ARBORETUM NOTES. 97 
LAU RACE. 
We saw and measured in June, 1866, the ae 
famous bay tree on the Isola Bella, in the Lago 
Maggiore. 
Its two trunks—for it has two—separating just 
above the ground, and rising very straight, 
measured—the one, eight feet, nine inches, the 
other, nine feet, one inch in circumference, at one 
foot above the ground. There are several other 
Bay trees on the island, of considerable size and 
beauty, and generally the species grows there with 
great luxuriance. At Rome also, in the groves of 
the Borghese and other villas, there are many 
Bays of very fine growth. 
