Coniferae at Hawkstone, Salop> 



By J. JAXDRELL, Forester, &c. 



In accordance with your wisli, I now send you a brief account of 

 some of the rarer Conifera3 growing on this estate, There are great 

 quantities of them growing luxuriantly in nearly every description of 

 soil and situation. I will therefore only pick out a few of the 

 specimen trees, and report upon them. We will first take the — 

 Wellingtonia GIGINTEA. — No. 1 is growing on a lawn in front 

 <)f the old home farmhouse, it having been planted about 1 2 years, and 

 being about 8 feet high when planted. It is now over 40 feet 

 high, growing in a beautiful symmetrical form, closely resembling a 

 sufarloaf, with a spread of branches a short distance above the surface 

 of the ground of 17 feet. It is most remarkable that it should thiive 

 so well, having only a few inches in depth of good loam to grow in, 

 resting upon the red sandstone formation, the sandstone rock cropping 

 out on the surface about 30 yards from the tree. No. 2 is growing 

 in the gardens at Hawkstone, it having been planted about 26 years 

 ao'o, being about 5 feet high when planted. It is now over 50 feet in 

 height, having a spread of branches of 18 feet a few inches above 

 the ground, and a circumference of stem 10 feet at the surface. 

 Another good specimen within a short distance of the above is over 45 

 feet high, with a spread of branches of 20 feet. They are planted 

 in a deep rich loam, with a clayey subsoil. 



Cltressus MACROCAriPA. — No. 1 is growing in'the gardens at Hawk- 

 stone. I cannotobtain any reliable information as to when it was planted- 

 It is now about GO feet high, and growing in beautiful form, with a 

 spread of branches in centre of tree of 20 feet. There are seven more 

 of the same variety within a short distance of the above, the average 

 height of which is 45 feet. They are planted in a deep rich loam, 

 with a clayey subsoil. No. 2 is growing on the terrace at Hawkstone- 

 It has been planted about 15 years, being about 4 feet high when 

 planted. It is now over 50 feet high, having a spread of branches in 

 centre of tree of 15 feet. It is planted in, a light sandy soil, with the 

 red sandstone formation directly underneath, the rock coming to the 

 surface about 14 yards from the tree. 



Arvucaria i-MiiRiCATA. — No. 1 is growing on the highest and mos 



