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ox THE TAXODIUM SEMPERVIKEXS 



fully as rapidly as the Wellingtonia, the wood seems more durable, 

 judging from branches he has cut, and he considers it will prove 

 good timber. The veteran grov/er, Mr Foulis, at Fordell, near 

 Inverkeithing, has grown the Taxodium from seed, and while 

 with him they have attained nearly 40 feet in height, he finds 

 the wood supple and close-grained, and of good quality ; and at 

 that size the l3ark remains soft, spongy, and of very considerably 

 greater thickness than larch of the same age or height. 



In its native habitats, the timber of the Taxodium is found to 

 be close-grained, light, rather brittle when of large size, of a 

 handsome red colour, and it is never attacked by insects. 



Annexed are the dimensions of some of the largest and best 



o 



specimens we have been able to find in this country, with details 

 of the descriptions of soil in which they are groAving, and their 

 ages, so far as could be ascertained : — 



British Statistics 0/ Taxodium semper vi reus {Calif ornian Bed Wood.) 



Locality. 



BalnagowD, Ross, . . 

 Garnstone, Hereford, 

 Fiilraodiston, Leicester, 

 Holkliam, , , 



Loeton KnoAvls, Salop, "' 



Heigh 



Circumference. 



1 ft. 



Ft. In. Ft. In. 

 30 03 4 



58 



51 



35 



44 



Banks of Ness, near In- ) oq q 

 verness, j " 



Altyre, , 



Dropmore, Maidenhead, ) 

 Berks, j 



Castle Kennedy, Wigtown, 



Hopetoun, Linlithgow, . 



Ardhallow, Dunoon, ) 

 Aigyllshire, . . , . j" 

 Carlowrie, Linlithgow, . 



Dupplin, Perthshire, 



Fordell, Fifeshire, . . 



Dalvey, Forres, . . . 



Diirris, Aherdeen, . . 



Do., . - 



Glenapp, Ayi'shire, 

 Do., 



Hampton Court, Leo- \ 

 minster, Hereford, ,S 



20 

 5- 



25 



30 

 36 



23 9 



48 



38 



30 



35 



32 



27 



20 



31 



4 



3 4 



5 10 



3 2 



2 6 



6 9 



4 8 



5 6 



3 1 

 2 6 



6 6 



3 ft 



Ft. In 



Soil, &c. 



4 6 



4 10 



4 9i 4 5 



2 4 1 10 



4 10 



5 6 



3 9 

 2 10 

 5> r. 



2 1 



2 10 



2 8 

 2 2 



5 8 



Eemarks. 



■1 



Good loam. 

 ( Bed clay loam on ) 

 { hard marl. ] 



Peaty and hard pan. 



Good loam. 



Loam on sand. 



/Light loam on) 

 "( gravely subsoil, j" 



Loam on gravely, 



r About 1 ft. good'i 



< soil ; subsoil ste- \ 

 ( rile and gravelly, j 



{Light Loam on 

 open and porous 

 subsoil, 

 j Loam on clayey ) 

 ( subsoil. 3 



Light loam, rocky. 



Good loam on clay. 

 ( Good loam 2J ft. l 



< deep, on red > 

 ( sandstone. J 

 \ Medium loam, 18 \ 

 \ in. deep, gravelly ) 



Light loam, gravelly, 



( Light soil, dry, 1 : j 

 \ gravel and rock. ] j ( 



Do. 



( Light loam or 



< gravel, and rotten 

 ( whinstone. 

 i Loam, or gravelly ) 

 1 subsoil . ) 



Planted in 1843. 

 Branches 98 ft. circumf. 



Planted in 1851. 

 ( Do. , within 1 h miles of 

 \ high water mark. 



Planted 29 years ago. 

 ( It forks a few feet up, 

 < and the limbs quite 18 

 ( in., planted in 18t)4. 

 j Very healthy ; altitude 

 ) 180 feet. 



Planted in 1845. 



i Does not do so well as 

 ^ other conifers here. 



f Grows as fast as Wel- 

 ^ lingtonea. 



Very handsome. 



Quite hardy. 



Very luxuriant. 



j Thriving well, planted 

 t in 1854. 



j In sheltered site, but is 

 ( not very luxuriant. 

 Planted in 1S51. Very 

 hardy, 

 j Planted in 1846. Quite 

 [ luxuriant. 

 Planted 26 years ago. 30O 

 ft. above sea-level. 

 350 ft. above sea. 

 Climate mild and humid. 

 Verv healthv. 



