thrive in a much wider range than at one time it was supposed to do. In localities where the temperature
falls very low it will not succeed. If it proves valuable as an economical tree, it will produce as large an
amount of timber per acre on a light soil in a given period of time as most other trees. In selecting seed
for timber purposes care should be taken to collect only from upright-growing varieties. The spreading
varieties, however useful they may be as ornamental trees, can have little value as timber trees." On the
coast of Wales, as also in the Isle of Wight, and even on the Kentish coast, the tree thrives.
With reference to the hardihood of the tree the following remarks, based on Mr. Palmer's tables
shewing the effects of the severe winter of 1860-61, may be here appropriately inserted. Of 108 localities
reported on it was noted that the tree was killed in 57 places, in 9 it was much injured, in 15 slightly
damaged, while in 27 cases no injury whatever was inflicted. The localities in which the tree suffered no
harm were as follows :—
ENGLAND. Northumberland . Belsay Castle.
Chester . Chester. Northumberland Twizell House.
Cornwall Penrose. Oxford . Blenheim Park.
Cornwall Porthywillan. Somerset Nettlecombe.
Devon . Bicton. Sussex . Ashdean.
Devon . Bishopstown. Surrey . Bletchingley.
Devon . Castletide. Surrey . . Kew.
Kent Fairlawn Park. Shropshire Hawskstone Park.
Lancaster Monk Coniston Park. York . Mulgrave Castle.
Middlesex Syon House. York . Whitby.
Kincardine . Durris.
Moray . . Gordon Castle.
Perth . Ochtertyre.
Perth . Taymouth.
Renfrew . Greenock.
Roxburgh . Wauchope.
IRELAND.
Cork . Castle Martyr.
Dublin . Glasnevin.
After the winter of 1852-53 C. macrocarpa was found to be uninjured at Hafodunos, Denbighshire,
the minimum temperature not being below 190 F . It is recorded as unhurt during the same winter at
Nettlecombe, Somerset; Deepdene and Godalming, Surrey; Plymouth, Devonshire. On the contrary,
it was much injured at Cole Orton, Leicestershire, and at Boynton, Yorkshire, especially in low-lying
valleys.
1879-80 the tree was uninjured at Kew and Charlecote, Warwick; it was more or less injured at
Tunbridge-Wells, Addington Manor, Winslow, Norwich, Mello Rectory, Somersetshire; and it was
killed in the Cambridge Botanic Garden and at Orton Hall, Peterborough.
Commercial Statistics.—The two names Cupressus macrocarpa and C. Lambertiana appear in the
trade catalogues of 1851, the former being for cuttings, in pots, "small" 3s. 6d. each, 12 to 18 in. 7s. 6d.,
and 2 to 3 ft. 15s. each, the two kinds being priced alike. Seedlings are not mentioned. In 1873 the two
kinds still appear in most of the seedsmen's catalogues, in some of which Lambertiana is marked " true,"
the price being for ft. 2s. 6d., 2 ft. 3s. 6d., and 3 ft. 5s. each, while macrocarpa is priced at 1 ft. to i i ft.
2S. 6d., 2 to 3 ft. 2S. 6d., and 4 to 6 ft. 2s. 6d. to 5s. each. In those catalogues where Lambertiana is treated
as a synonym of macrocarpa the price is given is. 6d. to 2s. each for plants 2 to 3 ft. high. In 1883, where
the two kinds are still treated as separate species, the price is for Lambertiana, 1 ft. to 1J ft. 12s., 1 £ to 2 ft. 24s.,
and 3 to 4 ft. 30s. per dozen; while macrocarpa is 1 ft. to 1J ft. 12s. per dozen, 2 ft. 18s., 3 to 4 ft. 24s., and
4 to 5 ft. 30s. per dozen.