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British Statistics of Taxodium sempervirens. — Continued. 



Locality. 



Circumference- 



Heisht.l- 



1 ft. 



Bucklesham, Ipswich, . 



Do., 

 Do., 



Stoneleigli Abbej', War- \ 

 wickshire, . . . . j 

 Beal, Prestonkirk, . . 



Ft. In. Ft. In. 

 25 I 1 11 



30 

 35 



60 



50 





 











Camperdown, Forfarsliire, ! 45 



Do., 



Westou Park, Salop, • 



Belvoir Castle, Grantliara, 



Do., 



MuncastevCastle,Piaven- ) 

 glass, Cumberland, . j' 



Do., 

 Do.. 



Moncrieffe, Perth, . . 



Longleat, Wilts, . . . 



Strathfieldsaye, Wiucli- \ 

 tield, Hants, . . . j 



Dysart House, Fife, . . 



Castle Menzies, Perthshire, 



Wliittinghame, East 

 Lothian, .... 



Beal, Northumberland, 



Possingworth , Hawk- 

 hurst, ^Kent, . . . 



Do., . . 



38 

 42 



32 



27 



40 



35 

 34 



36 



63 



64 



32 



40 



36 



25 



28 



29 6 



Wykeham Abbey, York- ) 02 

 shire, .,....(*" 



Do., 

 Do., 



26 



17 



2 6 



3 



4 10 



3 ft. 



Soils, &c. 



Remarks, 



Ft. In. 

 1 9 



5 



6 



3 







3 7 





o 

 o 



9 6 

 8 6 



o 

 o 



3 



1 



5 6 



4 8 



2 



3 



4 

 5 







4 



4 

 



j Peat 3 ft. deep, on") 

 ( gravel. / 



Do., on gravel. 



Do., on gravel. 



! ( Made up loamy ) 

 \ soil, 18 in. deep, j 



Sandy loam on clay. 



Sandy loam on old ) 



red sandstone. ] 



( 60 ft. above sea-level, very 

 t healthyan d growiugiast . 



Do. 



Do. 

 f Thriving in great per- 

 ( fection, 



/Growing on site of old 

 ) Mansion - house, on 

 I subsoil of stone, brick, 

 V lime, &G. 

 Altitude 325 feet. 



3 si 3 4 



4 

 2 



2 10 

 1 11 



2 6 



3 2 



2 4 

 1 10 



5 

 8 



6 2 



4 11 

 2 11 



2 6 



4 9 



4 3 



{ loaur on blue clay j 



( Thin surface soil \ 

 I on a rocky subsoil j 



4 

 2 

 1 



Do. 



Do. 



TDamp tilly loam^j 



< subsoil, red till V 

 (^ on freestone. j 



Oxford clay. 



( Red clay and thin ^ 

 ( gravelly soil. j 



( Light black soil ) 

 ( on sandsone. j 



( Sandy loam on ) 

 ( stones anddebris. / 



^Strong stoney red^ 



< clay, and natur- V 

 I ally dry. j 



Light sandy loam ) 

 cnjgravel. j 



1 4 



Very vigorous. 



/Shewing a great taper of 



(Deep red friable) j) stem. Very vigorous. 



■ " " ] Altitude 370 ft. A 



V seedling 20 years old. 



/ Raised from cutting. 



< Growing admirablv. 

 I Altitude 400 feet. 



, T ■ n- 1 1 ^ r 190 ft. altitude. Thriv- 



"of"; s.r'''* i 'lit -i'- p'-'«i 21 



^ -^ ^ \ years ago. 



These two plants, al- 

 though same age as 

 the foregoing specimen 

 - given from Muncaster, 

 were crowded and over- 

 shadowed by old trees 

 till recently. 



j Altitude 80 to 100 ft. 

 ) Planted in 1854 or 1855. 



( In pleasure ground, and 

 ( is very handsome. 

 (Likely to prove a good 



< timber tree. Planted 

 { in 1848. 

 I Growing at 60 ft. alti- 



< tude. Diameter of 

 ( branches 24 ft. 

 I 270 ft. above sea-level. 



■I Growing on site of old 

 ( quarry. 



j Altitude 340 feet. Very 

 ( healthy. 



f 150 ft. altitude. Healthy 



"I and strong. 

 Planted here by machine 

 in 1868, and very thriv- 

 ing when not exposed 

 to wind. 



j Altitude 400 ft. Grows 



( very fast wlu-n young. 



) Altitude 150 ft. " Soutl-- 



) em exposure. Vigorous. 



( 170 ft. altitude. Very 



[ robust. 



( Altitude 180 ft. Scil!:- 

 \ cm exposure. 



{ 



( Light sandy loam \ 



■I on sandstojie ^ 



( rock. j 



Do. 



( Alluvial soil, rest- ) 

 ( ing on i)eat. ) 



Alluvial soil on sand. 



I" Debris of free- \ 



< stone, on fret- > 



( stone. j 



