. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . aurus Benzoin,but a species of iStyrax; as was first shownby the late IVL-. Dryander, in the Philoso-phical Transactions for 1787, p. 307, t. 12.
. Arboretum et fruticetum Britannicum; or, The trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management, and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world . aurus Benzoin,but a species of iStyrax; as was first shownby the late IVL-. Dryander, in the Philoso-phical Transactions for 1787, p. 307, t. 12. (Rees^s Cyclop.) Laixvus Benzoinis propagated from imported seeds, which require to be treated like thoseof Laurus Sassafras. statistics. The largest plant, in the neighbourhood of London, is at Ham House, whers it is 15 ; at Syon, it is 14 ft. high ; at Kew, 6 ft high ; in the Horticultural Societys Garden, 8 ft. Sussex, at Wcstdean, 14 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. In Warwickshire,at Newnham Paddocks,10 years planted, it is 5 ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 15 years )>lanted, it is 15 It high ; atHagley, 12 years planted, it is 6ft. high. In Ireland, at Oriel Temple, 12 years planted, it is In Germany, near Vienna, at Briick on the Leytha, 25 years planted, it is 15ft. high. AtBerlin, in the Botanic Garden, 14 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. In Italy, at Monza, 24 yearsplantetl, it is 14 ft. ISOt ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM, PART 111. Commercial Siatistics. Price of plants, in the London nurseries, Is. , and seeds a quart; at Bollwyller, 2 francs; and at New York,25 cents. Sfc 7, L. (B.) Diospyrus Pers. The Diospyrus-///ie Laurel, or Bay. Identification. Pers. Svn., 1. p. 450. ; Bot. Mag., t. 1470,; where Dr. Sims states that Persoons epi-thet, iJiospyrus, is aii abbreviation of Michauxs one of rfiospyroldes. Synonymcs. L. Enosmus Diospyrus Nutt. Gen., 1. p. 259. ; L. rfiospyroides Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer.,1 p : ?i.
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