her lies her murdered lord, the " Father of the Forest," who, we arc told, put forth several young shoots
after he had been felled for some time: and there are a few of her descendants standing around her n
which great cavities (one as large as 17 feet across and 40 feet high) have been burnt, and yet the trees do
not seem to have suffered.
As might be expected from a tree possessing these properties, young plants bear transplanting well.
We have seen plants of 6 and S feet high transplanted without shewing the smallest indication that they
were aware of the removal; and we see no reason why much larger trees should not be removed with
equal success. The root forms a large thick bushy ball.
Cemma-cml Statistks.-U 1S54, seedlings of 9 inches were sold at 1 05. 6d„ a n d from IS to ,8 inches
a t s i s . In 1858, the price of 4-inch seedlings was 5 s . ; 13 to 15 inches, 10s. 6d. to 15s.: 1S to 34 inches, 21 s.
to 4=s. In ,863, the price of i-year seedlings was is. 6d.; plants from 18 to 34 inches, 10s. 6d. t good
specimens of 3 to 4 feet, 42s.; and very fine plants, ^ 1 0 , 10s. The prices in the present year (1867) are
as follows: plants 6 to 9 inches, i s . ; u ' t o 18 inches, Is. 6d. to 2s. 6d.; 18 to 34 inches, ] t 6d. to 5s. ;
3 to 4 feet, 7 s . 6d. to 15s.; 4 to 6 feet, 3 i s . to 63s.: 6 to 8 feet, 84s. to l o s s . The current prices of seeds
is is. 6d. per 100, or 13s. per 1000.
SEEDS OF CONIFEROUS TREES
As most lovers of Conifera take an interest in raising plants from seed, we think it may prove useful to
give a list of those kinds which are to be procured in the ordinary way of trade. This list has been
prepared by Messrs. Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co., of Paris, the well-known seed-growers, whose house
may be described as the main source from whence nurserymen in all parts of the world draw their
supplies. Messrs. Vilmorin have special collectors in every country, whose business it is to collect
the seeds and forward them to Paris. The eminence which this house has attained for the purity and
" true " quality of its seeds, affords a sufficient guaranty to the purchaser.
The following list contains those kinds of seeds only of which the supply is constant, except in
those years when the crop is a failure. On special application, however, we understand that seeds of
nearly all the species described in this work will be procured if in any way possible.
The names to which an asterisk (*) is prefixed indicate those which are rare, and of which the
supply is limited.
ABIES, Unnaus
Albertiana (Tsuga Mertensiana)
•Alcoquiana
•Brunoniana
Canadensis
ccerulea
concolor
,, macrocarpa
•Engelmannii (A. comnuitata)
excelsa
•Hookeriana (A. Williamsonii)
Menziesii
•Morinda (A. Smithiana. Pin
Khutrow)
CEPHALOTAXUS, Siebold
drupacca
Fortunei
pedunculata
tardiva (Taxus adpressa)
CRYPTOMERIA, Don
Japonica
spiralis falcata
' CUNNINGHAMIA, A'. Brown
I DACRYDIUM, Solandcr
FRENE LA, Mirbel
Australis
*crassivalvis
•fruticosa
#Gunnii
1 "Hugelii
"pyramidalis
•rhomboidea
•robusta
•Roei
triquetra
GLYPTOSTROBUS, Endlicher
"obovata
,, Schrenkiana
elegans (C. thurifera)
expansa Bedford iana
fragrans
•heterophyllus
JUNIPERUS, Limitzus
Orientalis funebris Bermudiana
Pattoniana
•Polita
•Sieboldii (Tsuga Sieboldii)
Goveniana Californica Utahensis
gracilis (C. torulosa gracilis)
•drupacea
excelsa
horizontalis
,, pendula
Lawsoniana
subalpina Fallax
•Japonica
•Williamsonii (A. llookeriana) elegans Lycia
Lusitanica (C. Sinensis) macrocarpa
ARAUCARIA, Jnssieu MacNabiana occiden talis
•Bidwillii macrocarpa (C. Lambertiana) Oxycedrus
Brasil iensis majestica (C. torulosa majestica) Phcenicea
•Cookii Nutkacnsis (Thujopsis borealis. prostrata
Cham®cyparis Nutkacnsis) •rufescens
imbricata pendula glauca Sabina
sempervirens pyramidalis Suecica
CEDRUS, Link thujoides •tctragona
Atlantica argcntea torulosa •turbinata
Deodara •of Cashmeer Virginiana
Libani Tournefortii cinerascens