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Specimens of the leaves of this Manihot have recently been 
received from Mr. A. vans, Travelling Instructor, Gold Coast, 
and it now appears probable that. the plants should be referred to 
Manthot dichotoma, Ule. 
Visit to Cobham Hall.—On December 13th a visit was paid to 
Cobham Hall, near Gravesend, for the purpose of selecting planks 
of various kinds of timber, which the Earl of Darnley had promised 
to present for the Forestry Museum. The estate has long been 
famous for well-grown timber, and competent authorities credit it 
with producing the largest ash in the country. About the garden, 
a number of fine ornamental trees were observed, particularly 
Ginkgo biloba, Quercus Phellos, Q. Ilex, Tazxodium distichum, 
Sophora japonica, Sequoia gigantea, S. sempervirens, Cedrus Libani 
large area of land in the neighbourhood is given over to coppice 
wood, in which ash and sweet chestnut figure largely. Among 
the park trees conifers were rarely noted, whilst comparatively few 
were to be seen in the plantations. Hornbeam grows to a large 
size, while the same may be said of beech and sycamore. 
Time did not allow of measurements being taken of the large 
og but Mr. Scriven, the estate agent, kindly furnished me with 
e dimensions of the fol llowing trees, which were taken a short time 
wo. The girth, except where otherwise stated, was taken at 5 feet 
from the ground :— 
Quercus Ilex ‘6h ae ae ..  %5 ft. by 15 ft. 10 ins, 
m1 hellos be gine a tC ee Papel ne 
Sophora japonica ... ee ae ciate 2 Okeke eb RO uae ee 
Ginkgo biloba sas nee “ue ae ee 
Liriodendron Palipifera ae “oe An oe a ee 
Sequoia sempervi ie sé Re BO y 
be tgantea ... cas aa Se FT eet ue AE an ss 0s 
Liquidambar Ahan cae aad “a ae 
Taxodium distich ane re Sat 80 ae ee ” 
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-ODOAnNwWOr 
S 
Acer Paci oid ae a ios ae gy A 
39 52 eee eee oe 
Tila vulgaris a ons coh dass A 
Fraaxinus excelsior ... mates tka oc 148 yy 14 yy 
59° 95 oe.8. 144 9° 39 1 1 9 99 
3° bb) 1284 99 93 12 3° 9” 
witht curiously ‘tated 
unk, known as ne “Twisted Ath... 416 wow aes © & 
Crise Betulus ... net Oe eee eS 
oat ae ken ee ee 
Fagus sylvatica ee a a como lie ee 8 
Castanea sativa... ee eA ks Baa as 
bs pe bes ose ome = Bem ee 2 
Quercus pedunculata es pie re) a ee 
wo 39 ose vee nec ten» Ae» 10 
