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pyramid. These four trees we believe are unrivalled in our islands, 
and scarcely inferior of its kind is an immense Pterocarya caucasica, 
equalling the splendid trees near Vienna. It branches very low 
down and the short trunk is over 19 feet in circumference ; the 
head is about 50 feet high with a diameter of 100 feet. This tree 
flowers freely. According to Mr. Elwes it is surpassed by a tree 
at Melbury, Dorset. Of the cork oaks (Quercus Suber) mentioned 
by Loudon, one huge specimen at least remains ; its trunk is 8 or 
10 feet high and 13 feet 10 inches in girth, bearing a wide-spreading 
head of branches which is, unfortunately, badly damaged on the 
south-west side. 
The following specimens whilst not the finest of their kind are 
certainly in the very first rank among British trees :—Magnolia 
acuminata 60 feet high, 5 feet 10 inches in girth. Deodar (Cedrus 
Deodara) 8 feet 5 inches in girth. Bishop’s Pine (Pinus muricata) 
80 feet high, 7 feet 10 inches im girth. Cryptomeria japonwa 
60 to 65 feet high, 8 feet in girth. Cunninghamia sinensis rarely 
seen in good form is here a shapely tree 35 feet high and 3 feet 
10 inches in girth. 
under the native name Cupt-aca (Cupii-assii), which is also = dag 
to T. bicolor, Humb. et Bonpl. According to Pro . 
Cupua,”* Cupua being an Indian name applied to species of 
Theobroma, Dr. J. Huber in his “ Notes on the fruit-trees of 
Para” (Bol. Mus. Paraense, vol. iv., 1904, p. 394) gives a short 
account of J. grandiflorum, of which the following is a rough 
translation :— 
“The Cupuagi (Theobroma grandiflorum, Schum.) is one of the 
most important fruit-trees of Para. i 
* The final a of Cupud is dropped in combination with act. 
_f Prof. eae suggests that epiphytic planis are included under the term 
as. 
