in Trans. Bot. Soc.
Edinb. vi. 370. A. nobilis robusta, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 269. Picea
amabiis, Lobb. Pinus amabilis, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 426.
Abies nobilis var. magnifica, Masters, Linn. Soc. Journ. 1887, xxii.
189. Pseudotsuga magnifica, MacNab in Proc. R. Irish Acad. ser. 2,
ii. 700, t. 49, f. 30 and 30a. Picea magnifica, hort.
Habitat.—California, Mount Shasta, south along the western slope
of the Sierra Nevadas to Kern County.
A large tree, 200-250 feet in height, with a trunk 8-10 feet in
diameter, forming about the base of Mount Shasta extensive forests,
between 4,900 and 8,000 feet elevation ; farther south less common,
and reaching an extreme elevation of 10,000 feet.
Wood light, soft, not strong, rather close-grained, compact, satiny
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durable in contact with the soil, liable to twist and warp in seasoning ;
bands of small summer cells broad, resinous, dark-coloured, con-
spicuous ; medullary rays numerous, thin ; colour light red, the sap-
wood somewhat darker; specific gravity, 0°4701; ash, 0°30; largely
used for fuel, and occasionally manufactured into coarse lumber
(C. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”’’).
It is hardy in Denmark.
A. Mariesii, Mast. in Gard. Chron. 1879, 788 (cum ic.); Linn.
Soc. xvili. 519; Veitch, Man. Conif. 100; H. Mayr, Monogr. d.
Abietineen des Jap. Reiches, 40.
Habitat.—Japan, at Awomori, and on Mount Nikko, 5,000 to
7,000 feet elevation, in company with A. Veitchii, growing in shallow
peat on volcanic débris. :
Introduced by Messrs. James Veitch & Sons in 1879, through
their collector, Mr. Maries, after whom it has been named.
Seems to be hardy in Denmark.
A. nobilis, Lindl.in Penny Cyclop.i.n.5. Pinus nobilis, Doug].
Mss. in Comp. Bot. Mag. 11.147. Picea nobilis, Loud. Arb. Brit. iv.
2342, f. 2249-50. Pseudotsuga nobilis, Bertrand in Bull. Soc. Bot.
Franc. xviii. 86.
Habitat.—Oregon, Cascade Mountains, from the Columbia River
south to the valley of the Upper Rogue River, and along the summits
of the coast ranges from the Columbia to the Nootucca River (Collier).
A large tree, 200-300 feet in height, with a trunk 8-10 feet in
diameter, forming, with A. amabilis, extensive forests along the
slopes of the Cascade Range, between 3,000 and 4,000 feet eievation ;
less multiplied in the coast ranges, here reaching its greatest in-
dividual development.
Wood light, hard, strong, rather close-grained, compact; bands of
small summer cells broad, resinous, dark-coloured, conspicuous ; me-
dullary rays thin, hardly distinguishable ; colour light brown streaked
with red, the sapwood a little darker; specific gravity, 0°4561 ; ash,
0°34 (C. S. Sargent, ‘‘ Forest Trees of North America”).
Abies nobilis is also one of the discoveries of the late Mr. Douglas,
who found it in large forests in North California, where it forms a
majestic tree, producing timber of an excellent quality. Douglas says
he spent three weeks in a forest composed of this tree, and day by
day could not cease to admire it.
This tree is one of the hardiest and handsomest of the group,
and is becoming tolerably common. Amongst the Silver Firs it
is the most conspicuous and beautiful, the deep glaucous foliage,
regularly disposed branches, and by no means stiff outline, being special
recommendations. Few trees are less particular about the quality of
soil in which they are planted. It is of rapid growth, the average
annual increase in height of several specimens of which I kept a record
being 20 inches, for a period of twenty-five years. The produc-
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tion of wood is likewise rapid, and in support of this statement one
of many instances which came under my notice may be cited. A tree
of this kind was planted in good soil and a sheltered southern situa-
tion in 1854, at that time being a robust-growing specimen of 3 feet in
height. In 1884, or thirty years afterwards, it had attained to 55 feet,
when it was found to contain 61 cubic feet of wood, giving an average
annual increase of fully 2 cubic feet.
The home-grown timber of A. nobilis is not of first-rate quality, it
being, in every instance where I have had the chance of examining
it, soft, easily worked, and clean-grained. The timber of mature trees
will no doubt be of better quality than that of specimens of thirty years’
erowth. Introduced in 1831 (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
A. nobilis is to be seen in Danish gardens of an age of about
thirty years, and approaching 20 feet in height. It has produced
cones in some gardens.
A. Nordmanniana, Link in Linnea, xv. 528; Spach, Hist.
Vég. Phan. xi. 418. Pinus Nordmanniana, Stev. Bull. Soc. Nat.
Mosc. 1838, 45, t. 2. Picea Nordmanmana, Loud. Encycl. of Trees,
1042, f. 1950.
Habitat.—Discovered on the top of the Adschar Mountains of the
Crimea by the Finnish professor, Alexander Nordmann. It is also
to be found in the Western Caucasus. In the neighbourhood of
Aschur it forms large forests mixed with A. orientalis. It is not to
be found farther east than Tiflis.
Introduced into Europe in 1848, when Alexander von Humboldt
obtained seeds from the Caucasus, which were sown in the Berlin
Botanic Gardens.
If A. nobilis be the best of the Californian Silver Firs, this is,
without doubt, the finest and most valuable of the European or
Asiatic species. As a lawn tree it can scarcely be surpassed, the
handsome and regular outline, rich glossy green foliage, and
stately habit rendering it one of the handsomest of Conifers for
ornamental planting. We expect that at no distant date it will
supplant the common Silver Fir for forest planting ; the timber is of
excellent quality, the tree more ornamental, and as regards soil it is
less exacting. Another advantage it has over the common Silver Fir
_is that, owing to starting into growth later in the spring, it is less
apt to be injured by unseasonable frosts. Few trees are less particular
as to soil than Nordmann’s Fir ; it succeeds well in reclaimed peat-
bog, stiff loam, decomposed vegetable matter, and light gravelly soils.
For planting on cold, steep declivities, in the vicinity of water, in is in-
valuable, and succeeds well where the common Silver Fir, andeven the
Larch, become seared and unsightly. The timber produced in this
country is hard, close-grained, very lasting, and susceptible of a fine
polish. It is superior to that of the common Silver Fir, being harder,
and firmer in texture, and should its durability prove equal to that
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species it will be one of the most valuable timbers (Trans. Roy. Scot.
Arb. Soc.-xu. pt. 2).
The timber of A. Nordmanniana and A. Pinsapo I consider the
best of the Silver Firs, not excepting even the prototype A. pectinata
(Nelson, Pinac.).
A. Nordmanmana has at an age of about thirty years measured
40 feet in height and 3 feet in girth. It is often planted in Danish
gardens and forests, and is quite hardy.
It is said to thrive well at Drontheim (Trondhjem) in Norway, and
trees of from 1 to 2 feet in height have even done well at Hernsand
(62° 38’) (‘‘ Tidning for Tridgérdsodlare,” Stockholm, 1878 and 1880).
A. numidica, De Lannoy, Carr. Rev. Hort. 1866, 106, 168.
A. Pursapo var. baboriensis, Cosson, Bull. Soc. Bot. Franc. 1861 ;
Ann. Soc. d’Acc. 1863; Compend. Fl. Atl. 1881. A. baboriensis,
Letourneux, Cat. des Arbr. et Arbust. d’Algérie, 1888.
Habitat.—North Africa. Kabylia in Algiers; near the summit
and on the northern aspect of Mounts Tababor and Babor, at an
elevation of from 4,000 to 6,000 feet, sparingly interspersed with
the Mount Atlas Cedar.
Introduced into France in 1862 by Davont, and in 1864 by
De Lannoy, superintendent of roads and bridges in the province of
Constantia ; and subsequently received in Hugland. It was discovered
in 1861 by Captain de Guibert.
Several young plants have done well in Denmark, and do not seem
to have suffered in any way from the severe winter of 1890-91.
A. Parsonsiana, hort. Barron.
Seems to be hardy in Denmark.
A. pectinata, De Cand. Fl. Fr. 11. 275. <A. femina 8. Elate,
J. Bauh. Hist. 1. 2, 231. A. cons swrsum spectantibus s. mas,
C. Bauh. Pin. 505. <A. taxifolio fructw sursum spectante, Tourn.
Inst. 585. Abies, Plin. Hist. Nat. xvi. 18; Cesalp. de Plant. lib.
ili. cap. 53, p. 183. <A. alba femina, C. B. Hlssh. 295. Pinus
Picea, Linn. Spec. Pl. 1420. P. Abies, Du Roi, Observ. Bot. 39 ;
Endl. Conif. 95. P. Abies, Du Roi (a) pectinata, Christ. Europ.
Abietineen. PP. pectinatus, Lam. FI. France. ii. 202. Abies alba, Mill.
Dict. n. 1. A. vulgaris, Poir. Dict. suppl. vi. 514. A. taxifola,
Desf. Cat. Hort. Paris. ed. 3, 356. A. Picea, Lindl. in Penny
Cyclop.n. 1. A. excelsa, Link in Abhandl. d. Berl. Akad. 1827, 182.
A. candicans, Fisch. Mss. A. argentea, De Chambr. Tr. Prat. Arb.
Résin. 17, t. 1, figs. 1, 2, and t. 5, fig.1. Picea pectinata, Loud. Arb.
Brit. iv. 2329, f. 2237-39.
Habitat.—In the mountain districts of Central and Southern
Europe (sparsely in the Apennines), as far westward as the Pyrenees,
and extending eastward to the Transylvanian Alps, the Carpathians,
and the Caucasus. Its northern limit is about lat. 50°, beyond which
it is found only in cultivation.
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Introduced into England in the sixteenth century, but the precise
date is unknown. It is described by Gerarde, in his ‘‘ Historie of
Plantes,” 1597, under the name of the Pitch-tree.
_ As an ornamental tree it is only of secondary importance, but
for the value of the timber it produces it is well worthy of attention,
although its merits in this particular have been exaggerated. The
timber is of fairly good quality, and well fitted for rough outdoor
carpentry. The timber is elastic, and the graining irregular, while
it is soft, apt to shrink, and soon decays on exposure. For temporary
buildings, tool-sheds, cattle-shelters, and many such purposes we
have used the best quality of Silver Fir timber produced in this
country, and with satisfactory results. It is excellent for use in
connection with sluices and dams, or for lining the banks of streams
and rivulets. Except the Larch, we may say that the Silver Fir is
second to none of the Firs that have been introduced for upwards
of a hundred years for the value of the timber which it produces.
A. pectinata was planted about one hundred and twenty-five years
ago in the Jegersborg deer park at Klampenborg, a few miles from
Copenhagen. Many of the trees have developed into most beautiful
specimens, and travellers who have seen this Silver Fir in its native
habitats are generally astonished to find that it attains perhaps greater
perfection in Danish forests than in its native haunts. But it is not
only in Zealand that this species grows into real magnificence; in
Jutland also fine examples of it are to be seen. According to a state-
ment of measurements taken in 1874, cn Count Frijs’s estate at Frijsen-
borg, in Jutland, a Silver Fir, planted about one hundred and ten
years ago, measured 120 feet high. The above-mentioned trees in the
Jeegersborg deer park were measured in 1882, and are reported to
have given a height of only a couple of feet less.
A forester who at the end of 1891 measured some of the trees in
the deer park now estimates them to be not far short of 140 feet.
He has also measured several in the vicinity of Copenhagen, and states
the measurements to be 134, 132, 130, 128, 121, 107, and 105 Danish
feet (an English foot is the equivalent of 0:971 Danish foot). The
circumference of the stems, breast high, he has given me as follows :
13°7, 13°2, 12°71, 9°8, 9°5, 9°3, and so on, counted in Danish feet.
According to information supplied by Baron F. Rosenkrantz, trees
of this species were planted a hundred years ago on the beautiful
Danish chalk and limestone island of Moen, and when recently
measured were found to be about 100 feet high, with a girth (three
feet from the ground) of 11 feet, while others were somewhat less.
On free, well-drained ground this variety is to be found even as far
north as Upsala.
A. p. fastigiata, Booth (the Upright Common Silver Fir). A.
pectinata stricta, Carr. A. metensis, hort. Paris. <A. pyramidalis
metensis, Carr. Picea pectinata metensis, hort. P. metensis, hort.
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Leaves short, slender, frequently curved upwards, and much
smaller than those of the species.
The branches of this variety of the common Silver Fir are turned
upwards on the main stem, but with their ends and branchlets
curved, and more or less drooping.
Tt has a narrow, conical head, resembling that of the Lombardy
Poplar in outline, but with a drooping appearance when closely in-
spected. <A very striking variety, of German origin.
A. p. pyramidalis, hort. (the Pyramidal Common Silver Fir).
A. pectinata pyramidalis, Carr. Picea pyramidalis, hort. P. taxi-
folia pyramidalis, Makoy.
This singular variety originated at Metz, and differs from the
preceding in having its branches and branchlets more erect, slenderer,
thinner, and much compressed, and in the full-grown trees having an
erect pyramidal shape like the Lombardy Poplar.
A. p. stricta, hort. Carr. Conif. ed. 1, 207. A. pyramidalis
metensis, hort. A. pectinata pyramidalis, hort. <A. pectinata Rinzi,
hort. A. metensis, hort. A. Rinzi, hort.
A. Pindrow, Spach. Pinus Pindrow, Royle, Himalay. 354, t. 86.
Abies Webbiana 8 Pindrow, Brandis, Forest Flora, 354, t. 86. Picea
Pindrow, Loud. Arb. iv. 2346, f. 2254-55. P. Herbertiana, Madd.
P. Naphta, Knight, ex Gord. Pinet.157. Pinus Naphta, hort. Ant.
Conif. 80. Abies Pindrow, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 423. Taxus
Lambertiana, Wall. Cat. No. 6056.
Habitat.—Himalaya Mountains, to about 10,000 feet high, in the
valley of the Sutle], &c. Introduced into Europe in 1837 by Royle.
Professor Don observes that A. Pindrow is liable to be con-
founded with A. Webbiana, but that the former is readily distin-
guished from the latter by its longer and acutely bidented leaves of
nearly the same colour on both surfaces, and by its shorter and
thicker cones with trapezoid-formed scales, and rounded, notched
bracteoles. Dr. Royle, who appears to have been the only botanist
who found the tree either in flower or in fruit, states that it grows to
a large size, varying from 80 feet to upwards of 100 feet in height,
with widely spreading branches, and that he met with it at an
elevation of 1,000 feet above the level of the sea.
A noble tree, with flat, horizontal branches, in regular, distinct
whorls, found abundantly in Bhotan, from 11,000 to 12,000 feet of
elevation. In Kamaon it is found at from 7,500 to 9,000 feet of
elevation, where it clothes the sources of the Kosilla, in a forest
of unusual gloom and thickness. It also grows on the easternmost
range of the Himalayas, where it is called ‘‘Rayha,” also on the
Khoor and Kedarkanta Mountains, at elevations of from 8,500 to
12,000 feet, and on all other ranges of similar height, where the
trunks attain a great girth and height,'’some of the trees on the Khoor
Mountains measuring 20 feet round at five feet from the ground, and.
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upwards of 150 feet high, with the stem densely clothed with short,
scrubby boughs, bearing little proportion in length to the height of
the tree, and generally ending in a mass of flat, declining branches.
The Indian term ‘‘ Pindrow,” according to Major Madden, refers
to its very peculiar mode of growth, the tree being tall and cylin-
drical, or slightly tapering, like the Lombardy Poplar; but, according
to Dr. Wilson, it is derived from the Sanscrit words ‘‘ Pind” (incense)
and ‘‘ Roo” or ‘‘ Row” (to weep), from the numerous resinous tears
found on the cones and other parts of the tree. It is also called
‘“Kala-rai” (Black Fir) by the people along the Snowy Mountains,
who also apply the term ‘‘ Kalabun” (Black Forest) to the woods
where it alone grows, from the dark green of the leaves on the
upper surface giving the trees a sombre Yew-like appearance at a
distance, which causes the mountaineers constantly to confound it
with the ‘‘Thooner” (Yew), and which no doubt led Dr. Wallich
(who, trusted too much to local names) to give to this Fir the name of
Taxus Lambertiana, he not having at the time seen its cones, or
even, probably, the living tree. Its Khasiya name is ‘‘ Ragha,”
and the Bhotiyas call it ‘‘ Woomun” (purple cone).
_ This tree forms dense forests on all the great spurs of the
Kamaon Alps, from 7,500 to 9,000 feet elevation, but under proper
conditions it will ascend and descend above and below these eleva-
tions, always, however, exhibiting its preference for northern and
western aspects. Mr. Winterbottom found it plentiful on the Peer
Punjal in Cashmere, flowering in April and May, and ripening its
cones, which are of the same rich purple colour as those of Picea
Webbiana, in October and November of the same year (G. Gordon).
A. Pindrow is only to be found in Danish gardens under twenty
years of age. One above that age stands in Jutland, and is said
to have attained a height of more than 20 feet. Another at Vallo,
on Zealand, somewhat less developed, has produced cones on several
occasions.
A. Pinsapo, Boiss. in Bibl. Univ. de Genéve (1838) in Elench.
Pl. Hisp. n. 197, and Voy. en Espagne, ii. 584, t. 167-169. Pinus
Pinsapo, Boiss. in Epist. and Ant. Conif. 65, t. 26, f. 2. Abies
hispanica, De Chambr. Tr. Prat. Arb. Résin. 339. Picea Pinsapo,
Loud. Encycl. of Trees, 1041, f. 1947-48.
Habitat.—The mountains in the middle, and especially in the south
of Spain, on Sierra Bermejo, and Sierra de la Nieve; abundant on the
Sierra Nevada, at elevations of from 3,000 to 4,000 feet.
Forests of this tree are found in the mountainous sub-alpine
district of Grenada, in Spain, where it is clearly the representative
of its allies A. cephalonica and A. cephalonica Apollinis, which are
found in Cephalonia and Greece, in nearly the same latitudes.
Among other mountains in Grenada the following have been specially
noted as abounding with it:.the upper part of the Sierra Bermejo,
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above Estepona; the upper half of the Sierra Nevada; and the
province of Ronda, at a height of from 3,500 to 6,000 feet. It is
probably also found on the Cerro of San Christoval. Mr. Gordon
says that it prefers the northern exposures, and that it reaches even
near the summits, where the snow les at least four or five months in
the year. It is also said to be met with in some parts of the opposite
coast of Morocco.
Regarding the quality of timber produced in Scotland I can say
little ; it closely resembles, both in colour and texture, that of the
Silver Fir; but the samples which came into our hands were not
sufficiently matured for a decided statement to be given. ‘The average
rate of growth of A. Finsapo, under favourable conditions, is 14 inches
annually, while in one instance at least we have known it to produce
30 feet of timber in an equal number of years. A native of Spain.
Introduced in 1839 (Trans. Roy. Scot. Arb. Soc. xu. pt. 2).
Very fine trees of about 50 feet high, or even more, may be seen
in several Danish gardens. It has also produced cones there.
Professor F. Schiibeler says, in his ‘‘ Viridarium,” that the largest
tree he had seen in Norway was at Christiansand ; it was 14 feet
high, with a circumference of 18 inches, and a spread of branches
14 feet in diameter.
I saw some in Sweden; it thrives well in Skaane, but not so well
at Stockholm.
Introduced into England in 1839.
A. religiosa, Lindl. in Penny Cyclop. i. n. 6. Pinus religiosa,
H. B. and Kth. Nov. Gen. and Spec. ii. 5. Picea religiosa, Loud.
Arb. iy. 2349, f. 2257. Pinus hirtella, H. B. and Kth.l.c. Abies
hirteila, Lindl. in Penny Cyclop. n. 11. Picea hirtella, Loud. Arb. iv.
2349.
Habitat.—A. religiosa is a native of various parts of Mexico and
Guatemala, between latitudes 15° and 20°N., but always at a very high
elevation, and in some places at the extreme verge of arborescent
vegetation.
A. religiosa is one of the most beautiful of the Silver Firs, form-_
ing a tree of 150 feet high on the mountains ranging between 15° and.
22° of N. latitude, and ascending to an elevation of 9,000 feet. It
derives its name ‘“‘religiosa” from the fact that the Mexicans make.
use of the branches to decorate their churches (Gardeners’ Chronicle,
January 10, 1885, p. 56).
In the canons on the largest mountains it becomes a very sym-
metrical tree. On the upper limit of vegetation, as on Popocatapetl,
it is dwarfed to a flat-topped bush. The conesare small, 3 to 5 inches
long, with the bracts long and exserted like its congeners, A. Frasert of
the Eastern States and A. nobilis of Oregon. ;
The Mexican Fir is much used in the ornamentation of parks, and
in the decoration of churches and cemeteries by the native devotees
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of the warm south land, who regard this tree, holding out its waving
branches from the lofty Cordilieras, much as did the ancient wor-
shippers of the Cedar of Lebanon in the valley of Palestine, as a
benison of good, blessing by the fragrance of its foliage and the
healing qualities of its balsam (J. G. Lemmon).
A. sachalinensis, Masters, Gard. Chron. 1879; Journ. Linn.
Soc. xvii. 517; Veitch, Man. Con. 106 (1881); Cat. of Plants in
Bot. Gard. Tokio (1887). A. Veitchw var. sachalinensis, F. Schmidt,
Reisen im Amurland und auf der Insel Sachalin, in Mém. de l’Acad.
Imp. des Sciences de St. Petersb. ser. 7, t. 7, No. 2.
Habitat.—Of this Silver Fir there is to be found in Japan, besides
the typical form, a variety which Mayr calls nemorensis. He says
that the typical form occupies West Eso and Sachalin, and that the
nemorensis lives on the mountains of North-east Eso and on the
Kuriles ; both attain 150 feet in height. It was brought to England
in 1879 by Maries.
Hardy.
A. sibirica, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. iv. 202. Pinas sibirica, Steud.
_ Nomenclat. ii. 338. P. Picea, Pall. Fl. Ross. i. 7 (excl. syn. and pl.
Caucas.). P. Pichta, Fisch. ex Lodd. Cat. 1836, 50; Endl. Conif.
108. Picea Pichta, Loud. Arb. Brit. iv. 2338. Abies Pichta, Forb.
Pin. Wob. 109, t. 37.
Habitat.—Siberia, from the Ural Mountains to Kamschatka and
Mongolia, but is most abundant on the Altai (2,000 to 2,400 feet)
and other ranges of mountains that stretch across the continent from
the Caspian Sea to the Sea of Okotsk, forming vast forests at
elevations of from 2,500 to 5,000 feet, in Russia between Vologda
and the Middle Volga.
Introduced in 1820. Thisspecies only succeeds well in damp, stiff
land. The leaves are dark green above and silvery beneath, and
when shaken by the wind they are very attractive (Trans. Roy. Scot.
Arb. Soc. xii. pt. 2).
A. sibirica has been planted in several gardens in Denmark, where
examples forty years old or more have attained a height of about 40 feet.
I have seen very finely developed specimens in Northern Scandinavia
at Upsala, and in North-west Russia. Beautiful examples are also
to be seen in the Botanic Gardens at Helsingfors (60° 10’), where
many seedlings have sprung up around the old trees.
A. subalpina, Engelm. in Amer. Nat. x. 554, and Syn. Amer.
Firs, Trans. Acad. St. Louis, 1878, 597. Pinus lasiocarpa, Hook.
Flor. Bor. Amer. ii. 163. Abies lasiocarpa, Nutt. ex Sarg. Forest
Trees, 1884, 211. A. bifolia, Murr. in Proc. Hort. Soc. Lond. iii.
320, f. 51-56. Pinus amabilis, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2, 426.
Picea bifolia, Murr. in Gard. Chron. 1875, 106. Abies fallax, hort.
Habitat.—Valley of the Stakhin River, Alaska, in latitude 60° N.
(Muir) ; south through British Columbia, and along the Cascade Moun-
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tains to Northern Oregon (Collier) ; through the Blue Mountains of
Oregon and the ranges of Idaho,, Montana, Wyoming, Utah, and
Colorado. On the borders of tree vegetation it only forms a shrub.
A tree 80-130 feet in height, with a trunk rarely exceeding 2 feet
in diameter; mountain slopes and cations between 4,000 (British
Columbia) and 12,600 (Colorado) feet elevation ; generally scattered
and rarely forming the prevailing forest growth.
A. umbilicata, new spec. A. wmbellata, Mayr, Monogr. Abiet.
Jap. 1890, 34. ,
Habitat.—Found only in few places in Japan ; the greater number
on the top of the Mitsumine-san, in Chichibu-gori (Musashi), where
also A. homolepis grows in the Beech region, and towards the top of
the mountain, especially on the north side, in mixed forests, often
excluding deciduous trees. A. wmbilicata attains the same height as
A. homolepis, together with which it grows on the above-mentioned
hills, in the province of Musashi, as far as Shinano, leading to
Iumonjitoge, and is supposed not to be rare on the neighbouring
mountains of Hida and Kai. In Dr. H. Mayr’s book it is erroneously
called A. wmbellata.
One young tree only has been p/anted in Denmark, 1891.
A. Webbiana, J.indl. in Penny Cyclop. n. 7. Pinus Webbiana,
Wall. Mss. P. spectabilis, Lamb. Pin. ed. 2, 1. 54, t. 34. P. tinctoria,
Wall. Cat. Picea Webbiana, Loud. Arb. iv. 2344, f. 2251-53.
Abies spectabilis, Spach, Hist. Vég. Phan. xi. 422. A. densa, Griff.
Mss. A. chilrowensis, hort. Pinus striata, Hamilt. Mss.
Habitat.—According to Dr. Brandis, in ‘‘ Forest Flora,” p. 528, it
is found in North Afghanistan, between 8,500 and 10,000 feet
elevation ; in the forests of the Kuram and Hariab districts ; in the
Himalayas, from the Indus to Bhotan, forming extensive forests—
in the North-west without other trees, or in association with the Acer
or other leaf-trees, in high regions together with Betula Bhajpattra,
often with Picea Morinda and Picea excelsa, and inthe Punjab, varying
from 6,000 to 12,000 feet. On the Khoor its lowest border-line is
10,000 feet. In Jaunsar, Gurhwal, and Kamaon it ranges from
9,000 to 14,000 feet. On the inland mountains of Sikkim and Bhotan
Abies Webbiana forms—together with 7suga Brunoniana and Taxus,
Oaks, large Rhododendrons, and small Bamboos—the upper border-
line of the Conifer forests, between 10,000 and 14,000 feet.
This is a handsome-growing tree, frequently attaining the height of
from 80 to 96 feet, and producing long, aspiring branches, approximating
to A. pectinata ; but it is readily distinguished from that species by
its much broader and longer leaves, even in a young state. It was
first discovered by Captain W. S. Webb, who gave the following
description of the species to Dr. Wallich : ‘‘ This purple-coned Pine is
called Oumar ; it attains a height of 80 or 90 feet, with a diameter of
the stem near the grcund of from 3 to 4 feet. The cones are produced
PINETUM DANICUM. A79
on the extremity of the shoots. The leaves are about an inch long,
of a beautiful light green, having a white stripe in the centre. The
wood is used for planes, and even equals, in the texture of its grain
and odour, the Bermuda Cedar. The fruit is said to yield, at full
growth, an indigo or purple pigment, by expression. The silvery hue
of its bark, the beautiful contrast of the leaves with globules of
transparent resin, produce in combination one of the most striking
objects that can be imagined, and entitle the tree to precedence for
ornamental purposes.”
Dr. Hooker found it in Sikkim measuring 30 feet in girth. It also
forms most dense and extensive forests on the north side of the
Shatool Pass, but on the south face it does not flourish. It is called
“¢ Chilrow” in the Northern Himalayas ; ‘‘ Oonum,” or Purple-coned
Fir, and the ‘‘ Raisalla,” or King Pine, in Upper Kamaon and Nepaul.
This is the Black Fir, found so abundantly by Dr. Griffith on the
Bhotan Mountains, at an elevation of from 11,000 to 12,500 feet,
where it forms a lofty tabular or flat-headed tree, with the foliage of
the deepest green on the upper surface, but quite silvery beneath. It
is called ‘‘ Rai-Sulla”’ (Fragrant Fir) and ‘‘ Gobrea-Sulla ” (Fragrant or
Indigo Fir) by the Gorkhalese, on account of an indigo or purple
pigment being extracted from the young cones. On the Khoor
Mountains the inhabitants call it ‘‘ Kilounta,” which is a Sanscrit
compound for ‘‘ end of the Pine-tree,” and denotes the fir-cone, so con-
spicuous in this species, on account of its beautiful purple or violet
colour. In Kooloo, and on the Chumbra range, it is styled ‘‘ Toss,”
and forms extensive forests, where, notwithstanding the whiteness of
the under surface of its leaves, the general effect of the Himalayan
Silver Fir is exceeding dark and gloomy—more even than the Indian
Cypress (Cupressus torulosa), which from a distance it a good deal
resembles ; but still the thoroughgoing black Pindrow Fir, with its tall
columnar outline and boughs, much less bushy and pendulous, and its
longer leaves, must be pronounced the handsomer tree of the two.
Timber white, very soft, and coarse-grained, but full of clear white
resin, and a beautiful dye of a lovely violet colour is extracted from
the young cones (G. Gordon, ‘‘ The Pinetum,” 1875).
Introduced into Europe in 1822. Seeds had repeatedly been
sent by Dr. Wallich to Mr. Lambert and others, but none appear to
have vegetated till the date above given, when some plants were
raised. in the Fulham nursery.
A. Webbiana, I have been told, has developed into a fine tree of
about 30 feet in height in a garden in West Zealand.
A. Veitchii, Carr. Conif. ed. 2, 309. Picea Veitchii, Lindl. in
Gard. Chron. 1861, 23. Pinus selenolepis, Parl. in DC. Prodr. xvi. 2,
427. P. Veitchii, MacNab, Proc. Roy. Irish Acad. 686. Abies
Eichleri, Lauche, Berl. Gartenzeit. 1882, s. 63 (cwm ic.).
Habitat.—Japan, on Ishitzuchi-Yama, on Shikoku, on Mount Susi-
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Yama, at from 6,000 to 7,000 feet elevation; also on Nikko, from
6,000 to 8,000 feet elevation. It is not to be found further north
than 39°.
Introduced by James Veitch & Son in 1879, through their collector,
Mr. Maries.
In the above list of Conifers grown in Denmark it has been found
necessary to omit the names of several varieties which, with those
mentioned, I have planted during the last twelve years for trial. A
great many species and varieties have thus been introduced for the
first time in Denmark, and a few years hence I hope to be able to
report with some exactitude as to their hardiness &c. in our climate.
The Conifers planted have been arranged geographically, and more
than 900 forms (that is, species and varieties) have been arranged in
this instructive way. It is a method I would recommend to every
lover of these ornamental and useful plants, as it affords much food
for study to begin with, and, though perhaps entailing more work at
first than by adopting the so-called scientific arrangement, the result
is much more gratifying.
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SLAPS TICs
OF
CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS,
By Mr. Maucotm Dunn, F.R.H.S.
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,
V1Z. i—
Abies Albertiana Pinus austriaca
», concolor », Cembra
» Douglasii » excelsa
» grandis 5 insignis
», magnifica » deffreyi
,, Menziesii », Laricio
», nobilis » monticola
» Nordmanniana »» ponderosa
Araucaria imbricata Taxodium sempervirens
Cedrus atlantica Thuya gigantea
», Deodara Thuyopsis borealis
Cupressus Lawsoniana Wellingtonia gigantea.
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 cther species and varieties are mentioned,
and the details concerning them appear in the Tables. The
II
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trees that have been most frequently added are: Abies cepha-
lonica, A. Morinda (or A. Smutiiana), A. orientalis, A. Patton-
dana (or A. Hookeriana), A. Pinsapo, A. Webbiana ; Cryptomeria
japomca, Cupressus macrocarpa, and Libocedrus decurrens.
These two lists furnish a good index to the most popular and
useful species of introduced coniferous trees; but, of course, they
do not apply to the numerous varieties of coniferous shrubs and
small trees, many of which are very beautiful and highly popular.
The statistical Tables for England, Scotland, and Ireland are
arranged in separate lists for the respective countries, the counties
and places being given in the usual alphabetical order. In a
Table at the end a list is given of every species and variety
mentioned in the returns, with the names of the place and
county where the largest specimen is growing, the greatest
height and girth of stem at five feet up, and the number of
times it is recorded in the returns.
ENGLAND.
I.—STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN ENGLAND.
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE.
DROPMORE. LADY FORTESCUE.
Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. CHARLES HERRIN, The Gardens, Dropmore, Maidenhead.
—
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Re o= 3
Botanical Name Age.| .2 |Girth at og g Remarks
py | 5 ft. up = S be
am eo
Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 61 |120 |1) O | 64 |Sheltd.| Healthy and vigorous.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 61 | 683) 8 O | 38 <3 Vigorous; grand.
PANUS AMSIOTIS |esoneiectecee 52 | 90 |11 0} — a 3 3
” 99 (i eee acce 52 79 12 0 Te 2” 9 9
GENERAL REMARKS.—The large Douglas Fir has lost several branches by
heavy snowstorms breaking them down in recent years; but it is in perfect
health and full of vigour, and it has made unusually strong growths this
season. The leader, however, being now too high to derive shelter from the other
trees, suffers considerably from the wind, and is not ina very flourishing condition.
The large Araucaria is in grand health, with the branches sweeping the ground.
The examples of Pinus insignis are very fine trees, in vigorous health.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 483
CAMBRIDGESHIRE.
PAMPISFORD HALL,
Altitude, 120 feet.
Colonel HAMOND.
Soil, loam; subsoil, chalk.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES MoRuEy, Westfield, Little Shelford.
Botanical Name
\bies Albertiana..........
Meraliawilis) ....5...2-0
», cephalonica ......
PENEGTCOLOM) cccesccenes-
Pe DORGIASII.. 2. conc.
=) PERAOGIES = pecnsbo8nonc
PE eINaeMINCA, .....++6.
5, Menziesii............
Pe VOUT cee. .cees cies
» Nordmanniana ...
POTIUMMICICH Ts. .06 6.5
IZMOREIOO) — poopeaooods
\raucaria imbricata ...
Yedrus atlantica .........
. Deodara .........
Yupressus Lawsoniana
uibocedrus decurrens ...
inus austriaca .........
me banksiana,.........
Per calabrica 7. .3.....:
Pe CONIA) venccs cesses
PCS CCISA) civesscssn.e
EITISIONIS V0. .ccec+. s
Pe OCTICY] cccecscvesss
PP ATICION Jo+.s00cks
PEE IMACTOCArpA ......
Pee MONtICOla ......../:
Pe PONCETOSA «..:..::.
SabiMiamar nee. c.cs
faxodium sempervirens
9, variegata
Thuya gigantea... ......
Thuyopsis borealis sootob
»» variegata
Wellingtonia gigantea
Diameter of
Branches
a
REDE HONDEHENTNHOWHOHPRNHENAHPOHNEHHENNNROH GT
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Remarks
Healthy ; fine.
99
Gets slightly browned.
Vigorous; fine.
Fast grower.
Very beautiful.
Splendid.
Grows slowly.
Slightly browned.
Much affected by frost.
Healthy ; vigorous.
Splendid ; upright.
Healthy ; vigorous.
Very hardy.
Most beautiful.
Healthy; slow grower.
Occasionally frosted.
Vigorous.
Free growing.
Robust; cones freely.
Fast growing; beautfful.
Robust and healthy.
Often injured by frost.
Very beautiful.
Vigorous; free.
Very handsome.
Beautiful.
Most beautiful,
Ir?
484 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
CARMARTHENSHIRE.
GOLDEN GROVE. VISCOUNT EMLYN.
Altitude, 100 to 300 feet. Soil, heavy loam and peaty; subsoil, Silurian formation.
Correspondent: Mr. JOHN HILL, The Gardens, Golden Grove, Llandilo.
Om oO
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Botanical Name Age "Bp Girth at) oe 3 Remarks
es 5 ft. up cS tA
an RR
Years] Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 22 | 52|6 5 | 27 | N.W.| Beautiful spec.; branches
sweeping the ground.
ey (CONGCOLOL esate eens a2 ON) OOM moma Owe Lom saye Very well sheltered; hand-
some specimen. |
ED OULAASH eg oacec ssc 22/362 ly Os oe ” Branches sweeping grd.;
beautiful specimen.
MCTANGIS 5 creer sacle 22) Ne609| ha Saleog 5p 3 ee
> Hookeriana....%.... 22|}15|1 6]16| KH. | Wellsheltered ; very orna-
mental.
59 MEET ZIESU y sete 22 | 45/6 2 | 23 | W. | Fine specimen; branches
sweeping the ground.
SS MENLOTING aw ecteeecene JOA AOM Doe eco He Very handsome _ tree;
branches drooping to gd.
Hh ab AYO) 8) IIe hnacoubaabee DI LE WG GE ORL Pos INT A grafted tree; well-
branched to ground.
3 Nordmanmana....1\) 22 uluope son Oma ve Handsome; and branches
sweeping ground.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 18 | 32 | 2 4 | 15 |Sheltd.) Beautiful; fast-growing
tree in perfect shelter.
Athrotaxis Doniana ... | 20 | 10 — — Very ornamental; perfect
shelter.
3 imbricata .. | 20) |-1/0 — —_ “5 Ss PF
Cedrus atlantica......... 22|40|5 0} 24 4; Beautiful spec.; branches
sweeping ground.
sy ee Weodatacccems 2238 i We nO Soul NENNE A 0
Cryptomeria elegans ... | 20 | 20] 1 412] N. | Very ornamental. |
japonica. We 1730 | .6) 3 ja24 i Beautiful tree; accident-
ally lost its leader.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 22 | 31 Very fine specimen.
18) ”
Pinus austriaca ......... 18 | 30 | 2 7 | 18 |Sheltd.| Growing freely.
a) IC OmDLay ce ecessosees DRO lites meter Lael) INI se s
SICXCOl Sana eemneeeaneer 38 | 15 | 2 O| 10 | Fully | Makes little progress ; too
exp’d. exposed.
SA INSIVNIS 4 epicvscetnees 22 | 35 | 7 O| 31} N.W.| Has been frosted, but now
in vigorous health.
js MMUATICIOS Wine te cewciee 18 | 835 | 6 5 | 26| W. | Vigorous and healthy.
iamonticola, seq. 22} 36]4 51]16] N. | Vigorous; slight shelter.
30 Mn gho). dss. ..cee ses 18 | 20] 1 3] 15 |Sheltd.) Vigorous and healthy.
SS DONGELOSacee-. spe 18 | 30 | 1 4 | 12 | Fully 3 @:
Sheltd.
Sciadopitys verticillata|18| 6|0 8j| 4 ie Very interesting and neat. |
Taxodium sempervirens | 22 |} 48; 5 0| 18] N. | Leadersometimes frosted. |
Thuya gigantea ......... 22)| 50) | 5; 9 ielg 1 Moved to presentsite when |
30ft. high; mst.vig. grwr. |
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 221) 30 | 3 A hardy and most vig. tree.
Ot >
—
bo
30 | N.W. Slight shelter on west;)
Wellingtonia gigantea | 22 | 53 |10
vig.; very handsome.
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 485
GENERAL REMARKS.—AII the Conifers named in the above list are growing
here in vigorous health (except Pinus excelsa, which is exposed to every wind that
blows, and suffers in consequence), and finely feathered to the ground with
branches, the picture of luxuriant growth. Besides those in the list, many kinds
of beautiful ornamental Conifers have been planted, including numerous fine
varieties of Retinosporas, Junipers, Thuyas, Cypresses, and Yews, which all thrive
well in our humid climate, the average rainfall being nearly 60 inches in the
year, and the number of wet days 150, often more! As an instance of the rapid
and vigorous growth made by some of our Conifers, it may be mentioned that a
tree ot Abies nobilis raised here from seed 22 years ago, is now 48 feet high;
6 feet 11 inches in girth at 5 feet up; with a spread of branches 26 feet in
diameter; growing in a heavy loam.
Lest the description of the soil given in the table may mislead (although
correct), it may be as well to state that in addition to the natural soil, a special
preparation was made for each individual tree, by taking off the surface loam
about ten inches deep and ten feet in diameter, and adding to it about one-
fourth of rich peat and a substance obtained from the garden furnaces. This
substance, before it is used for fuel, is made from about two-thirds of coal,
reduced very fine in the process of digging the anthracite coal, and one-third of
clay, properly mixed and dried for burning. Before mixing it with the loam and
peat, it is passed through a fine sieve, and then the whole is thoroughly mixed
and returned into the circular hole—having previously broken up the bottom,
composed of the upper strata of the Silurian rock—and the compost made very
solid by firm treading. In this mixture the Conifers make an excellent start, and
crow with great vigour; but doubtless they have now taken full possession of the
natural soil, and they are thriving with undiminished vigour.
CARNARVONSHIRE.
PENRHYN CASTLE. LORD PENRHYN.
Correspondent : Mr. WALTER SPEED, The Gardens, Penrhyn Castle, Bangor.
5 8
Botanical Name Age | Height BS s Remarks
A A
Years | Feet Feet
mies Cephalonica.............--+0. — 60 14 | Fine healthy tree.
PD OU CI ASIT co oicts ss viciisiee tne son sc i — 60 34 | Very fine specimen.
CL ATICUIS le cioicis sce enic.esisZees 40 70 15 op Ap
PRP NICTIZCSIIs., scectevctwoceccses — 72 14 ap Ss
PICO US casa cin ces ease occccss ass — 70 19 6 7
ae NOrdmanniana ..45.....3.. — 70 21 | Fine specimen.
PEEMOTACTIEANS. coc cveccesscs’vses 40 58 13 of 99
PME PEMTISADO! oc ccecccccsetescraves — 40 13 < 3
PR STMICVATIA 2.2. cicccn e+e 40 54 13 | Very fine specimen.
eraucaria imbricata............0. — 40 12 % 53
Wedrus atlantica .............+..0. — 52 16 | Good specimen.
PE DI COGRTA). 55. ccceasccteoseeee — 50 15 “ oF
Cupressus Lawsoniana............ _— 42 9 | Very good specimen.
RNS ATISETIACA ... 6.5. <scscersesenes — 40 14 | Good healthy specimen,
BEEEC@CTINDEA cc cscccsercccsscodecees — 35 di Sales .
PU TACI Ose a2ssc0 se isascececns 48 60 15 3 i
Taxodium sempervirens ......... — 72 35 | Very fine 5
Thuyopsis borealis .............+. — 35 12 Of ”
Wellingtonia gigantea............ 35 70 15 ” »
GENERAL REMARKS.—The particulars given in the table refer to some of the
best specimens of these Conifers grown at Penrbyn, where in general they are
very healthy and vigorous.
486 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
CORNWALL.
Boconnoc. Colonel FORTESCUE.
Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, loamy spar.
Correspondent : Mr. CHARLES LEE, The Gardens, Boconnoc, Lostwithiel.
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3 Beg
Botanical Name Age = Girth at g g 3 Remarks
ty |5ftup| a8] fF
aa)
Years} Feet| Ft. In. | Feet
Abies bracteata ........ . | 80 | 49 6 | — |Partly| Verystraight and slender;
Sheltd.| keeps its col. well; fine.
5» cephalonica ...... 35 | 73 | 9 6] — | N.E. | Very fine spec.; thriving.
ot DIENZICSIL (si. tacsicac 48 | 85 }12 0} 42 a Handsome when young.
», Nordmanniana... | 30 | 48 | 4 0] 14 ss Compact; very handsome.
Cedrus Deodara ........ . | 88 | 50 | 6 1 | -— |Sheltd.| Gen. not thriving well.
Cryptomeria Lobbii ... | 30 | 6417 0 | — 5 Very handsome; fine spec.
Pinus austriaca ......... 44165|7 0O0| — 0 Requires shelt.in this local,
ja PADUA THIS) oo deocboncn 48 | 68 {13 O |} — a Vig.; not symmetrical.
Msg MUATICIO a sca casein: ADA 7) | & B= a Vig.; rough ; gd.timb.tree.
Taxodium sempervirens | 40 | 75 |13 0 | — 5p Makes fine spec. in sheltr.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 30 | 36 | 4 6 | 24 | Open.| Handsome ; stands expos.
45 dolabrata ... | 30 | 25|2 0/117] &. Of free hardy growth;
distinct and beautiful.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Conifers mentioned above are doing well here;
and such tender species as Abies bracteata and Pinus insignis grow with great
vigour. Taxodium sempervirens grows vigorously in sheltered places, and forms a
very fine tree. Cryptomeria Lobbii, and Thuyopsis borealis and T. dolabrata are
also very graceful and distinct Conifers and grow here with great freedom.
SCORRIER. Mrs. G. WILLIAMS.
Altitude, 80 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, rocky.
Correspondent : Mr. HENRY Hurcuison, The Gardens, Scorrier House, Scorrier.
2 ee =
Botanical Name Age| © |Girth at] @ o Remarks
iy |Oft. up| Be) Fe
aA} A
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana..... ... 40 | 40] 4 6] 32] S.E. | Veryhealthyand thriving. —
Pee OlUbIS “Ga Baseonace |) — || 225 || 2 OO = 10e Not much planted here.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 40 | 42 |} 6 38 | 45 S. | Fine specimen.
Cedrus atlantica ......... — | 36/6 0O| 43 ” »
5 Deodaraiws css — | 36|5 6] 33 E “ >
Cryptomeria japonica... | — | 40 | 5 6 | 32] W. | Thriving; fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | — | 45 | — | 14 | N.E. 5 55
Pinus austriaca ......... — | 40] 4 6] 20] W. | Good specimen.
syn WMERCOLSAe cone. ececs 30 | 34 | 3 O| 26 N. s ”
Ao) ELST OAS teeeeeeee ee 40 | 60 |10 0 | 48] S.E. | Branched to the ground;
a handsome tree.
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 46 | 7 6] 24] ,, Requires sheltr.from wind.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... — | 26} — | 12 x Fine bushes; gracefl. habit.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 35 | 52/9 0O| 23 35 Not to be recommended.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. - 487
GENERAL REMARKS.—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. Webbiana are good in shelter; and so are Cryptomeria japonica
and Taxodiwm sempervirens.
MENABILLY. J. RASHLEIGH, Esq.
Correspondent : Mr. W. BENNETT, The Gardens, Menabilly, Fowey.
GENERAL REMARKS.—I have sent two branches of Mexican Pines: one is
labelled ‘‘ Pinus oocarpa or Russelliana,” as Mr. Rashleigh is not quite sure which
it is, but it was sent hither under the name of Ruwsselliana; the other is Pinus
Montezume.
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 off.
P, Moniezume 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 Pinus Montezume 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 parviflora, 8 feet high, has been planted here about four years, and has
borne cones the last three seasons ; it is looking well.
Picea Pindrow, 25 feet high, covering 50 feet area, bore cones last season.
Abies ajanensis, 25 feet high, covering an area of 44 feet.
Picea grandis, 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 24feet 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. Rashleigh, Esq., in the year 1843, is now 61 feet
high and 10 feet 6 inches in girth at 3 feet from the ground.
Pinus insignis, sent hither and planted by J. Rashleigh, Esq., in 1846, is 61 feet
high, and 114 feet in girth at 3 feet from the ground.
The Pines we find grow fastest here are Pinus insignis and P. muricata;
and the two fastest-growing Firs are Picea or Abies grandis and A. Douglasiz.
Athrotaxus 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.
488 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
CARCLEW. Colonel TREMAYNE.
Correspondent: Mr. J. StmMons, Carclew, Perranarworthal.
Botanical Name Height ees seas Sree ce
| Feet Ft. In. Feet
Abies Albertiana, \\.....-.tsesceaccuseruser 68 5 5 36
RCE Pal OMIGA sascesecebeaeeemeens 59 6 0 40
bs MIDOUCIASIS. Gone cesiecwrasetoseete es 84 an 55
Se Ap STAs « oisis,c sansa cleats cee ae 45 2 8 —
ae HGCA ZIESII scaecac saseosee here teens 75 6 0 38
so) Moning ay et oh se eke c ence cee s 80 7 7 32
see NOLGmanniana: 5. <r sascecene cee 50 3 9 | 26
5p OO LEGA, neta's spicspntemonictesiemin cemeieeteilaers 13 — —
Cedrus Deod ara wis sio% sox ssesincvaceeres er 65 4 0 45
Crypbomeriagapomica, un qc.nae see 55 6 0 24.
Cupressus Lambertiana ............... 82 10 {fete 60
‘3 MACTOCALPAy ty -es cnet 56 4 0 —
Barix.Kaom pilertgge: sos ssececs cnsectneete 30 3 7 30
PINTS WNSIOTMIS Kb nrc sermiac seams neniess 80 10 0 45
ee aa O ALU La incrctca sient eee saine 45 6 8) 5O
Retinospora obtusa ...........ssceeeeees 23 2 7 —
Salisburia adiantifolia ..............200 48 3 8 -—
Laxoudiumydistictmmece.. soseeesates: 41 3 9 —
- SSCMPELVITEMS) seenseseee eee | 69 10 2 38
Thuy opsis dolabratay ics esses es 14 — —
‘i 5 variegata......... 17 a =
DEVONSHIRE.
Bicton. The Hon. MARK ROLLE.
Correspondent : The Hon. MARK ROLLE, Bicton.
Botanical Name Height re General Remarks
Feet Inches
Abies Menziesil..c.ssscseo. 11 13 The Araucaria avenue, planted
3 wWouwedlasii....<..cscsweess 11 4% in 1842-3, contains 50 trees; the
aoe lOnind aus cascenesecces ) 3 largest of these, at 4 ft. from the
Cedrus Deodara —.s......... 10 3 ground, girths 7 ft.5in. These
Cupressus macrocarpa...... 10 10 ‘trees vary much in form of
Picea cephalonica............ 13 4+ growth, some feathering to the
sound MODIS. seb ecuce cesses cf Je ground, while others have bare
Ss \Viebolanaase:.cseeca: 7 2 stems 18 to 20 ft.up. One spe-
PINUS PNSIOMIS Secs. -eeemaree 15 13 cimen bears cones as well as
Taxodium sempervirens ... 12 (es male catkins.
POWDERHAM CASTLE. EARL OF DEVON.
Correspondent : Mr. D. C. POWELL, The Gardens, Powderham, Exeter.
GENERAL REMARKS.—I forward specimens bearing cones of the following
Conifers: Abies Douglasii, planted 1847; 106 feet high; girth of trunk at 3 feet
from ground, 9 feet. Picea cephalonica, 77 feet; girth,11 feet 2 inches. Picea
Fraseri, 72 feet; girth, 9feet 7 inches. Cedrus Deodara, Cephalotaxus drupacea,
Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus Goveniana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Picea Nord-
manniana, Pinus excelsa, Thuyopsis dolabrata, Wellingtonia gigantea. The cones
of Picea nobilis have been destroyed by squirrels.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 489
DERBYSHIRE.
; BRETBY PARK. EARL OF CARNARVON.
_ Altitude, 250 to 360 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, gravel and clay.
Correspondent : Mr. THomMAS Dow, Forester, Bretby Estates, Burton-on-Trent.
Om )
Botanical Name Age = ae ae 3 Remarks
z 25| &
Years] Feet | Ft. In.| Feet
PIES MODIS 22005206000, 31 | 42 | 2 10 | 21 \Sheltd.) Fine healthy specimen.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 40 | 30 | 2 10 | 17 S. | A fine thriving tree.
Cedrus atlantica ......... Seen G0r lO 4: OF bill Hp One of about 20; alt
thriving well.
es DCOMATA es cteces- 31 | 26; 2 5 | 10/} S.W. | Nota healthy specimen.
ep MGM DAMT: csccaasnescc 25) 825 |L6 2) | 85 5. Very healthy; planted
| in 1676.
Pinus austriaca............ 45 | 52 ;7 O | 33 | W. | Fine spec.; nearthe Hall.
PRM ATUCIO. 2c niise cess TS Gn eG 6 Sheltd.) A fine promising Conifer.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 31 | 40 | 5 2 | 17 S. | Fine healthy specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The most notable tree in the above list is the grand old
Cedar of Lebanon, which is believed to be the oldest Cedar now growing in
England, having been planted at Bretby in 1676. It stands on a south sloping
spot, about 360 feet above sea-level, and is still healthy and vigorous, although
a branch dies off occasionally. The soil is a deep black loam of good quality,
resting on sandy clay, which seems to suit the wants of the Cedar admirably. The
height of the stem to the first branch is 11 feet, with an almost uniform girth of
16 feet 2 inches. It then swells out and divides at 15 feet up into three main
stems, the middle one rising straight from the lower bole, and the other two
shooting up alongside of it nearly perpendicular.
GLOUCESTERSHIRE.
TORTWORTH. EARL DUCIE.
Correspondent : Mr. THOMAS SHINGLES, The Gardens, Tortworth, Falfield.
Altitude, 240 feet. Soil, sandy; subsoil, old red sandstone.
: ne| 8
; ‘a (Girth at| 23 a
Botanical Name Age 3 Cee : z 5. Remarks
5 fQ &
Years} Feet| Ft.In.| Feet
Abies bracteata ......... 37 | 43 | 4 9 | 30 | N.W.| One of the first sent out.
PE NODUIS “625i. c0cce. Soule Seng. 6 sls N.E
Araucaria imbricata ... | 49 | 50|6 5 | 36] W.
iarix Keempteri ........ Soa leZo ul Ze Ober ING
Prumnopitys elegans... | 25 |17| — |17/S.E
Taxodium sempervirens |} 36 | 73 | 8 9 | 34 S. | In a shady place.
Torreya myristica ...... 30 | 21 | 2 10 | 23 | Open
Wellingtonia gigantea. | 35 | 67 |10 O | 29 | Open
490 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, .
HUNTINGDONSHIRE.
ORTON LONGUEVILLE. MARQUIS OF HUNTLY.
Altitude, 54 feet. Soil, fertile loam; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent: Mr. A. HARDING, The Gardens, Orton Hall, Peterborough.’
Botanical Name Height Remarks
Feet
AISIESTCONCOMOUFamanssaenesssssess 60 | One of our handsomest trees.
op LDOUIRIBISI, aagnackoadoccanbos 65 | Does well in damp places.
sy BEACONS pa dcacoomonoooannDo66 65 | Fast grower; fine tree.
Sy UOBYAIGNEKCE) GodonaaaadenqdsIGs 20 | Distinct and beautiful.
sp LORIN Ga senccsescns- cece 58 | Fine graceful tree.
PTO DIN Giese antes tdeoessouaecn 43 Does not thrive well.
a Nordmanmnianay sect-sscc 58 | One of the best.
INSECURE Saoccnooceocoon0Kd 85 | Wine specimens.
Araucaria imbricata ............ 36 | Does not thrive well.
Cedrus atlambicayecccasnesseneesees 60 | Very handsome tree; cones freely.
se ID COMAT AN ntacoceesseostee 46 Handsome tree; with fine stem.
Cupressus Lawsoniana ......... 42 | Good specimens.
Libocedrus decurrens............ 50 | Very fine upright tree.
PinUsiaustiiacayg -ojeccucessess. se: 45 | Good specimens.
spin C CMM ON aes weriscscaceseecee 62 | Two fine specimens.
A. OeGENS5 Gaonsocos00asqq000000 69 | A fine upright specimen.
Ay SOIGMIBRS Ab ScosoaeasanacnocdoGGO 46 | Growing freely.
sj AT ClO mee sccneeenecemenes 60 a 55
oy NOFNHKOOMEY “ssonsccsnedo000000 58 | Fine ornamental tree.
SED ONGCROS dace teense 63 - 3
Salisburia adiantifolia ......... 35 | An attractive tree.
Taxodium sempervirens......... | 68 | Very fine; stem girths 15 ft. at 1 ft. up.
Thwyarceaeanvea ae esseneseesee: 55 One of the best; very handsome.
Thuyopsis borealis seesccsesesesce 40 Grows well; beautiful tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea ..,...... 70 | Very fine; handsome tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Conifers named in the list are all well grown
specimens, with good stems well furnished with branches. The collection here
contains many other species of coniferous trees and bushes, most of which are
doing well in our fertile soil. We have in all about 300 trees of Wellingtonia,
ranging from 45 to 70 feet high; and the fine avenue of them here is considered
one of the best in Britain, many of the trees being perfect specimens.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 491
KENT.
LINTON PARK. F.S. W. CORNWALLIS, Esq.
Altitude, 300 feet. Soil, stiff loam ; subsoil, Kentish rag.
Correspondent : Mr. JOHN; MCKENZIE, The Gardens, Linton Park, Maidstone.
on r>)
Solas Sa] 3
Botanical Name. Age S cae E : 5 Remarks
AA A
Years! Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 30 | 68 | 4 3 | 32 |Sheltd.| Very ornamental.
3 cephalonica ...... 45 |70|9 4) 65 S. | Agrand specimen; full of
cones,
EMECONCOIOL ce. ss c0cs0. S0NEGE 8 7 1232 HS A grand tree.
POMETO DUIS) Senin acces. « 45 | 72 | 6 4 | 85 Sheltd.| Quite a picture.
55 IRILINSBFOO osoanoendaKe 40 | 60/6 6] 42 5 Fine ornamental tree.
Smithiana......... A leds | Sh. O47, a Very hardy and graceful.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 45 | 47 | 4 9 | — = Lost branches to 10 ft. up.
Cedrus Deodara ......... 50 | 60/9 61 52 55 A feature in the grounds.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 30 | 47 |4 65 | 17 99 A dense green column.
ay macrocarpa 37 | 61 | 8 O |} 48 5 Always in good condition.
Pinus austriaca ......... 50.) 7418 0 | 56 5 Bare stem to 14 ft. up.
PC eIMmbTa, je secees 30 | 68 | 5 O | 12 3 Very uniform trees.
Pe RCXCCISA) sicnecccecine 48 | 60/8 O|} 70 Fy Splendid tree.
PP MUMIST OMNIS 3.0/0 0/5!0 12:61 45 | 62 10 0} 52 a Suffered badly from the
severities of last winter.
se MACLOCAT PA, ...0<. 25 | 44/4 6) 24 8. Very fine tree.
ponderosa ......... 36 | 63 | 9 2 | — zy Bare stem to 20 ft. up.
Taxodium sempervirens | 47 | 60 |11 0) 48 S Lost 3 ft. of top last winter.
Thuya gigantea ......... 30 | 65 | 6 O| 19 |Sheltd.| In perfection.
Wellingtonia gigantea 30 | 72 |10 6 | 33 x Very symmetrical.
GENERAL REMARKS.— Every care has been exercised to have the dimensions
of the above specimens of Conifers taken as accurately as possible, so that the
figures may be relied upon. All the trees are grown on a southern slope, well
sheltered, but generally open to the south. The soil is a strong heavy loam,
resting on the Kentish rag, which forms a thorough natural drainage.
The last severe winter, when we had two feet of snow in Kent, with the
thermometer down about zero, severely tested the hardiness and suitability, or
otherwise, of the various kinds of Conifers, and those which have survived it
may be considered tolerably hardy in ordinary seasons. Here, Pinus insignis
suffered severely in all its stages; the oldest trees having huge branches torn off
and twisted about in the most.curious way by the weight of snow and the force of
the gale, while the younger trees looked as if they had been severely singed all over,
their foliage was so browned. They have mostly made a fair effort to grow during
the past summer, but I am afraid few, if any, of them will ever wholly recover.
Fine specimens of Abies Webbiana have had their tops killed for several feet down ;
and the tops of Taxodiwm sempervirens have been killed back 2 to 3 feet. The
Weymouth Pine has also suffered severely, and the foliage appears as if scorched.
Cryptomeria elegans is very apt to lose its branches by the weight of snow lodging
upon them, and our finest specimen was snapped clean off in the middle during a
heavy snowfall. We saved many fine specimens by going round with long poles
and shaking off the snow before it accumulated to a great weight upon them; but
the snow at times is like a thief in the night—it comes without warning! Pinus
excelsa, with its widespreading head, got much broken by the weight of snow ;
and P. ponderosa loses a limb or two with almost every snowstorm. The erect-
growing Biotas, Junipers, and Thuyas are very liable to damage from a snowstorm,
492 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
as the weight of snow lodging among the branches bends them over, and eventually
splits them off. All the following came through last winter without the loss of
a twig from snow, frost, or wind:—A dies Albertiana, A. canadensis, A. cephalonica,
A. lasiocarpa, A. Nordmanniana, A. orientalis, A. Pinsapo, A. Smithiana,
Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus Lansoniana, C. macrocarpa, C. nutkaensis,
Pinus Cembra, Retinospora pisifera and all others, Thuya gigantea, and Thuyopsis
dolabrata. Wellingtonia gigantea never loses a branch from severe weather, but
it sometimes loses its young sappy leading shoot if a gale occurs while it is
growing. It does not appear to be a tree that will last many years ina well
furnished condition. They are growing here as anavenue, as groups, and as single
specimens, and all of them are showing a tendency to lose their lower branches.
Iam afraid our soil is not deep enough nor our hills high enough, and our
rainfall is not great enough, to suit the Wellingtonia and grow it in perfection to
maturity.
LINCOLNSHIRE.
REVESBY ABBEY. Right Hon. EDWARD STANHOPE.
Altitude, 130 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, chalk and red sand.
Correspondent: Mr. JAMES ALEXANDER, The Gardens, Revesby Abbey, Boston.
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Botanical Name Age Ee rea EE g Remarks
3
a ae ic)
Years) Feet ; Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 30. | 28 | 2 2) 18 | S.H. | Healthy ; nice tree.
9) cephalonica ean. 43 |} 45) 6 3 | 33 As A fine specimen.
a DW Ouclasii: a. eee. 43 | 62 | 7 1 | 30 e Healthy ; very dark green.
Apia PARTON) “oslsopndoodas 43 |70]6 6] 32 if Vigorous and very healthy.
35) Ma guiliCa mesae se 36 | 40} 5 OF; 15 33 Beautiful specimen.
spc POTS Meee 40 | 46|}3 4); 18 5a Doing fairly well.
» Nordmanniana ... | 40 | 50/4 O 1} 380 =i Hy 3
sei SA DORM cae te | 43 | 49 | 6 6} 25 si Healthy and thriving.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 40 | 40 | 4 2 | 25 a Fine spec. ; bearing cones.
Cedrus atlantica......... 43 | 5216 0 /|-25 f Healthy and thriving.
5 Deodaraw-ns.ssee 43 |50|6 6 | 380 4 oF a
‘ave JOOP BAD Gc cosoosnouS 43 | 45/9 6 | 83 As Healthy, bearing cones.
Cryptomeria elegans ... | 30 | 20/110] 8 +3 Healthy and thriving.
as japonica... | 40 | 37 | 5 3 | 20 ae ss e
Cupressus Lawsoniana 307 25-\" 2) 1) s12 Ss 5 ¥
Libocedrus decurrens... | 40 | 86 | 4 O 9 es = 4
Pinus austriaca 4....2.e6. 40 | 45 | 7 3 36 = a a
Ay KO ano) Guoncobadeoe 40 |} 50/3 64 14 sd st =
Pa EXCelSaiis ).oc4k atic 40 | 44 | 6 6 | 30 “a ee 2
PTA STONIS soso sseaceer 40 | 52 | 6 38 | 20 k = me
spike VCTITNG VAT a. cosseccers 36 | 48 | 6 8 | 36 3 x “A
>», Lambertiana...... 43°|50/6 8 | 34 ss “s 5
Bah AGATE ClOsee ascceeksss 43 |50/4 0] 18 is a a
5 MOMLICOlamaeteste 43 |56|4 4] 18 43 3 a
sy PONderosay eaacee ee 431.48 | 4 2 | 12 s 5 *
SST ULODMS eae eesce see 48 |50|5 O}| 25 3 eS »
sae DAUTICa: Fans Sareea 43° | 455100 6an29 = Healthy, very branchy.
Taxodium distichum ... | 40 | 27 | 3 8 | 20 53 Healthy; pretty tree.
: sempervirens | 43 | 63 | 9 6 | 35 x Fine thriving specimen.
Thuya gigantea ......... 36 | 46/3 3 | 12 8 Useful tree for covers.
Thuyopsis borealis...... 36 | 40 | 2 6 | 20 = Beautiful tree; very hardy.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 34 | 65 | 8 8 | 18 : Fine healthy specimens.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 493
GENERAL REMARKS.—The finest of the above trees were mostly planted
between 1848 and 1851, and on the whole have thriven wellin the interval. Nearly
all hardy varieties of Conifers are grown in more or less numbers; Cypresses,
Thuias, and Junipers thriving well, and attaining a considerable height. Variegated
Cypresses, Retinosporas, and Yews grow well and assume rich colours, and the
dark-green erect variety of Lawson’s Cypress is very effective among them.
Thuyopsis dolabrata is another species that does remarkably well, and is much
admired.
NORTHUMBERLAND.
Howick HALL. EARL GREY.
Altitude, 80 to 130 feet. Soil, stiff loam; subsoil, clay.
Correspondent: Mr. DAVID INGLIs, The Gardens, Howick Hall, Lesbury.
On
pe: ga} #
Botanical Name Age a eee z 5 2 Remarks
= S ia %
Aes
fe Dales 2 eel
/Years! Feet Ft. In.) Feet
Abies Douglasii............ 45 |60|7 4] 51 S. | Thriving well; fine tree.
Pe MCTIZICS Loo ocx co5.- 00 53, 1.90 |-9) 0-1 60 » | Very fine specimen.
Pee Worinda: J, .5....-s. 45 | 56|6 2] 30 9 cs - n
PEE MONIIS =. 205-s00<0: eee cOn | SOR ee Ont? »» | Moderate growth.
» Nordmanniana ... | 25 | 45/4 0 | 18 » | Beautiful specimens.
JETIS8 TT) “cesdosesades 20) | 230882) Set 1b 9 Doing well; nice tree.
we wWebbiana...:...... 50 | 51 | 8 O} 36 » | Fine specimen.
Araucaria imbricata...... SDaleoO ie eae » | Beautiful ; bearing cones.
Cedrus Deodara ......4- 40 | 48 | 6 0} 30 »» | Fine specimen.
SEP AATIL, 02. 7cc00ese 70 | 51 |12 O | 63 | Open] Grand; girth at 2 ft. up.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 25 | 28 | 2 8 | 12 » | Fine specimen.
ba macrocarpa... | 35 | 48 | 5 4] 24 % ‘9 99
Pinus Cembra 2 ....2-.00<-. 40 | 45)9 O| 22 »» | Not very thriving,
PEP CHTCV Ic. ees scceus 35 AD aisoy e421 S. | Doing well.
»» ponderosa ......... 35 | 36) 4 21 18 3 iene
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 47 | 4 0] 20 » | Not thriving well.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 34 | 60; 9 0] 12 » | Fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Some of the finest specimens of the Conifers here are
growing within a quarter of a mile of the German Ocean, and about 80 feet above
it. Among others thriving well in such near proximity to the sea, and only
moderately sheltered, are Abies Douglasti, A. Menziesit, A. Nordmanniana, A.
Webbiana, Araucaria imbricata, Cedrus Deodara, Cupressus Lamnsoniana, and
C. macrocarpa. Farther inland, in the grounds and policies, there are many fine
healthy specimens, but few are beyond a mile from the sea, or over 130 feet
above it.
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PEMBROKESHIRE.
STACKPOLE CouRT. EARL OF CAWDOR.
Altitude, 60 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, limestone formation.
Correspondent : Mr. W. FISHER, The Gardens, Stackpole Court, Pembroke.
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: a Girth at 8 2 8
Botanical Name Age 3 | 5ft. up g = o Remarks
jen eu 4
5 oa aa
Years] Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 35 | 56 | 6 5 | 18 | S.W. | Thriving specimen.
» Nordmanniana... | 20 | 30} 2 11 | 14 5 p ‘5
Cupressus macrocarpa Adel osjalpese 2b | Us) 3 Free growing & healthy.
Pinus WNSip MIS —eeeeee cs 20 | 2514 2 | — 3 55 3
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 52|8 9 | — = see a
Wellingtonia gigantea BOM FOOT RS? Gm ele 5) A fine healthy tree.
SHROPSHIRE.
CHETWYND PARK. J.C. B. BOROUGH, Esq.
' Altitude, 360 to 550 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, gravel, and clay.
Correspondent : Mr. N. SHERWOOD, The Gardens, Chetwynd Park, Newport.
om ©
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: = ir 23 B
Botanical Name Age | wae : z, Remarks
Aa aa =
Years! Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 30 | 54 | 4 3 | 27 | Open| Succeeds well; best in
shelter.
Ae TKO OVUDIS) Goecdanosoa0des 36 | 32 | 4 O | 21 | N.E. | Not thriving too well.
» Nordmanniana... | 40 | 65 | 5 6 | 27 » Thriving splendidly.
Cedrus atlantica......... 30 | 45 | 4 6 | 24 | Open | Thriving well.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 34 | 36 | —— | 18 | N.E. | A grand specimen.
Pinus austriaca ......... 35 | 40 | —— | — | Open |} Fine for making cover.
sy MOXCOISAM Reet e se ecce 30° | 40 |. —— | 30 | S.W. | Thrives well.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 30 | 38 | —— | 22 | Open | Makes a grand specimen.
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Wellingtonia gigantea 34 | 65 Thriving ; fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—We have not a very large collection of Conifers, but
among the number are some that thrive remarkably well, and form very fine
specimens, particularly Abies Douglasiit, A. Nordmanniana, Cypresses, and the
Weilingtonia. Neither the Araucaria nor the Deodar, however, seems to thrive
well, the soil probably being too light for them. Pinus excelsa makes fine growth
for a while, but eventually loses its leader when it rises beyond the protection
of other trees, and then becomes squat and branchy. Most of the other free-
growing Conifers make handsome trees in sheltered places.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 495
CHESWARDINE. C. DONALDSON HUDSON, Esq.
Correspondent : Mr. WM. WEEKS, Cheswardine, Market Drayton.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The following Conifers are growing here at an altitude
yf 550 feet, mostly in loam that has been well trenched, resting on an open gravelly
ubsoil, through which water passes freely.
Abies concolor.— Does well in sandy loam, and keeps its colour in any open place.
A. Douglasti.—Succeeds well in trenched loam, on an open bottom, in any
-xposure; but the colour is much richer in sheltered places. We have cut down
rees of the Douglas Fir for cabinet work, and found the wood excellent for such
1 purpose. A fine specimen, thirty years old, is 50 ft. high, girths 4 ft. at five feet
1p, and its branches have a diameter of 27 ft., forming a very handsome tree.
A. grandis.—Grows fast in similar soil, but is best coloured when grown in the
pen.
r A. magnifica.—Grown in the same soil, in an open spot, forms a beautiful and
‘ich-coloured specimen.
A. Menziesii.—Thrives well, and retains a good colour, especially on a rough
xravelly subsoil.
A. nobilis.—Is quite a success; but it makes the best growth in an open clayey
loam, with a damp clay bottom.
A. Nordmanniana.—Grows most luxuriantly, and is a complete success, even in
exposed places ; and its bright, cheerful colour makes it very suitable for a memorial
specimen tree.
A. pungens.—Grows successfully in any good loam, with an open, clayey subsoil,
and forms a most beautiful specimen, retaining its rich glaucous hue all the year
round. It is the finest of all the spruces for producing a stately and picturesque
effect in dressed grounds.
Araucaria imbricata.—Thrives well in a deep sandy loam, on an open subsoil ;
but it does not do so well on a cold, clayey subsoil.
Cedrus atlantica.—Does fairly well on any soil, but assumes its best glaucous
blue tints when planted in a free loam on an open gravelly subsoil. A fine tree
growing here is thirty years old, 45 ft. high, 4 ft. 6in. in girth at five feet up, with
a, spread of branches 24 ft. in diameter; a very handsome specimen.
C. Deodara.— Does not thrive so well on the gravelly subsoil, and soon loses its
colour ; requiring evidently a strong soil to get it in its best condition.
Cupressus Lawsoniana.—Thrives remarkably well, and is not in the least parti-
cular as to either soil or subsoil, but is most vigorous on a moist but open clayey
subsoil. A grand specimen is 40 ft. in height at thirty years of age.
C. macrocarpa.—Thrives luxuriantly, and makes fine, clean growth, in a friable
loam, on a clayey subsoil, and has attained a height of 40 ft. in twenty years.
Pinus austriaca.—Grows vigorously on trenched ioam, on any kind of subsoil ;
but from its coarse growth and heavy top it is rather liable to be blown over in
exposed places; still it is one of the best kinds for quickly making a game covert.
It is 40 ft. high at twenty-five years old.
P. excelsa.—Thrives well and retains its colour best in strong loam, on a porous
clayey subsoil. A tree twenty-six years old is 40 ft. high, and the branches have
a spread of 30 ft. in diameter.
P. insignis.—Thrives tolerably well in a free loam, on gravel, and assumes a
better habit than when grown on a richer soil.
P. Lambertiana.—Succeeds well, grows fast, and makes a fine specimen.
Taxodium sempervirens.—Does fairly well, but requires a sheltered spot.
Thuyopsis borealis.—Makes strong, healthy growth, and forms a beautaful
specimen, standing the exposure well at this elevated spot, so that it is planted
everywhere. A fine specimen at thirty years of age is over 40 ft. high.
Wellingtonia gigantea.—Thrives best im sheltered places, in deep loam, on a
sandy subsoil, where it makes a fine clean growth, with foliage of a good colour.
On a thin soil and dry gravelly subsoil, or in places where it is exposed to the cold,
cutting winds, it soon begins to turn rusty, and the branchlets die off next the
stem. On deep soil and an open rocky bottom it thrives so remarkably well that
it is difficult to conceive it to be the same tree.
496 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
WARWICKSHIRE.
RAGLEY HALL. MARQUIS OF HERTFORD.
Altitude, 250 feet. Soil, marly loam; subsoil, rocky.
Correspondent: Mr. ALEXANDER D,. CHRISTIE, The Gardens, Ragley Hall, Alcester.
om 0)
: + |Girth at| 2'6 |
Botanical Name Age “eh 5 ft. up Og 3 Remarks
a | (24)
A
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii............ 16 | 32 | 2 6 | 20 |Sheltd.| Very healthy & thriving.
J) OOLOINS de ctoooscundbce Keys yb) | be! Zeit 39 Doing fairly well,healthy.
» Nordmanniana <.. | 1840245) 1 10.16 p Splendid specimens.
i LEUOSENTO cecossoonas LOWE Z oa eo malts 5p Very beautifulspecimens.
is a PHO eco | Sy Aa ks UO per 53 5 wi
he UAVIOLGC hilauere tiers hetcicies 17 | 24/1 10 | 16 - Handsome and vigorous.
Cedrus Deodara............ UST 2a a Oks Bs ki Bs
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 17 | 25 | 2 0 | 12 45 Many fine specimens
Thuya gigantea............ 18 | 386 | 2 6} 15 fe ws os
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 17 | 34 | 3 O| 14 se Very handsome; healthy.
GENERAL REMARKS.—These are all fine specimens, of about the same age, and
in the most vigorous health. On the strong marly loam here, we can show that
Abies Douglasii, A. Nordmanniana, A. Pinsapo, Cupressus Lansoniana, Thuya
gigantea, and Wellingtonia gigantea have really made much better trees than
Common Spruce, Larch, Scots Fir, Beech, and other hardwoods, all planted at the
same time and in the same way. Many other varieties of ornamental Conifers
have also been planted, and they are generally in a fine thriving condition.
WORCESTERSHIRE.
EARDISTON. GEORGE WALLACE, Esq.
Altitude, 100 to 200 feet. Soil, rich loam; subsoil, strong marl.
Correspondent : Mr. HENRY RITCHIE, The Gardens, Eardiston, Tenbury.
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Botanical Name Age| -2 |Girth at) oq S Remarks
Hj |5ft.up| 2s fe
a —Q sa
a Feet | Ft. In.| Feet
Abies nobilis .......0060+ 40 | 56 | 4 6) 20] W. | Doing well; vigorous. [years
» Nordmanniana 25 | 38 | 3 2) 22) ,, | Doeswell; butfailsat25o0r30
Araucaria imbricata... | 30 | 30 | 2 6| 14] ,, | Very good specimen.
Cedrus atlantica ...... 30: | 40 1 4° 6.20.) 5
» Deodara........ — |55!17 0O/| 36] ,, | Very fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 25 | 28 | 2 3 VOM ies " s
Libocedrus decurrens | 30|16|2 0] 6] ,, | Good specimen.
Pinus austriaca ........- 40 | 45 | 6 O | 30 |Open| Branchy tree; healthy.
5» INSIQNIS ....+000. 28 | 42-13 997) 39) |e, * 9) ate
Thuyopsis borealis ... | 30 | 33 | 2 6 | 20] W. | Beautiful specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 30 | 35 | 5 0 | 20] ,, | Good; but now going back.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 497
GENERAL REMARKS.—It may be mentioned that the Cedars, Cypresses, and
Thuyopsis borealis are the most thriving Conifers on the deep rich loam of the
Teme Valley. Most of the Firs and Pines seem to go back after their roots
penetrate to the stiff marly subsoil, although for a few years after they are
planted they grow vigorously. From the same cause good specimens of
Wellingtonia are showing signs of failing health.
HEWELL GRANGE. LORD WINDSOR.
Altitude, high and exposed. Soil, light loam; subsoil, rocky.
Correspondent : Mr. EDWARD WARD, The Gardens, Hewell Grange, Bromsgrove.
on fos)
2 lla ores |
Botanical Name Age & aes 3 3 3 Remarks
FB Sa| a
A
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies cephalonica......... 40 | 55 | 5 O | 30 | Fully) Fine specimen.
exps’d
PP OUCUASM sat ved oo aie BOO GO BB 9 HO | Feathered to the ground.
of. CARY OC UISNC RAE ana See 20' |-36) 2° 6 | 24 55 A very fine tree.
PP MAST CAS. 20.0060 200622260 210) 3,; 0 ”
15.) THOT paeke gee eeaanee 35 | 50/5 6 | 30 55 A good thriving specimen.
» Nordmanniana...... 30 |45)3 6) 40) ,, ” 9
” OFIEMUANIS 5256506 35 | 35 | 2 6 | 25 99 9 ”
Pee ITA OWe ai.) ei0%s sae 30 | 42 | 3 6 | 20 "9 A fine healthy tree.
Pe SMMAUMTATIA " s.c000 30 | 45/5 0} 25 56 Handsome specimen,
Webbiana............ 40/451} 4 0} 25/ ,, | Good specimen.
Peanearia THOM OVE CZH IF lgargee SO 254s On =30 x Me
Cedrus atlantica ......... 45 |55|5 6 40 3 Very fine trees.
i WNCOGATA. .ccues.0se. 40 | 55 | 7 61 40 sa i *,
Pe yi vave see 100 | 50 16 0] 80 of Fine old specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 25 | 35 | — | 18 59 Fine ; used for hedges.
BS 5 pendula | 28 | 40/2 0O/ 15 99 Beautiful var. ; does well.
macrocarpa... | 25 | 30/3 6 | — 60 Good specimen.
WATIX CULOPLA .....06..00s 75 | 80 11 O | 60 " Fine straight timber.
Libocedrus decurrens ... | 25 | 30 | — 9 ) Good specimen,
ipinus;Cembra <........06. MOF Lon iede (On| 225 55 i
PAPE XGOISAN Yackecee cess 60 | 50) 7 6 | 52 i; Wide-spreading tree.
PME INCI OM a vice: sidiclcloie cs vs COT ior iid. 26" | 20 3 Fine straight stem,
So allasiana ....6c.... 30 | 30 | 4 6 | 30 5 A good specimen.
Pye IASLC coc .siees vale 80 |} 68 {10 0 | 20 i A grand tree.
PP OMAN C Aree scccussccsecsc 50 | 30] 4 0O| 20 55 A good specimen.
PE PONGETOSAL.t.. 22.0. 30 | 35 | 3 0 | 20 5 9 99
2 DLTODUS soca sees sesso 40 |} 35 | 5 6 | 25 29 99 a9
SIVESETIS ceiecestscss 155) 90) 9" 6") 30 3 Fine clean straight stem.
Taxodium distichum
pendulum HOM PDO IG: OF 15 3 Beautiful tree.
‘sempervirens | 50 | 65/8 0O | 30 55 Fine specimen,
Thuya OPO ase tines ce ce 40 | 560 | 3 O |} 20 33 ie
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 35 | 50 | 7 6 | 20 99 53
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Conifers above noted are growing in fully exposed
positions on the highest table-land in the Midlands. ‘The soil is a light sandy
loam, resting on limestone rock, on which most Conifers do well. The grand old
tree of Pinus Pinaster grows on an island in a Jake of thirty-two acres, and is
fully exposed.
KK
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YORKSHIRE.
MULGRAVE CASTLE. MARQUIS OF NORMANBY.
Altitude, 50 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, clay.
Correspondent: Mr. J. CORBETT, The Gardens, Mulgrave Castle, Whitby.
2 Girth at 23 5
Botanical Name Age | 2» aL i & E 3 Remarks
aa) An bd
iS) A
Years) F eet] Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasil.......0.... 60 | 66 | 7 10 | 54 |Sheltd.| Beautiful specimen,
Araucaria imbricata...... SOF STAs tb ale82 5 oa _
Cedrus atlantica ......... == | GONlonlOn| 285s, Thrives well; very fine.
a DD COCATA s rycmace 56 | 45 | 5 6 | 27 5 ss “3
Pinusi Cem bray ga.tmisceceate 63.) 40) | 0274. 22525 on 3
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 25 | 40| 410] 15] ,, Vigorous ; fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The above trees are all in vigorous health. The
Douglas Fir is a splendid specimen, growing as it does so near to the East Coast.
The Araucaria is said to be one of the first planted in England and coeval with
the oldest specimen at Kew.
STUDLEY ROYAL. MARQUIS OF RIPON.
Altitude, 280 to 320 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, limestone.
Correspondent: Mr. JOHN CLARK, The Gardens, Studley Royal, Ripon.
go] &
Botanical Name Age EI BAe E o Remarks
a Sa)
Qa |
Years} Feet | Ft. In, | Feet
Abies canadensis ......... Agd.| 60 |10 0 | 66 |Sheltd.| Very fine specimen.
peucephalomicar sas. 4. COR Oonlso Sal S *
Pe aCOMC OlOT At E ec stte-a- 30 | 40;3 0;—]| S. Fine specimen.
Re MIE COIS Ala ase conereniace Agd.J132 |12 6 | — |Sheltd.| Very fine specimen.
Bo IMETOWALESINL 5 Ohopeonnor —= || 2 |) 4 MO sh Not a good specimen.
ss eNOS ey Pee easeee — | 12 — a ie Thriving young tree.
» Nordmanniana ... | 30} 40/2 9j|—J] &. Fair specimen.
IPANSADOF eee eeee ee 30 | 35 | 3 0} — = Fe 33
Araucaria imbricata...... Ol 2 0 - af 3
Cedrus Deodara............ OO IP TO tO Get Very fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 30 | 40} — |— | ,, Hardy and free growing.
Juniperus Virginiana ... Agd.| 70 | 6 0 | — |Sheltd.| Very fine specimen.
IPRIMUS AUS ERIACA mn eaeeecerne 9 LO MINOMe Oni. |ae Large, but not choice,
ag @eMMbKAa, Uri eccseheles 60 |} 60|4 O0}—|] ,, Good specimen.
= OXCelSae vente as 60 | 70} 6 0} — 2 Fine specimen.
Re MG ATA CIOs acyeseat cess 60 | 70 | 5 O | — |Sheltd.| Fair specimen.
FH OINCKEHRORER Gagoasbec 30 | 80 | 3-6.) — Ss. - a
SVIVESCUISeemcecceees Agd.| 90 {11 3 | — |Sheltd.| Very fine specimen.
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 30} — |— | S8S Not a good specimen.
Thuya gigantea............ 30} 42|/2 6/—| ,, Nice specimen.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 30 | 30} — |—! ,, : =
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 28 | 72/8 0/| 15] ,, A perfect specimen.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 499
GENERAL REMARKS.—Of the above-mentioned Conifers, Abies canadensis, A.
excelsa, Juniperus virginiana, and Pinus sylvestris, all very fine specimens of
their kind, are growing in the public pleasure grounds at Studley Royal. All the
others grow in the private pleasure grounds, and most of them are good specimens
in vigorous health.
SCOTLAND.
II.—STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN SCOTLAND.
ABERDEENSHIRE.
BALMORAL. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN.
Altitude, 900 to 950 feet. Soil, varied, from sandy loam to moorish;
subsoil, gravelly with boulders.
Correspondent: Mr. JOHN MICHIE, Forester, Danzig, Ballater.
col 8
Botanical Name Age oy ae 32 2 Remarks
A
Years Feet| Ft. In,| Feet Planted by H.R.H. Prin-
Abies Albertiana......... 2OP eS 17206) |e, N. cess Beatrice in 1863.
One of the best Firs.
PCONCOLOL ) 2.0.72... Ze |FSle i) a = On elias a Very healthy and vigorous.
Pe DONS aa.c.035. 25 |47|4 3 | 36 | W. | Most satisfactory.
Pe MeOLATI CIS: i ejesis 0 cinco NOP EZOs |e el” 14 Very vigorous.
Pe AMASMINICA, 22... +6- GH POR oe LO 3 Fine ornamental tree.
Ee HOWMMS!: .e..56-000 3 ZO FAO eS spoon le be a re
RinusiCenvra) .5.)0.0caes' 42 | 42) 4 11 20 Me Ove of the hardiest & best,
PSC TIT EAA 32 Sais's\! Beis 0 PA ea al Gea os Hardy and ornamental.
PeeTMOME COLA, 55 ..0<.5- 2pm Zot lek LO 9 oa Fine hardy Pine.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 25 | 29 | 4 1 | 15 », | Often browned in winter.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Among the newer Coniferze which have been tried at this
high altitude, three species have proved themselves to be decidedly hardier than
any of the others, and have successfully withstood the severest winter, spring, and
even summer frosts which prevailin this district. These are Abies Douglasii,
Pinus Cembra, and Thuyopsis borealis, all of which take kindly to the soil and
climate, and seem to thrive anywhere here. Abies Albertiana is not far behind
them, although it does not stand exposure to wind so well, and sometimes gets
slightly frosted, owing to the tender young shoots beginning to expand before
the season of early summer frosts are past. Abies concolor, A. grandis, A. magnifica,
and A. nobilis all grow vigorously, but occasionally suffer from frostbite in spring.
A. Menziesii does not thrive on the poor thin soil; and A. Nordmanniana, as a
rule, becomes unhealthy and infested with insects after a time. The severity of
the winter proves fatal to Araucaria imbricata; and from the same cause none
of the Cedars can make any headway, but, after struggling a few years in a
crippled state, ultimately die out. Pinus excelsa and P. insignis are also too tender
Ka Ke,
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for this district. P. austriaca grows slowly, is very coarse, and is not suitable
for a timber tree; P. Zavicio is in the same category, stunted in growth, and not
ornamental here. Cupressus Lansoniana has been planted in considerable num-
bers, and thrives well, but is not promising to make a useful timber tree; the
finest specimens have only reached a height of 20 ft. in thirty years, forming
beautiful, healthy, and well-furnished large “bushes or small trees. Wellingtonia
gigantea grows fairly well, but suffers much from the severity of the winter.
HADDO ESTATE, HARL OF ABERDEEN.
Altitude, 190 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, open sand and gravel.
Correspondent: Mr. JOHN CLARK, Forester, Haddo, Aberdeen.
2 nal &
Botani © iGirth at] © § S
cal Name Age 3 @ By ee : g é. Remarks
A faa &
Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana............ Vig OF | 6 | Open} Healthy.
ae sbalsameay cesses scons Be | 8} —- 8'| ,, | Vigorous.
ae Copaalonicame-eerecer Bailie J bh a 10 . Healthy and thriving.
55. JDO WIBIASI oo nangosnn6b » | 24) — | 138-| 4,- | Very vigorous:
Wh Bex CelSatt Rewer aur te » | 25; — Salinas ”
se SEANCUS Hae meesietetess splece — Wy e -
sy er GMZiCSil jose actsa.s PAO) — 9 ee ut
Sg rape DDL OT ay mee ecrreen deme s Ae lakes -— 7 55 Healthy.
yf) DO bIIS) Pasecenrascene » | 24) — 138 ),, |Very wizorous:
‘3 wee lauca, Seen el) PAW — 10 Ap A
EN OrGmlanmilaiayeenen. Pal ecl — 10 AF
SE OLlenGalicnseenesseee etal leOal a s— 9] ,, | Healthy and thriving.
pecuimata eens aece op. It 2Al — Sul on Ie OrOus:
eine @emibraysscsseonsonese seed td LE — 5 EA es
Asay ISVAVESULIS) Metaoiec ene: SmnliecOn | he Taiko ”
Thuya gigantea ...../:.c... oy 2 SO py r
Thuyopsis borealis ......... Pei es Ik ee 6] ,, | Very healthy.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The above trees were planted as ordinary plantation
trees in 1874, all under similar conditions, and they are in general thriving well
and growing vigorously.
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 501
HADDO HovusE. EARL OF ABERDEEN.
Altitude, 110 to 190 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, sandy clay and gravel.
Correspondent: Mr. JOHN Forrest, The Gardens, Haddo, Aberdeen.
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Botanical Name Age = ee g E g Remarks
ss Sm ZI
Q ic
Years! Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 35 | 45 | 3 9 | 380 | S.E. | Healthy and vigorous.
Se RATMAOUTSNC?)\: dsves's 20-1529) 2) 0) 0 a
53 »ecephalonica, .....: 40 | 48} 6 0} 24 | S.W es 6
eC OUCOLOMS «jcecnsiioss 22 | 40/4 0O | 40 W. = 3
SR DOMCIASH. o. scieea' 40 | 73 | 8 1 | 44 |.S.E = %
Bee CEONGIS oo caouiirs = PAY Pate | Ab aut 8 AA a 56
Be SIMA OMILICA, cance sse PAY) |) Pisy |) 22) 9 a es ss
>» Menziesii ......... By 1 OG | Ds ORG || elle 3 9.
PIN ONSINTS raecicte o4 «sieinie 35 | 64|6 6) 25 | S.E. ‘3 ”
wiNordmanniana... | 36 + 42.| 3 -0 | 17 7 vs ay
Araucaria imbricata ... | 30 | 28 | 2 4 | 13 | N.W. | A fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana 30 | 29 | 4 8 | 14 | N.E. | Healthy and vigorous.
Banus CemMpra ss... cco AOD PSO 4a Da a liganlenselee 5 3
ee PMASLOT sc ofc cease ADT E4356) BOM E27 was 9 =
Thuya gigantea ......... PAU HW aslk Wy ILO) | IG is Pe a
Thuyopsis borealis ...... La ee 9 Bs me %
Wellingtonia gigantea 35 | 50; 8 2 | 25 | S.W. | Pltd. by Queen Victoria.
a A BY G0) ote) = ZB B83 Ba 53 Prince Consort.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The new Conifere are thriving well here, and making
fine specimens, of which those in the table are among the best. Abies amabilis
was received from the nurseries under that name about twenty years ago, but it
- ren like A. magnifica; both growing vigorously here, and forming very beauti-
ul trees.
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ARGYLLSHIRE.
INVERARY CASTLE. DUKE OF ARGYLL.
Altitude, 15 to 70 feet. Soil, deep loam, and light loam; subsoil, gravelly and rocky.
Correspondent : Mr. GEORGE TAYLOR, The Castle Gardens, Inverary.
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2 |gi Bal ¢
Botanical Name Age eI Seer B E c Remarks
a j
ee} a faa} ca)
Years| Feet | Ft. In.| Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 30 3.10 | 24 S. | Very vigorous.
PCONCOLOG mee eee tate Ga e205 es 9 as Healthy specimen.
5 LDromedlasibtsocodasosses 45 | 60-|6 3:'| 40 3 Grows fast in shelter,
are OLAM GMS ects seers RY Buby WTS Ik NB 4 Growing freely ; exposed.
Fee MAMI CAcmyaseee eee Uf if — — us Promising well.
vo MievIZTeSIIN ase soc SOP Ooo) lino 5 Grows very strongly.
Fl MODIUIS I snsease cone 33 | 46 | 4 3] 23] W. | Doing well.
3 Nordmanniana 972. |/"269/-34 172) 49 | 10 S. | Generally grows slowly.
Araucaria imbricata ...... 35 | 85 | 4 3 | 18 | S.W. | Fine specimen.
Cedrus atlantica ......... 30 | 34 | 3 7] 23 | W. | Growing freely.
eo aD COG ALA sca seeneurs | we ob 2a ai 4 Slow growing; exposed.
Cryptomeria japonica ... | 83 | 25 | 4 43) 23 S. | Healthy ; not grwng. fast.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 34 | 49 | 4 9 | 18 | 8.E. | Making fine growth.
s macrocarpa... | 30 | 85 | 4 1/18 |’ S§S. | Healthy; growing well.
Pinus: Cemlbray. cc. cesses. SUS eels Onis $ Slow growing.
sy MALI CIOL ae mene eet 40 | 45 | 2 4) — |- W._| Rough, straggling tree.
SL AMOMUICOlal: eaesecee 16 | 26 | 2 2] 15] S.E. | Vigorous, fine tree.
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 39 | 6 3 | 30 S. | Often loses its leader.
ibnuya SAC aAMbeay.. nese 24 | 25 | 3 3 | 20 | S.W. | Very exposed.
Thuvopsis borealis ...... Pa PAS) Ni PH 2 Ot AUS) S. | A very beautiful tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 28 | 51 | 5 1 | 21 | S.E. | Vigorous; handsome tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Most of the specimens of which details are given
above are growing in the grounds here, in a deep friable loam, in which they
thrive well, at a comparatively low altitude on the western shore of Loch Fyne.
Nearly all the Spruces and Firs grow with vigour, especially when sheltered; as
do also the Cypresses, Arborvitzs, and the Wellingtonia. The Araucaria thrives
well, and so does the Redwood; only the latter is apt to lose its leading shoot
from wind, frost, or other causes. Pines do not grow well in most situations
here—Pinus monticola being about the best of the newer ones; they generally
present a bare scrubby appearance. Thuya gigantea and Thuyopsis borealis grow
fast in shelter, and form beautiful trees. Cupressus Lansoniana and C. macro-
carpa thrive well and make fine specimens. The Adies grandis in the list has
several times lost its leader; and Taxodium sempervirens suffers from the same
cause whenever it is exposed to high wind.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 5038
POLTALLOCH. JOHN MALCOLM, Esq., of Poltalloch.
Altitude, from 120 to 200 feet. Soil, loam and peat; subsoil, gravel and rock.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES RUSSELL, The Gardens, Poltalloch, Lochgilphead.
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Botanical Name Age| & |Girth at] o 3 rs) Remarks
fy |5 ft. up 4 ES Ey
| A
Years Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... — 5 0} 25 EK. | Growing vigorously.
amabilis.(7) «..... — | 24/2 0] 12/ S.E. 5p %
PECATVAGETISIS) 5 2cf 06 — |55|4 0} 25 N. a op
pecephalonicar ..:... — | 30/2 0O| 20 /|N.W. a .
PEC OMCOLOT rans stern cise — | 40/5 0} 20 E. a om
om DOUCIASIS Assos. 6s — | 85 10 O| 34] S.E. 69 sf
Pp MAIMCISH Soe cies «0% — |64/]7 91] 30 5 . me
pee) MICNZICSH | occ ..c0. | —— 35) 2) <6 1924 e » moderately.
» Nordmanniana... | — | 70/6 0 | 35 S. » vigorously.
Pee PUI SATION cris «e)2icisinpe's — |40|7 0}; 33 | S.W. »» moderately.
s5- SVGIOISTEN Oy aera — | 30/2 6,16; N. Mi 53
Araucaria imbricata ... | — | 55 | 6 O | 30 S. _ o
Cedrus Deodara .....,... — |45|4 Oj 30] S.E. 5 MA
AAT 6 Sep eae — | 35|3 0} 30 ss - -
Cryptomeria elegans ... | — | 24|1 016] N. » weakly.
r japonica... | —- 30 | 2 6.16), We » moderately.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | — | 20 |2 0O/| 12] S.E. ms f
Pinus Lambertiana...... — | 45|)9 0} 35 K. » vigorously.
PIMONLICOlA. 62.5. cies — |45|3 0O| 25 | N.W. 3 .
Prumnopitys elegans... | —|13]1 0] 9]| 58.W. »» moderately.
Retinospora obtusa .../--—|12/;1 Oj] 8] W. », weakly.
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 85/5 6 | 24 S. », moderately.
Thuya gigantea ......... — |65/}5 O| 85 | N.W. » vigorously.
Se. eorientalis aurea == | 30 | 2-0 | 12 |. W. »» moderately.
Thuyopsis borealis...... — | 30| 3 0; 20 | N.W. »» vigorously.
* dolabrata ...| —|12/1 0 8 W. » moderately.
Wellingtonia gigantea | — | 45/19 6] 28 | S.H. » vigorously.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Conifers generally thrive well here, and most of them
are growing vigorously; especially Abies Douglasii, A. grandis, A. Nordman-
niana, and Thuya gigantea. The Araucaria, Cedars, and Cypresses, as well as the
Cryptomerias and Wellingtonia, are thriving well, in sheltered places in the
grounds and woods.
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TORLOISK, ISLE OF MULL. MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON.
Altitude, 30 to 100 feet. Soil, loamy and peaty ; subsoil, porous rock.
Correspondent : Mr. CHARLES GRIERSON, The Gardens, Torloisk, Tobermory.
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Botanical Name Age| |Girth at 32 3 Remarks
im | 5ft.up| 82 5
|
| Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 35 | 43 | 5 2 | 27 | &.E. | Grows vigorously.
oy OS Pe erases PYN CCI Bes 0) Ip US) A a 5
Sy eWiebbianaycsisan.. See) peaks MG) ae Sk ie ee .
Araucaria imbricata ... | 40 | 39 |6 2) 29) ,, A perfect specimen.
Cedrus Deodara ......... Sella ek. (Ball Bs} are Doing well.
Cupressus Lambertiana | 35 | 43 | 9 31 50!) ,, Girth at 1 foot up.
% Lawsoniana | 35 | 84] 8 6 | 23 i 5 =
=) macrocarpa SOMA) ede tO. see El any, oe 7
Libocedrus decurrens... | 35 | 37 | 6 3 | 28]. ,, 45 5
Pinus insigmis..5...-.-s0e- SOM bo) tow Onl) 30 | a 5 ks
Retinospora obtusa...... i eel Pee ON oo ee| ales *: Fs
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 82|5 4|19) ,, Leader often broken.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... BOL Role Om Omiece | e Girth at 1 foot up.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The above Conifers, and many others, grow and thrive
well here, especially when sheltered from the direct blast, off the Atlantic Ocean,
which sweeps over us from the west with great force. The soil is a good sandy
loam, or of a peaty nature, both resting on a porous, rotten rock, through which
water percolates freely, so that the heavy rainfall of the district never sours the
soil and is beneficial to the Conifers. Abies Douglasii, A. nobilis, and Taxodium
sempervirens grow very freely, but they are very liable to get their leaders
injured by the Atlantic gales, whenever they rise above the surrounding shelter.
Cupressus Lambertiana and C. macrocarpa grow with great vigour, and seem to
luxuriate in the saline blast, forming remarkably healthy and wide-spreading
trees. Araucaria imbricata and Pinus insignis also grow vigorously, and
seem to be very suitable for the soil and climate. Abies Wedbiana, Thuyopsis
borealis, Cupressus Lanwsoniana, Libocedrus decurrens, Cedrus Deodara, and others,
all thrive well and make beautiful specimens. Abies Webbiana is perfectly hardy,
and the tree of which the dimensions are given in the table is a splendid
specimen. The Araucaria mentioned above is a splendid tree, well furnished with
healthy branches from top to bottom, and this season bearing eighteen fine large
cones, from which we expect to get some fertile seeds. The Deodar is also bearing
cones, for the first time here. Some of the oldest and finest specimens of our
Conifers, especially the Cypresses, fork into several stems at a short height above
the ground, an objectionable feature which can be easily remedied if the trees
are properly looked after in their early stages of growth. Such forked and branchy
trees are very liable to be twisted and broken, or split to the ground, by high
winds or a heavy fall of snow. A careful attention to stopping all the leaders but
one when the trees are young will cause them to grow with a single stout stem
closely furnished with shapely compact branches and proof against injury from
either wind or snow.
Among a fine healthy collection of Conifers growing at Duart House, the seat
of A. C. Guthrie, Esq., under the care of Mr. J. Macphail, the gardener, there is a
grand specimen of Araucaria imbricata in luxuriant health, and also bearing
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 505
about a dozen cones this season. Its dimensions are: 34 feet 6 inches high;
6 feet 11 inches in girth of stem at 5 feet up; and 8 feet in girth at 1 foot from
the ground ; diameter of spread of branches, 40 feet, and well furnished from the
ground to the top. It is growing at an altitude of about 40 feet; in a light loamy
soil, on an open subsoil; exposed to the south-east, but sheltered in other direc-
tions; and is about 60 years of age. A fine specimen of Thuya gigantea also grows
at Duart in a similar soil, at an altitude of about 20 feet, and in a western
exposure. Itis 30 years old; 46 feet high; girths 5 feet 4 inches at 5 feet up;
and has a spread of branches 29 feet in diameter. Many other Conifers are
thriving well at Duart besides these, and the best specimens of Cryptomeria
japonica and Pinus excelsa in the island are among them.
BANFFSHIRE.
CULLEN HOUSE. DOWAGER COUNTESS OF SEAFIELD.
Altitude, from 50 to 250 feet. Soil, from light to heavy loam; subsoil, gravel
and clay.
Correspondent: Mr. C. Y. MIcHIE, Forester’s Lodge, Cullen.
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Botanical Name Age c) Hae 5 E 3 Remarks
= Za| &
Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 30 | 20 0 | 13 |Shltd.| Healthy; confined, N.side.
PC OMCOLOE © iri. s0.5005' 30 | 43 | 3 9 | 20 5p Vig.; lost top by frost
when young.
DOUCIASTI (i. .ciccice cee 30 | 60 |6 0O | 28 9» |. Vig.; leader aver. 2ft.yrly.
PR WETAMOISS evans sce. 30) (24 23) 20 as » Slow grower ; top frosted.
PM IMACMIMCAN oi... 30>} 30) 4 one 9 3p Sickly ; soil unsuitable.
PME MICNZACSIN. 2s s'sc50000% 40 | 65 | 8 6] 40 50 Vig.; branches super-
abundant.
Pe TOMS e265. caeeees 40 |55|6 4 | 25 »» | Vig.; branches deficient.
» Nordmanniana ... | 40|65/]5 3} 42 99 », beautif. symmetrical.
Araucaria imbricata...... 50 | 43 | 3 4) 18 » | Healthy; afew branches
failing.
Cedrus atlantica ......... 35 | 39} 4 11] 27] 4, | Vigorous; beautiful; bear-
ing cones.
MEO IDCOGATOA. vrcsds «wane 40} 40|4 0} 18 », | Very healthy; wellsheltrd.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 35 | 30 | 3 6 | 15 », | Vigorous; many branches
at base.
Pinus austriaca ............ 34 | 28 | 2 6 | 14 |Exp.N.) Hithy.;conesoccasionally.
PO CiMOTa ec cicec scores 33 | 32 | 3 6 | 18 |Sheltd.| Vig.; well branched.
By EXCESS coc cscesenteees 35 | 34 | 3 6 | 24 »» | Hlthy.; branchs. rambling.
PME MISICMIS so ,.06050.> 500s 40 | 47|6 2) 34] ,, | Vig.; liable to pine beetle.
MTGE VIN sc ccccecs sees 25/19|)1 7)|10| 5, |Stunted;attenuated form.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 15 | 22/110 | 44 » | Vigorous; fine feathery
appearance.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 35 | 57 | 410/471) ,, |Hithy; deficient of brnchs.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The above specimens are generally doing well and
making good growth. There are very few cones on any of the trees this season,
although last year they were in great abundance on many of them.
506 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
BUTESHIRE.
ISLE OF BUTE. MARQUIS OF BUTE.
Altitude, 50 to 120 feet. Soil, gravelly loam and clay; subsoil, rocky.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES KAY, Forester, Bute Estates, Rothesay.
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Botanical Name Age| «3 ae BW om 2 a Remarks
H area
SQ fea]
A
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 34 | 61 | 4 11 | — S. | Fine healthy tree.
nie Douelasiigess-cnes 34 | 80 | 6 4 | — |Shelt.| Very fine healthy tree.
He eadeNaUC WIS onsasondod —=| 33.172) -65) — 96 Very fine specimen.
oe Morand armmrenseetce — | 52785) 25) — na Vigorous; beautiful tree.
Speen MAR hab enncbacceoaae — | 46/3 5 | — % Moderate growth.
soe GALOIS: eeeccena nas — | 54) 2 113) — Fe Vigorous ; a grand tree.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 34 | 34 | 3 103} — " Vig.; beautiful specimen.
Cedrus Mitbamipnsececssce —|—|7 5|— Ph Mod. growth; fine tree.
Cryptomeria japonica... | — | 388 | 4 73 — 55 Vigorous; a very fine tree.
Cupressus macrocarpa — |-57 | 5) 85) —-)| “,, Vigorous ; splendid tree.
Pinus Hartweeil s..s.c..- =) BB IL UO) —= i Sickly.
ss a pELUST OMNIS een eres 34 | 57 | 4 11 | — we Healthy ; very fine tree.
Taxodium sempervirens | -— | 46} 4 1 | — .5 A 3
Thuya gigantea ......... — | 44/3 43) — a 4 one
Thuyopsis borealis ...... — |27);1 9| — 9 Mod. growth; beautif. tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea — | 46/3 5) — 3 s fine tree.
GENERAL REMARKS. —The Conifers named are among the best in the Island of
Bute. Most of them are growing at Mount Stuart, and a few in the neigh-
bourhood of Rothesay. The locality is favourable, and the soil fairly good, so
that, when they are sheltered from the blast, most hardy Conifers thrive well in
the comparatively mild climate of this island. JI have not observed any cones on
them this year; but in most seasons they bear a good number, many of which
produce fertile seeds. Abies Albertiana and A. Douglasii are very fine trees, in
vigorous health, and the Araucaria is a splendid specimen. Cryptomeria japonica
and Cupressus macrocarpa, as well as Pinus insignis, Thuya gigantea (TL. Lobbit),
and Thuyopsis borealis, thrive well and are making very handsome specimens.
The Redwood and Wellingtonia are also very fine trees.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, 507
DUMBARTONSHIRE.
ROSsDHU. SIR JAMES COLQUHOUN, Bart.
Altitude, 20 feet to 50 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. FINLAY MCPHERSON, The Gardens, Rossdhu, Luss,
on ©
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Botanical Name Age 30 pirat 33 Z Remarks
*) -Up| ga 2
ee Seal | ys
A
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana............ — | 40; 3 0 | — |Sheltd.| Vigorous.
AM OTESC 1): ween aces — | 20; 2 0; — a Healthy.
er PCCP UalOniCa, 2.425... —=— | 09 | 6 9°) — - Vigorous.
PICHINCI CAN nese aso. -<0' — | 10) 0! - 6.) — “ Healthy.
PECONCOLOT ey. coccseses —/118;0 6] — > 73
PE DOUCTASIL eves cc. =| 70 WO a3 = vs Vigorous.
BS RATA) oiteicn coe eae « —/|45/5 4) — S. | Moderate growth.
PIMICTZACSIT: cc. ccics esse — | 90 |10 1 | — |Sheltd.| Vigorous.
Ae MONUNS? Es csekconccess — | 48;4 3) — S. FA
~ Nordmanniana ...... — |35|2 6] — be A
Se PeChMiatar s.5..-.2... 108 |110 {17 9 | — |Expsd.| Very healthy.
Pe EAMSAOO) csriiatre «oso 0s ee ee Oe ae ee Oe S. Vigorous.
Araucaria imbricata ...... == |) B74 h BB) pe 5 <
Cedrus atlantica ......... — | 24;4 0} — 93 Moderate.
EO COMATAN caiocec. cone — | 55 | 4 10 | — |Expsd. “4
Cryptomeria japonica ... | — |} 385); 2 4 | — 8. ”
Cupressus Lawsoniana ... | — | 20 | 2 3 | — 55 Vigorous.
5 iusitanica ...... — | 39 | 2 9 | — |Sheltd.| Moderate.
Fitzroya patagonica ...... ele 6 x 59
_LigHeib (ei 0) Oo Sanaa — {100 10 O | — 35 Vigorous.
inus AUStriaca .........->+ —-|25|}2 9| — S. Moderate.
ECW CIUMNOLA) Co.cc ane veovese — | 25 |2 7 | — |Sheltd. a
POROUS A So... ele ccccen e — | 40.) 4 © | a Vigorous.
ee AMOMEICOLA <2 2.22.25 0 — | 50/3 8 | — |Expsd.| Healthy.
BEUISWIVIESLTIS |, “cc sceuccn- 0 — | 65 j11 O | — |Sheltd.| Vigorous.
Retinospora pisifera ...... —|18/;2 0|— a e
af plumosa aurea | —|15],1 8 | — - 5
Taxodium distichum ...... — | 30]}3 5] — Pe As
Bs sempervirens... | — | 44) 3 0| — 3
Maus DACCALA <...:c.s...s+ se £00 | 40 |\13 0 | — < Healthy.
Thuya gigantea ............ — | 35|2 8] — 99 Vigorous.
Thuyopsis borealis......... —|}14/2 1] — y Moderate.
55 dolabrata ...... —i{/11/1 6|] — 9 Vigorous.
Wellingtonia gigantea ... | — | 65 11 0 | — - 3
GENERAL REMARKS.—Some of the above are extra fine specimens. Nearly
all hardy Conifers thrive well here, and also some of those considered to be rather
tender in many parts of the country.
508 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
DUMFRIESSHIRE.
CASTLEMILK. SIR ROBERT JARDINE, Bart.
Altitude, 230 to 250 feet. Soil, light and heavy loam; subsoil, gravel and
boulder clay.
Correspondent: Mr. WILLIAM KING, The Gardens, Castlemilk, Lockerbie.
on x.)
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Botanical Name Age ce Sere 2 g g Remarks
; Ba| a
A
Years} Feet} Ft. In.} Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 24 | 37 | 3 6 | 22 |Sheltd.| Healthy; free growing.
Se CONCOlORB anaenn ae: 30 | 40 | 4 O | 20 an a e
er Douclasinenern eee. 30 | 45 | 6 O | 34 a Vigorous and fine tree. .
an 00) ONUAKSY Memanncocode 24 ool e427 A Last 10 yrs. growth, 213ft.
sy) Nordmanmianar ssa u2Oeead2) | ele Oeste x 2Odibs
Araucaria imbricata ... | 15 | 22 | 2 0 | 14 |Expsd.| Fine vigorous tree.
Cedrus atlantica ......... 25 | 25|)3 3] 11 %) Moderate growth.
a Deodararennsec. PND || FAL PA eh NG as
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 25 | 30 | 2 10 | 13 |Sheltd.| Very fine specimen.
Pinus austriaca .......... A | AUS || as (3) mp Moderate growth.
45 PROXCCISA. Aa wer can cccets 2A ZOn 2. LONE, 7 a
atl 0 CIELO VA conics: oy ASS] MO) ie Last 10 yrs. growth, 13 ft.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 25 | 30 | 2 10 | 15 .; Vigorous and beautiful.
| Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 35 | 5. 3 | 21 3 Handsome, vigorous tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Conifers thrive very well in this part of Dumfries-
shire, and many of the recently planted species are growing vigorously—Abies
grandis, for example—and promise to make fine specimens at an early age. All
the hardy Abies seem to do extra well, Abies nobilis and A. Nordmanniana
making fully two feet annually of a leading growth.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 509
DRUMLANRIG. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH.
Altitude, 200 to 700 feet. Soil, medium loam ; subsoil, clay, gravel, and
whinstone.
Correspondent: Mr. JOHN FINGLAND, Forester, Drumlanrig, Thornhill.
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a) oyes| |
Botanical Name Age 3 Soe E é Remarks
5 ~Q <3)
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 21 |} 31 | 2:10 |} 24 S. | Vigorous growth.
ap ey eaeN opUnIG) (GY) Banaee 17%. 32 | 3) 0: } a2 E. ss i
PICO COLOT, «yectaciculie DN WAS 4s 16 20nd an 2
Pe WOUSIASIC voces <0 26) | 52° 6 0.) 44 (NE: i -
- » taxifolia | 24 | 43 | 5 4 | 35 K. ni a
PROM AMS saicloicieso else's 20°| 49 | 4 9 | 25 | S/W. - A
Pe pA CMT CAN es cipe)nioe US Be38 e210) alse Naw 3 A}
pan, MIE ZICSI ccecsces 22 |49/17 8/38 ss a a
STOW INIS) Sethe. ceca 17 | 42|3 414 18 K. a at
» Nordmanniana... | 26 | 51 | 4 2 | 23 | S.E. ee r
Pee MPIRSA DO! ve ccwesiess<e 24 118 |3 0] 22 a Not thriving.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 36 | 47 | 4 9 | 24 | N.E. | Growing vigorously.
Cedrus atlantica......... 30 | 28 | 3 0} 19 | S.E. | Moderate growth.
Ss WDEOMATa cae. cs 30 | 26/3 6] 12 )NE. | Vigorous aes
5 DGD AMIS cstwscoces 40 | 47] 4 0O| 28 | S.E. | Moderate ie
Cryptomeria japonica 30 | 27 | 3 10}; 18 6p Vigorous Ss
Cupressus Lawsoniana 26 | 29 | 3 9 | 12 | N.E. | Moderate a
Pinus austriaca ......... 40 | 34) 4 6/ 22 | KE. | Not thriving; sickly.
Pome GCMNOTE cas. cases's Sls ee Sniece eae 3 Ss. Vigorous.
MU ATICTONS sees e's.oeis 20 | 23 | 2 0} 11 | N.E. | Not thriving; sickly.
PE DOMMCTOSA «00.00. 30 | 44); 3 2) 18 E. | Moderate growth.
PREZ ELETI NO) seeicineicioee's 24 | 24 | 2 10/ 18 | 8.E. | Not thriving.
Wellingtonia gigantea 26 | 47 | 7 O| 23 | N.E. | Very vigorous.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Of the trees of which the details are given, Abies
amabilis, A. Douglasii, A. D. tawifolia, A. Menziesii, A. nobilis, A. Pinsapo,
Araucaria imbricata, Cedrus atlantica, Cryptomeria japonica, Pinus austriaca,
P. Cembra, P. Laricio, P. Pumilio, and Wellingtonia gigantea are all growing at
an altitude between 650 and 700 feet ; and except Abies Pinsapo, Pinus austriaca,
P. Laricio,and P. Pumilio, they are all growing vigorously. Abies Albertiana,
A. concolor, and A. grandis are also thriving vigorously between 300 and 500 feet
of altitude. A considerable number of those which have been found to thrive
well have been planted on this estate.
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JARDINE HALL. SiR A. JARDINE, Bart.
Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, sandy gravel.
Correspondent : W. H. MAXWELL, Hsq., of Munches, Dalbeattie,
Kircudbrightshire.
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2 lairthat| 8a) 2
Botanical Name INGO Ne Gye | pe SS 3 Remark
-—~ |5ft.up a a
a5| 4
am
Years| Feet| Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 63 | 67 | 10 6 | 59 | N.E. | Planted in 1828.
GENERAL REMARKS.—This fine tree, which stands in the middle of the
garden, is figured in “Selby’s Forest Trees,” and is among the oldest of the
Douglas Firs in Britain, having been planted in 1828, asa seedling 2 feet high.
It is mentioned by Loudon as being 13 feet 2 inches high in 1837. In the same
year (1828) a Douglas Fir was planted at Hedgeley, Northumberland, which in
1842 was 28 feet high, and girthed 3 feet at 6 inches from the ground, and 2 feet
1 inch at 18 inches up; with a spread of branches 20 feet in diameter.
The dimensions of the tree at Jardine Hall were at various periods as follows:
ABIES DOUGLASII, AT JARDINE HALL, LOCKERBIE:
ot Spal | AB
= |Girth at) Girth irth irth | 26 is
Year Ee Fikes 1 ft. up ot up ae ate I ql : a Remarks
so fa | 2a
S)
Ft. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | Ft. In. | ft. In Feet Feet
Iesy4es lp = 24 = — — — — | Owing to astrong colony
1842 | 25 | — 29|) — — — — | of crows meeting in this
1845 | — | — 58} — — — — | tree for the last 30 years
1875 |} — | — |110}] — 8 6 | — | — | or more, the top is much
1880 | — | — |120);)103; — 55 | 170 } injured and broken, else
1884 | — | 15 6|127]110/100/; 60 | 12 | it might have been over
EST OG OS rel a5) lO OR esG2na at 100 feet by this time.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 511
LANGHOLM. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH.
Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, clay and gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. WILLIAM DOUGHTY, Forester, Canonbie.
es ~2| 2
Botanical Name Age e aoe 3% g Remarks
= sa) 1
Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 18 e 1 FF S.W. | Thriving; beautiful tree.
EE DOUCIASIE (owas: soccer. 20 | 2 EL 3 ‘5 Be
PROD IMS ex cccah sacle dense 20) |- LEI -L +4 9 53 . -
» Nordmanniana...... ZOVEUGs he Oat - Thrives fairly well.
Cedrus atblantica cs. Sele om sO) £9 9 a $5 Fe
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 18 | 25 | 2 5 | 11 ie Fine healthy tree.
Thuya gigantea............ 20.130) 222 4 9 % eA » grows fast.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 20 | 30|2 4 8 e Fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The hardier species of Conifers thrive well on the estates
of Langholm and Canonbie. Those that take kindly to the soil and climate of
the district are very promising, and form a pleasing addition to the landscape.
Abies Albertiana thrives well, and is very much admired. A. Douglasii is one
of the very best of the newer Conifers, and makes wood rapidly in well sheltered
places; but it will not do in situations exposed to cutting winds and spring
frosts. A. nobilis also does well, and is among the best of Conifers, having a
fine habit and a very rich colour. The Crimean Fir, A. Nordmanniana, does not
do well here—at least, the smaller-leaved variety, some of which sicken and die
off almost every year, but the large-leaved kind does fairly well. All the hardy
Cypresses do very well, grow fast and vigorous, and promise to make fine
evergreen trees. Zhuya gigantea (or Lobbiz) grows fast, and promises to do very
well, although in late springs some of the young shoots seem to get frosted or
browned. Thuyopsis borealis is a very beautiful and hardy Conifer. Wellingtonia
gigantea is handsome, but must be well sheltered from cold cutting winds. The
Austrian Pine is very valuable for planting on exposed places, and grows rapidly.
The Corsican Pine also grows fast, but is very subject to be blown over when
young, owing to its sparse-rooting nature and rather “leggy” habit. In my
opinion, none of the newer Conifers have yet proved equal to the Larch, Scots
Pine, Silver Fir, and Spruce as forest or timber-producing trees. Spruce is very
much underrated with us. While it is young and under 40 to 50 years of age,
it makes wood faster, and is superior to Scots Pine for fencing and other country
purposes, until the Scots Pine gets old and matured, which takes more than an
average lifetime. However, the young Scots Pine is preferred in the mines to
Spruce, for pit props. We are expecting good results from the naphthalising of
Spruce wood—to make it more durable for fencing, &c.—whichis now on its trial
here, and promises success. Next to the Larch, Silver Fir is the most durable
coniferous wood we grow, and ought to be much more extensively planted. The
newer species of Conifers are very interesting and beautiful, and a great addition
to the pleasing effect of our lawns and ornamental grounds, and some of them
may yet prove useful for timber when they reach maturity and time has fully
developed and tested their various qualities.
EAST LOTHIAN.
SALTOUN HALL. JOHN FLETCHER, Esq.
Correspondent : Mr. MALCOLM MCLEAN, The Gardens, Saltoun Hall, Pencaitland.
Abies balsamea. A very fine and well-furnished specimen of the Balsam Fir,
which was much valued by the proprietor, stood on this estate till it was swept
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away by the great flood in the Tyne in September 1891. It grew in a deep rich
soil, and well-sheltered spot on the banks of the river Tyne, at an altitude of
about 80 feet; and had attained considerable dimensions, as the following figures
show:
Height of tree 68 feet; lost its top previously.
Girth of stem at 1 foot from ground, 9 ft. 8 in.
re 10 feet nr 7 10
99 99 20 99 99 7 2
99 99 30 99 9? 6 4
99 99 40 99 99 5 3
99 bb) 50 99 +] 4 5
3 6
The tree had lost its top, but in all other ‘respects was well balanced and
handsome, and growing vigorously, when it was unfortunately overwhelmed and
carried down the river fully a mile by the heavy flood. The seed from which the
tree was raised is supposed to have been given by Bishop Compton, of London,
who introduced the Balsam Fir from North America in 1697, to Bishop Burnet,
who was long resident at Saltoun, and was incumbent of the parish for some
years.
WHITTINGHAME. ARTHUR JAMES BALFOUR, Esq.
Altitude, about 350 feet. Soil, red loam; subsoil, sandy gravel.
Correspondent : JOHN GARRETT, The Gardens, Whittinghame, Prestonkirk.
< Sa B
3 o
Botanical Name Age e es 2 a 8 Remarks
B £8/ 4
Years] Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 6/ 7; — |—| 8. Very promising.
» cephalonica ...... 45 | 55 | 8 O| 30 | S.W. | Fine specimen.
PRC ONCOLOMreenen-e 6; 5) — |—]| S&S. Very healthy.
a ee DOUgTASIIE cence 45 | 60|6 9 | 40 33 Fine tree.
oy) {EA NOKOUIS G5onaona000d 5} T) — | — 3 Very healthy.
Pe smapnilicar ce... 5} 6; — | — Bs 5
PS aMenziesit es.-c-: NB I AYE By Ab | OXG) 45 Vigorous.
Sy dlilorsboVleh. © Goandbacs 35 |} 55 | 3 41 18 3 Handsome tree.
aye. LOVING) 6pocndcosoee 45 | 72 |5 10 | 27 | W. | Vigorous; grand tree.
> ~ Nordmanniana.- 145 4/768 16 1) 30>), Beautifully shaped tree.
GP inSapOye. scsccee SOSA 2am ale 21 63 Fine specimen.
Webbiana 45|45)4 8/29) S x
Araucaria imbricata ... | 45143 |5 1/18] S$ e
Cedrus atlantica......... 45 | 59 | 6 61} 30 mi Vigorous ; fine tree.
Pe eOdaraie saa 45 | 4418 0] 42 | Open i ss
Cryptomeria japonica... | 30 | 30| 4 65;]18] W. | Healthy; beautiful.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 33 | 42 |3 0} 12 a Fine handsome tree.
as macrocarpa... | 35 | 45 | 4 9{|39] S a
Pinus austriaca ......... 45.| 51]6 91] 32 3 Healthy ; branching tree.
Hy E@emibray.js.csesees bdie|| Ge |G) ts) || JIS) 5 HERS pn
sy, BUCRGCCIS Aes teman esos 35 | 45 | 4 6 | 20 3
Sy MOEHEROVIS) soncosmoondd CS Ra eee ene aay Reais :
pei) Wari ClOpee asa ceise 35 | 45 | 3 0} 14 | S.W.| Healthy ; coarse. 5
PONGEeLOSae esse 45 |50)4 6 |18] W. | Vigorous.
Meeodine sempervirens | 30 | 49 | 4 9] 24 | S.W. = well sheltered. ©
Thuya gigantea ......... 25 | 40 | 3 1] 20 | S.E. | Handsome tree. __ |
Thuyopsis borealis ...... LOM IDLO (te if Df Ai a
Wellingtonia gigantea 34] 64/7 9118 - Very fine handsome tree.
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.
GENERAL REMARKS.— Most kinds of hardy Conifers do well on our warm red
joam, resting on an open gravelly subsoil overlyingred sandstone. The ages given
of the older specimens are only approximate, but as near as can be found out.
The Araucaria bore about 120 cones this season, containing seeds which have
ripened and, we hope, will produce young trees.
FIFESHIRE.
FORDELL. Hon. H. H. DUNCAN.
Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, a free loam ; subsoil, open till.
Correspondent : Mr. GEORGE RAMSAY, The Gardens, Fordell, Inverkeithing.
2 ® Ba Poss
oq : fs iS 5}
Botanical Name Age| 2 eee 3 E So Remarks
ss }ES] &
5 faa) A
Years! Feet} Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 35 | 50 | 4 9-1 35 W. Luxuriant ; very fine tree.
5» cephalonica ...... SouieoOr 4s 1G. 1.24 a Vigorous tree:
ee AeCOMCOlOL .... 2.03. NOM LZ le sO Es 55 Very healthy & promising.
55 - Lowiana | 35 |-55 | 4 O | 30 ay Very handsome tree.
ee Dowelasil .,.....-- 30° | 60) |-5 O08) 28 9 Planted extensively ; doing
well.
FOAM CIS 2s oo nc owes 3 40, | SGe| ahs » | Lhriving well.
me Menziesit, .:...... 35 | 45 | 3 O| 23 » | Fine specimen.
SOTA TITS. To ves.. sods OOPESOF 22) Gels 23 Fine thriving specimens.
Nordmanniana.. 35 | 40 | 3 0 | 26 4. Hundreds thriving well.
Jeemescn imbricata ... | 45 | 40 | 3 6) 20 5S SE well furnished trees.
5 Many fine trees; two
Cedrus etlansie EeBisele oe s oe ; He all f acres, planted 25 years,
5% COGS scien eae 5) 5) Ze 9 i doing well.
Cryptomeria japonica... | 30 | 40} 1 9) 20} ,, | Fine healthy tree.
Cupressus Lawsoniana RO BO Be a » | Planted extensively ;
growing remarkably well.
Libocedrus decurrens... | 35 | 25 | 3 O 8 i Fine specimen.
Pinus austriaca ......... Saae On Ons |. ., Doing fairly well.
5) (Wt Ce eee SpElvoonle2 2a} 12 Very fine specimens.
PEP CXCOISAT weccc nesses 3D | 40,/°3 0}. 20 3 Fine when young, does
not stand the wind.
4 dCi) So oOo 260! 15 9 Doing fairly well.
Be WATICIONM .c.coccec-s 1 1 2 Ot a Doing very well.
PE SPONGCTOSA occu. coe Sone 4on mec Or | elo Pe Doing fairly well.
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 45 | 7 0 | 22 5 Very fine specimens.
Thuya gigantea ......... Bone 4 oe 2 ecGah ke aS Handsome specimens.
_ Thuyopsis borealis ...... BD). If GO| dk 1) os Many graceful trees.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 35 | 55 | 7 6/; 18 > Thriving well; handsome.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Conifers, as a rule, thrive remarkably well here,
but scarcely receive the attention they deserve, and many leaders have been
damaged or lost by storms, shooting, squirrels, &c.
manniana, A. nobilis, Cedars, Lawson’s Cypress, Thuya gigantea, Wellingtonias,
Abies Douglasii, A. Nord-
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514 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
and others were planted in the young woods of Scots’ Fir about 18 years ago,
and, with the shelter afforded by the Firs, they have grown vigorously and form
fine trees. Within the past few years many thousands have been planted out
from the home nursery, and are already growing fast and promising to do as well
as the older trees.
KILMARON CASTLE. EDWARD A. BAXTER, Esq.
Altitude, 250 feet. Soil, heavy loam; subsoil, rocky.
Correspondent: Mr. WILLIAM Brow, The Gardens, Kilmaron, Cupar.
on oO
» a) Lan]
Botanical Name Age = Sema a: g |Remarks
a sa| 8
A |
/Years|} Feet} Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 20: |i ouleo) Olas S. Handsome tree.
COR COLOR Meron eens 26 | 42) 4) 6 20 * Be on a
ay WOugd ast eae: 264-53: 196-07) -on 3 Growing vigorously, fine.
Ay) MOWANGIS ssa ce | 24/4514 4 | 32 es 3 ye
hy w aI@ DUlAG eet een ete | 25 | 46/3 2] 21 5. im -
5 Nordmanniana... | 24 | 45 | 2 73! 18 cf a “A
Araucaria imbricata ... | 22 | 32 |3 5 | 21 3 Very fine specimen.
Cedrus Deodara ......... Do] SOKO meets css = <3 5
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 26 | 33 | 3 6] 11 : ss ie
Libccedrus decurrens... | 23 | 23 | 3 6 if 54 Fine specimen.
Pinas 2ustriacap eee eeee Us) S35 loss. WIG eg! a ay a
33 Cembr acteeees 24) 2oa\ezr ol 6 53 5 s
ssix OXCEISa 7 goe ee sais oo | 42°14 Gel 2s ze. 5S Pr
AMAL ges Ale Se hare tae se 260 | 40h eBay -Os\ 6 a Vigorous.
35> DOMGErOSay ee aeee 26 | 40|4 4) 21 = =
Taxodium sempervirens | 26 | 45 | 5 9 | 27 », |: Wery fine tree.*
Thuya gigantea ......... D2" e374 193) 168) 9% », | Fine specimen.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... WO ae Pi Sal (el » | Fine feathery specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 26 | 51|)7 4 | — 3 Very fine tree.
| |
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Conifers here are growing on a southern slope, well
sheltered from the north and west. They have all been planted by myself, and
generally speaking are healthy and thriving, particularly those noted in the above
list,
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 5l
FORFARSHIRE.
GLAMIS CASTLE. EARU OF STRATHMORE.
Altitude, 150 feet. Soil, a medium loam ; subsoil, clay and gravel.
Correspondent: Mr. JAMES WHITTON, The Gardens, Glamis Castle, Forfar.
leo | iSiesliey Sen!
Wiege «(pes ot Games|
Botanical Name Age .= Girth at oS ona Remarks
| 5 fe gee | i |
| Seale
Years, Feet | Ft. In. | Feet'|
Abies Albertiana......... 130)\-) 52/53 99-| 26 |. H. ;| Handsome tree.
ete CONCOLOP s.,5- 4205.3 - 1130 39n) 4 2 41-16 | », | Fine specimen.
EO OUCIASM YE. oc.tee. 2 ie Aiea Sv O= 23 | 5. | Dense, fine specimen.
Pe SLAM CUS y oe. so. Ss Weise ks a4as (0 23 < | Beautiful specimen.
eA CMUICa ose: 62. | 3 2m ooon |p eealay ae oLlandsomestree.
» Mienziesit “3c... 30 | 44 | 4 9 | 26) ,, | Fine specimen.
PE NODIUNG is ..iaotaceces | 80 | 47 | 4 10 | 25 | W. | Fine glaucous variety.
See Nordmanmiana,:...—| 30 | 25) |: 2-) 7-|. 1d S. | Dense habit: fine tree.
PPRORLCMEQIIS? svicck oi: 30) 38 14-6 1-20 | 5, | Handsome tree.
Anaucatia tambricata’... | 3 SO sianeO) leZa | a Fine specimen.
Cedrus atlantica......... OX) | -AOy | BP UG % 5
Pe DCO ATA sas..c.. 30) Lon eZ On sie | Not thriving.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 30 | 30 | 4 O | 12) 8.H. | Fine healthy specimen.
itibocedmsideenmens::- | 30 | 20'| 2. 44-6 |" S:, | A nice specimen.
Pinus austriaca ......... 30 | 2413 0] 161! ,, | Dense bushy tree.
Wy MMATUCIO We fioaas. bac 3 Opler as (Om paece tian een VA tainly oodatree:
Pe POWGEROSA ~...2.4%.. SOs 2 Sulla ei ellOs eae | . 5
i PVECOAICA “2.2.05. BON oZnlo, WO ato Sei AG fines tree:
Thuya gigantea ......... 3 AD | 3 2))) 14 W. | Very handsome tree.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... S027 2) OU Ess Saw): 4s Beautifull specimen:
Wellingtonia gigantea 3020 3 3) |Z | We Moderate specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The ages given above are calculated from the year the
plants were raised from seed. They have all been planted out here since the year
1865, or within the past twenty-six years. The greater portion of them were
planted between 1868 and 1870, and I assisted at planting the Abies Douglasii
and A. grandis in 1871. In regard to the growth and characteristics of the best
of the Conifers here, I may state that Abies Douglasii is the one which has been
planted in the greatest quantity, and which does remarkably well. Whether it
is the superior strain of Douglas Fir that has been used, or the soil in which they
grow, I cannot tell; but they have a more compact and neater habit altogether
than we are accustomed to see in most other places. It is quite likely the soil
has something to do with it; a free loam, resting on a cool open subsoil. I mea-
sured many trees of it higher and thicker than the one of which the details are
given, but I consider it the best furnished specimen. <A. grandis also thrives
exceedingly well, and there are many trees of about the same size as the one
noted. <A. Albertiana is another of the successful Conifers here, of which there
are many nice trees. A. obilis is a favourite tree here, and numerously planted ;
but the leader grows so strong and is so brittle that it is very often broken,
and few of the specimens have escaped injury in this way, or form perfect speci-
mens. There are some very nice specimens of A. magnifica, a very handsome
Conifer when it is perfect, but its vigorous leader suffers in the same way as its
congener A. zobilis. Among the hardiest and strongest growers is A. Mencziesit,
which does very well indeed, and nothing seems to affect it. It is not so, how-
ever, with that handsome Fir, A. Mordmanniana, which within the past few
years has been so severely attacked by the Silver Fir Bug that it is fast
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516 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
ruining them, and many of the trees, both large and small, have been destroyed in
trying to get rid of it. A. concolor, lasiocarpa or Lowii, is another beautitul Fir
which thrives well here, and there are many fine specimens, although several
of the older trees have been somewhat disfigured by the loss of their leaders. Of
that doubtful and vexing species, A. amabilis of Douglas, there are several plants,
none of which, however, I would venture to guarantee; but there is a nice speci-
men at the village schoolhouse which answers the description in Veitch’s Manual,
and which the planter (the late Mr. Ross, teacher) assured me was genuine. I
may say that it was a treat to spend an hour with Mr. Ross, discoursing on plants
in general, and Conifers in particular. He was a great enthusiast among the
latter, as his work still shows; the tallest and thickest-stemmed Wellingtonia
in the parish being there, as well as the finest variegated one in the county,
besides many other choice and rare Conifers. Araucarias have not been a success
here, and very few are planted. Cedars also have been but sparsely planted
and grow slowly, but they are fairly healthy, and by 1991 they may be the orna-
ment of the place. The Pines do moderately well, but there have not been many
varieties planted. Pinus austriaca grows freely, but more in a bush than a tree
form, and makes good shelter. P. Cembra and P. pyrenaica both do well and
form nice trees; but P. Lavzicio is scrubby, P. Jeffreyi rather stunted, and
P. nonderosa and P. Benthamiana, which appear to be the same, are doing tolera-
bly well. Of the class of smaller ornamental Conifers there is not a great variety ;
but Cupressus Lansoniana, Thuya gigantea, and Thuyopsis borealis are grown in
quantity and are thriving beautifully. Wedllingtonia gigantea does not do very
well as a’rule, and at its best the growth is slow and the foliage thin, not at all
characteristic of the tree. ee
KINNETTLES. JOSEPH GRIMOND, Esq.
Altitude, 130 feet. Soil, strong loam; subsoil, clay.
Correspondent : Mr. DAVID BuytH, The Gardens, Kinnettles, Forfar.
on
s a) 8
Botanical Name Age oo Girth at e = 3 Remarks
fq | 6 ft. up | eee 2
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana............ 30 | 34 | 1 6 | 18 |S.W.| Fine healthy tree.
SA OTA CTCAUA aeeaateteases 2 Ona 2A eal! 35 Unique in district.
Ay) COMUGONKOE oscnootodcaaser a4) || OO) eb Oe ZO 5 Very fine specimen.
py WOU STASI meses cecen eee By dN AE | RG AS 3 53
ao EAINGNIS Mee tenet eds 32) 1765) "5 0 128 As . oe
do TOEYSIMNUTICE) mbadanaacoos LG 2S) A OA) i Handsome tree.
pat INNO ZEST eee ee ee 26-65 \°3 9 | 24 Vigorous grower.
ETO NOUS Baie creme ele oe 1S | B4 A Oo dL A x af
ee Nordmanniaman nc: IG) SHOP) 2G ees) sy Fine specimen.
Re MO OMAN saan eaee eens 16 15, |) 67) 12), Ca) Nicerhealthy tree:
ATAUCALIA Mr Caba sce. yy |} 0) | B= OIG 3 Fine specimen.
Cediuslatlanticary.cs..ccue: ay OX 8s OP ae es Bs <
RIMNWSTeXCelSaie.. seeder PX | OXON IL = GAG i Fair specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea ... | 32 | 44 |9 6 | 20) ,, | Very fine specimen.
i rp eel eeeyerch | 240) die) IL) | JUL > aS “3
GENERAL REMARKS.—The newer Conifers grow well on the strong soil here,
resting on an open clayey subsoil, with the ground sloping rather steeply to the
south-west. Besides those of which the dimensions are given, there are many fine
trees of the same and other species, particularly Cupressus Lawsoniana, Thuya
gigantea, and Thuyopsis borealis, which all grow vigorously and form* very
handsome specimens.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.
KINCARDINESHIRE.
Durris. T. GRAHAM YounG, Esq.
Altitude, 100 to 200 feet. Soil, dark loam; subsoil, open clay.
Correspondent: Mr. ALEXR. LAWSON, Forester, Durris Estate, Aberdeen.
an
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2 les] 5
Botanical Name Age ‘® |Girth at o& 6 Remarks
i 5 ft. up EE Be
A
; \Years| Feet | Ft. In, | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... |— |50|3 9 | 26 | N.W.| Every tree healthy.
PEC OM COLON eas) csisciscai's — | 3 Ae Ss i 3 4
5) LDYOUWICAIEIS TOU ee sHeeese = FO WO) 3: 750. ie Thrives very well.
5 RPEVOCUICT Sguaaaaaeece —— OO) be 728 ; “5 3
pea AIM CAle a etaieile'e leer Ae all ls ae us a
ner Men ZileSt “sis5:.. Ween OON letuelalen| «2.6 oe Won’t stand crowding.
PROMISE vie sete 0 | a ay) Sa BS 5 Requires prfct drainage.
; Nordmanniana .:. | — | 40 | 3 3 | 22 aA Liable to ““ bug.”
Ayaucaria imbricata... | — | 30 | 3 10 | 21 i Bearing cones.
Cedrus Deodara.......... = BO 1B |) 2S & Thrives fairly well.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | — | 30 | 2 10 | 16 3 Thrives very well.
PimUs, Cemibtan..: ic... ==) | 00) oO. Lo a ts f
Wellingtonia gigantea | — | 37 | 7 9 | 22 - 33 3
35 A variegata | — | 14 | 1 6 8 ee 5 s
GENERAL REMARKS.—Large numbers of hardy Conifers are planted in the
policies here, which cover 200 acres, and most of them are thriving very well.
Cedrus atlantica and the more tender Pines, &c., do not succeed, but all those
mentioned in the list, and some others, grow luxuriantly, and make remarkably
fine growth every season. An avenue, a mile long, is pianted with Abies nobilis
and Birch, Lime, or Chestnut alternately, and the effect is very fine.
518 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE.
MuNcHES. WELLWOOD H. MAXWELL, Esq.
Altitude, 20 to 50 feet. Soil, heavy loam, light loam, and peat; subsoil, clay,
gravel and rock.
Correspondent : WELLWOOD H. MAXWELL, Esq., of Munches, Dalbeattie.
| 2 na 2 |
Botanical Name | Age | 3 eae E z | z | Remarks
| my aoe i |
| Sela pe |
| | a ee
|Years) Feet | Ft. In. Feet | |
Abies Albertiana......... | 25 | 69 | 4 93 |20)| SE. | Vigorous:
PEC ONCOLOL ee aastreaee Fea ey eli ad bien ((aoll PAO DI ets 0 i
Pal wDomedasiiter gene. PSs ay PaO Pep i | Ielealiclayy.
yl ReNea te WANOUIS, LesaGengooen |) OhO) I!) Piel Wty alien Vigorous.
AA AIORKeR ONUTICEW cocscocce WO A) aD) ; ss
ee eWlemziesinas cen ee b BaP CL Bre) bo a
ano bilish sere soecg PO» | LOM 2 BP SB Tes 5,
» Nordmanniana... | 20 | 48 | 3 6 15 [tier a = :
Araucaria imbricata ... | 35 | 35 | 2 5114) ,, Healthy.
Cedrus Deodara ..... pe g2 00) SOU eee Le ssa eae Not doing well.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 30 | 38; 3 1,10) ,, | Vigorous.
Pinus Cemibotars: ectocetce azn |p LO aise eo) ale ieee ete a a
ay GXOElSeh cBoachoocccs || OW CO © db) 2s Me =
Se IDENEIEMOY anctodne Seno oie Ales AO aaa | 55
Phwyasieambeay eee acne 30 | 59°) 3.11 |.16 |) *,, | | Vernypiiastrerowine:
Thuyopsis borealis ..... lp AO BBN yA AAD): Po Very graceful.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 40) 9 4 | 30 | As Vigorous.
{ | |
GENERAL REMARKS.—The ages are as near the time the trees have been
planted as possible, and generally small plants were used. The spread of
branches depends greatly on the situation, and whether they are crowded by
other trees or not. All that are named above are thriving vigorously, except the
Deodar, many of which, growing on a dry hiliside, are fast failing. Most of
the specimens of which the measurements are given grow at an altitude under
50 feet above sea-level, and are well sheltered; but many fine younger trees of
most of them are thriving remarkably well on the hillsides adjoining, at an alti-
tude of several hundred feet. The Scots Fir is indigenous, and a number of fine old
natural trees of it are growing in the woods and policies. The Araucaria in the
list is the only one which survived the severe frost of the winter 1860-61, and has
thriven very well since. Taxrodium sempervirens does not succeed here, although
some very healthy specimens are growing in the neighbourhsod.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 519
LANARKSHIRE.
DOLPHINTON. JOHN ORD MACKENZIE, Esq.
Altitude, 800 to 850 feet. Soil, a free loam; subsoil, open, gravelly.
Correspondent : JOHN ORD MACKENZIE, Esq., W.S., of Dolphinton.
= |cirth at a :
Botanical Name INO | Ber ias g 5 zs Remarks
on 3
4 5 aa ca
Years} Feet | Ft. In.| Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 27 | 55 | 3 6] 28 | S.E. | Vigorous, very promising.
Pe IC OGUMAM a ccs +s. 10; 14; — 8 a Pretty, promising; hardy.
», cephalonica ...... NS SR eee ire Ms Requires a sheltered site.
PM DOUCTASI | 3. ..4c35. ANE OZ) eeOrle® 3 Very promising in shelter,
SE PTANGIS ¥ 15.8% esr O OSs be soL 82a G5 Promising and desirable.
550, LASIOEATPA, <e..0.. 30 | 403, 4 0 | 19 > Very promising tree.
pe MA OMMIMICA, 00s sie « 15) 285 )2" 45 | 11 | Ne \Acpretty tree; very hardy.
55 UIGATE SSO soee seenne 30 | 60 | 5 6 | 30! 8.H. | Vigorous and fast growing.
Pee HOWOUISH {Sect oscnce 30 | 574) 4 9 | 26 rf Very thriving; afine tree.
PoeNordmannianay...).30! (50) 310) 18 Ak Very handsome specimens.
POLTEMUALIS! (.o..52.5 leo) 2 ee Ouenllsy 43 Close habited & effective.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 40 | 28 | 2 5 |17]| W. | Morecurious than pretty.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 28 | 29 | 2 4 | 15 one Thrives everywhere.
PINUS MANICIO: see seeccen. « 30 | 36 | 3 6 | 15 | S.W. | Vigorous and hardy.
Thuya gigantea ......... 20 | 21 | — a i (Libocedrus decurrens).
SPM ae LL OLOOUI .taichtsBoiovee-< « Se Ae 2 A eS § (Thuya gigantea)vigorous.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... —— | 2a | Bet8 4) 125) SW. | Very hardy and sraceful:.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 32}5 6/15] S. More curious than pretty.
GENERAL REMARKS.—AII the Conifers named in the list thrive well at this
high altitude. Of Abies Albertiana there are numerous promising trees, which
have been raised from seed ripened at Carstairs, in this county, and at Scone
Palace, near Perth. Abies Douglasii, A. grandis, and A. lasivcarpa are thrifty
and desirable trees. Abies magnifica does not show young growth till near
Midsummer, and is thus safe from frost. The lower branches of A. Alenziesit
were damaged last winter, though it is a vigorous and generally hardy tree. Of
many fine trees of A. nobilis, none are bearing cones this year; some thriving
youne trees of it were raised from seed ripened at Scone. A. Nordmanniana
forms a very handsome tree, but signs of disease are appearing among them.
A few plants of Araucaria imbricata were raised from seed ripened at Strath-
fieldsaye, Hants, and are healthy and promising. Cupressus Lawsoniana isa great
acquisition, thriving under almost any treatment if fairly sheltered, and from its
drooping branches the snow readily falls off, which it does not do from the
common hardy Arborvite, a fine specimen of which, of twenty years’ growth, was
torn to pieces here by a heavy fall of snow. Pinus Laricio is apt to get wind-
bound and stunted in early life, but afterwards recovers and grows freely.
Thuya gigantea, Lobbii, or Menziesii is a hardy and very desirable tree.
Thuyopsis borealis is one of the hardiest and most graceful of all the coniferous
tribe, and thrives everywhere, although when exposed to strong winds it is apt to
grow bushy and out of shape. Of Abies alba, A. nigra, and A. pichta there are
many specimens which enjoy greater immunity from hares and rabbits than
other more valuable varieties seem to possess, but in other respects they are
inferior. Abies Pinswpo exists, but it does not thrive well, and seldom makes
a good leader. Pinus austriaca and P. Cembra are not thriving well; and Cedrus
atlantica, C. Deodara, Pinus excelsa, P. insignis, P. monticola, P. ponderosa,
and Taxodium sempervirens have all been tried and failed, some of them failing
after growing well for ten or twelve years.
520
MIDLOTHIAN.
DALKEITH. DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH.
Altitude, 150 to 200 feet.
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
Soil, ight loam; subsoil, gravelly.
Correspondent: Mr. MALCOLM Dunvy, The Gardens, Dalkeith.
Botanical Name
Abies canadensis ......
cep ualomica sae
ae COM COLOR a eenectes
5 DODACI, oSococo00
» grandis ............
we NODS nenesesones
» Nordmanniana...
Araucaria imbricata ...
Biota orientalis aurea...
Cedrus atlantica .........
op LDISOCENE ccooucood
hla DSH OPH OU ear scacdnan
Cryptomeria japonica...
Cupressus Lawsoniana
¥ macrocarpa
>, torulosa
Juniperus sinensis ......
Pinuss@embrajee: eaeeaee
SA EX COISH viehcnect
pie SAMGMIORE\ All Senpoacne oo
ay MOM bICOlaleeecsece
3) |OOUNOKEOSE) ancnocaos
Retinospora plumosa
Salisburia adiantifolia
Sciadopitys verticillata
Taxus adpressa .........
pe) \ORYOCRNE ecu ssccooane
a 9) « MUYCA Seems
33 », Dovastonii
bs » fastigiata
Thuya gigantea .........
afta Gusts cctce.
Thuyopsis borealis ......
. », variegata
Wellingtonia gigantea
9 » pendula
s
Age 2
a0
Years| Feet
80 | 42
30 | 40
WA es
3D 71
20 | 38
Icy) Diss
30 | 35
30 | 30
30 6
35 | 36
35 | 38
AD | G2!
30 | 25
30 | 32
30 | 48
20 | 11
25 | 16
30 | 29
30 | 35
20 9
20 | 27
30 | 35
|| 2)
40 | 482
12 6
30 | 10
150} 48
30 8
30 6
80 | 22
18 | 30
18 | 15
30 | 28
10 | 12
32 | 42
15 | 132)
|
Girth at
5 ft. up |
Ft. In. |
10 6
ALD |
1 2h
AL (5 |
BF
3 (O
2 103
2 64
3 8)
6 6
See,
ies
3 0
5 0
i
esl
ieee
5) 1@ |
1 10 |
B®
2 10
ik 8
A 2
9 8
irs)
iL -@)
5. A
i> @
Diameter of
Branches
Tixposure
Remarks
Fine tree; girth at 2 ft. up.
Moderate grower.
A », fine svecies.
Vigorous.
9°
Very ornamental.
Free growing; exposed.
Handsome tree; sheltered.
Fine old tree; well sheltrd.
Healthy; top exposed.
Handsome specimen.
Vigorous, & fast growing.
Nice small tree.
99 3?
Slow growing ; healthy.
Not very suitable.
Slow grow’g; very healthy.
Healthy ; tree grower.
39 ” ”
Very beautiful.
Fine healthy tree.
Very interesting.
Fine specimen.
Large and healthy tree.
Very ornamental.
Fine specimen.
39 33
Free growing.
A nice small tree.
Beautifulandshapely tree.
5 variety.
Goodspecim.; top exposed.
| A very distinct variety.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The deep Jight soil and rather dry climate of this dis-
trict suit some Conifers admirably, while others do not thrive so well as they do
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 521
in cooler soils and moister localities. The Araucaria, Cedars, Cypresses, Thuyas,
Wellingtonia, and Yews all thrive well, and many of them have grown into fine
specimens, although the growth is not so luxuriant as a moist climate produces.
Generally speaking, Firs, Pines, and Spruces thrive fairly well for a time, but the
aridity of the soil and atmosphere ultimately tells its tale, and the trees become
ragged and unsightly, especially where they are exposed to the blast. The best
Conifer for withstanding the blast here is Araucaria imbricata, which in the
most exposed sites shows no sign of being wind-swept, and appears to thrive best
in open airy spots. Most of the hardy Conifers of Japan do well, and in course of
time they will make effective ornamental specimens. The Maidenhair tree grows
freely, and its characteristic foliage is always effective and interesting. Golden
and variegated Conifers—such as Yews, Cypresses, Retinosporas, and the like—
thrive well, and assume in the season their richest colours.
MortToN HALL. Colonel HENRY TROTTER.
Altitude, 450 feet. Soil, peaty and stiff loam; subsoil, sour wet clay.
Correspondent: Mr. D. F. MACKENZIE, Factor, Morton Hall, Liberton.
on oO
eS ae 5 5
Botanical Name Age ) Giana, 3% o Remarks
= 8) &
Years] Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies cephalonica ...... | 32 | 36 | 4 2 | 20 |Sheltd| Soil unsuitable.
PUR SMAICIS: sc. 00008 AG | BPA | 40) pees | Bh ae Balt of re
ewlenziesi ...... coo) |) By | 5] OB ao :. Does very well; fine tree.
Ae MOrINGaL.sc....s16% « BAA) eed all ap alat 9 Handsome specimen.
Fe LONOUTS| | 215.010 010 «+ « 32 | 67/4 4) 18 3 Fine tree; lost leader twa
years ago.
PIMs AUStACA, |....2.-. By |, AO) 4b 7) BX IP es Kough bushy tree
Pe CCUNDTAL so. c..0 6 soo68: | BA SE I Bee) ily 55 569
MR ATACION soddecioe + ssi0 44/54) 4 7] 9 zs Plantation tree ; crowded.
GENERAL REMARKS.—AII these trees, except Pinus Laricio, are growing in
the pleasure grounds here, close to, but generally clear of, each other. Crypto-
merias, Taxodiums, and Wellingtonia are not thriving well in the wet “sour”
soil. Young trees of Cupressus Lawsoniana, seven years planted, are 12 feet
high; and of Zhuya gigantea, nine years planted, 18 feet high; both thriving
well and very promising.
522, JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
— =
OXENFORD CASTLE. EARL OF STAIR.
Altitude, 250 feet. Soil, heavy and light loam; subsoil, clay and gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. WILLIAM SMITH, The Gardens, Oxenford Castle, Dalkeith.
x) 2 (ears
Z ; eet 5
Botanical Name Age iS eae g 5 3 | Remarks
ss sa| of
A
ware are |
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
AIbIES | CONECOLOG eeaacceos 30 | 40 | 2 9) 16 | S.E. | Fine specimen.
» Dougilasii glauca | 40 | 60) 3 4/ 21 3 Drooping habit. Beautiful
| specimen.
ise MOTAIGIS WSe see secu: DOPE GO soe eo een ts Handsome tree.
ye lookeriandaesc. PAY) eBay We BEING) ap hee 8 Beautiful tree.
so eNienziesie nse... SOROOT On e2 3m ae Vigorous & free-growing.
Seon Obillispmeceaetens Bag SYS) I Ab i IB mn “s fine tree.
a Nordimanmianayeee | oOm totale im eel (anl ane Handsome tree.
PR OMCMLAUGE eames 20) Aa) cay 0) play. Be
Araucaria imbricata ... | 40 | 48 | 310) 22) ,/ Fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 85 | 45|4 0|]19 ,, Very fine and vigorous.
Libocedrus decurrens... | 30 | 3 39 Gaile. Fine specimen.
IeTOHIS) SHOR A BIC) Sodbosese S10) | BY 4h. OP | ke Plantation tree.
Fae Olson olde aren yaaaes 30 | 3 Dien a1) eA a Fine specimen.
ad UE Male eas ouneas SOR AON 2000 a Irregular.
Sei | GATICTO Gneaeee es DOP Aon oy On| = — | 4% Coarse and irregular.
Taxodium sempervirens | 45 | 48 |5 0j|19) ,, Good specimen. 2
Thuya gigantea ......... SOM OMe mms Aaa. Vigorous & free-growing.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 30 | 36 | — |} Il | as Beautifully healthy tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea ao | 42) 6. OF] 18 I jaa Handsome specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The above are the finest specimens of their kind among
a large number here. On the heavy soil, which predominates, Firs, Pines, and
Spruces thrive best; while on the lighter loam Cypress, Thuya, and Wellingtonia
do well. A fine avenue in the grounds is formed of Abies nobilis glauca and
Wellingtonia gigantea, planted alternately, which has a very pleasing effect. a
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN TdE BRITISH ISLANDS. 523
RIccARTON. Sir JAMES H. GIBSON CRAIG, Bart.
Altitude, 300 feet foil, loam; subsoil, hard blue ‘ pan.”
Correspondent : SIR JAMES H. Gipson Cratia, Bart., of Riccarton.
o | 2
c= Hd 2
@ ee lS NRe
Botanical Name Age| -2 |Girth at) © 2 zB Remarks
rH | dit. up a S Se
eer AR
ae a
Years} Feet | Ft. In | Feet
Abies Albertiana (1) ...... — | 55} 4 13) 30; S Hardy & free growing.
2 — | 683; 3. 24) 26 | E
99 ” (2) cor ese 2 2 | e 99 ”
», _, Dowelleisini sssocqdconc. — |—/710)|40) ,,. | Lost its top; vigorous,
Meonamdisy J...2%<..2.-.% SS cog lo 83] 30 ., | Very vigorous.
no JAOJOWINS obaptindonsossoe —|49|;5 2) 35) S&S. Lost top 15 years ago.
| Formed another and
: | lost it. Not healthy.
» Nordmanniana ...... — | 65 | 3 23) 24 | S.K. | Handsome tree.
Araucaria imbricata ...... | — | 353) 3° 0/19 | K. 4
| : ° °
a eee ee Be og apeGueicl| LS. Growing within 30 yds.
Cryptomeria jJaponic Oy) let eee Nea ieee [ of each other, under
os i 2) | — | 484) 2 8 | 13 wi “tae ae
Z similar conditions.
MISH ATHCTO! sais sales oo. | SSS) a eer/ le Fine tree.
Taxodium sempervirens(1) | — | 48 | 4 23) 19 | W. -. Fine specimen.
(2) | 4351 Oe S226 Ee
9 ” 99 3
hua) Craicjana:z....2)..... PAS) pee Web 83 | aY/ S. Handsme, free growing.
y g1 sep feet d 8 8
5 _itjololoms set eeeeeeee nee Sire 563 3 OS elit | EK. | Vigorous.
Wellingtonia gigantea (1) | 386 | 54 | 5 9 | 14 | 4s .
i Pyrenean S318 ie, ‘
cs 5 CE) 26 Were MOL) wee | 8 5
GENERAL REMARKS.—The soil is a good free loam, and the subsoil generally a
hard blue pan. Conifers of most kinds thrive well, and some are making extra
fine growth. The specimen of Abies grandis given in the table has made the
following growth in recent years :—
Growth in last 7 years 30 feet 4 inches.
9 99 ” 10 ” 43 29 6 ”
99 ” 9 ie 29 53 99
Another Abies grandis, about 55 feet high, has grown 21 feet 6 inches in five
years. A corner in an old wood was blown out in 1865, and in 1866 it was re-
planted. The Abies grandis now run from 58 to 66 feet, and the other Conifers,
including A. Albertiana, Cupressus Lawsoniana, Thuya Lobbii, &c., are also good
in proportion. This is interesting, as showing how the new Coniferz will thrive
after old woods have occupied the ground for many years.
524 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
MORAYSHIRE.
ALTYRE. SIR WM. G. GORDON CUMMING, Bart.
Altitude, 60 to 100 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, open gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. WILLIAM MCLAREN, Fcrester, Altyre, Forres.
2 |. Seat |
Botanical Name Age | ‘a0 ea ation eal Remarks
o |oft.up/; && S.
= Son is
ey
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 30 | 80| 6 O| 45 | N.E. | Vigorous.
55) NES TANGIS: cere etecesee 22 COR Eh O30 53 Healthy ; free growing.
5) Nordimanmianay 2211208 eG le 2ie li ee,, Vigorous.
PimMUsSiaustiaca eeeseers a 2 oom eeen oie = | % <
ao) MGATICION aseceseeeees 22" 40 1°30 |" s, ”
eo MOMbICOlA. cece es 22 | 60) 3 10 | — Pe %5
Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 50/7 3/38) ,, %:
—
GENERAL REMARKS.— Besides the above, the following Conifers are growing
vigorously here: Abies Albertiana, A. magnifica, A. Morinda, A. nobilis, A.
Pinsapo, Araucaria imbricata, Pinus Cembra, Thuyopsis borealis, and T. dolabrata.
Abies lasiocarpa, A. Menziesti, A. orientalis, A. Webbiana, Cryptomeria japonica,
Cupressus Lambertiana, C. Lawsoniana, and Thuya Lobbii are healthy, and make
moderate growth. They are all growing in a gravelly soil, and a well-sheltered
situation.
BRODIE CASTLE. BRODIE OF BRODIE.
Altitude, 50 feet. Soil, light ; subsoil, gravelly.
Correspondent : JAMES MCKENDRICK, Forester, Brodie Castle, Forres.
———
on ©
= Be/ 3
Botanical Name Age 5 ee g E a Remarks
=a
Be poe
Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ....... .. | 50 | 80 | 6 2 | 85 Sheltd.| Splendid tree.
so PEAMGIS cee eee | 30; 50 | 4 6 | — 5 Growing in clump ; vigor.
» Menziesii ......... | 50 | 80 | 8 4 | 45 | Open.| A grand specimen.
S eeEMODIUTS 4 sentee acetic 30 | 50 | 4 7} — Sheltd.) Vigor.; growing in clump,
» Nordmanniana... | 30 | 45 |4 G | — a a
Cedrus atlantica ......... A511) 48) On Ones ene Fine ; growing among
others.
Pinus) Pallasiana ....ce..- 10 BOR Toto le Fine clean bole of 15 ft.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 30 | 48/6 6 | — 2 The finest of several grow-
| ing in clumps.
—=
GENERAL REMARKS.—The newer Conifers are generally doing well and grow-
ing fast in the light warm soil, and many of them promise to make useful and
handsome trees.
“tt
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 52
Gt
DARNAWAY. EARL OF MORAY.
Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, gravelly clay.
Correspondent: Mr. D. Scott, Forester, Darnaway Castle, Forres.
on, 2
» - 0 5
Botanical Name Age| ‘ao he a 29 S Remarks
m Sex| #
an
Years] Feet | Ft. In. |} Feet
Mies WOUslaSi1.-.......... 18 | 43 | 4 O | 24 |Sheltd.| Very vigorous.
Sp LASIOCALDA: 22.66. Zs) ||) |) Ze MS 2: - * a
=) = IGKATICCINA RARE eee TS je 2h 8s Oa RO A | Fine; fast-grow ing.
TO DIT Stati cass oles SPW eSoMi oe: oko i Very vigorous.
Pinus monticola ........ sae zor OOo 4 ats els so IN: A fine fast-growing tree.
Wellingetonia gigantea... | 18 | 28 | 4 2 | 12 |Sheltd.| Fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Most kinds of hardy Conifers do well and grow
vigorously here, when due attention is paid to planting them in well-drained
ground. They chiefly delight in a free open soil, and a porous subsoil; the
Spruces and some others preferring a cool subsoil, but not a wet, sour, or imper-
vious one. Abies nobilis, A. Douglasit, and some others of the fast-growing
Conifers, are Hable to lose their leaders from high winds, and should be planted
where they can be sheltered from the prevailing storms. The Wellingtonia thrives
remarkably well, and many fine specimens grow in this district.
GORDON CASTLE. DUKE OF RICHMOND AND GORDON.
Altitude, 70 to 200 feet. Soil, deep loam; subsoil, gravelly clay.
Correspondent: Mr. CHARLES WEBSTER, The Gardens, Gordon Castle, Fochabers.
Orn 2
slice Be | 2
Botanical Name | Age ise eae Ee g Remarks
q z & <a
| Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
AUOMES WOMGMASI: cesses. 32 | 50)4 8 | 20 |Sheltd.) Vigorous.
pre LASIOCAL DA, .2cal sis. 24 | 48 | 6 4) 19 | S.W. | Very fine specimen.
3 JNordmanniana ... | 3 45 | 4 2 | 20 |Sheltd.) Handsome tree.
op, SCTE] CHIEN aE Hae 35 | 4014 8 | 16 fs Fine graceful habit.
Araucaria imbricata...... 4eLy ALO WV By AO NG % Fine healthy specimen.
Cedrus atlantica ......... Sele lvoe Oye leelag, i Doing well.
PD COMAPA ses. cdacce0 40 PN Be a ay ss Very graceful.
MATS WAV CIOs sca. s5.c000 AON CASa Poy Du 2 Silas: Strong growing.
Thuya gigantea............ 30 | 48 | 4 9 | 30 95 Vigorous.
_ Wellingtonia gigantea... | 30 | 52 | 7 9 | 16 7 Very handsome tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—AII] the Conifers mentioned are thriving well; and so
are a great number of smaller plants of many other species. Two fine specimens
that grew here of Abies nobilis, which were said to have been raised from seed
’ sent to the Duke of Gordon over 70 years ago, were blown down during a severe
gale about 30 years ago, after having reached a height of 65 to 70 feet.
526 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
NAIRNSHIRE.
CAWDOR CASTLE. EARL OF CAWDOR.
Altitude, 300 feet. Soil, sandy loam; subsoil, gravel
Correspondent : Mr. CHARLES CLARK, Forester, Cawdor, Nairn,
| oo.
2m |. ofl #8
Botanical Name Age | ‘po aes ab lore a Remarks
So lgec, aa lp stealmaes
1 Af| a
Years] Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 25 | 56 | 3 2/23) E. | Very healthy.
a). Wougdasiences.eepeer 20 | 40 | 4 41] 382 - e a
Su RMLOP LIS Crt ile eros settee 20 | 40 | 3 41] 18 3 ss -
5. Nordmanniana -es (920) |220 ii 96) Gre: Fe Ee *
55 P PECUMNATAL ie. nts. ce — | 609) 80-05) olen] Wie. |Riine nice:
Bee NVC DIaINa nce seine Sse eee ee) 33 Fine specimen,
Araucaria imbricata...... Bip. || ase ||-4b Dy Dab 15) a m
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 25 | 35 | 4 2 | 30 os Vigorous and free.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 35 | 40 | 6 10 | 24 | W. | Fine specimen.
REMARKS —The above are healthy and vigorous trees, and have all the
appearance of forming large and useful timber trees at some future time. To
show how well the old trees have grown here, there is an Ash 50 feet in height,
20 feet 8 inches in girth, and 84 feet diameter of branches; a Beech 60 feet high,
13 feet girth, and 114 feet diameter of branches ; and another of the same height,
16 feet 6 inches girth, and 102 feet in spread of branches; very ornamental trees.
A fine Walnut on the Castle lawn is 60 feet high, 15 feet 6 inches in girth, and
69 feet in diameter of branches. All girths are at 5 feet from the ground.
ORKNEY.
ISLE OF SHAPINSHAY. Colonel BALFOUR.
Altitude, 30 to 50 feet. Soil, light and heavy loam; subsoil, gravel and clay.
Correspondent : Mr. THOMAS MACDONALD, The Gardens, Balfour Castle, Kirkwall.
eS onl aes
Botanical Name Age| © Girth at 29 B Remarks
5 | § ft. up 5 S my
A ea
Years| Feet | Ft. In.| Feet
Araucaria imbricata ... | 24 |18 | 2 0j|14); N. | Healthy and vigorous.
Cedrus Deodara ......... LSS) Fa an OP eS » moderate growth.
Cupressus macrocarpa... | 18 | 16 | — | 25 KE. | Very healthyand vigorous.
Pinus austriaca ......... 1842 Oe 53 Scarcely worth growing.
Thuya gigantea ......... 18 4d le peo sees. Moderately vigorous.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Araucaria imbricata and Cupressus macrocarpa are
the most valuable Conifers we have tried in this island, both standing the stormy
winds and saline breezes without any signs of injury. The above Araucaria is
a well-furnished tree, and girths at the ground 3 ft. 2in. The Cypress girths
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 527
3 feet at the ground, and is a handsome, spreading, well-furnished specimen, in
vigorous health. Of the older Coniferx, the Larch, twenty years of age, is 20 ft.
high, and girths 1 ft. 10 in. at 5 feet up, with a spread of branches 14 ft. in
diameter, growing in heavy loam, resting on clay; about 30 feet above sea, level,
and sheltered by hardwood trees. Norway Spruce of the same age girths 1| ft. 6in.
at 5 feet up, and the branches 18 ft. diameter at the ground; growing in heavy
loam, resting on cold clay, in which the trees are not thriving. Silver Vir, 26 years
of age, is 18 ft. high, girths 1 ft. 8 in. at 5 feet up, with branches 18 ft. in diameter,
growing in a rich black soil, at an altitude of about 40 feet, and sheltered with
hardwood; but the top is not thriving. These are all the Conifers worth note
growing at Balfour Castle or on the island of Shapinshay ; but a number of hard-
woods thrive very well,and such evergreens as Hscallonias, Veronicas, Myrtle, Hollies,
Euonymus, Cotoneasters, Mahonias,and Fuchsias grow with considerable luxuriance,
and greatly aid in giving a fresh and well-clothed appearance to the grounds,
PERTHSHIRE.
ABERCAIRNY. CHARLES S. H. D. Moray, Esq.
Altitude, 150 feet. Soil, stiff loam; subsoil, clay and rock.
Correspondent: Mr. JAMES BRown, The Gardens, Abercairny, Crieff.
on Do
Botanical Name Age S aie Ep 3 g Remarks
= Sia iS
Aen |
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet |
Abies Albertiana ......... Dona Lawes) |S: Fine specimen.
Eee PNalomiCa)......... 50 | 5 0 |} 25 Sp Moderate grower.
PECOUCOIOI. 20. s0050055 SOF) Sam Ost OR ass oA Bi
Spe WOUe asia ch s.2. 6. 65°) 7 011 40 Ss Vigorous ; fine tree.
PGE EAC. .ca0 iS ccalsees ade | 4b 15 1h IO 3 5 <
Ba SMG OMG, Y22ico2iekiaiine eel 6 ae z Apt to lose its leader.
37M DICMZACSID 5.02.22... OOOH eae oee Ale ot oe Vigorous ; free growing.
PMO S Ree. seca. Bald Be B28: J a rf
» Nordmanniana 260 G2 a6 Wallet J aMlakesiay pretty, tree:
Onlentalis 4. .ccz26. S| See 6 Te ee as
Araucaria imbricata...... ect LOD AS Ose ZS yen;, Fine pea
Cedrus Deodara ......... fey Abr Sel asad Be
Cupressus Lawsoniana... NY 6-38) 5aO NO "| ie Vigorous ; vena tree.
Pinus austriaca............ 5 DOn | SCOR TOM ary, Spreading; coarse.
bas HO OMIMO Nay os Sc alaewhels eel oe leat <ORle 33 i a
PEK CCI SAE: isalsiaidicsocialsls poe Lolo Olas: re i pretty.
et BATICION ese cleloiege mm | dae) 4 OF) 20 a Stragelinge tree.
EIMOMbICOlA L232 .106e's SE BSS ay 1a) ~ Fine specimen.
POUGETOSA): ...5:.5.- ee Py aes O) et 5 ar i
Taxodium sempervirens | @ | 47 | 7 0O | 30 wi _ i
Thuya gigantea............ A407 2-65 1920 re ss ns
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 3413 6 | 16 3 Hoes elegant specimen.
i dolabrata ... 10 — 8 e fe
Wellingtonia gigantea... KO > O 2 3 Vi igorous; ; fine tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Most of the Firs and Spruces do weli, and form fine
specimens on the stiff soil. Abies Menziesii, A. Albertiana, A. grandis, A.
Douglasii, and A. nobilis grow with the greatest vigour, and make annual
growths of two to three feet, or more, in length.
528 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
CASTLE MENZIES. SIR ROBERT MENZIES, Bart.
Altitude, 300 to 350 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, gravel and rocky.
Correspondent : Mr. J. Ew1Nnc, The Gardens, Castle Menzies, Aberfeldy.
Sa) 2
Botanical Name Age & Bees eB 5 3 Remar
ss 2a| 8
A
Years} Feet | Ft. in. | Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 382 > 19) 1238 S. | Ripens seed freely.
oy WOuslasite ec wecesece £601 9257 AL} 3b 9 Grows vigorously.
5 | GARTCEISS Ge sooseonsec ys | (s) |) Be Wp as 59 Growing rapidly.
fog SOWA uiaeeenceteceaies Be Ne yd) By By A) IS) a Handsome tree.
eemilenziesiiae seems 46 9635/11 0:| 56 6 Very healthy ; fine tree.
be MODUS cence oceania ne 2A OO ina) Gr) Zl es 2 =
0 Nordmannianan cee 3o) 1) Lome ome “3 i.
Ayraucaria imbricata...... EPC Wek see Tie Aus) - a =!
Cedrus Deodara ......... 36 | 38 | 4 10} 31 % és =,
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 36 | 36/5 3/191] ,,, | $ -
Pinusi@embra is:05s-0-se- PEG | OO Bs 6) | Wet 5 In a confined place.
sty OCLC Sincateeacers | 3 Be) a3) UE 289 » | Healthy.
| enonticolay. esc eber [Pe des eh @ ie Growing very fast.
axodium sempervirens 43/74] 4 6] 21 » | Growing in old quarry.
Rhiuya Sasantean-enise- oe. , 34) 36/4 3 | 18 45 Very healthy ; fine.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 35 | 52 13 9 | 27 Been » very fine tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Conifers growing in the grounds at Castle
Menzies are well sheltered from the north by a steep hill, and most of them
grow rapidly, and with great vigour. Abies Menziesii, of which the exact height
and girth at the present date, October 1, 1891, are given, has grown and is still
growing fast,and has produced, ina given time, the largest amount of timber of
any Conifer here. The Wellingtonia, Taxodium, Cryptomeria, and the like, grow
very freely. Several kinds freely ripen seed, from which many young plants have
been raised and are thriving well.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 529
CULTOQUHEY. JAMES MAXTONE GRAHAM, Esq.
Altitude, 297 feet.
Soil, light loam ; subsoil, red sandstone.
Correspondent : JAMES MAXTONE GRAHAM, Esq., of Cultoquhey, Crieff.
Exposure
OS
‘ * ‘& (Girth at! 58
Botanical Name Age a o Hsp | 2 E
a) 1 em |}
Weve
Years, Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... | 18 | 57 | 4 O| 34 |
ER CONCOLOLS. ccc esess«: Polk) 44°32 0: 14
PE DOUCIASIIA occas... AT ie GS G6 4-51
Pe STAMOS cain sicieisein se (Po Oe, 467/528
PEECRZTESID ..5s0cc0s 40 | 64/16 3-| 36 |
SOC TING ae Sica 3° 8. | 19+
» Nordmanniana... | 36 | 68 | 6 6 | 25
Araucaria imbricata ... | 41 | 44 |5 0O | 25
Cedrus atlantica......:.. inion Or) 0) 228
ee OCOUAED csoere.. ss soo eon Olek
Cupressus Lawsoniana 30 | 30) 4 6 | 20
MES CCMIDEA,.......:-c+ | 64 | 48 | 6 8 | 20
Taxodium sempervirens | 31 | 45 | 6 6 | 21
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 30 | 30 | — | 23
Wellingtonia gigantea | 33 | 50/9 0 | 23
DUNKELD.
Altitude, 100 to 200 feet.
Botanical Name
Age | Height |
Abies Albertiana.........
Re DOMSLASH, | 55. one
AST C Ago occa so.
NOMIC) orc sects case
» Nordmanniana...
orientalis
9
Araucaria imbricata ...
Cedrus atlantica.........
Ee COGATA), .5..05 +04
Cupressus Lawsoniana
Pinus Cembra ..:.....++..
Thuyopsis dolabrata ...
Wellingtonia gigantea
Years
19
Feet
Remarks
| Vigorous & fast growing.
Handsome.
Spreading tree; very fine.
Vigorous ; fine tree.
39 33
9 33
| Handsome specimen.
9 %”
Thriving well.
| Very graceful.
| Very fine specimen.
DUKE OF ATHOLE.
Soil, hght loam ; subsoil, gravelly.
Correspondent: Mr. P. W. FAIRGRIEVE, The Gardens, Dunkeld.
Girth at
6 it. up
aaNet
fae
ke
=)
wwrmr We bd b&
—
PWOORrRNOO!H
Ole ee OL
po|RLo|
feel
orFON
bole *
bof
Remarks
Vigorous.
| Vigorous; very fine tree.
Moderate growth.
| Vigorous.
| Very strong growing.
Vigorous ; handsome.
Sheltered ; very fine tree.
Planted by the Queen;
vigorous ; lost top.
Vigorous ; fine tree.
Sheltered ; very vigorous.
Moderate growth.
Vigorous.
Very healthy; fine specim.
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580 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
GENERAL REMARKS.—AIl kinds of hardy Conifers grow vigorously in this
district, and many fine specimens stand in the grounds here. ‘The above Abies
Douglasti is a very fine tree, and girths, at 1 foot from the base, 14 ft. 6 in.; at
3 feet, 12 ft. 6 in.; at 8 feet, 9 ft. 10in.; at 40 feet, 5ft.9in.; and at 75 feet,
1 ft. 6 in.; the exact total height being 94 feet.
DUPPLIN CASTLE. EARL OF KINNOULL.
Altitude, 70 to 230 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, clay, and rocky.
Correspondent : Mr. JOHN BROWNING, The Gardens, Dupplin Castle, Perth.
——+
| | S
pa e alae
= | . on
Botanical Name | Age} .o Girth at) 3 ra) Remarks
o | d5ft.up| ses 2.
| ae Sa] g
A
/Years| Feet | Ft. In.| Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 32) | O0nleo! fon e420 S. Sheltered ; fine tree.
ECON COLOMPER Eee eeteee 28-| 29) |\23 10 |-21: |S! W.) Nicerspecimen:
ea DOUG ASIN esa cea SPA We eg Ii 25% K. Open to E.; very fine tree.
9 | TAM CUSW one-act 30) 265) (eo Sr B2Plea se Sheltered ; vigorous.
vy, CAMICRZICSUI emma sorte 28 | 50 |.4 5 | 35 | S.H. s
a MODUS ma aceacss tees 32) | DOM por Sn Zain lame Exposed all round; fine.
Nordmanniana ... | 29 | 48 | 4 0O | 23 z Sheltered ; pretty tree.
Araucaria ranereveewey a5 SU yh obs (Ql ov 9 » very fine specimen.
Cedrus atlantica......... 30) | BS | B iQ | Qe “5 Slow growing.
a Deodaray sa--ceee eo 2i AO Rey Aa 3S 3 Sheltered ; fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana Bt Gayl) 4b Bs i) TAL ie * as
Pinus-austraca e.--ess- ORY LE Ny Fa AE |e Exposed.
s, \Cemibnads. snctoe 280) 24 s\15 19>) 12 6 “5
eA = Gall Cli weseseemceels | PAS) 3X0) fh PEW Isha) 5
SamMonticOla, sansa Pe Per Si is) 920) S. ps
sy SPONGEKOSA s.6050. ZR | GAS) || By <—ay 1 ON is 53
Taxodium sempervirens | 32 | 60| 7 9 | 38 » | Sheltered; fine specimen.
Thuya gigantea ....:.... | 30) | 50 1742 *8:7320 4s > 5
Thuyopsis borealis ...... Fe) |) 745) | SE Sie AL} es ac 5
Wellingtonia gigantea | 28 | 55|8 6] 24) .,, Exposed; very fine tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The newer Conifers have been planted in considerable
numbers on this estate, and on the whole they are growing very satisfactorily.
Abies Albertiana, A. Douglasii, A grandis, and A, nobilis grow most vigorously,
but scarcely any of the hardier species fail to make a good average growth.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.
531
KEIR. SIR JOHN M. STIRLING MAXWELL, Lart.
Altitude, 200 to 300 feet. Soil, heavy loam ; subsoil, red sandstone.
‘Correspondent : Mr. THOMAS LuNT, The Gardens, Keir House, Dunblane.
Botanical Name
Abies Albertiana
PE COMCOLON < clcics% 01
DOUG MASI sc ces
op. CAREROCHIC): “GUE AR Bannen
Pe NICMZICSIIE cee eic>
PE NODMWSt nec sc cece «
» Nordmanniana ...
a, IPOH OC) “eRdenopeooee
PES MAINA MA, 5 ossn«<.
Pe VCD DIAN A: -ocis geass
Araucaria imbricata......
Cedrus atlantica, <...:....
Pe DEC OCALA ccicncc » s%.«.<
Cryptomeria japonica ...
Cupressus Lawsoniana...
aa macrocarpa...
=f sempervirens .
a thyoides
Juniperus recurva.........
MMS AUSURIACAN cc. et: <6
Pe CTO A) years ieee asco so
EPOX CEI SA oso. c odeciieinid
PUTO MS selon weininse.e
» Lambertiana
PM ATICIO. Societe conse
» monticola
» Pallasiana
Pa VECIAICA: os .00 a.
Ma SISAL... .s...'s... «6
Thuyopsis borealis ......
Wellingtonia gigantea...
eecvecsescee
Age
Feet | Ft. In.
30
37
45
55
GL
82
47
37
46
30
44
45
48
Girth at
5 ft. up
itt
3
—
He RE 00 OH OL OT OU BE OT OUN
CO bh OU St OL OL’ OU mM © OLR
1
AOrRPROWOOrRNW OC bo
6
or)
wwooenmoorovomnwlds
Diameter of
Branches
Exposure
Remarks
Healthy.
Handsome specimen.
Fine sprdg. tree; lost top.
Vigorous ; fast growing.
Very fine specimen.
Vigorous.
Fine specimen ; top lost.
Graceful habit.
Nice tree; top lost.
Fine tree; Ist. lwr. brchs.
Nice thriving trees.
Fine specimen.
Vigorous & free growth.
f Clipped into long cone-
) shaped trees.
Nice specimen.
Very fine bushy specimen.
Branchy ; rough.
Fine specimen.
99 ”
Vigorous ; rough.
Fine tree.
Branchy ; rough.
” 9 f
Handsome specimen.
7 39
Very fine specimens.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The fine collection of Conifers formed here about forty
years ago by the late Sir William Stirling Maxwell, Bart., is nowa leading feature
in the pleasure grounds and gardens.
dimensions, as the table shows, and, except where they have been allowed to
become crowded, most of them are very handsome specimens.
Many of the species have attained to large
All the newer
hardy Conifers have been added to the collection as they appeared, and are mostly
doing well, especially those of Japanese origin.
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532 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
METHVEN CASTLE. WILLIAM SMYTHE, Esq.
Altitude, 260 to 280 feet, Soil, loam; subsoil, till, and rocky.
Correspondent : Mr. PETER WHITTON, The Gardens, Methven, Perth.
ae 2
Botanical Name Age| © |Girth at. oe a Remarks
i |5ft. up| Es sy
| |
Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet |
Abies Albertiana......... 23 | 68 | 4 7 | 27 | KE. | Beautiful specimen.
sf, LDOWAEISIL A55550G00 33 | 65 | 6 10 | 33 | open.; A grand tree.
OTA GISu eee aetna 21° | 35 | 4.~ 0; | 12 sada ‘2
» Hookeriana ...... | 34 |15|1 1) 8 jsheltd.) Slow growing; pretty.
Se) LodeeKen abtIKCR » GaSsnacone Bal 9 | open.| Handsome; promising.
aoe Moranday casei 50 | 50 | 6 11 | 25 |sheltd.| Beautiful tree.
Bots NO) OW BISAS Se Susnier ane 21 | 385 | 2 7 | 12 | open.| Thrives well here.
» Nordmanniana ... | 22 | 35 | 2 5 | 15 |sheltd., Fine specimen.
sa bbOMIAN Assan ms o4 | 20) (22). 27-1) 10 » | Small tree; pretty.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 35 | 35 | 4 3 | 16 | open.| Fine; leaves sometimes
injured.
Cedrus atlantica......... 35 | 20 | 3 O | 10 |shéltd.| Slow growing.
ps Weodaraye cass. 25 | 30 | 2 8 | 10 | open.| Many fine trees.
Bist Aine Bill Of OU Mises se oot — | 90 | 9 10 | 25 |sheltd.| Fine tree.
Cryptomeria japonica... | 35 | 30 | 5 5 | 12 35 Fine; best in shelter.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 33 | 45 | 5 4 | 15 | open.| Grand specimen.
Libocedrus decurrens... | 30 | 25 | 3 5 | 8 |sheltd.| Beautiful tree.
Pimus*Cemlbraecesensscee-s 50 | 35 | 3 9 |. 10 | open.| Very slow growing.
», Lambertiana...... NO | BO ee 7 kD) - Fine; requires shelter.
Thuyopsis borealis...... 33 | 37 | 3 4 | 12 |sheltd.|) Grand specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 61/7 5 | 16 i Very handsome tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The above are the measurements and particulars of
some of the finest specimens of the Conifers growing here, and as a rule they are
all thriving well. I have planted all of them that are under forty years of age;
and have raised them from seeds, cuttings, or two-year-old seedling plants, nothing
older being got. In many cases the plants from cuttings are thriving as vigor-
ously as any seedlings and forming as fine specimens; but, when they can be had,
seedlings are to be preferred.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 53
Go
MURTHLY CASTLE. W. STEUART FOTHRINGHAM, Esq.
Altitude, 100 to 300 feet; soil, ight and heavy loam, and peaty;
subsoil, gravel and clay.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES LAURIE, The Gardens, Murthly Castle, Perth.
2 | =e |
Botanical Name Age a haw 23 | 3 Remarks
| a #a| @
A
a | a | Se
\Years Feet Ft. In.| Feet |
Abies Albertiana......... | 32 | 56 | 5 8 | 32 | E. | Fastgrowing; beautifultree.
PEeeanadensis. ~....2. | 50 | 30) 2 7 | 22 | W. | Healthy; slow growing.
» cephalonica ...... 45 | 36|5 10) 26 N. | Best on north aspect.
MEEEOMCOION ..02--- on 85 32 | 16:6. BH. Very handsome; hardy.
Pee bouclasie........- | 45 | 76 |11 9 | 49) ,, | Very vig’rous; gr’ws3ft.yly.
Re OUAMCIS He ccs woes) PAOBN G34) 2 Sa|222 42 | Fast grower; very vigorous.
woreookeriana. ...... | 30 | 30 | 4 0) 15| SS. | Fine ornamental tree.
PEMA OMUNCA <...-2.. POM DOr eee nil ae \\h os5 Very ornamental and hardy.
a -Menziesii ..:/..... | 47 | 86 | 9 6 | 45; ,, | Will supplant the Spruce.
i) O01 ee eee | ion Os An) 24s lee Fast growing: very fine tree.
>» Nordmanniana... | 38 | 50 | 3 11); 18 ,, | Very fine, well-clothed tree.
eRGmientalis: is... | 40 | 30; 2 7|12) ,, | As freeas the Spruce; fine.
Pe eALHONTANA, |< .2''06 aOR ao.) tee KOR ae | Fine ornamental tree.
PMSA sc. v2 | 45 |46 | 5 5 | 28-) ,. | 9 3
Peomiuliana.........: Ob POSTS ealet® lea wl 4, -
Araucaria imbricata... | 45 | 45/4 81,18) ,, | ,, many bearing cones.
Cedrus atlantica......... |40 | 45;5 7 | 28} ,, | Very fine; grows freely.
PVC OO ATA, 2 55.<c005. 150 | 52/6 4) 26; ,, | ,, bearing cones first time.
_ 2 ieee | 50 | 465 2) 23 ,, | Growing freely; fine trees.
Cryptomeria japonica... | 40 40) 4 2) 26 N. | Fine ornamental tree.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 33 50/3 8| 11 S. | Very fine; timber excellent,
<3 thyoides...... 40 | 45 | 2 91} 12) ,, | Fine ornamental tree.
Fitzroya patagonica ...| 30|16|1 1) 8| ,, | 5 s
Juniperus sinensis ...... fee eA 7H Ee SAG Dy | - .
Pinus austriaca ......... | 25 | 30| 5 7 | 24) ,, | Timber of no value.
POET TEE, - wisc- nos» | 45 | iO aes ae ean) _ Goes back unless top-dressed
IMO MAICOLA, 5100-03 | 40 | 67 | 5 6 | 18) ,, | Fine rapid growing tree.
PU SEEOUUS So aaincis oox-'4 55 | 50 | 7 8 | 42| ,, | Ornamental.
Taxodium sempervirens 35 | 45 | 810/12. ,, | Fine in damp places.
‘Thwya,eigantea, ......... | 30 | 56 | 3 8] 15] ,, | A beautiful tree.
Thuyopsis borealis...... SO eoO smh Goole OG 5c. a o
Wellingtoniagigantea(1) 35 | 664 9 3 | 26) ,, | Finest of three oldest trees.
* 5% @) 30 | 61 | 6 6 | 20 ,, | Raised from a cutting.
|
GENERAL REMARKS.—Hardy Conifers grow here with great vigour and
juxuriance, especially such free growers as Abics Douglasii, A. grandis, A.
Menziesii and A. nobilis, many of which make leaders of three feet and upwards
annually ; and being planted in large numbers they partly shelter each other,
and do not get their heads broken off so readily as when they are towering singly
high above other trees. All the Abies tribe seem to thrive peculiarly well in the
soil and climate of this district. The same may be said of Cupressus Lawsoniana,
C. thyoides, Thuya gigantea, Thuyopsis borealis, and Wellingtonia gigantea, all of
which are thriving and growing vigorously. The Araucaria imbricata and
Cedrus Deodara are also thriving well as single specimens, and form picturesque
groups and avenues. The Deodara has borne cones this season for the first time
on trees about 50 years old. The Araucaria cones freely here, and there isa
heavy crop of cones on many of them thisyear. Pinus monticola is avery hardy
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534 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
and free-growing Pine, and proves to be one of the best of those introduced from
North-west America. Abies Albertiana, Thuya gigantea and Cupressus Lawsoniana,
from the same regions, are also free-growing and very promising trees. Among
the finest ornamental trees and shrubs may be mentioned Abies concolor, A.
Hookeriana, A. magnifica, A. Nordmanniana, A. orientalis, A. Pattoniana, A.
Pinsapo, A. Smithiana, Piota orientalis, Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus
Lansoniana, C. Lambertiana, C. thyoides, Juniperus chinensis, J. excelsa, J.
recurva, Libocedrus decurrens, Retinospora obtusa, R. pisifera, R. plumosa,
Taxus baccata aurea, Thuyopsis borealis, T. dolabrata, and Wellingtonia g gigantea.
Many other species and numerous varieties of the newer Conifers are growing
very satisfactorily.
OCHTERTYRE. SIR PATRICK KEITH MURRAY, Bart.
Altitude, 300 to 450 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, trap rock.
Correspondent : Mr. GEORGE CROUCHER, The Gardens, Ochtertyre, Crieff.
2)
Botanical Name Age Sp Bree, e E 2 Remarks
Year: Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 19 | 54 | 3 6 | 22.) Open | Graceful & quick grwing.
SH) 9), CUCVOEINS Ses. catacsonse OG pl pO Se Perhaps the finest - of
| Japanese Conifers.
He ICONCOLOMM serene 7 7 — -- Be Very promising.
sn Douclasiii. sss. -ee 1 10) Ne MO) oD = Fast grower; much brkn.
| | by snow and wind.
a as Staten |e ZON gl ESS “ Very attractive.
os. PTANGIS o% sastecocase | Ve) Bee Oe oD o One of the finest Conifers
oy oe HOOKeCH analy aon. Woclevea eel Oe Ss | Lae ae Very ornamental.
5 LORCA CIUTKOA gains eee PUG Ze) Ge 5 Handsome tree.
5 OO WIENIZIESII eee eer OOM iii tks Fel 3 Vig. grower; fine tree.
oe, NOTING ates choses: | 58 | 44 6 6 | 30) ,, | Very fine specimen.
sae TOWUNSR re or recor es SSD ed sO. 23, | eee Rapid grower ; handsme.
oy NOKdimanmianar ston |e 2e aero aah (Ol tlon tare From seed sown in 1866.
a) COME TOR 5ae6 dod 1A 2 le li ln: ne We” Sh Beautiful lawn Conifer.
Weert Cine eer reece NAN Dek i 8 {Mx hice » iree-growing tree.
Araucaria imbricata...... 20 | 21 | 2. 0} 18 | Open | From seed sown in 1865.
Cedrus atlantica ......... go | 34 4~ 0) 22457 is: Lost leaderfew years ago.
. We od araae.ceccer 31 |-45 | 4 0 | 30 is Seed from India, 1854.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 27 | 30; 4 0/15) ,, Thrives everywhere.
Pimwsraustilaca aeceencerees Pees pe TiS) ye Ty rab ESS lfm as Dies off at 30 to 40 years:
Pe eBolandenneye ec 7!19;}1 11! 9. Open| The qkst-grwg Pine here.
em @ enorme cee 36| 44,4 0|16) S.. | Good ornamental Pine.
ee X CCl ccc’ 7/16 |010/)] 9 | Open| Grows fast; graceful.
By LOLCTLNCVAsares. .pccen< LG AT il) Be 211 58 43 Moderate grower.
sy KOLALEMSIS Via. cence NG WTS.) Vesdiiess 5 Makes a pretty specimen.
a gee least COB ..Grtvackios..- Gree ale ee Ola pele és Not ornamental.
sie WNOMLICOlA TE. ea. ss 164) 80.4)1)-.9 4 13 53 Handsm. free-grwg. tree.
Ee WONGETOSA Pe ecer. 30 4.33 |, .3;- 5a) 18 5 From seed sown in 1859;
fine robust Pine.
Saxe-Gothza conspicua | 19 | 10; — 6 | 8S. | Very interesting.
Taxodium sempervirens | 20 | 38 | 5 1 | 26 5, Ornamental.
Rhiya Sigambeacscnmesence 20) 43y 13 Oa Tesh ipsy Beautiful & fast-growing,
Thuyopsis borealis ...... Qe \ B22 sO) | fae teats From a cutting in 1861;
| beautiful specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 28 | 42 | 7 0 | 27 + Fine specimen; from a
cutting in 1858.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 535
GENERAL REMARKS.—The ages of the trees are calculated from the year they
were planted. Allthe specimens of which the details are given are thriving well ;
the soil and the locality being well adapted for the growth of coniferous plants,
of which there are in all some 180 species and varieties growing in the grounds and
policies at Ochtertyre. Some of them I have raised from seed, others have been
struck from cuttings; and the remainder bought, as small plants, chiefly from
Messrs. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea; and Messrs. Dickson & Turnbull, Perth. Among
the fastest-growing and finest trees are:—Abies Albertiana, A. Douglasii,
A. grandis, A. Menziesii, A. nobilis; Pinus Bolanderii, P. monticola, and Thuya
gigantea. Of more moderate growth, but very handsome and ornamental, are
Abies ajanensis, A. concolor, A. D. Stairti, A. Hookeriana, A. Lowii, A. magni-
fica, A. Morinda, A. Pattoniana, A. Veitchii, Cupressus Lawsoniana, Libocedrus
decurrens; Pinus excelsa, P. koraiensis, Thuyopsis borealis, and Wellingtonia
gigantea. Most of the Conifers here are growing in a light sandy loam, resting
on open trap rock, on a steep hillside, with a southern aspect. Conifers of a
tender nature are rather uncertain, and generally succumb the first severe winter.
Most of the hardier Japanese species thrive remarkably well, and form beautiful
specimens of the greatest attraction in the pleasure grounds.
ROSSIE PRIORY. LORD KINNAIRD.
Altitude, 80 feet. Soil, light and stiff loam; subsoil, gravelly.
Correspondent : Mr. JOHN R. MCKIDDIE, The Gardens, Rossie Priory, Inchture.
| On 2
Ee ac sae rt a
Botanical Name Age | 3 5 ft. up 2 3 | Remarks
Bel os
Years) Feet Ft. In.)| Feet |
Abies Albertiana......... — | 55 | 310); 25 | S. | Vigorous.
ee WONG ASIIr. 5 san « == 85 110° 01156) We 5
5 i stricta =| 8058-0 |-38) | ES: Very healthy.
Pe foe cena e oag'e Smoe eon On| 24 55 Strong grower.
PEIN AOTINICA, cen civine sis Zo) (oon) 4° 045116) |) SSH: ae
Pee MEHZICSH (223.6% == |) GO GeO 2 Ne Be -
Meee TOI: fo. ccc. 25 | 56|4 31/18] E. | Very vigorous.
» Nordmanniana... | — | 42|}4 0/} 21 Se | a
Araucaria imbricata — | 50/5 0| 20] W. | Weiti shelterec; sickly.
Cedrus atlantica ......... See | te D4 20S Sei. eealthy,.
nt DEO CE a eee —|70|5 9 | 23 oe |) Wexy, bealtiny,
Cupressus Lawsoniana oor) 420.) 1G a &
Juniperus sinensis ...... = | US a S. 53
Pinus austriaca ......... — | 35 | 3 41} 15] S.E. | Healthy; poor specimen.
-- A0;s0 1) 0% 9: eee — |25!13 0| 12 te ss fine rs
4 xt ee — |40|5 41] 20 by io poor ae
PEM CHEC YE 3282 ese == | 2t153 OF) 18 8. mes good e
Pe ATICIO. i a.s5 2505. aan |e AD Oe «Oot » | Unhealthy.
Pre POnGCCEOSE: 12555.3: — | 3851-3 6] 14 “s Healthy ; poor specimen.
MRP SEEODUS 2 22 2ke0. aca =) CP IG 34) BB . i gcod ES
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 50 11 6, 28 » | Healthy and thriving.
Thuya Craigiana......... =) 283 BR 35 és i
» Menziesii ......... = 40; (3110 | Det ve Sctaaihe st oe if
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 30 | 50 8 O/} 20 » | Healthy and vigorous.
onetr | |
GENERAL REMARKS.—With few exceptions, the Conifers here are growing in
a sandy loam and gravelly subsoil, and are well sheltered from the north. Cedars
grow freely, and most of the Firs, Spruces, Cypresses, and Thuyas are doing well.
586 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
SCONE. EARL OF MANSFIELD.
Altitude, 50 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, clay.
Correspondent: Mr. ALEXANDER MACKINNON, The Palace Gardens, Scone,
Perth.
eis ee
5 é ao 5
Botanical Name Age 5 See E =I a Remarks
= ied
Years Feet | I't. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... | | 30 | 523} 5 4 | 33 |Sheltd.| In perfect health.
eeCephalonicay se. | 31) 413 60) 205) NB. | whrivine specimen:
PECONCOLOD ee eeecee 31 | 414} 4 0] 16] N. | Fine vigorous tree,
SeDouclasiilmmere | 64 | 83.| 9 1 | 42 | WNW) Finetree; 124 cub. ft.timb.
BOTAN CISH sate ates 31 | 483] 4 10 | 29 | N.. | Vig. health; grows fast.
pmelOokernlianay--eceee 20) 19 — 12 ee Beautiful healthy tree.
so. Mlenziesi S..eaecc Bee Cl .S. -4| BO » | Vigorous; fine specimen.
oy KOORUBIS) 4 “Gosceoussdeo SO wz (lOmin AS », | Fine tree; inperfct. health
», Nordmanniana ... | 31 | 463) 4 34) 22 |Sheltd.| Rather going back.
TEMS). coagcocoa0es a) Wee eee By || INI Healthy; fine specimen.
heater aM) ooo |) as) || ZO) Zh |) Bis ,, | Fine specimen, with cones.
Cedrus atlantica ...... aie) | 4) Ze Gy | Bul a In good condition.
a Deodaran .acaseee 37 | 44 | 4 44) 28 | S.H. | Not thriving, as a rule.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 31 | 29 | 3 10 | 18 |Sheltd.| In perfect health.
imuseaustriacaieeseee 31 | 43] 4 0| 24] N. | In good condition.
5, Cembra. 2 cewe. 39 | 45/4 6] 2 5 Going back.
Ay GHEE GodGcor see | Ol | o2) de ONL te | NSE Dome taimlyayelile
PP monilcalameee eter | 39 | 714) 5 11 | 30 | N. | Fine healthy tree.
i JOCIMGISROSES. cacccoone 3509 GEIST oz . Doing fairly well.
Taxodium sempervirens | 28 | 42 | 3 3 | 17 |Sheltd.| In fine health ; grows well.
Mhuy ay Cisantve an s.-.ccee. bok | 28 cd 8) 16) N 5 Lhrivimeswelle
Thuyopsis borealis ...... By) Ls salts) yp taal oraceful tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 31 | 603) 7 4 19 | N.E. _ Vigorous ; fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—These Conifers are all growing in the Pinetum in the
grounds at Scone Palace, and a record has been kept of them from the beginning.
The soil is a rather heavy, cool loam, resting on clay, on which most of the Firs
and Spruces thrive admirably, except the somewhat tender species, such as A dies
bracteata, A Pindrow, and A. Webbiana. Among the more recently planted
species and varieties, Abies ajanensis, A. Alcockiana, A. concolor violacea, A.
Lingelmannii, A. E. glauca, and A. Pattoniana are all thriving well, and promising
to make handsome specimens. The Araucaria, Wellingtonia, Zaxodiwm semper-
virens, Cupressus Lawsoniana, Thuya gigantea, and Thuyopsis borealis are all
vigorous and beautiful trees. Of the Pines, Pinus monticola thrives best;
several others doing moderately well.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.
A
SCONE ESTATES. EARL OF MANSFIELD.
Correspondent: Mr. LEWIS BAYNE, Forester, Jeanie Bank, Perth.
1. GROWING IN SCONE PLANTATIONS.
Altitude, 200 to 300 feet. Soil, moorish ; subsoil, tilly.
| |
Botanical Name Age | Height Pa Remarks
|
Years| Feet | Ft. In.|
Abies Douglasii (1)............ | 3 674 | 4 8 The Douglas Fir plantation
8 2 4 S i
an = (2a) ads areca 3: 58 AL Lf | on the Scone estate extends to
“E > (3) emenncnened 34 | 624 | 3 11 |j)18 acres, and was planted in
= ES Ce oe: B4 | TOE | 4 33) | the spring of 1857. It is very
o % (CD eae eater 34; 59 | 5 13 {healthy and thriving well, as
PE CO) tcccss.c- 34 | 621 | 2 114 \the measurements show.
a. duleriavaessiit GB aaeeaaaer re AT) 6022) 6" 1 This plantation is very much
We es (Zao eaeareee 41 | 61 6 82 exposed, so much so that a
Pee eNoramanniana .......<. 41 | 492 | 4 8 | |good many Larch and Scots
PE EATISAON 5055. 6064005 vokes 41 | 37 | 3 2/||¥ir have been blown down.
i UgiMiin< GILLRS) oe yaaa ee ae 41 | 564 | 3 9 |< There isno Douglas Fir in this
PAVMS HAUS EMIACH 2 c0cse 25-00 41 | 37 | 4 © | |plantation. It willbe observed
5, OGIER G1 ae a 41 | 39 | 2 44 |that Abies Menziesit has far
PPM ATN OVO! co. ciciecs sckiclets oi 41 | 50 | 3 11 | {outstripped the dimensions of
Be SWIMESHTTS o: 2p et accession ct 41 | 48 | 8 8} \the other species.
Larix europeea.................. — | 97; | 8 1 Fineold Larchin Scone Wood.
EAMUISES WA VESEMISI 2: os. he aeie nase — | (A ai Oe! ‘3 Scots Pine $3
2. GROWING ON LYNEDOCH ESTATE.
Altitude, 340 feet.
Soil, loam; subsoil, till.
Ve
Botanical Name Age | Height Perea Rennes
Years) Feet | Ft. In
Page oebonelncin dyn... a7 | zon | The Scone & Taymount plantations
eas) |b were raised from seed of this tree.
¥ " DY nc: BT 2 49 This fine tree has two leaders at
©) ie 2 “ 58 feet 4 inches up.
» excelsa (3)...... — | 106 10 0 | The largest Spruce on the estates.
» pectinata (4)...... — | 1042 13 8 i Silver Fir 5
|
538 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
SCONE ESTATES— continued.
3. GROWING ON TAYMOUNT ESTATE.
Altitude, 262 feet. Soil, moorish; subsoil, tilly.
Botanical Name Age | Height Bee. Remarks
Abies Douglasii (1)...... 31 68 | 5 4 | Plantation tree; 27 ft. to 1st branch.
3 (Maecdae 31 69 Del 28 ft. 5
fs x Berenice 3 635 | 4 9.| R. 23 ft. *
a a CD) anes 31 675 | 4 10 | Be 23 ft. .
a Sy (ba) eee. 31 UT 4 4 | 5 35 ft. rs
|
4. GROWN ON LOGIE ALMOND ESTATE.
Altitude, 450 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, tilly.
Botanical Name Age | Height Sees Remarks
Years} Feet | Ft. In.
Abies Douglasii (1)...... —} 54 | 311 Plantation trees; healthy and
a a C2) seas: — 50 4 0 thriving well.
» Nordmanniana(1)} — | 25 | 2 4 Growing in the Nursery; fine
5 3 (2) —| 25 | 2 2 | | handsome trees.
Pinus Strobus (1) ...... — | 85 6 7|f Growing on “Almond Bank”;
3 ase Ce) auasiseee —} 90 |7 6) \ ten in number; age unknown.
GENERAL REMARKS.— All the Douglas Fir trees on the Scone estates have
been raised from seed borne by No. 1 tree at Lynedoch, which was planted in
1834, and has produced fertile cones freely for many years, and is known as “the
Parent tree.” It contains about 200 cubic feet of timber; and its neighbour,
No. 2, which stands close by and is much the finest tree, contains nearly 300 cubic
feet. The large Spruce, No. 3, at Lynedoch, is a very fine tree, and contains
347 cubic feet ; while the gigantic Silver Fir, No. 4, contains 480 cubic feet.
The Scone Douglas Fir plantation, about 13 acres, is on sloping ground, with
a north-western exposure, and rather open to the prevailing gales. The Douglas
Fir plantation at Taymount is about the same in extent as that at Scone, 13 acres,
on nearly level ground, with a northern exposure, and the trees are in vigorous
health and growing fast. Both those plantations are solely of Douglas Fir. The
Douglas Firs at Logie Almond are somewhat sheltered by old trees. The other
Conifers on the Scone estates are generally growing on a western aspect, and
exposed to strong gales. Many thousands of the newer Conifers, large and small,
are grown as plantation trees, and are generally of a very thrifty nature and
promising appearance; but as, in most instances, only young immature trees, full
of sapwood, have been available for timber purposes, it will require the experience
of another generation or two to place them in their relative positions as useful
timber-producing trees.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 539
THE CAIRNIES. Major R. MALCOLM PATTON.
Altitude, 500 to 630 feet. Soil, sandy loam and moorish; subsoil, gravel and tilly,
Correspondent: Mr. JOHN McCLAGAN, Overseer, The Cairnies, Perth.
on co)
» ; Pe =
Botanical Name Age = eee PE S Remarks
as eee
1A
Years] Feet | Ft. In, | Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 30) 4) (033) G8) ee tS Vigorous and thriving.
» cephalonica ...... SOBA al on 0) obi. » 99
ECONCOIOR cscs 26.22. SO Oo | O Wap BO os 39 99
Ee DoUcTASI c.c.2.cs SOR) SOI Ros a2 on ee, 9 99
PRSTAMCIS 32. :4 5.506 30) Olle) 28) leo 2a y 9
eelookerianal..,..<. 30 | 25/1 6 9 is Beautiful small tree.
ppeinaguiica ei... p BOM OO eis Ga a Vigorous and thriving.
ee ICTAZACSII co. 0in0's« 35.| 77/6 8 | 25 - aa 4
POMOC 0. le, diese S535) 435) Has Oat) a Hi 53 is
Ho TO eae 305/765) 5,89) |924 | 9 »
5 Nordmanniana ... | 35 | 57 | 410/22] N., * sf
OTIC MPALIS 3.1. ccc sss Hay | 0) 1B} Sel?) s Fine ornamental tree.
ee ebattoniana: ...4...., 30 | 30; 3 0; 14 N: Beautiful tree.
pee TOMO? sk seco scee « 30 | 25 | 3 0; 14 S: is slow growing.
PE IMG AWOL s.6:) . dco SORE ZO alto re ils BS AG a:
PV ebbianar ioc0.... 5 SOn| SOm 2 eon) le Bs Fairly hardy; thrives well.
Araucaria imbricata ...... SOM Ome) 2) Ky bs Thriving ; very ornamntl
Cupressus Lawsoniana ...| 30 | 836; 3 414; N. | Very hardy & ornamental.
Pinusi@embray 2.2.50. 2-6 30 | 45); 4 O07; 15 a Doing fairly well.
ey MONtICOla:.....00..5% B10) | (0) || fy dP aL Vigorous ; fine tree.
Taxodium sempervirens | 30/ 42/3 2,17) S. Doing well in shelter.
Thuya gigantea....... eee B01 29 | Be Gp le | ee Fine fast-growing tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 30 | 45 | 7 2,16} ,, Doing well; healthy.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The trees mentioned in the above list comprise the
finest of the numerous species of Conifers growing on this estate. The fastest
growers are Abies Albertiana, A. Douglasii, A. grandis, A. Menziesri, A. nobilis,
and Pinus monticola; and closely following them in vigour and rapidity of
growth are Abies cephalonica, A. concolor, A. magnifica, A. Nordmanniana,
A, orientalis, and Thuya gigantea. Abies Pattoniana and A. Hookeriana are to
all appearances here the same species, and both thrive well and make very
beautiful slow-growing trees. Abies Morinda, A. Pindrow, and A. Webbiana are
fairly hardy and interesting trees at this altitude. Abies Fraserii and Pinus
Strobus fail to thrive after 15 to 20 years’ growth. The Araucaria, Taxodium,
and Wellingtonia do fairly well, and are quite healthy. Lawson’s Cypress does
well everywhere, and is one of the hardiest of Conifers.
540 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULURAL SOCIETY.
ROSS-SHIRE.
ArRpDRoss. SIR KENNETH J. MATHESON, Bart.
Altitude, 450 to 600 feet. Soil, loam and peaty; subsoil, till, gravel, and
| sandstone.
Correspondent : Mr, JOHN CUNNINGHAM, Forester, Ardross, Alness.
2 | cal 9
Botanical Name Age | & one au 28 & Remarks
es eae Aitae fea
Sie oles |
=) |
Years Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies cephalonica ...... 38 | 40 | 6 O | 27 | S.W. | Thrives fairly well.
sr WOU Vasil Wee ose. 38 | 50 | 4 0 | 20 5 Vigorous ; fine tree.
se NE MZIeS Illy poem tee (A256 8620s ON Ws ie cn
A AOD ULIS posure tegen Weayes CeCe By uy All 1 ah Le zs
,» Nordmanniana ... | 38 | 36 | 4 38 | 21 | S8.W. | Makes a pretty tree.
oy @HIEIMAATIy3 3 Soca Some SOs ee Oal nalts A by ws
yo MEIMSA Olen senate 24 | 14 — 15 , uf “a
Araucaria imbricata <2.) 138 382 5.7% | 720 ap Good specimen.
Cedrus Deodara ......... Be le Ou 1 , Slow growing.
see Dilley: Wall Rear Necadne 38 | 2613 6) 15 y Does fairly well.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 24 | 27|3 4 | 15 5 Vigorous ; fine tree.
PAMUsvausbLvacauesecee Bio) | 0) Weal lb JUS % Doing fairly well.
aR Cermlora wee wee | Bid) Bee, BD I ILS) : i 5
eo ne) CLE ery lame try Sosa ESP a SO: Wid) 18 lallG iB 3 3
iricion. wees 1 ee 80 4 O ae ¥ c
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 52 ON 2 9 2 Very beautiful and hardy.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 32 | 26 |7 6 | 18 % Vigorous and healthy.
|
GENERAL REMARKS.—The exposure is south-west, from which quarter the
heaviest gales blow past Ben Wyvis, twelve miles distant, and strike this district
with great force. Still the newer Conifers, when sheltered from the direct blast,
thrive well in general, and those recently planted, such as Abies Albertiana,
A. concolor, A. grandis, and A. magnifica, Cedrus atlantica, Pinus monticola,
and Thuya gigantea, in addition to those named in the list, are growing
vigorously. Late spring frost is apt to kill the pushing buds of Abies Morinda,
A. Pindrow, and A. Webbiana, and in consequence they do not thrive. Larch
and Scots Fir grow up to an altitude of about 1,600 feet on the mountains; but
in the higher parts the young growth is liable to be injured by late spring frost,
except where the ground is covered with heather, which seems to be a great pre-
ventive of injury from that cause.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 541
BRAEMOREF, LOCH BRooM. LADY FOWLER.
Correspondent : Mr. WILLIAM GUNN, Factor, Nutwood, Strathpeffer,
»- GENERAL REMARKS.—The growth of our trees, especially the Conifers, in 25
years, is really surprising. They grow with the greatest vigour and luxuriance,
and beside the Common Larch, Scots Fir, and Spruce, which thrive well in
the plantations, we have very beautiful specimens of Wellingtonia gigantea, Abies
Douglasii, A. lasiocarpa, A. nobilis, Cupressus Laivsoniana, and other choice
Conifers, all thriving well in our northern climate.
BRAHAN CASTLE. Colonel STEWART MACKENZIE.
Altitude, 160 to 200 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, tilly.
me bance : Mr. GEORGE Simpson, The Gardens, Brahan Castle, Conan Bridge..
Botanical Name Age | "e Girth at! 5 2 8 Remarks
ry | 6 ft. up RE | in |
+ Q A
A
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet | |
Abies Albertiana......... 20 | 40 | 4 6] 381 S. | One of the finest.
PRPMECOUCOLON ccisiiss sions 30 | 40 | 7 0 | 30 | S.W. | A grand tree.
ry od DO DEREISLOE RO sees 45 | 85 | 8 6) 50 K.
PROT ATC” seicins'cs vince 23 | 26/5 2 | 25 8. Healthy.
Pe OTIC Ayancts sicive bio 26125) ede Qiie2ie || tS. Wi
PPEPTIO TUS Weccrcs ctsp seis « BD) | OD) |) f= O | ae Very fine tree.
a Nordmanniana ...|.23 °|°32-!°3 6-| 14 S.
IEAM AO OWels eisere cisyers sie SOG 25 oe Sew lSn le Seen a ViETY, ornamental.
‘Araucaria iMTICAtAyea | oO UnaOu lo (O. | —— S. | Fine; lost lower branches.
Cedrus atlantica......... a 4S | DO) = IP aie ek eood specimen.
“5 ISOC eI) Socaeenne 23 |, 36) |) ——. | = 8. | All dying out.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 23 | 30) 3 0 | 16) S.W.| A fine thriving tree.
PainimisiCemUorayssesc..6s5<6 Zug) || 740) 1) 9 By 4 Bs Slow growing.
Pe EXCEISAY acs cudtcaes 23 | 30 | 3 9] 24! SS. | Good specimen.
Taxodium sempervirens | 30 | 32) 2 8 | 23 | S.W.| Doing moderately.
Thuya Craigiana......... 30))| 35, 349 |, 21 5 Growing freely ; ; fine.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 30 | 45 | 6 8 | 38 By Beautiful tree ; very fine.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 30 | 40/8 0 | 21 ms Thriving specimen.
542
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
CASTLE LEOD.
Altitude, 100 to 250 feet.
EARL OF CROMARTY.
Soil, sandy and heavy loam; subsoil, gravel and clay.
Correspondent : Mr. WILLIAM GUNN, Factor, Nutwood, Strathpeffer.
is Se| 2
: | oa 5
Botanical Name Age & Sie ae| 5 z 3 Remarks
= 2a |. 4
|A
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... — | 35.| 1 9|.— |. N. | Healthy and fine tree.
7 a Wonelasiivim cesses: — |60;510}—/ 8 Vigorous tree.
a) IWIGALESEY Ge0d6500 — |65/16 4) — 40 , cas
Se MODIS erected — | 36; 310; —| S8.E. . :
» Nordmanniana... | 13 | 20|1..4.) — “i Beautiful young tree.
Araucaria imbricata ... | — | 35 | 4 2)— | W. | Fine specimen.
Cedrus Deodara ......... — | 33)5 0) — | S.E. a g
Cupressus Lawsoniana | Om oO wa a re a
Libocedrus decurrens... | 13 | 10) 0 8 — % Fine young tree.
Pinus Cembra ............ — | 3b) 5. 347) 8. Fine specimen.
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 42 | 6 6) — a 5 a
Thuyopsis borealis ...... }— | 35/3 0) — % A very beautiful tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea.. — | 61 110 3 | — | W. | A splendid specimen.
|
CoNAN House. Sir KENNETH 8S. MACKENZIE, Bart.
Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, sandy.
Correspondent: Mr. WILLIAM HILLOAK, The Gardens, Conan House, Conan.
oye
Botanical Name Age ‘So ae 32 8 Remarks
4 ial
| 5 (oa) A
Years, Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies cephalonica ...... 34 | 48/4 9|—| N. | Good specimen.
2 Wouglasi aoc. 28 | 77 | 5 4 | — |Shelt.| Vigorous; fast grower.
Foe OP AICMG acess unetise 18 | 52)5 OO} — N Vigorous; fine tree.
ap Nienzitesily ners. 22 4253 40 LO e\ —— m5 ss -
bat AODMAS otto caeias 20503) 43))) —— 3 Bf '
ny INIGichaneavOENAe sou) BO |) 2B |G | ee i a :
Aah HOCCEIMALA NT tence. 80 | 65 10 1) — “fi Fine old tree.
Ve MPINGTOW Tc cet es seen: 2 1831.) 3) 27) # A good specimen.
Neue EASA OO nero eee 25 | 35/3 6) — 5 Ornamental; lost leader.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 48 | 42 | 4 2);—| S&S. | Fine specimen; bearing
Cedrus Deodara ......... 35 | 35 | 5 1 | — | Open. 93 FS [ cones.
Cupressus Lawsoniana.. | 22 | 33 | 2 6 | — N. a on
Marix! CUNOP2Ay wees. «10 80 | 96|}8 4); — 5 Fine old tree.
Sciadopitys verticillata | 15 7T)/ — |— es Slow growing; interesting.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 15 | 23}; — | — S Healthy and very graceful.
Wellingtonia gigantea.. | 18 38 |5 3) — S. | Vigorous and healthy.
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 5438
GENERAL REMARKS.—The Araucaria has at present 52 cones, which are get-
ting brown, and promise to ripen. About ten years ago a cone ripened seeds,
from which young trees were raised that are now about 3 ft. high, and very
healthy. The Douglas Fir succeeds best in sheltered places; when exposed the
trees lose their symmetry, and the leader is apt to be broken off by the wind.
CouL Housk, STRATHPEFFER. Sir ARTHUR RAMSAY MACKENZIE, Bart.
Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, ight loam; subsoil, sandy.
Correspondent : Sir ARTHUR RAMSAY MACKENZIE, Bart., of Coul, Dingwall.
: Silage
a Oa a
Botanical Name Age| © |Girth at| © 3 2 Remarks
mm | 5 ft. up AS i
ras —Q ea
Years) Feet | Ft, In. | Feet |
Abies Douglasii ......... 60 | 72 |10 10 | 51 | S. | Very fine specimen.
PeeeOUlisperresten.... (200) | «e7\'¢ JO) | 34)) SW. 3 4
Cupressus Lawsoniana DE BO Bh abe SUS) Beautiful tree.
Thuya gigantea ......... 30 | 42 | 3 3 | 24 4 x 5
Wellingtonia gigantea 30 | 55 | 7 10 | 23 ‘5 Handsome tree.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Both Abies Douglasii and A. nobilis are beautiful and
healthy trees planted by Sir George Mackenzie of Coul, seventh Baronet, and are
believed to have been raised from the first seed of them imported into this
country. All the specimens are of remarkably healthy and vigorous growth.
DUNCRAIG. SIR KENNETH J. MATHESON, Bart.
Altitude, 30 to 100 feet. Soil, loam and peaty; subsoil, gravel and rocky.
Correspondent: Mr. ALEXANDER STEWART, The Gardens, Duncraig, Strome Ferry.
On o
ne) a) y
Botanical Name Age ‘20 Girth at) 33 2 Remarks
= 5 ft. up | 8 s S
a |
Years} Fect | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 23 | 38 | 4 O | — | N.W.| Fine thriving tree.
SP TLOWMISE. cod see eess 23 | 46/3 6); — s Very flourishing.
» Nordmanniana ... | 23 | 45)4 4 | — 55 3 us
Araucaria imbricata ... | 23 | 36 | 3 1 | — | N.K. 5 a
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 23 | 15|1 6 | —/|N.W.| Nice tree.
WiMuUSvexCelsSal c../..c.2-+.6 23 | 25|,2 0|— i Free growing.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 23 | 40| 5 6 | — ‘3 Fine tree; very flourishing,
GENERAL REMARKS.—AII the Conifers here are in a remarkably healthy and
flourishing condition. They are among the finest in West Ross-shire, and are
greatly admired for their free growth and vigorous appearance.
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SELKIRKSHIRE.
SUNDERLAND HALL. Mrs. ScoTt PLUMMER.
Altitude, 150 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent : WILLIAM G. PIRIE, The Gardens, Sunderland Hall, Selkirk.
O m ©
: = a | irth a Ba 8
Botanical Name Age @) ie teas 2 : 2 Remarks
ca 6). a
A
|
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet |
Abies Douglasil............ 21) 44; 3 2/18) W. | Very vigorous & healthy.
» Nordmanniana ... | 26 | 36/3 3 18 S.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 25 | 33 3 0 | 16 | N.W. Grows freely & graceful.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 30 | 51 | 6 2 | 15 | S.E. | Vigorous and handsome.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Many younger plants are thriving well, and promise in
time to be fine trees.
STIRLINGSHIRE.
BUCHANAN CASTLE. DUKE OF MONTROSE.
Altitude, 120 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, tilly.
Correspondent : Mr. ALEX. CROSBIE, The Gardens, Buchanan Castle, Drymen.
On o
2 i Ho Ea
Botanical Name Age ce eae aah 32 & Remarks
|Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana ......... 1 DS 4 4b 4) SSG OY S. Fine elegant habit.
Pe CAMACECM SIS apne: — | 45 | 6 10 | — 7 A fine clean stem.
se) Wouglasiizesstess. 3: | — | 85 |12 0O | 50 |Sheltd:.| Fine healthy tree.
Hye CINICrabAVeSilE a conasuans | Bs PO) || BD Or Biss Ps Tine specimen.
2 TAO OU cosbotode sous [soon liz \eOy at 120 5 Very fine specimen.
Nordmanniana ... | 35 | 50 | 7 2 | 35 3 A handsome tree.
Neca Tal) SAKCEKUE) cobaac BI) Gens | Bee Very fine specimen.
Cedrus atlantica ......... 35 | 55 739 | 24 95 Healthy & free growing.
St WD COC ATA e.caennecs Sal Aes by es 3 Fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 30 | 42 | 3 7 | 20 5 Thrives vigorously.
» 9 erectaviridis! 7| 9/4 0| 4] ,, .| Very pretty and effective.
Pinus austriaca............ 3550. 3 92-1 — bs Healthy.
,» Benthamiana...... | 30 | 43 | 2. 7 | — A Slow growing.
shy MOK COIS A RN Sasetis BOw oO Ole een ee 0) a Very good specimen.
5 MAG AMCOEY sangsaneo Sh toa) |) AE DY a Very fine tree.
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 33 | 7 8 | 30 ms Healthy tree.
Mhawyay SiSAnNbEa waweme nse: DADE PX) WEB 35 |) M5) * Fine specimen.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 200/22 On eZ BS Beautiful tree.
5 dolabrata ...... 25/12) — 4 4 Beautiful small tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | 34 | 60 | 9 8 | 20 + Vigorous and healthy;
very fine.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 545
GENERAL REMARKS.—Besides those noted above, many Biotas, Retinosporas,
Thuyas, Junipers, and Yews are thriving well, and forming fine specimens. Abies
excelsa Clanbrasiliana forms a very neat “ table-topped” dwarf tree, 4 feet high
and 5 feet through. Among the older trees in the Castle grounds are a Yew,
40 feet high and 11 feet 6 inches in girth ; a Silver Fir, 10 feet ; a number of very
fine Scots Firs, from 8 to 9 feet ; an Oak, 19 feet; Ash, 17 feet 6 inches, and a
Spanish Chestnut, 12 feet 6 inches, all at 5 feet up.
SUTHERLANDSHIRE.
DoRNOocH. DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.
Correspondent: Mr. JAMES B. KIDD, Forester, The Poles, Dornoch.
GENERAL REMARKS.—In 1878, when I came to Dornoch, there was not a
Conifer beyond the common trees—Larch, Scots Fir, Spruce, and Silver Fir—in
the Dornoch, Criech, Linside, Lairg, Lochinver, and Tongue districts, an area of
about sixty square miles. Within recent years, however, we have planted exten-
sively of Abies Douglasii, A. nobilis, A. Nordmanniana, Pinus Cembra, and Thuya
gigantea, with highly gratifying results. Among others that have been planted,
and all of which are thriving well, are Abies Albertiana, A. Alcockiana, A. ama-
bilis, (2) A. canadensis, A. cephalonica, A. concolor, A. Engelmannii, A. excelsa fin-
donensis, A. Fraserii, A. grandis, A. Lowii, A. magnifica, A. Menziesii, A. Morinda,
A. Parryana glauca, A. Pinsapo, A. Schrenkiana, A. Webbiana; Cedrus atlantica,
C. Deodara, C. Libani; Pinus austriaca, P. Jeffreyi, P. Laricio, P. monticola,
P. Strobus, Thuyopsis borealis, and Wellingtonia gigantea. I may say that the
more tender kinds are always planted in well-sheltered spots, and none at a
greater altitude than 430 feet. Some of them make remarkably fine growth, and
all of them are in vigorous health. The Douglas Fir has made over 38 feet of
leading shoot in a season, and A. nobilis about 2 feet. Even Webb’s Fir, a native
of the Himalayan mountains, and not usually considered hardy in Britain, thrives
splendidly, and makes a very robust terminal growth of 18 to 20 inches in the year.
Altogether, the success which has so far attended the planting of the newer
Conifers in this district gives great promise of good results when they attain
their full size and maturity.
DUNROBIN. DUKE OF SUTHERLAND.
Altitude, 20 to 60 feet. Soil, ight loam; subsoil, gravelly.
Correspondent : Mr. DAVID MELVILLE, The Gardens, Dunrobin Castle, Golspie.
on o
a \eiy sae
Botanical Name Age| 2 Saas iS S g Remarks,
- al 4
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 40 | 58 |10 10 | 62 | N.W. | Healthy spreading tree.
+) SRO DIS) See ene NSM EeZS) |e 2a Sa la2o % Fine vigorous tree.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 38 | 33 | 5 4 | 28 - One of a row of fine trees,
allabout thesame height.
Cedrus atlantica......... 30 | 27 | 2 11 | 18 | 8.W. | Planted by Chas. Sumner.
“ Deodara .......5 35 | 34] 5 1 | 25 | W. | A nice specimen.
-5 |) Lui oc eae 30 | 29 | 3 103) 30 | S.W. | Planted by Mrs. Harriet
Beecher Stowe.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 30 | 38| 5 1/ 1d A Planted by H.R.H. the
Prince of Wales.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Dunrobin is so near to the German Ocean, and so fully
| exposed to the parching easterly gales which blow from off the sea with injurious
| effect in the summer months, that Conifers require to be grown in sheltered
places to succeed well. In such places the specimens of which I have given
details are.thriving admirably ; andso are many others of these and other species
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546 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
which have been more recently planted. Abies Albertiana, A. Menviesii, A.
nobilis, A. Nordmanniana, Cupressus Lanvsoniana, C. macrocarpa, Thuya gigantea,
Thuyopsis borealis, and others, are fine healthy young specimens from 10 to 20 feet
high. Farther inland, in Sutherland, Conifers thrive well, and a considerable extent
of Larch and Scots Fir has been planted inlater times. In making plantations of
Scots Fir on peaty ground, it has been observed that where the roots get hold of
the gravel, or firm subsoil, the trees come away freely and thrive well ; but on deep
peat, where the roots cannot soon reach a firm subsoil, the trees make little progress,
and in many instances die off entirely. In the Dornoch district there are some
fine old woods, now yielding good returns, which have been planted on fairly level
ground, in a somewhat thin, peaty soil. Natural re-afforestation is being tried
there to a considerable extent.
WEST LOTHIAN.
HOPETOUN. EARL OF HOPETOUN,
Altitude, 250 feet. Soil, sandy loam; subsoil, tilly.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES SMITH, The Gardens, Hopetoun House, South
Queensferry.
fone, &
= las | 3.2 5
Botanical Name Age| Cae a : 3 Remarks
B 26) @
A
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... Sh D2 Sri s |Z Gol Very healthy and fine.
PEE CONCOlOM Ct eeeeeee ace 30) | So ay 4p ARs) a Not very healthy.
Ee Douctasin asses: = 82) i240 s Very healthy; does not
| stand the wind.
nL CT ANGIS sare aetecs se 308 | 407 2> tora 2k Ps Vigorous and healthy.
Seek Loe Vea oul iKeey Sh s65, 556 1) WMO. pb) 23 9 3 Healthy ; pretty tree.
Be Mien ZeSii tect: 305i noon on OnleZ4: ee Moderately vigorous.
spe MODIS RN: seecgeece 35 | 45,4 8 | 24 si Very healthy ; fine tree.
yy Smithianal@)) AO 76138) 80 38383 3 One of the orig. seedlings;
a very fine healthy tree.
a ‘ Q\y 3b 4 485) GO 7 28 2) 5 Grftd. on Norway Spruce;
fine, fairly healthy.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 30 | 33 | 3 6 | 22 a Healthy ; fine specimen.
Cedrus atlantica......... — |59;6 8 | 45 . Very fine and healthy.
son a DCOdATA: sncmescie. — | 48/8 -9 | 36 af Very healthy.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 23 | 26|2 9 | 12 . %
Pinus austriaca ......... 30 | 35 | 4 7 | 28 55 =
ie eCembrancarncccessc 25) 28 21) 2), 45) 16 »» | Good specimen.
yy SOARES cés0sqs03000 | 25 | 30/3 9 | 23 ae 9
Sy) WUREIG)“Scango500d55 CO beef 83, 4).240) % Fine tree; very healthy.
sy OG KES MOVE) Soncegusc 745) || As) || 74 te) Nh 1 »,_ | Not very healthy.
ParOeroObus Manan t|oOn| eee 10 7 » | Healthy; dwarf tree.
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 46 | 4 6 | 18 » | Fine graceful tree.
Thuyaeiganteay seces.-61 (NO! aos eae ORG + Free growing; tine.
Thuyopsis borealis...... DOE By 2 ee fy 3 Very hlthy.; graceful tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea SD 40) 86) “Sai, a Healthy ; good specimen.
GENERAL KEMARKS.—The above specimens are all growing in the Pinetum
and grounds at Hopetoun, and most of them are in a healthy, thriving condition.
The specimens of Abies Smithiana, or A. Morinda, are interesting from the fact
that No. 1 is one of the first six plants raised in this country from seed sent to
the Earl of Hopetoun by Dr. Govan of Cupar, Fif>,in 1818. The seeds were
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 5AT
sown and the plants raised by a namesake of my own, James Smith, then gardener
at Hopetoun. He afterwards planted two of them in the grounds here; one was
sent to the Royal Horticultural Society; and the other three to the Edinburgh
Botanic Garden. To increase their number at Hopetoun, he grafted it upon the
Norway Spruce, on which some did fairly well. No. 2 is the finest of the grafted
trees still extant, and is mentioned by Loudon as being grafted in 1826, and
10 feet high in 1837. Wallich named the species Smithiana, after the raiser.
WIGTONSHIRE.
CASTLE KENNEDY, EARL OF STAIR.
Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, sandy loam; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES HOGARTH, Forester, Culhorn, Stranraer.
| ef. ef 5
Botanical Name |Age| 2 ees 2 5 = Remarks
| A 24] A
Years Feet | Ft. In.) Feet |
Abies Albertiana......... | 35 | 32 | 3 6 | 24 | S.W. | Vigorous and graceful.
Pee AICoGKIANA ....-. ZONES Va 9* | TO9! =" 55 Ornamental; rapid grower.
fae vbractentar.....:... S00 25a 2 On| Perle Fairly hardy ; interesting.
= Gephalonica ...... | 42 | Ao TOs, 3b “ Healthy ; good specimen.
DE OHCOLOE: . ccs c..652- ao |L oo 4-07) 15 5 <2 handsome tree.
2 Dane lasis:.....:... AO eb asta 45/2015, Loses leader from gales.
Dp EAMGIS: --. .2...05 Peles Or As - Te) 14 a Fast grower ; fine tree.
a ees. 2s. <t~. 35 | 36 | SD. »» | Wery handsome tree.
23) NG be 20) | co 34 10:24, Gracefully droopg. brnchs,
<1 C ICUS) Casseepeaene | 40 |50|7 0 30} ,, | Vigorous and handsome.
» Nordmanniana SOND. | io: ml Si a, “ =
RMEINGEOW 552. 0c%0~ eoomboou fos mca ces tes Grows freely; fine tree.
»» Webbiana......... PobelesorlS shal RSal pe, 35 *
Araucaria imbricata ... | 42 | 40 | 5 6) 25 % Vigorous; many fine trees.
Cedrus atlantica......... i36.| 32 |3 5 | 18 “ Moderate grower.
3 Deodara ....-...- 40 | 40 4 9.) 30 35 35
Cryptomeriajaponica... 35 | 40 4 0 18 ” Fine graceful tree.
Cupressus Lawsoniana 30 | 27 | 3 3 12 “ Very hardy and free.
ES macrocarpa a» | bd | 8. S| 32 a Beautiful tree; grows
rapidly; forms heart-
| wood quickly.
IPSHUSAUSIIACA, ..0.-6000 | 4214516 6 | 24 + Healthy.
pee WCTAINEE 2c weiss aos s<e | 30 | 30 | 3 eA elir | ooo ot a
“3 ee 5? | AQ at 14-8 28 | sy a
LS ee | 42 | 52 | COR Al 20h 0a] oe Very fine, & free growing.
_-. (Ce | 42| 48. |b 8 | 20.|. .,-_ | Free grower.
Pmaoniieola...:2:..- | 20 | 32|2 31.12) ,, | Fine fast growing tree.
ponderosa ......... | 42138 |4 4/22] ,, | Vigorous.
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 34/5 10/18); ,, | fs
Thuya gigantea ......... sO acd jus. Solids os » rapid grower.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... | 25] 21|}2 0/14) ,, | Fine graceful habit.
8 6/20) ,, | Vigorous; grows well.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 30 | 33
|
1
GENERAL REMARKS.—'l'he above trees are all growing in the ornamental
grounds at Castle Kennedy, along with thousands of others, and, the site ard soil
being fairly suitable, most of them are thriving we?l and making rapid growth in
the moist and mild climate of this district.
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548 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
IRELAND.
III.—STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN IRELAND.
ANTRIM.
SHANE’S CASTLE. LORD O’NEILL.
Altitude, 60 to 100 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, clay and rock.
Correspondent : Mr. CHARLES WARWICK, The Gardens, Shane’s Castle, Antrim.
2 © o 2
a : ea 5
Botanical Name Age | Cota a8 S Remarzs
A
Year| Feet} Ft.In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana........ Padi 2S) Ning WL 2 E. Beautiful tree; grows fast.
~. Dowelasit ess. | 40 13 5 9 | 38 | W. | Top blown off 7 years ago.
By A eaenOC IS) ScogoaSonae (eZ O Nelo) see See Oe aas. Loses its foliage every
| winter.
ey) nacminicamasseee 2G Sid: |) BBE MO | og, Fine thriving tree.
a Menziesil™ 260) | HO) NW eellen) Goa Ghai) 4855 W. | Stands cold winds well.
os Morin darserereennase Oto Om 230, Ss. Requires shelter.
ss eam O IIS eseeeee eee | 27 | 50 | 4 3 | 20 | S.E. | Grafted tree; very fine:
». Nordmannianare. |) 21. 200 sora 23 8. Grows freely a
Araucariayimborcabtares. | 45 ele30 1 59) 30 be Well sheltered e
Cedrus Deodara ......... 2% | 20.1 6 | 12) We |) Doesimotsiimverhere:
Cryptomeria japonica... | 32 | 38 | 6 0 | 27 S. | A fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 27 | 32 | 2 10 | 14 | S.W. | Fine thriving tree.
Pinus austriaca ....:... | 45 | 55 j1l 9 | 44 S. As
we Cembrat’ ce eeree | 321-41 | 38° 9 | I7-| HK. | Grows rapidly here.
Taxodium sempervirens | 26 | 53 | 7 2 | 29 S 5 5
Thuya gigantea ........: |} 26 | 62| 5 2) 24] EK. | Very fast grower, and fine.
Thuyopsis borealis ... | 26 | 23/3 0 | 20] W. | Beautiful; grows well.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 26 | 36/7 9 | 28 | KH. | Very fine specimen.
|
GENERAL REMARKS.—Conifers as a rule thrive well with us, especially when
sheltered from the cold cutting winds which so frequently blow here through the
winter and spring. Abies Menziesii is among the best of the Spruces and Firs for
standing the blast, and grows robustly in any situation. Thuya gigantea grows
very rapidly, and both it and Vhuyopsis borealis are very graceful and hardy trees,
thriving well in all situations. The Wellingtonia of which the dimensions are
given is a very fine tree at its age, and, growing in a warm and well-sheltered
spot, it promises to become one of the finest specimens in the North of Ireland.
STATISTICS CF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 549
CORK.
FoTA ISLAND. A. H. SMITH BARRY, Esq.
Altitude, 4 to 20 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, marl.
Correspondent : Mr. WILLIAM OSBORNE, The Gardens, Fota, Carrigtwohill.
lala oe 4 |
Botanical Name | Age = Neate | 32 2S | Remarks
| ri \¢a| a |
| }Aa™ |
| i | i
'Years| Feet | Ft. In. | Feet |
Abies Albertiana ......... | — | 10 | — | 9 Open., Very ornamental.
PR MECONCOLOLY Se5;.... 2. | Ss WD | ees Galata ae 2:
PIOUPRASII.. 25.50.00. = | 80:} 6 3/30 » | Willnot stand high winds
PORAMPMS 6 4..50-5000%5- Le ez: a es el | Very ornamental; quick
| growing.
RE ASIOEATPA .<,..205. a oO ne tO: | TOs sass, Very ornamental; dis-
| | tinct from A. concolor.
4 Sin eg 1,0 ae a || |) ee a eee Very ornamental.
NCTE AACSIL. \ccsc00- | — | 60/5 6] 25! ,, | Fast growing; healthy.
-) TO r ee | — | 65 14 6 jell eal eee » very beautiful.
= NOrdmanniana -.. | — | 30|)/2 0,14) ,, Very ornamental.
MCORICMEAIIS -.5....03 | Sova) le Seale 3 Lovely trees.
EME SECHIONOSA<c.cccs.0<< |}—|60/3 6};—|] ,, 53 hardy here.
Se OMIbhiana, ....0.... | —|62|4 3] 20] ,, | Beautiful in spring.
BeeWebbiana ;..:.:.-. | —;{30|2 6{18] ,, | Very ornamental ; cones.
Araucaria imbricata...... |} — | 45;}5 2)18] ,, | Ornmnt.; cones &ripens.
Cedrus atlantica ......... |} — | 50/5 0; 380] ,, re -
Pe WEOUATAS. .cc.20 >. 3 | pOov NG Orb: aa. x ‘8
Cryptomeria japonica ...| — | 56|3 6/20] ,, Most ornamental trees.
3” ” Lobbii — | 54 > 203/216 | +B 23 33
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | — | 20| — | 10] ,, fe ss
macrocarpa... | — | 76|-— |45| ,, | sf i
Pinus excelsa............... nab) S120) 17 ¥ is
BP ANSIOMIS. 250... ces os fe —iee>elySer Os tooele = 3
ARI GUO 8.05 6o 4c + }—|70| — | 30] ,, Not very ornamental.
BL PONderosa, ......... | Sao (|e 740) eo eid He 5 >
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 75 |7 6/25) ,, | Free growing; fine tree.
Ehwya SISANbes, ......s2.+0. |—|56)4 0} 27! ,, | Quick growing; beauti-
| | | ful tree.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... liege 22 | — | 12 » | Most ornamental tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | — 60 | 5) eel ee A >
GENERAL REMARKS.—AII the Conifers at Fota are growing at a low altitude,
some of them only a foot or two above high-water mark. Sequcia (Laxodium)
sempervirens is growing in swampy land reclaimed from the sea, and does
remarkably well, being among the largest of the newer Conifers growing on
Fota Island. Pinus insignis is the handsomest and freest-growing of all the
Pines we have, and thrives well near the sea, making sometimes a growth of
4 feet in a season. Cupressus macrocarpa also grows vigorously along with
P. insignis, and forms a very beautiful tree. All the Cypresses that grow in
Britain thrive well here, and are very ornamental. The Cedars and Araucaria
imbricata bear cones and ripen seed regularly. Most of the Abies are lovely
trees, and are indispensable in all ornamental grounds. In addition to those
named in the list, l may mention that fine trees are growing here of Abies
Alcockiana, which should be in every collection; A. bracteata, a very quick-
growing ornamental tree, which has borne cones here; A. Engelmannii glauca,
a most desirable and perfectly hardy Spruce; and A. numidica, a beautiful deep
green, dense-growing species cf Fir of the most ornamental character, Thuya
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gigantea, a very quick-growing tree, and Thuyopsis borealis are among the very
tinest of ornamental species.
Among Pines, P. excelsa forms a fine silvery-
tinted tree and grows freely; but, perhaps, of all the Pines growing here
P. Devoniana is the most beautiful, its graceful outlines and long drooping grass-
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green foliage never failing to attract the notice of the most careless observer.
DOWN.
CASTLEWELLAN. EARL OF ANNESLEY.
Soil, light loam and peaty; subsoil, gravel.
Altitude, 100 feet.
Mr. T. RYAN, The Gardens, Castlewellan.
Correspondent :
Botanical Name
Abies Albertiana............ |
hy YNI@OGRIGING ‘sabds0600 ie
», brachyphylla |
Had IOEENOUGRNEEY “cocdoondnase |
», concolor violacea...
» Douglasii
99 9
5 METAMGIS eee aiystceces
» Hookeriana
i TES@OSTY OE coocodooonc | —
Hy LARICRONIORY aaonibdabobes |
Fh) LOO) OVUNSS Gansayaoodoosss |
» Nordmanniana......
5 NUOOUICIIGEY senoncescoce |
Meltchiniianeesmsae.
Araucaria 0001 OVC NEN. Gannoe
Athrotaxis selaginoides... |
Cedrus Deodara
|
japonica sate.
Cupressus Lawsoniana .
is See cra: viridis
ve », gracilis aurea |
re Sonllibleeh” Wossopsed |
macrocarpa... |
Dacrydium Franklinii ...
J wMIpeKUSMeCURVane.sceeeee
bebe, IkGeeyonyostevewl ss ooncocacos
Libocedrus chilensis ......
IRINUSMNSIS MMS Reese seeeeee
Podocarpus andinus
Retinospora filifera......
plumosa aurea |
Sciadopitys verticillata... |
MhuyaWobbiieeesccaeseecs |
oy 9) atrovirens...
Sy.) UENALSINSI ON oponaooo0e
yoo) WELVENCANA ..cae ess:
Thuyopsis borealis ......... |
5 dolabrata
Wellinztonia gigantea ...
» Variegata ©
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Remarks
A most graceful tree.
Very distinct ;
Fine ornamental tree.
” 39
A good variegated variety.
Very fine;
Beautiful tree.
Not IAG.
One of the best.
sheltered.
Very fine specimens.
Beautiful specimen.
Very effective variety.
”? 39
99 39
Very fine vigorous tree.
A famed Tasmanian tree.
Fine spreading specimen.
Handsome, healthy tree.
A fine ornamental tree.
Very fine specimen.
99 99
Very interesting specimen.
Very fast growing tree.
” a9
Beautiful specimen.
Fine variety of 7. occidentalis.
Very graceful and free growing.
Very handsome specimens.
16 ft. girth at 5ft. up; grand tree.
Very fine healthy specimen.
requires shelter,
healthy.
does well.
Splendidly feathered specimen.
coned two years ago.
Handsome; cones frequently.
Beautifully feathered to ground.
Very distinct, and free growing.
Fine tree; coned this season.
Good specimen; requires shelter.
Very fine specimen; on cool bottom.
Exposed; one of the best of Pines.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 551
GENERAL REMARKS.—Conifers on the whole do very well here. They have
been planted somewhat extensively by the Earl of Annesley, who takes a
keen interest in their progress, and many of them are making splendid growth.
The Wellingtonia mentioned in the list is a very handsome tree, and growing
vigorously. Itis considered to be the finest specimen in the kingdom. Most of
the specimens named in the table are growing in the gardens, at an altitude of
about 100 feet, and well sheltered with old deciduous trees; the Mourne Moun-
tains rising to the north and west and affording great protection from those
quarters. It is doubtful if in this climate many of the newer Conifers will ever
become useful timber trees; but for all landscape work, and the decoration of
pleasure grounds, they are indispensable, and ought to be extensively used for
such purposes.
GALWAY.
CLONBROCK. LORD CLONBROCE.
Altitude, 200 feet. Soil, yellow loam; subsoil, stiff mar’.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES MCKENZIE, The Gardens, Clonbrock, Ballinasloe.
fo)
S nf} 3
Botanical Name Age| - |Girthat}og)} 2 Remarks
ry =| oft.up Es ba
aA, A
Years| Feet | Ft. In, | Feet
Abies Douglasii ......... 12 | 24 | 2 5 | 21 |Sheltd.| Fine fast-growing tree.
me MEMZIESIT 25.0520 10 | 24 341 15 : Weny: 3, Fa
~~ eNordmanniang, - ae 4a8 a 4) 12 i Makes a fine specimen.
Cedrus Deodara ......... 35 | 4714 6) 27 a Very handsome.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 12 | 22 | 2 1 | 22 ' Gracefuland fast growing.
Pinus excelsa ..........4 35 | 5816 3 | 43 os Beautiful tree.
go UPSATNTS ool sense Soe |) L087 |) 50 5 Very fast grower.
Taxodium sempervirens | 35 | 40 | 6 0 | 21 53 Good specimen.
Thuya gigantea ....,.... AAD) || 338} 8} Bs) A Beautiful specimen.
Thuyopsis borealis...... PS) |< Pa WW 9). te a) re A “4
Wellingtonia gigantea | 35 | 42|8 4 | 28 i. a 5
GENERAL REMARKS.—Most of the above specimens are growing in the woods
here, generally in well-sheltered spots, and they are growing with great
luxuriance. We have many more younger trees of the same and other species
of Conifers, planted out in the woods, where they are thriving well, and promise
at an early period to be useful as well as very ornamental trees.
552 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
GARBALLY. EARL OF CLANCARTY.
Altitude, 150 to 250 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. JOHN COBBAN, The Gardens, Garbally, Ballinasloe.
2 Lo, 2
Botanical Name Age c) Girth at| 22 Z Remarks
ty [5 ft. up B 5 E
a
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Aibiesiconcolonse...-s:60 36 | 40 | 3 6 | 20 | open.| Very handsome specimen.
np) PARANOICUIEY. eSoBod600 00 36 | 43 | 3 6 | 20 - ee re
eNO DIS se wo aeeuee ene 33 | 42 | 8 O | 16 |sheltd.| Good specimen.
» Nordmanniana 3.. | 22-| 33.) 2, 4 316 ss Very fine, in perfect health
Araucaria imbricata ... | 25 | 30 | 2 2 | 12 a - a
Cedrus atlantica......... BO || EO] Bal |, ak AE ey 2
Vea eedara tin acss. 50 Wob ti 68071033 NS 5 i
Cryptomeria japonica... | 35 | 45 | 2 3 | 17 se re
Cupressus Lawsoniana NS 83a) [65 ZEN BAS) Bs oe: es
9 erecta viridis | 25 | 24 | — 7 39 A striking variety.
a eeracilisn|(e16) |-5 — 9 », ’| A perfect specimen.
py IRKMOCAIGENGKg |) DS | BB] = |) Bil 55 9 99
Pinus) Cembran eee 40 |60|6 8 | 46 2 ” »
Thuya gigantea ......... Boe POOR Ane 4 43 . sa uF
Thuyopsis borealis ...... Wie) 205 12 5 Beautiful specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 33 | 50/6 4 | 33 5 A perfect specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The newer Conifers have been planted here in consi-
derable numbers within the past dozen years, and in the light gritty loam with an
open gravelly bottom, they are almost without exception thriving with remarkable
vigour. The specimens of which the details are given in the table are among the
earliest planted, and the largest here of their kind ; and, generally, they are
extremely handsome trees, in perfect health. The first two specimens men-
tioned in the table, Abies concolor and A. grandis, have had their side branches
pruned in slightly several times, owing to want of space to allow them to spread,
and they seem to like the treatment, as they are beautiful, close, well-furnished
conical trees, in perfect health, and very attractive objects in the spot where
they grow.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 653
KYLEMORE CASTLE. MITCHELL HENRY, Esq.
Altitude, 100 feet. Soil, peaty; subsoil, gravelly clay.
Correspondent: Mr. WILLIAM FARMER, The Castle Gardens, Kylemore.
Onn
hela Brora
Botanical Name Age| -2 ae § E S Remarks
A ea| &
s |
Years; Feet | Ft. In, | Feet
Abies Albertiana........ Pe lon Ue OOS 10 S. | Doing well; healthy.
Pe Woucdasi ......: DOR Ol Seen aill », | Fine vigorous specimen.
Pe TOUTS. cccccceceas 25 | 45|4 9 | 24 se Fine; lost lower branches.
Pe Nordmeanniana.,. | 25) 40) 3 2) 22). -,, Nicely furnished spec.
PROD GA pore oiSe nics sis'n0 sis 15 On| OG 8 Bs Doing well; healthy.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 20 | 28 | 2 5 | 18 a Very fine specimen,
Wedrus Weodara -...:..+.» T3715) pS eG 5 Does fairly well.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 20 | 20/2 4 | 14 a Healthy and thriving.
. macrocarpa 20 | 48 | 6 O |} 30 5 Very vigorous specimen.
Pimms Excelsay ....s.6s0 TS UA OSes a Doing well.
SADISTIC IS) 21.0 ci00s Pe Del DON Om OMleos me Very vigorous growing.
Pee COM: siaiswisiaieiowas's 25 | 35 | 2-6 |-16 ss Lost lwr. branches; rough.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 40|4 6 | 20 5 Fairly good specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS—The Pinetum here, in which most of the above
specimens are growing, is well sheltered from the north, but fully exposed to the
south, east, and west. The greatest evil which Conifers have to contend with in
the west of Connemara is the strong salt-laden breeze which sweeps in from the
Atlantic, and where it hits them with its full force, comparatively few of them
thrive well under it. By far the best of all the species of Conifers growing here
for withstanding the salt breeze are Pinus insignis and Cupressus macrocarpa,
which seem to grow with increased vigour under its influence, and have far out-
stripped all other Conifers in their growth. Both are perfectly hardy here, and the
saline-laden gales which we so often experience have no injurious effect on these
two valuable trees. Abies polita is among the best of the Spruces for standing
the salt breeze. Where they are well sheltered from the maritime gales, most of
the newer Conifers thrive well in Connemara.
554 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
KERRY.
KILLARNEY. EARL OF KENMARE.
Altitude, various. Soil, loam and peat; subsoil, gravel and rock.
Correspondent: Mr. GEORGE M. BREESE, The Gardens, Killarney House, Killarney.
Sel oag
= A Ho Ss
Botanical Name Age "59 eae 3 a Remarks
® oUp | aia s
se] aa
Bios] <3)
A
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Douglasii............ — | 65 |7 61 44 |Sheltd.| Very fine tree.
sy. MlenZieSil cacueeesscce — |50|5 11 | 26 os Not thriving well.
SU LODILITS Miecrmmcciaeeet — |46|7 6] 36 », | Very fine healthy tree.
» Nordmanniana ... | — | 50 |10 6 | 60 an as ns
Araucaria imbricata ...... — | 40-4 6 1 25 3 Splendid specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | — | 46| 6 2) 21 zs 4 a
PINUS AUStLIACA....-....0¢° — | 45 | 8 6 | 55 | Open.| More exposedthan others
ori MMANISTOMTS secon ess — | 65 12 2 | 66 |Sheltd.| A magnificent tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea... | — | 55 {12 O |} 33 53 A handsome specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Conifers, as a rule, thrive well in sheltered places in
the County of Kerry. The specimens of which the details are given above are
among the finest in the neighbourhood. Many other species are planted and
thriving well, but they are yet too young to record their dimensions as being of
special interest.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 555
KILDARE.
CARTON. DUKE OF LEINSTER.
Altitude, 80 feet. Soil, deep loam; subscil, clay.
Correspondent : Mr. ALEXANDER BLACK, The Gardens, Carton, Maynooth.
eelest te
» HO y
Botanical Neme Age S heebeces PE 2 Remarks
= | 25| &
ee [se
Years) Feet | Ft. In.| Feet |
Abies Douglasii............ — |63|6 0); 29 | W. | Very fine specimen.
PE EAMOIS coc ccscase000. — |80/6 0} 34 e = rapid grower.
Pe RIONIEOS oces. ss aeesac — | 33/4 0/21/85 Handsome tree.
5 Nordmanniana ... | — | 34/2 6) 15 Ss. - “3
i spectinata..:......2.. — {111 15 6 | 97 | N.W.} Fine old specimen.
IIESADO, sa cacos <5 — | 38; 3 6 18 | N.E. | Handsome tree.
Araucaria imbricata...... —{15/1 9j|12] S. | Thriving.
Cedrus atlantica ......... — | 56} 8 0} 53 | S.E. | Grand specimen.
Pe CORALS: Cyzecceee — | 37|}2 6) 28 i Beautiful; doing well.
Set ND ANG 5 5500./s0 200. — 76 114 (0) 79:|" S. Grand old specimen.
i De. eee casts — |72 14 0) 88| SW e 5
Cryptomeria elegans =| ignite coun S Very effective.
Cupressus Lawsoniana,.. | — | 35 | 4 0/19] ,, Free growing ; graceful.
Juniperus excelsa......... —{17;1 0; 5} W. | Handsome.
IF MIS) CEMA: oo. .cececees <= Bilis) 2 | Uy) He x
Sie) Se — | 40|4 0] 20} SE. ie
Be OMISIPINIS: 22.0605 3ss | — | 47|6 0} 38] W. | Strong growing; fine tree
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 28 | 5 6) 30/ S.W.| Doing well.
Taxus baccata ............ — | 32) — | 66 | N.W.| Fine specimen.
a < fastigiata | — | 18 = 10 Ss. af
Thuyopsis borealis ...... | — | 28; 2 6 | 15 W. me
Wellingtonia gigantea... | — | 45 | 7 0 | 21 | S.W fs
}
GENERAL REMARKS.—The above specimens are among the largest of their
kind growing in the grounds here, and they, as well as many others of the hardy
Coniferze, are very healthy and thriving. There are other specimens of those in
the list fully equal in beauty, and exceeding them in girth of stem and spread of
branches: an Abies Pinsapo, for instance, girths 4 feet, with a diameter of
branches of 25 feet—a very handsome specimen. There are also many other fine
specimens of Cedars and Yews, which are a special feature of the place.
Cupressus macrocarpa afew years planted grows very fast, and is doing re-
markably well.
556 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
KILKENNY.
WoOoDSsTOCK., LAbDy Louisa TIGHE.
Altitude, 400 feet. Soil, light loam; subsoil, sandy.
Correspondent : Mr. WILLIAM GRAY, The Gardens, Woodstock, Inistioge.
P| os |
Botanical Name Age = Girth at] © § S Remarks
fy | ott. up g & i
Cal eal aes
Years! Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies cephalonica ...... | — | 61 | 8 6 | 48 | N.E. | Very ornamental.
4 re Dou lasitearer-cae — |560/4 9 34 * Fine specimen,
sy en Ziesite Mestre 42 | 6218 0O| 40 - = os
ye NOMING ay eeeescaeecns 42 | 57 |4 6] 24 5 Very ornamental.
Be) 1X0) S)U DISmearnagtenacocnG — | 3014 01 26 - Fine; but loses leader.
» Nordmanniana ... | 40 | 49 | 4 10 | 27 53 Handsome tree.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 59 | 6418 41] 31 ea Grand specimen.
Cedrus atlantica ......... 30 | 40 | 4 2 | 26 | open.| Fine; very much exposed.
7 W eOd ar aricceseteces 46 | 52) 4 9] 23 | N.E. | Splendid specimen.
ened illo Pou aeminanodar 66 | 78] 9 0 | 46 ss Fe =
Cryptomeria japonica... | — | 48 | 6 2 | 28 5 a .
a TGOp Wilgeeces — |52|5 0O|} 21 - 3 .
Cupressus Lawsoniana 28 | 34) — 18 ‘ Fine; fast growing.
Pinus austriacal ......:.. —|45/5 6) 28 a Fine specimen.
as 0) OX CEISA ieaseeseris — |48 | 4 6 | 24 ar as i
45, | ASICMMIS a eee: — | 78 110 9 | 42 M Most ornamental of Pines,
» Lambertiana ... | — | 50/4 0O| 2 a Very fine specimen.
a eeINOntCOlame eee — |45|)4 8 | 28 - e #
Sihcn IM ASUCT unites were ss — |60|7 9] 84 = re i
Taxodium sempervirens | — | 68 |10 4 | 36 =“ A handsome tree.
Thuya gigantea ......... — | 60/7 9] 34 - i quick grower.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... —|50;, — | 27 5 A perfect pyramid.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 27 | 60|6 4 | 29 sy Very fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The newer Conifers were planted here in considerable
numbers soon after they were introduced or became popular, and many of them
have reached a good size and form beautiful specimens. Those given in the table
are among the most ornamental trees of their kind here, although they may not
always be the very largest. ‘The exact ages of many of them are not recorded,
and are omitted in the table. Most of the coniferous family that are hardy in
Britain thrive well in our light sandy loam, on an open sandy, or red sandstone,
subsoil, of a very poor quality. Some species make remarkably well-furnished
and very ornamental trees, particularly Abies cephalonica, A. Morinda, Araucaria
imbricata, the Cedars, Cryptomerias, Cypresses, Pinus insignis, Taxodium semper-
virens, Thuyopsis borealis, Wellingtonia gigantea, and some others. In looking
through some old records to find the ages of the Conifers, I came across the
following note about Abies Douglasii, which may be of interest: “An Abies
Douglasii, planted in 1839, was cut down in 1870, being too near the fine
specimen of A. cephalonica. It measured 62 feet in height, with a girth of 9 feet
4 inches at the butt, and 5 feet 10 inches at 4 feet from the ground’—a large
bulk of timber for a growth of 31 years. A few years ago, we cut down a good-
sized tree of Taxodiwm sempervirens (Redwood), and used the timber for cabinet
work. The wood was found to be smooth, of a beautiful colour and grain, and
took on a fine polish.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 5dT
KING’S -COUNTY.
Bree CASTLE. EARL Rosse.
Altitude, low. Soil, heavy loam; subsoil, clay.
Correspondent: Mr. T. J. Hart, The Castle Gardens, Parsonstown.
“A |
2 g B
Sola: | 54 5
Botanical Name Age | -= acca 38 S Remarks
5 ft. up a A
ee] ge 2
aie |
=
|
Years! Feet} Ft. In. | Feet |
Abies grandis ....... ss... | —- | 65 | 6 O | 29 |sheltd.' Splendid tree.
=, 29080) Srl) eeeeeaneee — | 83,6 0}; 32 3 Hu =
Araucaria imbricata ... | — | 30 2 6 | S| es | Lheivanerwell:
Cupressus Lawsoniana —}40 4 6) 3 Seal - _
Taxodium sempervirens; — | 35 | 3 0 Peat’, Ms 45
Wellingtonia gigantea — | 45 | 9.0) 30 » | A fine specimen.
GENERAL R=MARKS.—There are bus few large specimens of the newer
Conifers growing here, but those of which the details are given above are fine
thriving trees. A goodly number of young trees, of these and other species, have
been planted within the last 15 years, most of which are in a fine healthy and
vigorous condition ; although the soil is of a very heavy nature, resting on a stilt
clayey subsoil.
LIMERICK.
ADARE MANOR. EARL OF DUNRAVEN.
Altitude, 60 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, limestone.
Correspondent: Mr. ALFRED BARKER, The Gardens, Adare.
SOE ee
Botanical Name Age 3 eel 2 z 5 Remarks
£9 A
A
) icowas tee Senet
. Years Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
| Abies Morinda............ | 40 | 32 | — | 22 | N.H. | Thriving; graceful tree.
| 5 pectinata......... 80 | 90 | 7 6 | — 5 Many huge specimens.
Araucaria imbricata ... | 28 | 26 | 2 6 | 15 ° Fine thriving specimens.
Cedrus Deodara ......... HORIE4LG. |b G85 25 x 3 ws
55. Lin) Geiatl Saeeee ose LOM eS SOE OF 60 45 Several fine specimens.
Cryptomeria japonica... | — | 45 | 3 2) 15 55 Doing fairly well.
Cupressus Lawsoniana 32 | 43 | 4. 3x) 30 » | Several as fine specimens.
a macrocarpa... | —— | 5d — | 58 , | Many fine vigorous trees.
Pinus excelsa ............ AO DOL NG = 2) | ae AS Thrives vigorously.
PE MSPOMIS. oo. c... oc BO FOE tO) 7 i . x
Taxodium sempervirens | — | S0R | OF Onieoo ie Thrvng; gales brk leader.
Thuya gigantea ......... — | 27 | 5 10} 12 <
Wellingtonia gigantea | — | Hon Ole Tal a2 » | Lhrives remarkably well.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Most Conifers that will grow ina strongly calcareous
soil, on a limestone or gravelly subsoil, seem to do well here. The following
species grow very freely, and are the most remarkable for the dimensions they
558
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
have attained: Cedrus Deodara, grows very freely wherever planted; Cedrus
Libani, many of which are probably 100 or more years old, and immense wide-
spreading trees; Cupressus macrocarpa, a most rampant grower, of which there
are many fine specimens; C. Lawsoniana, C. L. erecta viridis, C. nutkaénsis,
free growing and very handsome; Pinus eacelsa, and Pinus insignis, strong
growing vigorous trees; P. Pinaster, and P. sylvestris, many fine specimens of
both ; Sequoia gigantea, and S. sempervirens, many specimens as fine as those
noted ; several Junipers, particularly J. recurva; and many others of lesser note.
The worst foe with which Conifers have to contend in this locality is the strong
south-westerly gales which so frequently blow with great force, and are very
liable to injure the leading shoots while they are sappy and growing.
QUEEN’S COUNTY.
ABBEY LEIX. VISCOUNT DE VESCI.
Altitude, 300 feet.
Soil, yellow loam; subsoil, sand.
Correspondent: Mr. ALEXANDER BARNETT, The Gardens, Abbey Leix.
— || || — —
Botanical Name Age St
as
Years} Feet
ADIES|CONCOlOTs.s-6cecee 3 45
SWOUG ASHI teescncee 25 | 60
Sai MACIMUIICA aaeclacieetsls 30 | 40
55) MICNZAESIT 5. scecss 55 | 60
Sy ARO UTS I eciaeetecteee 20 | 35
» Nordmanniana... | 40 | 50
Araucaria imbricata ... | 18 | 18
Cedrus Deodara. ......... 25 | 30
Rims) Cem aesesceleeec 25 | 30
ssi, WORCElSA te. scjp iais see 30 | 40
Taxodium sempervirens | 20 | 40
Thuyopsis borealis...... 30 | 40
Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 45
Girth at
5ft.up
OWEN RHENWORaAaAT
eH
SWOIANNINANORCOSB
Diameter of
Branches
Exposure
39
99
Remarks
39
Vigorous young tree.
Fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—The details of some of the finest Conifers growing here
are given in the table.
especially where they have room and are well sheltered.
They are all thriving and making fire svecimens,
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS, 559
ROSCOMMON.
ROCKINGHAM. Miss KING HARMAN.
Altitude, 180 feet. Soil, strong loam; subsoil, clay.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES CLEWS, The Gardens, Rockingham, Boyle.
Om o
re) : H a 4
Botanical Name Age S ae 2 s 2 Remarks
a Sia) | 72!
A
Years| Feet | Ft. In, | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 12 1 9 | 10 |Shltd.| Doing well; fine tree.
pW OUPIASIL. «66.5.0 22 | 39 | 3 2 | 22 |Expsd.| Doing splendid ; very fine.
Ge Mlenziesit 2.3... 20 | 84 | 4 6 | 22 | Shitd.| Thrives very well.
SeNoramanniang... | 12-| 16-| 1 2-4 10 es BS a
Cedrus Deodara ........ ee ae 4b Weg Oni 40 As Beautiful tree.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 18 | 22 | — | 16 + Doing very well.
PanyslaustHaca*s..%..6. ZO s0re2 eOMetG - . “
SIMORCCISA: ciceccescens 20 | 26|2 4 | 22 - 9 x
Mo LATICIO“..~2; 5806800 22 | 34|2 9 | 17 |Expsd. ¥ ns
Taxus baccatafastigiata | 45 | 30 | — | 15 |Shltd.| Very fine specimen.
Thuya gigantea ......... 22 | 36 | 4 6 | 25 |Expsd.| Thrives well; fast grower.
Thuyopsis borealis ...... 2218260 | 3) OF as es Very beautiful tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 22 | 42 | 6 2 | 25 » | Handsome specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.—Nearly all the newer Conifers at Rockingham have
been planted by me within the last 22 years, and those I planted soon after
coming here in 1869 are growing splendidly, especially Abies Douglasii, which
was planted freely in the woods, where it is thriving remarkably well, and will,
I think, become a valuable timber tree. Thuya gigantea, and Abies Menziesii,a
handsome Spruce, are also growing very freely; and so is Pinus Laricio. Abies
Albertiana and A. Nordmanniana are very promising, but the latter requires
shelter, while the former is one of the hardiest of Conifers. Cedrus Deodara and
Thuyopsis borealis are among the most beautiful of Conifers; and Cupressus
Lansoniana, with its variety C. LZ. erecta viridis, is among the most useful of
ornamental trees,
560 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
SLIGO.
MARKREE CASTLE. Colonel EK. H. Coorrr.
Altitude, 130 feet. Soil, heavy loam and peat; subsoil, marl and limestone.
Correspondent: Mr. FREDERICK BOTTOMER, Steward, Markree, Collooney.
ee eee
Botanical Name Age| 2 ee e f o Remarks
- cai “ea
A
Years} Feet | Ft. In.| Feet
Abies Douglasil ......... BE | SOB BBB S. | Very fine specimen.
SH NII VAIESIN anGAo 5500 PH | TS AE TON BX) Wf De dB ie es
;, Nordmanniana... | 27 | 50 | 2 10 | 18 Pr 5 net zi
Cedrusiatlanticaracs-ne- 30) 240) 2 2819 Be Healthy ; good specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana 20 | 24 — 5) % Very fine; several stems.
Taxodium sempervirens | 27 | 45 | 4 0} 25 s Very fine specimen.
Thuya gigantea ......... 23 | 40) — | 382 5 oh 45
Thuyopsis borealis ...... Pile rey 2 7 |p DB} ae _ s
Wellingtonia gigantea.. | 30 | 55 |; 4 5|16| HE.
GENERAL REMARKS.—-In the very heavy and retentive soil which chiefly
predominates on this domain, comparatively few of the coniferous family continue
to thrive for any great length of time, although many of them promise well for a
few years after they are planted. As will be seen, however, from the measure-
ments given, Abies Douglasit, A. Menziesti, and A. Nordmanniana are thriving
remarkably well. These, as well as the Zaxodium sempervirens and Thuyopsis
borealis, were planted by me in February 1867, and the progress they have made
in the time is very satistactory. The same may be said in respect to Cupressus
Lawsoniana and Thuya gigantea—two quick-growing, hardy, and useful Conifers.
The Wellingtonia gigantea of which details are given is the only really good speci-
men among many, and generally they are not doing at all well. Most kinds of
the newer Conifers have been planted here from time to time, but, except those
mentioned, they have all proved more or less unsatisfactory. J may add, the Scots
Pine and Silver Fir, as well as Ash, Beech, and other hardwood trees, grow
remarkably well in the strong soil and moist climate of this district. |
TIPPERARY.
SHANBALLY CASTLE. VISCOUNT LISMORE.
Soil, heavy and light loam; subsoil, stiff clay and gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. JOHN FRASER, The Gardens, Shanbally, Clogheen.
2 sf] 8
Botanical Name Age| -= ae e eS 3 Remarks
m Se| g
A |
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
NibiesM) oucdlasiie sess 30 | 67 | 5 61] 38 | N.E. | Very healthy tree.
AMP LOUIS aeenmenetas 27 | 44/4 6 1224) N. Thriving well.
Cedrus Deodara ......... 27 | 51 | 4 O| 24 |N.W.| Very fine specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea.. | 34 | 70 | 8 6] 30 % x 5
STATISTICS OF CONIFEKS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 561
GENERAL REWARKS.—The majority of the newer Conifers at Shanbally Castle
are not in a particularly thriving state, owing probably to the excess of lime in
the strong retentive soil. The above Abics Douglasii and A. nobilis are notable
exceptions, and are very fine trees of their age. The specimens of the Welling-
tonia gigantea and Cedrus Deodara, of which the dimensions are given, are
growing in a glen at the foot of the Galtee Mountains, where they are thriving
remarkably well, in a deep red sandy soil, on a gravel subsoil, in which Rhododen-
drons are also doing extra well.
TYRONE.
BARON’S CouRT. DUKE OF ABERCORN.
Altitude, 200 to 300 feet. Soil, deep peat, and loam; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent : Mr. ROBERT BELL, Steward, &c., Baron’s Court, Newtown Stewart.
Om o
Botanical Name Age | Paes & 5 3 Remarks
‘i 2e| 8
A
Years} Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... 32 | 48 | 3 0} 22 |Sheltd.| Growing 24 ft. above lake.
Pe DOW MASIT cocci +6 29 092) 4205530 us Very vigorous grower.
ny = CARAVOUCITS) VaR een ann 25 | 48 | 2 10 | 18 in Growing close to lake.
TMA C AY oo, eA. we oe i Oee9 5 xs Healthy and handsome.
PE NUCTAZACSUL ajo ccinieis NS Ip BS A) ao a Very vigorous grower.
op LOOICTUNS, 22 ohare amerae 20° "42 | 210) ) 16 as Very vigorousand healthy
Pee Nordmanniana 2. | 25 | 35 | 2-0 | lo ‘ Vigorous grower.
Araucaria imbricata ... | — | 385 | 3 10 | 20 op Healthy ; fine specimen.
Cedrusrablamtica, secs... . SOM GAS fu eline2i 5 a a
Be WEOMCATA wessdes >. 40 | 5 S| Bo oe <3 us
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 22 | 22 | 110} 12 55 Healthy and free growing
PeECKe cba vinicig.. 20 #181. . 7 7 », Beautiful erect trees.
SMUG OD) scicticvssis 16 3 | O 6 6 ia Very richly coloured.
HPAUIS AMISETIACA 35... 251/932 | 3 5) 14 | S:W: | Bad grower.
Pe ROOM Al a tslelvs vos ss 25 | 40 | 2 8 | 12 |Sheltd.| Unhealthy.
PEE AUITST OMS reaiey « <0 SB 4s @ ty 99 Very healthy and vigorous
op) je DURUM OS) Bananernaaane 35) || DO) D0) || AW 56 Fine tree; branchy.
Taxodium sempervirens | 25 | 38 | 3 6 | 23 55 Fine ; rapid grower.
Thuya gigantea ......... HS AD) Pee ey al Af i i
Thuyopsis borealis ...... DO PO a ay A Very graceful trees.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 25 | 54) 6 2 | 21 55 Beautiful healthy trees.
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GENERAL REMARKS.—The newer Conifers, with very few exceptions, thrive
well here and make a vigorous growth. Many of them are fine specimens of
their kinds, as they are growing in well-sheltered spots surrounded by hardwoods,
from which the Conifers are now being kept clear. Abies Douglasii, A. Menziesti, A.
nobilis, Thuya gigantea, and the Wellingtonia are the most rapid growers, and
form, where they have had room to spread, very handsome and well-furnished
trees. All the Cypresses thrive vigorously,and Cupressus Lawsoniana erecta viridis
and C. L. lutea grow very freely, and being planted in quantity in the gardens,
their elegant forms and rich colcurs produce a very pleasing effect, and are quite
a feature of the place.
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CURRAGHMORE.
WATERFORD.
MARQUIS OF WATERFORD.
Altitude, 250 to 300 feet.
Correspondent :
Soil, light loam ;
Mr. EDWARD TUCKER, The Gardens, Curraghmore, Portlaw.
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
subsoil, sandy.
=
Remarks
| S ©
F + | 4 |Girth at gg Z
Botanical Name JAge| 3 | pee aa ne 5 .
| ss So) 1
| A
Years Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies cephalonica ...... AO | 36.3 6 } 18 |Sheltd.
ss CONCOl Ole ecmeaacne FL BO a Oy as s.
55 DOWIE, “Seoasuooe | 25 | 86 | 3 0 | 20 3
,» ingelmanni...... I | OE tL ae a
ma ARMANI Soadsadodous SOW 6S) om sO —— 99
pa) Mem zl eSiiites cai 56 |110 | 10 0 | 50 35
ee MOrimG alsin saisese PLOW GO G oO |e re
Sao HOO ON ISmnges an asasee | AO) Gay ee B83 |). Bier
~ Nordmanniana... 425) 15204) 020510 a
pectinata ......... | LOD) [LOO |) TL @ | ae i
Ayaucaria imbricata So6 Wray || ay ee Bhai] oh0) 5
@edrus atlanticai2...-...- NS Bis dla) (Oi We) s
mu aDeodararn enerate P20" 80 1B @ | BOW os
Cryptomeria elegans’... | 25.) 12) —. | 15.) 4,
n eyaoNCicag | BO WB | 44 Ol] Awe,
Cupressus Goveniana... | 30 | 16 | — Oa as
es Lawsoniana, 130 83 3 Bol 20) 5
7 6 electa viridis =25) | 28. 3)0 Sirihuaes
5 macrocarpa | 30 | 57|4 3 | 30 oe
Juniperus recurva ...... PSO NG) yea SO) WO
a: sinensis ...... ESKOM ROT | tse te UI le
Libocedrus decurrens | 30 | 20/3 0110) ,
RimusPaustriacas ss--e-se- Oe ala. 45) 20 5,
ei eCemlbrad ee stecese ce 20s oom owe 2 a soelar,
eo WOXCCIS A sec Neeaticties O02 E30 ROO nee fF
eG) AINISLOUNIS paola s 50 | 38 | 4 6 | 35 .
ee SSMTC yer 5 IO | 83 Oi) Ado} Sa
UM UES BIOIO): cect sonnocse BO) Bo. | 7 Gel ae ts
WOM GCLOSAlene sitter WLU 2) ya | UW) -
SyAVeSULIS) wane: AD SO OG] See ask
Thuya CUS AMIGCA ence ioe ZO) 2200220 21 i
oo WATneanany sacmceecie| PAV aay sy") tO) i
Thuyopsis borealis ...... ZO GE ZOM 20M ee20 -
30) Weaver: jeallo
Wellingtonia gigantea
Healthy, fine tree.
Fast growing; beautiful.
Vigorous growing.
Beautiful tree.
A very fine tree.
A grand specimen.
Very graceful.
Fine specimen.
Fine slow-growing tree.
A splendid specimen.
A well-furnishd specimen.
Healthy ; growing slow.
A perfect specimen.
Distinct and effective.
Fine specimen.
Fine small tree.
A very useful tree.
A very effective variety.
Fine fast-growing tree.
Graceful habit.
Fine small tree.
Distinct in habit & colour.
Coarse spreading tree.
Fine old specimen.
Top often broken by wind.
Loses top occasionally.
Exposed to high winds.
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In sheltered valley.
A beautiful tree.
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A fine specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.
-——The newer Conifers have been planted here in con-
siderable numbers, and are mostly growing in a well-sheltered valley surrounded
by deciduous trees.
They are eenerally i in a thriving condition, and some of the
older trees are very fine specimens; notably Abies Menziesii, Jal grandis, A. nobilis,
and A. Morinda, the Silver Fir, and the Scots Fir.
banks of a river, in good free soil, where there are many thousands of Scots Fir
nearly equal to it, and in fine healthy condition.
Cryptomeria, Cypresses, Junipers, and Arborvitzs, all thrive well, and make
beautiful specimens.
The last is growing on the
The Araucaria, Deodara,
Most of the Pines grow at the highest altitudes—Pinuws °
Laricio at 500 feet—and are much exposed to high wind, which often breaks off
their leading shoots.
STATISTICS OF
WATERSTOWN.
Altitude, 200 feet.
Soil, light loam, peaty, deep bog ;
CONIFERS IN
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THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 568
WESTMEATH.
Hon. T. HARRIS TEMPLE.
g; subsoil, gravel.
Correspondent: Mr. ROBERT ANDERSON, The Gardens, Waterstown, Athlone.
el Sales
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| } oS |} oa 3
Botanical Name | Age| .2 |Girth at] © 3 Remarks
tt | 5 ft. up E iS 9)
| ae es]
|
|Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Abies Albertiana......... | 20 | 27 | 2 1-|-17 | open | Healthy; fine specimen.
» Canadensis ...... oe 3 — 22 sf Grows well in wet bog.
Douglas,» ..... OUR OO ee” 19 ae3sS 55 Vigorous specimen.
OMIM Sele edaevees (24 |) .o ZnO aoe a Healthy ; fine tree.
Pee MMeMIZICSIN gso.cs05- | — | DO 0 4-lodL - Very fine specimen.
PNOkGmanmiana... |) o0) | 28 | 27a | 19 ‘ a an
PeeMSAWOmeeeeaeh <5. | 00 | 20.) 9 . 27) oil 5 aN ce
Cedrus Deodara ......... | 48 | 64 | 6 O | 381 |sheltd. Ms if
Cupressus Lawsoniana BO) | Bad Ee 3 “ sa =)
a macrocarpa — |43)4 8 | 45 W. He 3s
Pinus excelsa ...... Peel OO On) Wadibeisheltd: ms fi
SEU MOMS: ais vais oo — |62|7 3 | 40 Bn a r
Taxodiumsempervirens | 3 Alpe Bi 8) ay AO) Hs Me ih
Mhuyopsistborealis...... | 30° | 26 |. — | 31 55 Very ornamental.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 30 | 37 | 4 9 | 22 | open | Handsome specimen.
GENERAL REMARKS.— Most of the hardy kinds of Conifers grow well here,
and particularly the species named in the above list.
On bog land very few
species are at all satisfactory; but the Hemlock Spruce takes kindly to it, and
Pinus eacelsa is thriving fairly well on the drier parts.
Abies Douglasiti grows
with great vigour on the warm loam, on a gravelly subsoil, where also A. grandis,
A. Menxiesii, Cupressus Lawsoniand, C. macrocarpa, and Pinus insignis thrive
remarkably well.
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564 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
WEXFORD.
COURTOWN. EARL OF COURTOWN.
Altitude, 20 to 40 feet. Soil, alluvial and loam ; subsoil, clay, gravel, and rocky
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES TURNER, The Gardens, Courtown, Gorey.
On o
Botanical Name Age ee leer 3 z 2 Remarks
sn 2 & 2
Years) Feet | Ft. In. | Feet
Atbtestallbamcnnssseecedeecet 22} 15 | 0 9 |; 10 | Level.| Fine ornamental tree.
Sd Alberbianmalmscsccaes US) | 4c &. @ | Zak 9 Vigorous specimen.
WOU elasiieee ea. cece AN | 2605/59) 469 162 EK. es -
meen zie silire, asters 22 | 25 | 2 6 | 15 | Level.| Growth checkd. bystorms:
7 Nordmannianay 2.) 5 Ga ZG le Gale? zi Very ornamental.
5 LOCUM OVENOE). Ssaqneuoc AN TAOS Or OMe 3 Graceful habit ; fine tree.
eee Wiel biamal seen sce. aL eG By |) 4X0) E. Fine specimen.
Araucaria imbricata...... 41 | 35 | 4 0 | 17.) Level. - Bs
Cedrus Deodara............ 46 |-45 | 6 O | 30 - = ‘
Cryptomeria japonica ... | 27 | 41 | 4 6 | 22 S. Very handsome.
Cupressus Lawsoniana... | 22 | 29 | 3 0 | 15 | S.W.| Valuable for ornament.
- oy CUCU nooo apy ||) Bis) 3 0) 5 - Fe ap
i ae op auENC LIS) i) NS) |} IS) — 6 es a -s
= macrocarpa... | 24 | 42 | 5 O | 80 | Ina | Vigorous specimen.
| hollow
5 nutkaénsis... | 27 | 21 | 2 3 | 15 | Level.| Very graceful habit.
Pinusiexcelsases- anes AG 42 85.31 3071S: Fine specimen.
Sy eLSIOINIS™ eee 24; 40) 3 2/15} W. | Vigorous & free-growing.
Se iar CIO Me cecer ceeine 41} 49 | 5 6 | 30 | Level.| Fine specimen.
Sequoia sempervirens... | 27 | 47 | 5 6 | 30 a Fast growr.; leader brittle
Thuya gigantea............ (23 1 36 | yO | 18 a Vigorous ; useful tree.
Thuyopsis dolabrata...... 24205 6 | 10 La Beautiful and useful.
GENERAL REMARKS. By the Harl of Courtown.—The ages of the specimens.
of Conifers of which the details are given are counted from the year in which
the trees were planted. They are growing at a low altitude, near to thesea, on the
Wexford ccast, where the low sand-hills along the shore afford very little
shelter from the saline breeze. Pinus insignis, planted in much exposed places,
stands the saline blast remarkably well. Among the most flourishing of our other
Conifers are Abies Douglasii, some hundreds of which, of different ages, are
growing vigorously ; A. Albertiana, very fast grower and handsome tree; Cupressus
macrocarpa, & raost vigorous grower and one of the best for resisting the salt
blast from the sea; Cryptomeria japonica, very flourishing and handsome;
Cupressus Lawsoniana, which promises to be useful for timber, as well as its
several varieties, all hardy and very ornamental; and Thuya gigantea, of which
large numbers have been raised from cuttings of the oldest tree (the dimensions
of which are given in the table), and planted out in the domain, where they are
growing vigorously and promise in time to be valuable timber trees. For
ornament, besides the Cupressus mentioned, Cupressus nutkaénsis, formerly
known as Thuyopsis borealis, is a very valuable Conifer ; and so is the handsome and
very distinct Thuyopsis dolabrata, which grows well here. Sequoia sempervirens
grows fast, but the leader is so brittle that it is very liable to be broken with the
gale, and in consequence it is not likely to prove a useful timber-tree in this |
locality. Abies Menziesii has also suffered from the storms, although not to the
same extent. Abies alba is a fine ornamental Spruce, and might be useful in
damp localities and at high altitudes.
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 565
WICKLOW.
COOLLATTIN. EARL FITZWILLIAM.
Altitude, 600 feet. Soil, h¢ht gravelly loam ; subsoil, slatey rock.
Correspondent : Mr. JAMES WHYTOCK, The Gardens, Coollattin Park, Shillelagh.
i les) ¢ |
Botanical Name | Age 3 eee = s | Remarks
| aA BY S|
=| |
‘Years Feet | Ft. In. | Feet | |
Abies canadensis......... 45 | 30} 7 U| 28! E. | Very good specimen.
PE ACOMCOLOR: S.0055 <0 25 | 46 |) 43 | 17 te = =
Pee Douclasii-.c...<..- 40 | 74 |10 O | 45 S.E. | Vigorous; handsome tres.
PR STOCAMCIS! «os cascse es Ge | 25m se ON GE Wie ss i
SVoeMenziesii ...::...: 45 |80|9 O| 38 | N.E. | 2 cs
PMO WWIS) “Si... c5605. 254 One On lilo » | Free growing; fine.
» Nordmanniana... | 16 | 22|1 6{}|11j| KE. | Handsome, vigorous tree.
PEAIIGAPO).5)6ss-2055. 30} 40} 4 91] 28] N. | Fine specimen.
Pe Smithiana ......... | 30 |-50 | 4 10 | 20 | “
Araucaria imbricata ....| 35 | 30 | 5 0} 28; N.E.] _,, FS
Cedrus Weodara <:...5:.. | 35 | 46 110 6} 38 | W. |-Very fine specimen.
Cryptomeria japonica... | 38 | 67 | 5 O| 28 | S.W. | = =
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 25 | 35|4 6) 17 eer ss ae
a2 macrocarpa | 40| 64/9 3 51 ae | 2 ie
Emus Cembra,... 2.5006. | 30 | 25 | 4 O| 15 | N.E. | Good specimen.
PE ERCCNS Ay ecb vcecian occ | 40 | 44 116 0 | 44 | S.W. | Fine spreading tree.
Pe Se TIS o. .eec.s<-: P20u SGei09 20 e520u is ,
‘Taxodium sempervirens | 40 | 55 | 8 6 | 29 EK. | Very fine specimen.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 34 | 64 | 8 6 | 25/ S.E. “ 5
GENERAL REMARKS.—The introduced Conifers were freely planted at Cool-
lattin soon after their introduction to this country, and many of them are now
large and very fine specimens. Abies Douglasii, A. grandis, and A. Menziesii are
by far the fastest growers, and average over 2 feet of growth in height of leader
every year. A. nobilis, A. Nordmanniana, and A. Smithiana also grow tolerably
fast, but require more shelter. Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus Lawsoniana, C.
macrocarpa, Pinus insignis, and Wellingtonia gigantea, thrive well, and form fine
trees.
566 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
POWERSCOURT. VISCOUNT POWERSCOURT.
Altitude, 300 to 450 feet. Soil, loam, peaty; subsoil, gravel and sand.
Correspondent : Mr. DAVID CROMBI5, The Gardens, Powerscourt, Enniskerry.
So a {<b)
a aa is 5
Botanical Name Age | e eee e a | S Remarks
Es Z
Bun
Years| Feet; Ft. In. Feet |
Abies Albertiana......... 24 | 46 |4 2) 21 |-S.W. | Healthy; fime trees.
S CAMACLEMSISEaeasee ee DR We Biel 3.) OY i 1 S. D
SC ONCOLOM eemeen eter 24;40/4 2) 3 S.E. Very fine specimen.
5 LDXOILISANSIID Sheasonse Be Teo 6 OF | Be 45
6 GRHENNCHIS \ ge oacadadbdo 24 | 32/4 2) 16) S.W. Beautiful, healthy immees
SEL ASTOCATO aami cee Dye Sp I) ) Oi IG Ss 5 55
55 WMEYEAONUTUOES, « Sasondoos 24 | 35 |4 ° 0) 10) S.E. a9 .
ie J erayAlesiy li eaaaaoaase 25 | 48 | 4 8 | 22 Ss Healthy and fine.
Sy Wilonemtindeyeeooaodaqase ZO LOmone Om ea ainsi Be a
Pere MODIS ee comer eee P24) | es ak ae Sold} ma
= Nordmannianayess |) 254590510 1920010 S Very fine specimen.
1) ronientaliisy seareeree 22 2s sO a | - A
ay, IEMMAVOLROM Geaannons Go| 2b Ib 4S Pe OBO es Fine healthy tree.
Fy | sib dNcteH OO eenecanmcotic PAE 2 | GO) | Bet 3 |) Vieny fimesspecimren.
Wielbjoiamay stesnes: | 24 ees 2 ZA SSe Wika # i
Araucaria WACIOMCRNES cao la | ay | 2 Bay UG yo Healthy and fine.
Cedrus atlantica......... Za WP AOC Bs Ae GS - -
iy 2 Deodara -a.nacuen. Zou TADS aSe a6. 2 oan aS Weakly specimen.
Cryptomeria japonica... | 32 | 48 | 7 6 | 30| S.E. | Very fine specimen.
Cupressus Lawsoniana | 25 | 40 | 3 10 | 24 | S.W. s Be
‘s macrocarpa | 32.) 63) 7 613 S is 3
Fitzroya patagonica ... | 22 | 18} 1 6/12 S.E. | Healthy and fine.
Pinus austriaca ......... Me | Bs | ee. Z| USS SAW 5 es
a OlBenloTY Scosagoocdes 2 || BD Be GA PSs a +5
pa TEXCOIS A cannannccmees 2A LONE STG) S258 oaks *
Hy MSHS OLIS! Goncoocconot Boe HOMO Maas a Very fine specimen.
ae SETCYA— cs civiewens cate 25 | 40 | 2 3 | 14 | N.E. | Healthy and fine.
ponderosay -eecccne- 24 | 86 | 2° 0}; 14 me s a
Taxodium sempervirens | 25 | 50 | 5 6 | 20 S. | Fine specimen.
Thuya gigantea ......... 24 | 57 | 5 O| 24 | S.W. | Very fine specimen.
», occidentalis pendula) 22 | 15 |2 Oj; 8 S. | Fine ornamental tree.
Thuyopsis borealis...... 24140] 4 O | 22 | S.E. | Beautiful tree.
Wellingtonia gigantea | 30 | 52 | 9 10 | 24 S. | Very fine healthy spec.
GENERAL REMARKS.— The newer Conifers were planted here in great numbers
from 20 to 30 years ago, both in the ornamental grounds and in the plantations,
and generally speaking they have made satisfactory progress. Among them all,
probably the Douglas Fir takes the lead as a free-growing, handsome, and useful
tree. Itis nothing unusual for it,as wellas several others of the newer Conifere,
to make a leading shoot of 3 feet ina season, and some of them approach 4 feet.
The free soil and airy slopes of the Wicklow mountains, on which they grow,.
seem to suit the great majority of Conifers, and in such a position many of them
promise to form very handsome trees, with fine, straight, well-grown stems, at a
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STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 567
comparatively early period. After the Douglas Fir, Pinus insignis is noticeable for
its vigorous growth; and nearly all the Abies tribe follow closely on their heels ;
even A. Webbiana grows vigorously, although it is considered a rather delicate
species in this country. The Araucaria, Cedar, Cryptomeria, Cypress, Juniper,
Retinospora, and ‘Thuya, all grow luxuriantly, and many fine specimens of the
best species and varieties of them are thriving well, and forming very beautiful
trees and shrubs. Cupressus Lawsoniana, and its many fine varieties, are among
the hardiest and most useful of ornamental Conifers; C. macrocarpa is very fast
growing and ornamental; and C. nuthaénsis (Thuyopsis borealis) is one of the most
graceful and beautiful of all the Conifers. The Patagonian Cypress also does
well, and forms a nice small tree. Among the Pines, none approach P. insignis
in quick growth; but many of them are doing well, and are really tine
ornamental specimens. Sequoia (Taxodium) sempervirens makes splendid growth
in a peaty soil, and well sheltered. Zhuya gigantea grows with great freedom,
and isa most promising tree. Of the Wellingtonia gigantea, a large number of
specimens have been planted, and are growing in perfect health and making very
fine and attractive specimens. In general, the Conifers are a great feature in
the landscape, and have a very pleasing and effective appearance.
568
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY.
| THE UNITED KINGDOM.
IVY.—LIST OF CONIFERS AND LARGEST SPECIMENS.
A TABLE, giving a List of all the CONIFERS NAMED in the foregoing TABLES;
with the PLACE and CouNTy where the LARGEST SPECIMENS vrow ; their greatest
recorded HEIGHT, and GIRTH of STEM at 5 ft. up; andthe NuMBER of RETURNS
in which they appear. Total number of returns, 102. Where a species is twice
mentioned, the second tree has the thickest stem.
Botanical Name Place County | Height Girth No. of
Returns
Ft. In Ft. In.
Abies ajanensis ... | Ochtertyre...... | Perthshire ...| 24 0| 1 8 2
Fie malas ce ae Courtown .:.:.: Wexiord>..... trae, em eee) 1
, Albertiana... | Castle Menzies Pertln cee - 52 OS] ames 56
is s ..- | The Cairnies ... 2 = Sanbe cee [oe Do: Oe eS ats
;, Alcockiana Castle Kennedy | Wigtown ... 32. O}4 Vea a iss
; amabilis?... | Drumlanrig Dumfries 32 OM" 3a 5
5 balsamea ... } Saitou, 2522-2: East Lothian 68 0; 9 O 2
, brachyphylla | Castlewellan ... | Down ......... 144 0; — i
fe (OP SreTeh B50) DOCOMO So455- Cornwall...... 49 6 4 6 6
;, canadensis... | Studley Royal Vorkts asics. 60° 0 0) 0 Ff
» cephalonica. | Powderham ... | Devon......... ht ame Um a 8) 26
Be otitetary pea. | aossdhw x:.. 202. Dumbarton... 10. 0 /- @-6 1
- -Goncolor...... fanton Park ...-|. Kent 2i2.22..- 64° OO) S8rag 42
,» Douglasii ... | Dropmore ...... Buckss sce 120: (Ot S£
Se sf et | tynedechy es. Berks ences 91 Baie —=
= ,, Stairii | Ochtertyre ...... Rea iahins 5 20 07" fea 2
» ngelmanni. | Curraghmore... | Waterford ...}--24 0] 2 1 2
>, cexcelsacl 5. Lynedoch ...... Pert so secce 106." 3H AG ae a2
spades FI iL th pe ered Carclew 225 .c:s<- Cornwall...... 45 0} *2 8 1
35 Ja TASErl <5. .c: Powderham DEVON... nee 12. O17 29a 2
37 frandis —..-2- Riccarton’, ...:.. Midlothian... 83 3) 3 84] 56
te SS otee Oe Poltalloch: <.-... Argyll cc. 2s-- 64.-.0)) Seo —
. Hookeriana Muarihily"sc.cee: Perhla’ 23620... 30 0 4 0 8
| imacnilica, ... | Uhe Caimies <:: Sey eae tee Coe 50 O Seo 38
~ 5 ‘4, | Revesby ios. .25c Lincolas.<..; 40-"0-) 55-6 —
;, Menziesii ... | Curraghmore... | Waterford ... | 110 0j;10 O 56
3 Boconnoc ....... Comwaill.—--- ; Sb. 3 |-ea ——
» Morinda Carclewareo oss: 5 sae | =80— "On 28
= a Hopetoun ...... West Lothian 76 «(OO 8 0 =
RAMP TA eee pocens Mount Stuart... | Bute .......... | 46. 07) S35 2
, ncbilis 2... Birr Castle...... HONG Sis eee | 83°90: aa 76
ie Pa Rae se Conk. te ROSS. ck cen cee 77 «6 | 7 10 —-
.. Nordmanniana) Poltalloch ...... Aroyll ecco. 70°04 6°49 78
re 55 Killarneycetes- KRETry, Sok. 50-0 1 S10 eis —
5» numidica ... | Pampisford...... Cambridge :.: | 20) 0 [7 aa 2
» Orientalis :....| Penrhyn .......: Carnarvon ... 58 0; — 13
“5 Ss GlamuIS 2. .-ccse see Portar.-5s..-6 | 38 0O 4 6 ae
* Girth at 3 feet up.
Botanical Name
Abies Pattoniana
», pectinata
3) x 3° eee
em WAGEOW, <0
» Pinsapo......
SE MOOLU As cece.
» religiosa
> Veitchiana...
PE ebblana’ <..
93 99 HOO
Araucariaimbricata
>) ob)
399 99
Athrotaxis laxifolia
», selaginoides
Biota orientalis aurea
Cedrus atlantica...
99 eee
ae Deodara ...
. » °
Re Ibi oe naleaee sae
pacea
Cryptomeria elegans
of japonica
39 39
CupressusGoveniana
Pe Lawsoniana
3”
erecta viridis
gracilis aurea
Pub UHC Aisa cc'es's
3 pendula
ee lusitanica....
55 macrocarpa
~)
we
7)
vy
v
i)
~)
39 PP)
» Sempervirens
», thyoides
» torulosa
Dacrydium
Franklinii
Vitzroya patagonica
Juniperus chinensis
es .excelsa
ee EeCULVA.
a virginiana
Larix europza......
39 ”
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LIST OF CONIFERS AND LARGEST SPECIMENS—continued.
Place County Height Girth No. of
Sevan
WG. = in: Wie Ibo,
Whose adby aagcescas Berths a scacee SON OMe ral O 4
Cartonescencss Kaldare: 2.5: Dre =O sjiotd <6 is)
Rossdhnw 7 ss..t-. Dumbarton... | 110 0} 17-9 a
Powerscourt ..._| Wicklow...... Aes) 1) 4 0 5
Pampisford...... Camibnridee cca), so2) OF) 9 O 24
Kinnettles...... HORA seacsec aoe O 6 3
AOU Mules es cies Conkere tiene 60 O SiO Y
IREWRIEN! \ccbecadnd Warwick...... BE GS fe NO 3
Couttowne ys... Wexford ...... OF. (Veli Gas 12
Howick Hall... | Northumber- HL) Se 0 ie
land
DroOpMOrew esa... 1BADKG ISI Oababas CS OR eS: 0 74
Woodstock ...... Kilkenny 54° 0.) 58a 4 airs
Menabilly ...... Cornwall...... 14 0 — 2
Golden Grove... | Carmarthen iG © — Tt
Castlewellan (2. |MDowne 2.25.44. 14 0 = 1
Walkeitla set ccaacs Midlothian... (0) = 3
Mitnilera versace: WOK eee saiases 66 O 5 10 45
JBI NON Gookennec ROSSt os ateaciecers 48 O GES ak
SEBOVEN TRON ML I SCONE @ ecosboace OS SO 68
Coolllatiinys aces Wicklow...... 46) (0) |10" 6 =
Wiethiviemss.ssscc es ae sie ee 90 O 9 10 14
BRE t DD Vergece. tcc. Derby aa. nasser. 82 0,16 2 ane:
Powderham OVE Olab aoa hee Sa) — 1
oltalilechaen-c Ae yllie cease Zone (Val SE) 6
Coolllattiny +.....2 Wicklow...... Ge 10 BS ) 28
IRR a Ree eee Retin jsaeesee 42 6 3) eS
Curraghmore... | Waterford 1G © —— i
Duplin seca Benth sonscac. 0) ) OME es} 72
TROMIOISIR Aebeeaaee Am oay dll ees aero B42 OE eG _
Curraghmore ... | Waterford ... me) -O 3} 8
Garbally: .5..c2-.: Galway ...... 0 — 2
Castlewellanoz..3| Down: .:24.0...._| Wi @ — 3
he Welle. sa.cncccre | Worcester ... 40 O 2250) 1
OSSC Ia see assole Dumbartons.. | 4.39 0 2 9 1
@arclew. -./5....- | Cornwall...... ee S2e ONO) 2a 26
Coollathnwts...5 Wicklow 64 O Ga3 a.
IX GIDE PEEP eae alert larigeseranee 40 O eae9 2
Minti: soca oh cetoee be Aus) Da 3
Dalkeith ...<.-.. Midlothian ... eG (rae ee 2,
Castlewellan... | Down ......... 8 6 a= 1
Powerscourt ... | Wicklow...... 18 0O OG 3
Viti) sane sees erties secn eres re je ds 4.
C@anrtonncen cose Keil aneweras leja © ee @ 2
HREM chose scosce IRE reese 30 0O — 4
Studley Royal Nionka sacecoke CO PODS EG 2
Rossdihtt ...4.k <2 Dumbarton. | 100 0.) 10) x0 6
LOW Clio. nueeeone Worcester ... SORO: lan @ —
@anelewermnessc oy. Cornwail...... aOR 0 Sk 4
», Kempferi ...
* Girth at 3 feet up.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND LARGEST SPECIMENS — continued.
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Botanical Name
Place
Libocedruschilensis
a decurrens
bb
39
Pinus austriaca ...
bb)
. banksiana..
Bolanderii...
Appear Cresanloniaheaeane
bb] Wy)
aA SOXCOlSAi aaecns
eH) ”
Sa eelanbwieOtere.
SSO IS ce sene
3° 39 Z
5 eR eHreyi ates.
39 39 s
5, Koraiensis .,.
> Lambertiana
°° >
5p) EAIATICVO) Gaeses
>) 33
» macrocarpa
> montana
> Montezume
35 amonticola ...
ape OOCAUN A cence
5 ~wallasiana:..
=) |. paxvitloral.
a Patollane gece
5, mInasteri...¢
oe PeePAN CA ee. coos ce
5» ponderosa...
PpyLenaicar..
ee Sa pimianarac.
33) ID LLOWUS. cass.
PP 99
Fe sylvestris...
Podocarpus andinus
Prumnopitys elegans
9° 99
Retinospora filifera
leptoclada
A obtusa
. pisifera
55 plumosa
aurea
Salisburia adianti-
LOMA oneseen ae eemane
faxe-gothea con-
OAT) Goagesetosos
| Coollattin
Mount Stuart...
Castlewellan ...
Orton
Shane’s Castle
Pampisford......
Ochtertyre
Howick
Studley Royal
Ihinton’ Parke =.
Linton Parks;
seeteecee
encase
Dropmorey cease: |
Boconnoec
Fordell
Boconnoc
Riccarton
Menabilly
Scone
IBYOdIOMAN eee.
Menabilly
Carclew
Hewell
99
Linton Park ;..
Een ei ere
Pampisford
ihogies Scone =.
Murthly
Studley Royal
Castlewellan ...
Tortworth
Poltalloch
Menabilly
Carclew
Rossdhu
99
DMalkeithee cess:
Ochtertyre
eee eeenee
IGMENWERIONY oemcosas
Ochtertyre ......
IETS ONG snoneacas
Poltalloch e..:
Linton Park ...
Drumlanrig ...
eerersoocese
eSrasrase
Castlewellan ...
eresee
County Height
Ft. In.
sD OMG Seer wee L220
| Huntingdon 50 O
eA Te villas coeces ot O
alenity sot seasee 74° 0
e@ACTG ITO) eceee Hi (5)
Cambridge ... 26 0
Rerthie eee WS)
pice: C5. ees 68 6
| N’thumberld. 45 QO
Meio ik = 28. eee: [Fe OO
I Wicklow esas: 44 0
Bute. este 33 9 0)
Bucksie eee 90° 6
Cornwall...... 68 0
aa ha Wee otaltra baa cc HOG
Phincoln’ Ye: 48 0
(ebentinger- eer 13 0
telnimcolniaeee 50 O
IeArrcony Illia 450
| Cornwall...... He
| Midlothian ... C923
RIXe iG ee orce | 44 0
(Dumrites ee i 24a)
i-Cormvwalli-<.p. 16 0
Renter. KAO
Cormwalleeee ale aX)
Mi Oraivdsceneceee 50 0
le @ormvyaile ee 8 0
cog AMES aes 45 0
Worcester 68 0O
| = 300
ls Gentip tees eee 63 0
ert neler see Bi (0)
| Cambridge... | 24 0
VIP ert eracectee 30>40
ete aie SOP
GO) dl cater es | “90550
Wowace (LOas6
Gloucester ileal 7a
eeAeoay le Nettie: 13 0
FDO wnemen cs 12°76
| Cornwall.....: AS 0
ee ee ne 323 2=6
Dumbarton | 18 0
|
hes pete C
| Midlothian... | 48 6
Perth | 10
* Girth at 3 feet up.
ea No.
Giron nea
ins le
lipey 2
= 12
G3 =
S20 42
ib iy) =
i? 1
Thal 1
ey) 52
30 —
6F 0 40
16,50 —
ipale) 2
TL 0) 33
{3.0 —
Sal 18
6 8 —
ers 1
Ort o D
om) —
5) sey 34
(had ea
4 6 +
2 10 3
— 2
5 ll 26
— i
Th eh =
— 1
Zo, 0 it
TOF ZO 3
AS A0 1
8 fa 24
5 4 3
2 6 i
i OO 8
(ioe) —
fies 7
-= 2
—- 3
1 10 —-
_- 2
_ if
sr Sed Gee fas?
2-0 14s
128 3
42
PON es.
STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS.
LIST OF CONIFERS AND LARGEST SPECIMENS—continued.
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Botanical Name
Sciadopitys verti-
Gr) 2
Sequoia semper-
Virens |
variegata |
33 9
Taxodium
distichum
$9 3”)
= » pendulum
Taxus adpressa
ey) DAeCaAba 2...
ee ie Kanes
ee ,, Dovastonii
» 9», Lastigiata
Thuya gigantea ...
39 39
» occidentalis
pendula
s 5) Verveeneana
» >, Wareana
» 3, Standishii
Thuyopsis borealis
3) 33
53 », variegata
5 dolabrata
= ») variegata
Torreya myristica
Wellingtonia
gigantea
39 > Pb)
es, pendula
» >», Variegata
39 3? 33
lq | ig Vir No.
Place | | County | Height | Girth | No nce
#t. In. | Ft. In.
[pCastlewellang<.- |, Down \..J<-... ROR “= 4
Boconnoe ...... | Cornwall......| 75 0|13 0 | 52
Pampisford | Cambridge... | 16 0} 1 10 | iH
iRessdinuis.s.:2--. Dumbarton...4| 30.07) 3 9 Be |20.3
Revesby... 23. Tancoln 7.5.-- eee OL eS —
iRvemelhors S660 - Wioreester =< |) .00- 0°), G).0; | 1
Dalkeith......... Midlcthian... | 10 O | -2
ROSS. 25. = 5s Dumbarton... | 40 0/13 O 3
Dalkeith. ...5..: Midlothian... | & 0 3
“ 9 6 0 1
Rockingham ... | Roscommon 30 0 —- 3
PimtoneParke 2.75) “Kent, 2.2.02: fae Gos20. | 680 | 58
Woodstock...... Kilkenny PRGOKs Osa 7ees Oi ths Va
Powerscourt ... | Wicklow...... Lop eGal ae OL ek
Castlewellan ... | Down ......... 12050 kappa |
Curraghmore... | Waterford... | 12 6) 53 0 | 1
Dalkeith. c.as: Midlothran-s |) 15...0')) -1- OL. |, 63
Murthy. 2s. dc. IPerbli grec. 2u25. TA ig a Nae 56
Brahamie csc. EOSSSrssieuee £5. Oeleo27 48
Pampisford...... Cambridge...| 22 0) 1 0 {| 2
Boconnoc ...... Cornwall...... Pie ee I I (ee aes
Carclew™ s....e.< Sar bese sacs i aed Bey Gat 0) — 2
Tortworth ...... Gloucester=.. [4 21, 0 | 2/10 1
Shanballay...... ipperarye <2 00) 0s! S76 86
Castle Menzies | Perth ......... e520) Oni. 13) 79 _
Daliketthines. se. Midlothian... | 13 0 L.-0 2
Castlewellan ... | Down ......... Hees. © 4
IBIPEIS 2. 228:2-20e: Kaneardinesy. (It 67). te 6) (es
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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 sentin. 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.
Order of
Merit
TABLE I,
CONIFERS MOST SUITABLE FOR PARK TREES.
Varieties receiving less than 5 votes are omitted.
Name
Abies nobilis : ;
Pseudotsuga Douglasii
Abies Nordmanniana .
Sequoia gigantea
Cedrus Libani
Abies grandis
Pinus Laricio nigricans
Thuya gigantea .
Cedrus atlantica
Pinus Strobus 5
Cupressus Lawsoniana
Tsuga Mertensiana
Pinus Cembra .
5) LETIOO® 6
Cedrus Deodara .
Araucaria imbricata
Cupressus macrocarpa
Pinus excelsa .
Picea Morinda
No. of
Votes
28
26
23
re)
22
21
IY)
19
18
Ne
16
16
3155
15
14
12
12
11
iL
Order of None
Merit
20 Abies pectinata .
Pah », cephalonica
21 », magnifica .
21 Picea sitchensis .
21
21
26
26
26
26
26
26
32
32
o4
34
36
36
36
Pinus insignis
», Silvestris .
Abies concolor .
Larix europea
Picea excelsa
Pinus monticola . :
»» ponderosa. :
Sequoia sempervirens .
Abies Pinsapo
Picea Alcockiana
Cupressus nootkatensis
Picea orientalis . ,
Abies lasiocarpa .
» Lowiana :
Cryptomeria japonica.
ANMIAGNAMNDMNMHMDAUDUME DY
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TABLE II.
CONIFERS MOST SUITABLE FOR LARGE GARDENS AND PLEASURE GROUNDS.
Varieties receiving less than 5 votes are omitted.
Order of No. of | Order of No. of
Merit NaS Votes | Merit Nene Votes
1 Cupressus Lawsoniana Seo, ay Jenannis; Orns) 3 5 6
2 Thuya gigantea . ; . 22 | 22 Abies Lowiana 9
3 Araucaria imbricata . rete ay ee 26 », cephalonica 8
4 Cupressus nootkatensis 55 Ake) 26 », amabilis 8
5 Abies nobilis ; : 17 26 Picea Morinda 8
5 Oryptomeria japonica elegans 17 26 Thuya occidentalis 8
5 Tsuga Mertensiana . areas 30 Picea pungens glauca . 7
8 Cryptomeria japonica . LG 30) Pinus excelsay) 2 : Sane
8 Abies Nordmanniana . = 16 30 » insignis 7
8 PEAMSApO! 5 a 6 30 Tsuga canadensis Het G
8 Cedrus Deodara . 5 LO 30 Abies magnifica . ; 5 aes
12 Tsuga Pattoniana é - 1d 35 » Webbiana . ; 6
13 Thuya dolabrata . : os ile 35 Cupressus pisifera plumosa. 6
14 Libocedrus decurrens . w13 35 Juniperus virginiana . 6
14 Piceaorientalis . ; fans} 35 Picea Alcockiana 6
14 Pseudotsuga Douglasii ah 35) », sitchensis . 6
14 Sequoia gigantea. : es 40 Cupressus obtusa 5
14 ») Sempervirens. . 2 13 40 Juniperus chinensis 5
19 Cedrus Libani . ; elt, 40 Picea Engelmannii 5
HOF WNbilestorandis. . : a a2 40 Pinus Laricio 5
21 Cupressus macrocarpa. 5 LO) 40 » Silvestris 5
22 Abiesconcolor . Sas) 40 Sciadopitys verticillata 5
22 Cedrus atlantica . . Peg 40 Cedrus atlantica glauca 5
PA Bin Tie
CONIFERS SUITABLE FOR SMALLER GARDENS.
Varieties receiving less than 4 votes are omitted.
1 Cupressus Lawsoniana » 22 13 Abies nobilis. 5
2 Cryptomeria japonica elegans 16 13 Araucaria imbricata 5
3 Thuya dolabrata. : . 14 13 Cupressus obtusa . 5
4 Juniperus chinensis . rel 3 13 Juniperus recurva. 5
5 Cupressus nootkatensis cS) 13 Picea excelsa 5
6 Sciadopitys verticillata sa 8 3 Thuya occidentalis 5
6 Taxus baccata . , 778 13 Tsuga Pattoniana . 5
8 lLibocedrus decurrens . Seed 20 Abies Nordmanniana 4
9 Abies Pinsapo . : 4206 20 Cupressus pisifera. ue
9 Cedrus Deodara . ; Sake) 20 Taxus baccata adpressa A
9 Picea orientalis . 3 2 O 20 Thuya orientalis 4
9 Thuya gigantea . : 6 20 Tsuga canadensis. 4
TABLE IV.
CONIFERS SUITABLE FOR Rock GARDEN
Varieties receiving less than 3 votes are omitted.
1 Ficea excelsa Clanbrassiliana 14 11 Cupressus Thyoides 4
2 Juniperus Sabina ‘ » 10 11 Juniperus japonica 4
3 Cupressus Lawsoniananana 9 Jul 9%) squamata 4
4 'Thuya dolabrata. 6 Rane 11 Picea excelsa pygmea 4
5 Cupressus obtusa nana Be 6 16 Cryptomeria saree elegans
5 Thuya orientalis aurea oO nana ee ce
7 Cupressus pisifera : gr) 16 Cryptomeria japonica | nana. 3
7 Juniperus communis =e 16 Juniperus recurva 3
7 Picea excelsa pumila . tae 16 » Sabina variegata. 3
7 Taxus baccata : 5 16 Pinus montana 3
11 Cupressus nootkatensis 4
Jt
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CONIFERS SUITABLE FOR WIND-BREAES.
Varieties receiving less than 4 votes are omitted.
ie Came Voies | Merit See Voies
1 Pinus Laricio nigricans . 24 9 Abies pectinata . : = oO
2 .. silvestris . ; epee: 9 Larix europea . . SLO
3 SS eeuaAric1o : ‘ ft EKG: 9 Pinus Pinaster . 4 ot eas
4 Cupressus Lawsoniana 5 eel 12 Pinus Cembra . 7 =)
5 Picea excelsa < : ee ®) 12 Thuya occidentalis . = Sea hie
6 Thuya gigantea . : Ae) 14 Abies Nordmanniana . ee OEE
7 Pseudotsuga Douglasii oh eS 14 Cupressus nootkatensis cone
7 ‘Taxus baccata . : sh ae 14 Tsuga canadensis 5 a
ACB i) evel
CONIFERS SUITABLE FOR EXPOSED POSITIONS NEAR THE SEA.
Varieties receiving less than 3 votes are omitted.
{Pinus dariciomoricanssas.. 110 6 Pinus Pinaster . ; RO
2 Cupressus macrocarpa 5) 7 Sequoia sempervirens. Me
3 Pinus Laricio .. : Sy 8 Abies Nordmanniana . Laie
3 » silvestris . 2 so wie 8 Abies pectinata . a aor ee Gates
5 » ~InSienis= . : eer
TABLE VII.
THE BEST VARIEGATED AND COLOURED-FOLIAGED CONIFERS.
Varieties receiving less than 4 votes are omitted.
1 Cupressus Lawsoniana lutea 16 | 10 Thuya orientalis aurea ae Pak
2 Ns ee plumosa 12 » Golabrata variegata. 6
aurea ; . Sell 12 Taxus baccata fastigiata
3 Taxus baccata aurea . 5 i153 aurea : 6
4 Cupressus obtusa aurea . 11 14 Cupressus Lawsoniana albo-
4 Juniperus chinensis aurea. 11 variegata . 5 5 hal.
6 Taxus baccata elegantis- 14 Cupressus Lawsoniana:; aurea
sima : 10 variegata ; 5
ih Cry, ptomeria japonica elegans 8 16 Pseudotsuga Douglasii Stairii 4
7 Cupressus pisifera aurea . 8 16 Thuya occidentalis aurea sk
7 ‘Yhuyaorienialiselegantissima 8 16 Abies nobilis glauca . Spi
10 Picea pungens glauca. Eine
TABLE VIII.
CONIFERS MOST SUITABLE FOR TIMBER TREES IN WOODS AND FORESTS.
Varieties receiving less than 5 votes are omitted.
1 Pseudotsuga Douglasii . 3d | 1% Cupressus Lawsoniana g2258
2) ePimnuswGacciowg : 5 1) 12 Pinus Strobus . : ef itrs
3 Abies grandis. : Ae ke) 12 Tsuga Mertensiana . oneS
4 Thuya gigantea . : eee bys 15 Abies pectinata . : em df
5 Picea sitchensis . : + Ld 16 Picea excelsa . : ho
6 Abies nobilis ‘ . =, 14 17 Cedrus atlantica . ed)
6 » Nordmanniana . Sh gti 17 Cupressus macrocarpa dd
8 Pinus silvestris . : pedi Ak 17 Pinus Cembra . : Stun aed
9 Larix europea . 3s RO ALOUE AT a <3 eansionis mean : ae
10 Pinus! baricioniericans, .. sno oe en » monticola . 5 ae
10 Sequoia sempervirens. xa
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LiST OF EXUIBITORS, AND AWARDS RECOMMENDED
BY THE JUDGES.
Awards Recommended :—
For GROUPS AND COLLECTIONS OF Cut SPECIMENS.
Silver Gilt Flora Medal.
To Sir Patrick Keith Murray, Bart., Ochtertyre, Crieff,
Perthshire (gardener, Mr. George Croucher).
Silver Gilt Kmghtian Medal.
To the Right Hon. the Earl of Mansfield, Scone Palace,
Perth (forester, Mr. Lewis Bayne; gardener, Mr. Alexander
McKinnon).
To the Right Hon. the Earl of Stair, Castle Kennedy, Stran-
raer, Wigtownshire (forester, Mr. James Hogarth).
Silver Kiughtian Medal.
To the Director, Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh.
To F. W. Cornwallis, lisq., Linton Park, Maidstone (gardener,
Mr. John McKenzie).
To W. H. Maxwell, Esq., Munches, Dalbeattie, N.B.
To Mrs. Ford, Pencarrow, Bcdmin, Cornwall (gardener, Mr.
Henry Jones).
To Messrs. Dicksons, Chester.
Silver Gilt Banksian Medal.
To Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, King’s Road, Chelsea.
To Mr. A. Waterer, Knap Hill, Woking.
Silver Banksian Medal.
To Her Most Gracious Majesty the Queen, Balmoral, Dallater,
Aberdeenshire (forester, Mr. John Michie).
To the Right Hon. the Karl of Aberdeen, Haddo House,
Aberdeen (forester, Mr. John Clark).
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To the Right Hon.the Earl of Devon, Powderham Castle,
Exeter (gardener, Mr. D. C. Powell).
To I. Acton, Hisq., J.2., Dl. Kalmacurrach, “Rathdnum:,
co. Wicklow.
To W. Steuart Fothringham, Esq., Murthly Castle, Perth
(gardener, Mr. James Laurie).
To A. Stirling, Esq., Keir, Dunblane, Perthshire (gardener,
Mr. Thomas Lunt).
To Messrs. C. Lee & Son, Royal Vineyard Nursery, Hammer-
smith.
To Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt.
Bronze Banksian Medal.
To His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, Dalkeith Palace, N.B.
(gardener, Mr. Malcolm Dunn).
To the Right Hon. the Earl of Hopetoun, Hopetoun, Linlith-
cow (gardener, Mr. James Smith).
To Sir R. Menzies, Bart., Castle Menzies, Perthshire.
To A. H. Smith-Barry, Esq., Fota Island, co. Cork (gardener,
Mr. W. Osborne).
To R. 8. Holford, Esq., Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester
(forester, Mr. Rattray). ;
To Mrs. Malcolm Patton, The Cairnies, Perth (forester, Mr.
John Mchaggan).
To Mrs. Williams, Scorrier, Cornwall (gardener, Mr. H.
Hutchinson).
To Messrs. Jefferies & Son, Cirencester.
To Messrs. W. Barron & Son, Elvaston, Borrowash, Derby.
To Messrs. W. Cutbush & Son, Highgate.
Other Exhibits.
Besides the above, collections of Conifers were contributed
by the following :—
His Grace the Duke of Sutherland, Dunrobin Castle, N.B.
(gardener, Mr. David Melville).
Wis Grace the Duke of Argyll, Inverary Castle, Argyll
(gardener, Mr. George Taylor).
His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, Drumlanrig, N.B. (forester,
Mr. John Fingland).
LIST OF EXHIBITORS AND PRIZES RECOMMENDED. 577
His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth, Derbyshire.
The Right Hon. the Earl of Cromarty, Castle Leod, Ross-
shire.
The Right Hon. Lord Poltimore, Poltimore, Exeter.
The Right Hon. Lord Kinnaird, Rossie Priory, Perth (gardener,
Mr. John McKiddie).
The Countess of Seafield, Cullen House, Banff (forester, Mr.
C. Y. Michie).
Lady Fortescue, Dropmore, Bucks (gardener, Mr. Charles
Herrin).
Sir James H. Gibson Craig, Bart., Riccarton, Midlothian.
Sir R. Jardine, Bart., Castlemilk, Dumfriesshire (gardener,
Mr. William King).
Sir T. D. Acland, Bart., Killerton, Exeter.
Sir Simon Macdonald Lockhart, Bart., Lee Castle, Lanark,
N.B. (gardener, Mr. T. Galbraith).
Sir J. Colquhoun, Bart., Rossdhu, Dumbartonshire (gardener,
Mr. Finlay McPherson).
The Hon. H. H. Duncan, Fordell, Fifeshire (gardener, Mr.
George Ramsay).
Colonel Hammond, Pampisford Hall, Cambridge.
J. Ord Mackenzie, Esq., Dolphinton, Peeblesshire.
Colonel Balfour, Balfour Castle, Kirkwall, Orkney (gardener, .
Mr. Thomas McDonald). |
W. H. Nicholson, Esq., J.P., Basing Park, Alton (gardener,
Mr. W. Smythe).
R. G. Lake, Esq., Trevarrick, St. Austell, Cornwall.
C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham, Sussex.
W. Gunn, Esq., Nutwood, Strathpeffer, N.B.
J. Rashleigh, Esq., Menabilly, Cornwall (gardener, Mr.
William Bennett).
W. Barrow, Hsq., Hollowmead Lodge, Bishops-Teignton,
Devon (gardener, Mr. J. Willis).
Messrs. Little & Ballantyne, Carlisle.
Messrs. Fisher, Son, & Sibray, Handsworth, Sheffield.
The Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew, sent a collection of
specimens, photographs, and drawings of Conifers.
Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, I’.R.S., contributed specimens of
eones of rare species, a splendid collection of photos and
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578 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY,
engravings from the Gardeners’ Chronicle, and many works
treating specially on Conifers.
Mrs. Robb, 46 Rutland Gate, sent original paintings by
Chinese artists, a drawing of the Maidenhair Tree (Ginkgo
biloba) attracting much attention.
Some very fine photographs of cones and branches of Danish
Conifers were sent by Professor Carl Hansen, 6, Svanholmsyvei,
Copenhagen.
Photographs of great size and excellence were also contributed
by W. Steuart Fothringham, Esq., Murthly Castle, Perth.
Conifer literature was sent by W. H. Blandford, Esq.,
8 Wimpole Street.
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, exhibited their valuable
‘¢ Manual of Conifere.”’
Prizes :—
Conifers, Collection of Fresh Cones and Branches with
Foliage. Amateurs.
First Prize, Veitch Memorial Medal and £5, to the Dowager
Marchioness of Huntly (gardener, Mr. A. Harding).
Second Prize, Silver Knightian Medal and £2. 10s., to Right
Hon. Lord Wimborne, Canford Manor, Wimborne (gardener,
Mr. T. H. Crasp).
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CONIFERS EXHIBITED AT THE CONFERENCE.
Tue following is a complete alphabetical list of the Conifers exhibited
at Chiswick. In many instances the same species was shown under a
different name, and in others under names altogether unknown and
followed by a query (?) in the list below. The accepted botanical
names, according to Dr. Masters’ Synopsis, are printed in ordinary
type—the synonyms in ztalics.
ABIES
acicularis = Picea Alcockiana
aqjanensig = ,, ajanensis
Albertiana =Tsuga Mertensiana
Alcockiana = Picea Alcockiana
amabilis
Annesleyana = Picea pungens glauca
balsamea
a albo-variegata
brachyphylla
bracteata
Brunoniana = Tsuga dumosa
canadensis = ,, canadensis
cephalonica
Clanbrassiliana = Picea excelsa var.
compacta
concolor (Picea)
5 violacea (Picea)
Douglasit = Pseudotsuga Douglasii
Engelmannii = Picea Engelmannii
» Glauca= 45, » glauca
excelsa = Picea excelsa
finedonensis= 5, ee VATS
firma
» bifida (Abies and Picea bifida)
Fraserii (Picea)
grandis (Picea)
Gregoriana = Picea excelsa var,
Hovkeriana=Tsuga Pattoniana
Khutrow = Picea Morinda
lasiocarpa (A. subalpina ; Picea)
argentea (A. subalpina
var.)
3?
Lowiana (Picea)
magnifica
- glauca
ABIES
majestica (?)
Menziesit = Picea sitchensis
Morinda = ,, Morinda
Nigra = , nigra
nobilis (Picea)
» glauca (Picea)
Nordmanniana (Picea)
numidica
Omorica =Picea Omorica
orientalis = ,, orientalis
Parryana= ,, pungens
parvifolia (7)
Pattoniana = Tsuga Pattoniana
pectinata
7 pendula
s pyramidalis metensis
Pichta=A. sibirica
Pinsapo (Picea)
. Hammondii
polita = Picea polita
pumila (?)
pungens = Picea pungens
pygmea= ,, excelsa var.
pyramidalis (?)
religiosa
Remontit = Picea excelsa var.
rubra = Picea nigra
sibirica (Abies and Picea Pichta)
sitchensis = Picea sitchensis
Smithiana= ,, Morinda
subalpina = A. lasiocarpa
Tsuga = Tsuga Sieboldii
Veitchii (Picea)
Webbiana (Picea)
A Pindrow
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AGATHIS
australis (Dammara)
ARAUCARIA
Cunninghamii
imbricata
ATHROTAXIS
cupressoides
Gunniana
laxifolia
BIOTA
aurea = Thuya orientalis var.
elegantissima = Thuya orientalis var.
japonica filiformis=Thuya occiden-
talis var.
orientalis = Thuya orientalis
semperaurescens = Thuya orientalis var.
CALLITRIS
australis ( Frene/a)
cupressoides = Widdringtonia
cupressoides
rhomboidea (Frenela)
CEDRUS
atlantica
AK glauca
Deodara
A aurea
Libani
CEPHALOTAXUS
drupacea
Fortunei
pedunculata compacta
fastigiata ( Podocarpus
Koraiana)
”
CHAM ZCYPARIS
glauca = Widdringtonia glauca
spheroidea = Cupressus thyoides
CRYPTOMERIA
elegans =C. japonica var.
» nana=C, japonica var.
japonica
- albo-spica
3 compacta
oe elegans
” ” nana
ss Lobbii
es spiralis
CUNNINGHAMIA
sinensis
CUPRESSUS
arizonica
Benthamii
Corneyana =C. torulosa var.
Geveniana
Lawsoniana
Sy alba
a »,. maculata
op albo-spica
CUPRESSUS j
Lawsoniana albo-variegata
a Alumii
argenteo-variegata
ie aureo-variegata
3 compacta
53 erecta
ty 3 Hraseril
Ke me elauca:
- ey bevels
ats 0 » aureo-varie-
gata
9 5 » variegata
Pe ericoides
“9 filiformis (C. ZL. filifera,
C. L. fil. gracilis, and
C. L. filiformis elegans)
3 clauca
3 gracilis (C. Z. gracilis —
pendula) |
i gracillima =C. li. gracilis |
3 intertexta
Ss juniperina,
a lutea
3 lutescens
3 nana
albo-maculata
compacta gracilis
39 39
“29 39
a » glauca
be Milford Blue Jacket
3 minima glauca i
psi monumentalis glauca
ba pendula ;
3 plumosa
o pulcherrima
% pygmaa
fe viridis
5 pyramidalis
” » alba ~
aA a albo-spica
is “A argentea
Shawii
Be Silver Queen
. Smithii
a stricta
Pe variegata
3 versicolor
< Youngii
es Waitzii (
a Westermannii
lusitanica
macrocarpa
- Crippsii (
A variegata (
nootkatensis (Thuyopsis borealis) !
_ albo-variegata
= argentea
Bf aureo-variegata
CONIFERS EXHIBITED AT THE CONFERENCE.
CUPRESSUS
nootkatensis compacta (Thuyopsis
borealis var.)
ss lutea(Thuyop. borealis var.)
35 nana ‘f $
% variegata
nutkaensis = C. nootkatensis |
obtusa (Retinospora)
» aurea (Retinospora).
pisifera (Retinospora)
» nana (Retinospora)
sempervirens
thyoides (Chamecyparis spheroidea)
5 aurea (Chamecyparis)
torulosa Corneyana (Juniperus pen-
aula)
DACRYDIUM
cupressinum
elatum
Franklinii
DAMMARA
australis = Agathis
FITZROYA.
Archerli (Diselma)
patagonica
FRENELA
australis = Callitris australis
rhomboidea= ,, rhomboidea
GINKGO
biloba (Salisburia adiantifolia)
JUNIPERUS
Bermudiana
canadensis aurea = J. communis var,
chinensis
alba (J. japonica alba)
albo-variegata (J. japonica
albo-variegata)
albo-variegata foemina
argentea
aurea (J. japonica aurea)
aureo-variegata (J. jap.
aureo-variegata)
foemina (J. feevesiana)
japonica (J. japonica)
procumbens (/. procumbens)
- variegata
communis aureo-variegata
canadensis aurea
hibernica (J. hibernica)
3 As compressa
compressa = J. com. hibernica var.
_ drupacea
excelsa reflexa
hibernica = J. communis var.
japonica = J. chinensis var.
macrocarpa (J. neoboracensis)
neoboracensis = J. Macrocarpa
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JUNIPERUS
pendula=Cupressus torulosa Cor-
neyana
procera =J. excelsa var.
procumbens=J. chinensis var. (fide
Beissner)
prostrata =J. Sabina
recurva
Sy densa
Ae squamata (J. sguamata)
Reevesiana = J. chinensis femina (fide
Beissner)
Sabina
» albo-variegata
», tamariscifolia(J.tamariscifulia)
Schottii = J. virginiana, var.
sinensis = J. chinensis
squamata = J. recurva var.
tamariscifolia = J, Sabina var.
virginiana
5A albo-spica
aureo-variegata
ns compacta
as elegans
elegantissima
glauca
plumosa alba
5 5 argentea
Schottii (J. Schottit)
Triomphe d’Angers
LARIX
Kempferti = Pseudolarix Kempferii
leptolepis
LIBOCEDRUS
chilensis
decurrens (Thuya Craigiana)
Doniana (Thuya)
tetragona
MICROCACHRYS
tetragona
PHYLLOCLADUS
asplenifolius
PICEA
ajanensis (Adies)
alba (Abies)
» glauca
», nana fastigiata
Alcockiana (Abies acicularis)
brachyphylla = Abies brachyphylla
bifida = Abies firma var.
bifoia= ,, lasiocarpa
canadensis pendula=Tsuga cana-
~ densis var.
Caroliniana = Tsuga Caroliniana
concolor = Abies concolor
3 eiolacea = Abies concolor var.
Douglasii glauca pendula = Pseudo-
tsuga Douglasii var
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PICHA
Engelmannii
Be glauca (Abies)
excelsa
» aurea (Abies)
», Clanbrassiliana (A dies)
» Dumettii (4dies)
» dumosa (A dies)
», finedonensis (A dies)
» Gregoryana (Abies)
» Maxwellii (Adtes)
» monstrosa (Abies)
» hana (Abies)
iy) pendula
» pygmea (Abies)
» Remontii (Adies)
3» Viminalis erecta
Fraserit = Abies Fraserii
grandis = ,, grandis
lasiocarpa=,, lasiocarpa
Lonviana= ,, Lowiana
Menziesii = P. sitchensis
Morinda (Abies Smithiana,A.Khutrow)
nigra (Abies)
» Mariana
» nana (Abies)
nobilis = Abies
» glauca=Abies nobilis var.
Nordmanniana = Abies
numidica = Abies
Omorica (A dies)
orientalis (Abies)
a aurea (Abies)
» polita (Abies)
» pygmea (Abies)
Parsonsiana = Abies Lowiana.
Pichta =Abies sibirica
Pindrow= ,, Webbianavar.
Pinsapo = Abies
polita (Abies polita)
pungens (Abies Parryana, A. pungens)
re argentea (A dies)
5 glauca (Abies Parryana var.)
religiosa = Abies
sitchensis (Abies Menziesti, A. sitch-
ensis)
sub-alpina = Abies lasiocarpa
Veitchii = Abies
Webbiana = Abies
PINUS
aristata=P. Balfouriana
austriaca =P. Laricio nigricans
Ayacahuite
Balfouriana (P. aristata)
Benthamiana = P. ponderesa
Bolanderii =P. contorta
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PINUS
contorta (P. Bolanderii)
densiflora
excelsa
flexilis
inops ~
insignis
Jeffreyi
koraiensis
Laricio
3 aurea
- nigricans (P. austriaca)
montana (P. Pumilio)
Montezumze
monticola
muricata
palustris
parviflora
Parryana
patula
Peuce
Pinea
ponderosa (P. Benthamiana)
Pumilio =P. montana
pyrenaica
rigida
Russelliana=P. Montezume
silvestris
An argentea
ae globosa nana
A) pumila
‘sy pygmxa
; pyramidalis
Strobus
cs nana
PODOCARPUS
alpina
andina
coriacea = Torreya nucifera
elongata
Koraiana = Cephalotaxus pedunculata
fastigiata
nubigena
PRUMNOPITYS
elegans
PSEUDOLARIX
Kempferii (Laria Kempferit)
PSEUDOTSUGA
Douglasii (A dies)
Ae glauca (Abies)
€ » pendula (Picea)
RETINOSPORA
ericoides = Thuya occidentalis var. and
Cupressus thyoides var.
filicoides = Cupressus obtusa var.
filif cTa= ” 3 9
9 aUTEa =yy ”
ry) elagans. == ” 99 9
CONIFERS EXHIBITED AT THE CONFERENCE,
RETINOSPORA
filifera gracilis = Cupressus obtusa
leptoclada = », thyoides var.
tycopodioides = » obtusa var.
magnifica = (1)
obtusa = 9” ”
», alba = ef eae peas
», albo-spica = = 7 %
» aurea aa ‘a » aurea
» compacta = 5 +3 var,
» jiltifera-
argentea = os A WEE
» Jlavescens = "9 ” ”
” gracilis = 99 99 99
» gracilis
aurea = 99 ” 99
» Nana aurea = Aj fs 9
2» 99 . COM-
pacta = » 8”
» »gracilis= ” 9 )
» pyramid-
alis = 39 39 ov
pisifera = 2°) -pisifera.
9 aurea = 2 ” 9
o» MANAAUTER = a9 -99 7
ss 99 AUER
variegata = On us ss
» sulphurea= " Ses
plumosa = ee ns se
» alba varie-
gua = ry) 99 99
3, albo-picta = is ae es
» argentea = 9 yes
2» Aurea = ” 39 99
pyImea = (1)
SQUATTOSA = ss a of
» sulphurea = a a ie
tetragona aurea = » obtusa -,,
SALISBURIA
adiantifolia = Ginkgo biloba
SAXEGOTHEA
conspicua
SCIADOPITYS
verticillata
SEQUOIA
gigantea ( Wellingtonia)
KD erecta
os pendula
sempervirens (Taxodium)
ne albo-spica
TAXODIUM
distichum
ue pendulum
semperrirens = Sequoia sempervirens
albo-spica = ae 5
var.
|
!
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TAXUS
baccata
3 adpressa stricta
ae A variegata
3 aurea
* » variegata
‘5 argentea variegata
ae Devastonii
Hs r aurea
i a variegata
33 elegantissima
nova
” ”
erecta aurea variegata
¥ fastigiata
a s aurea
f is 2 variegata
i 3 grandis
99 ” lutea
Be 1 variegata
5 foemina
Fe glauca
*5 gracilis pendula
is hibernica aurea variegata
horizontalis aurea
Barronii
canadensis (7. Washingtonii)
Dovastonti =T. baccata var.
elegantissima = . a5
grandis = » tastigiata var.
Washingtonit = T. canadensis
i THUYA :
Craigiana = Libocedrus decurren
dolabrata (Thuyopsis)
+ leetevirens (Thuyopsis)
‘5 robusta (Thuyopsis)
9 variegata (Thuyopsis)
Doniana = Libocedrus
EHilwangeriana =T. occidentalis var.
gigantea (7. Lobbii, T. Menziesii)
F3 aurea variegata
*5 gracilis
es, semperaurea (7. Lobbit var.)
japonica pygmea
Ae Standishii (Thuyopsis)
Lobbit =T. gigantea
Menziesii=T. gigantea
minima glauca=T. plicata pygmea
glauca
occidentalis
* albo-spica
$s argentea
os aurea
oe Boothii
ae Hllwangeriana
ae globosa,
6 japonica filiformis (Biota)
efi lutea
i nana compacta
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THUYA
occidentalis pendula
- recurva nana
Wie ovanieccaca
‘ Verveniana
* Wareana
orientalis
55 argenteo-variegata (Biota)
Ps aurea (Biota aurea)
» elegantissima (Biotz)
-; 5 picta ( Biota)
as lutea
e minima (PBicte)
+ semperaurescens (Biota)
plicata lutea
» Minima
S » pygmea glauca
semperaurescens ='T. orientalis var.
Standishii = T. japonica
Verveniana = T. occidentalis var.
Wareana= ,,
THUYOPSIS
borealis = Cupressus nootkatensis
dolabrata = Thuya dolabrata
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THUYOPSIS
Standishii =Thuya japonica var.
drupacea = Cephalotaxus drupacea
Myristica
nucifera (Podocarpus coriaeea)
| TSUGA
canadensis (Abies)
5 albo-spica (A dies)
is dumosa(A bies Brunoniana)
‘5 gracilis (Abies)
5 macrophylla (Abies)
55 pendula (Abies, Picea)
ms variegata (Abies)
Caroliniana (Picea)
Mertensiana (Abies Albertiana)
Pattoniana (dbies Hookeriana, A.
Pattoniana)
WELLINGTONIA
gigantea = Sequoia gigantea
WIDDRINGTONIA
cupressoides (Callitris)
glauca (Chamecyparis)
Amongst the vast number of specimens exhibited at the Conference
there were some to the names of which the exhibitors added a query (?),
as if being themselves doubtful as to their correctness; others, again,
had no name attached—the exhibitor probably being desirous of obtain-
ing the right one; while others, again, had a name attached which on
examination proved to be wrong. Dr. M. T. Masters, F.R.S., very
kindly went carefully over all the specimens with a view to confirming,
adding, or rectifying the names, with the following result :—
HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN, Balmoral.
No. 2, exhibited as Picea Alcockiana=P. ajanensis.
Abies firma bifida = A. pectinata.
No. 7B, exhibited as
The DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, Drumlanrig.
No. 11, specimen exhibited = Cupressus Lawsoniana.
The DUKE OF BUCCLEUCH, Dalkeith Palace.
No. 2, exhibited as Juniperus occidentalis = J. communis. Specimen exhibited
as Abies concolor=A. magnifica.
The DUKE OF SUTHERLAND, Dunrolin Castle.
No. 3, exhibited as Picea Engelmannii= FP. pungens. No. 10, exhibited as Abies
grandis = A. magnilica.
No. 14, exhibited as Abies lasiocarpa=A. Lowiana.
CONIFERS EXHIBITED AT THE CONFERENCE. 585
The MARQUIS OF NORTHAMPTON, Torloisk.
Specimea exhibited as Cupressus MacNabiana = Thuya gigantea.
The EARL OF ABERDEEN, Haddo House.
No. 1, exhibited as Picea Alcockiana =P. ajanensis. No. 2, exhibitedas Preca
Engelmannii=P. pungens. No. 3, exhibited as Picea Engelmannit glauca=P.
pungens glauca. No. 14 and 18=Abies Lowiana. No. 20=Pinus Banksiana. A
specimen exhibited as Abies grandis=A.amabilis. A specimen exhibited as A.
amabilis = A. magnitica.
The EARL OF MANSFIELD, Scone Palace.
No. 3, exhibited as Picea Engelmannti=P. pungens. No. 77= Picea excelsa
var.
The EARL OF STAIR, Castle Kennedy.
No. 71=Cupressus Lawsoniana. No. 82 and 83=Thuya gigantea.
The COUNTESS OF SEAFIELD, Cullen House.
No. 4=Cupressus macrocarpa. No. 27=Thuya gigantea. No. 37=Cupressus
Lawsoniana var. No.42=Juniperus communis. No. 57 =Tsuga Pattoniana.
Sir JAMES H. G1Bson CraliG, Bart., Riccarton.
No. 4=Athrotaxis selaginoides (A. Gunniana). No. 10, 28, 30, and 31=
Juniperus spp. No. 29=Taxus baccata adpressa.
Sir PATRICK KEITH MuRRAY, Bart., Ochtertyre.
No. 77, exhibited as Cupressus MacNabiana = Thuya gigantea. No. 79, exhibited
as Cupressus thyoides = Juniperus sp. No. 104=Pinus muricata (P. Murrayana).
Sir R. JARDINE, Bart., Castlemilk.
Specimen exhibited as Picea Alcockiana=P. ajanensis. No, 1=Cupressus
Lawsoniana. No. 3=Cedrus Deodara.
Sir R. Menzizs, Bart., Castle Menzies.
No. 11, exhibited as Pinus Parryana= Tsuga Pattoniana. No. 18, exhibited as
Pinus muricata =P. contorta, No. 19, exhibited as Pinus Jeffreyi = P. ponderosa.
The Hon. H. H. DuNCAN, Fordell.
No. 3, exhibited as Cupressus Lamwsoniana=C. macrocarpa. No. 8, exhibited as
Abies lasiocarpa=A. Lowiana. No. 28, exhibited as Cupressus Lansoniana=C.
obtusa. No. 29, exhibited as Cupressus Lansoniana=Juniperus sp. No. 43,
exhibited without name=Juniperus sp. No. 48, exhibited as 7huya gigantea =
Libocedrus decurrens. No. 61, exhibited as 7huya Lobbii=Cupressus (Retino-
spora) pisifera.
W. STEUART FOTHRINGHAM, Esq., Murthly Castle.
No. 37=Cupressus obtusa. No. 66=Juniperus sp. Specimen exhibited as
Podocarpus andina = Cephalotaxus pedunculata fastigiata.
C. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court.
Specimen exhibited as Picea Engelmannii = P. pungens
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W. H. MAXWELL, Esq., Munches.
No. 15, exhibited as Abies Webbiana=A. bracteata. No. 37, exhibited as
Pinus pyrenaica=Abies grandis. No, 65, exhibited as Thuya magnifica=T.
gigantea.
J. ORD MACKENZIE, Esq., Dolphinton.
No. 12, exhibited as Thuya gigantea = Libocedrus decurrens. No. 13, exhibited
as Thuyopsis borealis = Cupressus Lawsoniana. No. 19 and 28, exhibited as Picea
Engelmannit=P.pungens. No. 20, exhibited without name=Tsuga Pattoniana.
No. 21, exhibited as Picea jessoensis=P. ajanensis. No. 22, exhibited as Picea
obovata =P. sitchensis. No. 42, exhibited as Abies abchasica =A. cephalonica,
W. H. NIcHOLSON, Esq., Basing Park.
Specimen exhibited as Cupressus pendula = Thuya orientalis.
Messrs. DICKSONS, Chester.
Specimens exhibited as Picea Alcockiana =P. ajanensis.
INDEX.
Generic names are printed in small capitals (as ABIES) ; specific and varietal names in
ABIES ajanensis, 26
Albertiana, 78, 116
Alcockiana, 27
amabilis, 68
brachyphulla, 20, 25
bracteata, 23, 68
canadensis, 117
cephalonica, 68, 79
concolor, 79
Douglasii, 80, 117
excelsa (Norway Spruce), 49, 68
Jirma, 24
grandis, 68, 82
lasiocarpa, 68
List of, 188
Lowiana (Parsonsiana), 9
magnifica, 83
Mariesii, 25
Menziesii, 84, 117
Morinda, 68, 85, 118
nobilis, 86
Nordmanniana, 17, 50, 86
orientalis, 118
pectinata (Silver Fir), 44, 69
Pinsapo, 68
polita, 26
sachalinensis, 20
Tsuga= Tsuga Sieboldii, 27
Veittchit, 20, 25
AcTINOSTROBUS pyramidalis, 196, 265
African Cedar, 50
AGATHIS, List of, 196
Antiquity of Conifers, 2
ARAUCARIA Cunninghamit, 337
excelsa, 338
imbricata, 62, 87, 118, 340
List of, 197
Arborvite, Giant, 48
ATHROTAXIS, List of, 198, 310
Awards for Conifers, 575
Bibliography of Conifer, 179
BioTa orientalis, 276
CALLITRIS, List of, 199
gquadrivalvis, 262
CEDRUS atlantica, 50, 69, 88, 118
Deodara, 63, 69, 88, 118, 402
- robusta, 37
Libani, 63, 69, 406
- argentea, 63
List of, 200, 401
CEPHALOTAXUS Fortunei, 33, 317
List of, 201, 316
Chafer-grubs, 159
CHAMCYPARIS, List of, 202, 278
spheroidea, 38, 281
Collectors or Introducers of Conifers—
Compton, Bishop, 14
Douglas, David, 14, 74
Evelyn, John, 14
Fortune, Robert, 15, 75
Hartweg, Theodor, 14
Jeffrey, John, 74
Lobb, William, 15, 74
Maries, Charles, 15, 20
Collectors or Introducers of Conifers—cozté.
Menzies, A., 14
Murray, William, 15
Veitch, John Gould, 15, 75
Conifere of J apan, 18
Conifers as Forest Trees, 76
» at Dropmore, 61
» at Orton Longueville, 67
»» Decorative Character of, 52
» Diseases of, 124
» Harly Planters of, 76
» exhibited at the Conference, 579
» tor Chalky Districts, 37
55 » Economic Planting, 41
a 3» Parks, 35
a 3, Rockwork, 40
= » the Seaside, 39
= »» Warious Purposes, 572
= » Wet Grounds, 38
»» Insects Injurious to, 150
Small Growing, for Lawns, 36
Corsican Pine (P. Laricio), 45
CRYPTOMERIA japonica, 15, 30, 88, 119, 203,
300
CUNNINGHAMIA sinensis, 203
CUPRESSUS Cashmeriana, 284
Sunebris, 284
Goveniana, 284
guadalupensis, 284
Knightiana, 285
Lambertiana, 50, 119
Lawsoniana, 51, 70, 89, 119, 278
List of, 203
lusitanica, 285
MacNabiana, 286
macrocarpa, 70, 90, 119, 286
nootkatensis (nutkaénsis), 91
sempervirens, 287
torulosa, 287
Cypress, Deciduous, 70
Cypresses, Curiosities of, 9
DaAcRYDIUM, List of, 209
David, Abbé, 17
Delavay, Abbé, 17
Diseases of Firs, 136
+ », Junipers, 148
“- 3, Larches, 142
3; Lines, 127
Douglas Fir, 46, 80
Dropmore, Conifers at, 61
Economic Value of Conifers, 16
Epinasty, 8
Exhibitors, List of, 575
Fir, Douglas, 46, 80
» Grecian, 68, 79
s» Lrince Albert’s, 78
» silver, 44
Firs, Diseases of, 136
FITZROYA patagonica, 210, 266
Form and Colour of Conifers, 10
FRENELA, 263
Fungi, Injurious, 131
Genealogy of Conifers, 3
Giant Arborvitaz, 48
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GINKGO biloba (Salisburia adiantifolia), 34. Pinus—cont.
70, 210, 319 halepensis, 39
GLYPTOSTROBUS heterophyllus, 21), 305 insignis, 64, 92°
Growth of Conifers, 3 Jeffreyi, 69, 94, 120
Henry, Dr., 17 koraiensis, 28, 366
Hyponasty, 8 Laricio (Corsican Pine), 45, 64, 69, 95, 121
Indian Spruce, 68 368
Introduction of Conifers to Cultivation, 13 List of, 224, 344
Junipers, Diseases of, 146 longifolia, 372
JUNIPERUS Bermudiana, 289 macrocarpa, 61, 69, 95
californica, 290 | monticola, 95, 121, 37€
chinensis, 33, 290 parviflora, 28
communis, 290 | Pinaster, 39, 96
drupacea, 293 Pinea, 39
excelsa, 293 | ponderosa, 69, 96, 121
Jiaceida, 293 pyurenaica, 96, 121
Satidissima, 293 | rigida, 38, 51
List of, 211, 290 | Sabiniana, 69
macrocarpa, 294 | Strobus, 47,97 +
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sana, 294 Thunbergti, 28
occidentalis, 295 | Pissodes, 163
rigida, 33 | PODOCARPUS, List of, 242
virginiana, 298 { macrophylla, 20
Kempfer, 19 | Prince Albert’s Fir, 78
KETELEERIA, List of, 216 PRUMNOPITYS elegans, 244
Lambert’s Cypress, 50 PSEUDOLARIX Fortunei, 411
Larch, 42 Kempferii, 9, 244
= Bugs 70 | PSEUDOTSUGA Douglasii, 46, 62, 245
» Diseases of the, 142 Redwood, 50, 70, 121
» Miner, 165 RETINOSPORAS, 4, 31, 245
Largest Specimens, 568 | SALISBURIA, 320
LARIX americana, 39, 413 Savin, 297
dahurica, 413 SAXEGOTHEA conspicua, 246
europea, 42, 414
Griffithii, 416
kurilensis, 416
SCIADOPITYS verticillata, 29, 246, 343
SEQUOIA gigantea, 15, 37, 74, 98, 122, 247, 306
sempervirens, 51, 97, 121, 247, 309
leptolepis, 23, 27, 417 Siebold, 19
List of, 216, 412 : Silver Fir, 44
occidentalis, 417 Snake Firs, 9,
sibirica, 418 Spruce-gall Aphis, 170
Lawson’s Cypress, 51 » Hemlock, 79
LIBOCEDRUS chilensis, 267 » Indian, 68, 85
decurrens, 69, 119, 268 » Norway, 49
Doniana, 268 Stature of Conifers, 11
List of, 218 Tallest Specimens, 568
tet7'agona, 269 TAXODIUM distichum, 70, 248, 302
Maidenhair Tree, 34, 70 mucronatum, 248
Mammoth Tree, 51, 67, 76 sempervirens, 70
MICROCACHRYS tetragona, 219 TAXUS fastigiata, 70
Mount Atlas Cedar, 50 List of, 249, 312
Movements of Conifers, 5 TETRACLINIS articulata, 250
Murray, Andrew, 15 Thunberg, 19
5 William, 15 THUYA gigantea (Lobbii), 9, 15, 71, 97, 270
Nomenclature of Conifers, 11 japonica Standishii, 20, 274
Orton Longueville, Conifers at, 67 List of, 250
PHYLLOCLADUS, 219 occidentalis, 9, 272
Physiology of Conifers, 5 plicata, 71, 274
PICEA grandis, 119 W hipcord, 71
lasiocarpa, 119 Thuyas, Curiosities of, 9
List of, 220, 419 THUYOPSIS borealis, 9, 91
nobilis, 120 dolabrata, 275
List of, 253
TORREYA drupacea (=Cephalotaxus), 33
List of, 254, 317
Myristica (=T. californica , 70
» Beetle, 167 TSUGA canadensis, 39
5, Cluster or Maritime, 49 List of, 254, 441
Nordmanniana, 120. |
>» sawfly, 163 | Utility of Conifers, 11
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Pinsapo, 120
pungens, 9
Pine, Austrian, 49
3, scotch, 48 WELLINGTONIA gigantea, 15, 37,74, 98, 122, 247,
» shoot Moths, 166 306
> Weevil, 160
» Weymouth, 47
Pines, Diseases of, 127
PINUS austriaca, 49, 69, 92,120
Cembra, 92, 120
contorta, 38
densiflora, 23, 28
excelsa, 69, 92, 120
Weymouth Pine, 47
WIDDRINGTONIA, 256
cupressoides, 265
Wireworms, 158
Woodwasps, 176
Yew, common, 70
,, — foetid, 70
3 Jrish, 70
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