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of the head 80 ft. The house to which it belonged was once the residence of Oliver Cromwell ; and 

 tradition says that he there signed the warrant for the execution of Charles I. 



Remarkable ciistin^ Trees. The oldest trees now standing in Britain are supposed to be the two 

 cedars still remaining of the four which were planted in the Chelsea Garden in 1683 ; the cedar at 

 Entield ; and probably some of those at Chiswick House, formerly the property of Sir Stephen Fox, 

 who died there in 171+ or 1713. The largest of the Chelsea cedars is nearly 60 ft. high, with a trunk 

 about 5 ft. in diameter ; and the other is very nearly the same size. Both trees have lost all their 

 lower branches see tig. ^70. in p. 240a), and have a miserable and stunted appearance. The largest 

 cedar at Chiswick (now theDuke of Devonshire's) is 70 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and 

 of the head txjft. The loftiest cedar in England appears to be one at Strath tieldsaye, which is 108 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk o ft., and of the head 74 ft. The highest in the neighbourhood of Lon. 

 don is at Claremont, and is 100 ft. high, diameter of the trunk o ft 6 in- The largest cedar tree in 

 England is, probably, the magnificent specimen at Syon, figured in our last Volume, and it is un- 

 questionably the handsomest. This noble tree is 'i ft. high, diameter of the trunk, at 3 ft. from 

 the ground 8 ft., and of the head 117 ft. At Charley Wood, near Rickmansworth, on an estate of the 

 Duke of Bedford are, near the house, eight remarkable cedars, the largest of which has a trunk 18 ft. 

 in circumference, dividing into lii large limbs, from which spring 32 branches, of a size fit to be 

 measured as timber, and containing 613 solid cubic feet. The head covers a space nearly 100 ft. in did. 

 meter, or about the sixth of an acre. The cedars at Wilton, near Salisbury, are also remarkably fine 

 trees, and were once so celebrated as to entitle the place, according to Mitchell, to the name of the 

 British Mount Lebanon. It appears from a paper communicated to Mr. Lambert by the Hon. and Re- 

 verend William Herbert, that the cedars at Wilton were probably raised between 1710 and 1720. He 

 adds, that they were kept by " the Countess of Pembroke, in pots at her window ; till, growing too 

 large, they were planted upon the lawn between the house and the water ; a situation very favourable 

 to their growth." The largest of these trees measured, in 18:i5, at 3 ft. from the ground, nearly 7 ft. in 

 diameter ; and at 1 ft. from the ground, 8 ft. 9 in. in diameter. (See an able paper on the subject of the 

 cedar, by the Kev. J. Mitford, in the Gent. Mag., 2d ser., vol. iv. p. 579.) " There is a cedar, at Osgood 

 Hanbury's, near Coggeshall, in Essex, which is of interest, as it was planted by Collinson's own hand, 

 67 years since, in 1768. We transcribe the memorandum on the subject very kindly sent us by Mr. 

 Hanbury : — 'In token of the love and friendship which has for so many years subsisted between my- 

 self and my dear friend John Hanbury and his family, and as a lasting memorial of that friendship, I 

 desire that one guinea may be given to my sincere friend Osgood Hanbury, to purchase of Gordon two 

 cedars of Lebanon, to be planted in two jilaces of the new part of the park last taken in. Let the occa. 

 sion of the said cedars and of their ages be registered in the Great Bible at Coggeshall, that succeed- 

 ing generations may know our friendship, and the antiquity of these trees. To my worthy friends 

 Osgood Hanbury and his son, I recommend their care and protection. P. CoUinson.' " (Ibid., p. 579. 



Cedrus l.ibani in the Environs of Londun. At Syon is the tree already mentioned, and another 

 (var. glaiica), which is 77 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in., and of the head 57 ft. This is a 

 fine upright tree, with a different character from the first. At Mount Grove, Hampstead, it is 65 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 68 ft. At Whitton Place, Twickenham, 

 there are many large cedars, one of which is 75 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter. At Pope's 

 Villa, it is 85 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. At Kenwood, Hampstead, 90 years planted, it 

 is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft. At Ham House, it is 42 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. fi in., and of the head 73 ft. ; another has a trunk 4 ft. 4 in. in 

 diameter at 5 ft. from the ground. At Gunnersbury Park, it is 69 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



5 ft 6 in., and of the head 86 ft. ; and there are many other fine specimens. At Charlton, it is 55 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft. At Stamford Hill, it is 63 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in., 

 and of the head 109 ft. At Hanwell is one with a trunk 5 ft. 4 in. in diameter. 



Cidrus Libuni South of London. In Devonshire, at Luscombe, 30 years planted, it is 47 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 40 ft. ; at Haldon House, ^ years planted, it is 

 40 ft. high ; at Endsleigh Cottage, 30 years planted, it is 35 ft. high. In Dorsetshire, at Melbury 

 Park, years planted, it is 28 ft. high. In Hampshire, at Strath fieldsaye, it is 108 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 74 ft. ; at Farnham, 50 years planted, it is 70 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 75 ft. ; at Test wood, 70 years planted, it is 51 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 44 ft. In Somersetshire, at Leigh Court, 14 years 

 planted, it is Soft, high ; at Nettlecombe, 64 years planted, it is 37 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 61 ft. ; at Crowcombe Court are two remarkably fine specimens, from 50 ft. 

 to 70 ft. high, the diameter of their trunks 6 ft., and of their heads 80 ft. to 90 ft. In Surrey, at 

 Bagshot Park, 22 years planted, it is 25 ft. high : at St. Ann's Hill, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and of the head 72 ft. ; this tree was (ilanted, about 1794, by the Honourable 

 Mrs. Fox : at Claremont, in front of the house, it is lUOft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. 4 in. in diameter; 

 and another in the park is 100 ft. high. ; at Ockham Park, 54 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head ,36 ft. ; at Walton on 'I'hames, 60 years planted, it is ir^ ft. 

 high, with a head 60 ft. in diameter; at Deepdene, 9 years planted, it is 16 ft. high. In Sussex, at Good- 

 wood Park, are 139 cedars, the highest of which is between 60 ft. and 70 ft. ; they are all on thin dry 

 soil on chalk: at Cowdrey, it is 60 ft. high, with atrimk4ft. 6 in. in diameter; at Kidbrooke, 25 

 years planted, it is 4'J ft. high ; at Westdean, 90 years planted, it is 64 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk4ft., andof thchead 80 ft. ; at Slaugham Park, 10 years planted, it is 18ft. high. In Wiltshire, 

 at Bowootl, .5f) years planted, if is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., andof the head 62 ft.; 

 at Wilton House are several large cedars, 170 years old, one of which has a trunk 8ft. Sin. in dia- 

 meter at 1 ft. from the ground. 



Cedrus Libuni North of London. In Bedfordshire, at Woburn Abbey, are many fine cedar.i, nine 

 of which are noble trees, varying from 62 ft. to 84 ft. in height, and their trunks from 4 ft. to nearly 



6 ft. in diameter ; at Ampthill is a cedar 85 years planted, which is .55 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft. 6 in, and of the head 80 ft. ; at Flitwick, 19 years planted, it i.? 20 ft. high, with a trunk 

 1 ft. 1 in. in diameter ; at Southill, 70 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., 

 and of the head 45 ft. In Berkshire, at High Clere, are several fine cedars ; the two oldest were 

 raised in J7.i9, from a cone brought from Lebanon by Dr. Pococke, in 1738, and they were removed 

 to their present situation when .30 years old ; and the largest was raised from a cone borne by the 

 Wdton cedars, in 1772 ; at Bear Wood, 10 years planted, it is 15 ft. high ; at Ditton Park, 90 years 

 planted, it is 80 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter; at White Knights, 75 years planted, it 

 IS soft, high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. fiin., and of the head 60ft. In Buckinghamshire, 

 at Temple House, 4() years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. fiin., and of 

 the head .33ft. ; at Beaconsfield, planted by Waller the poet, 80ft. high, with a trunk 2ft. Gin. in 

 diameter. In Cambridgeshire, at Gamlingay, 112 years old, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 3 ft. 9in. In Cardiganshire, at Hafod, 40 years planted, it is 32 ft. 6 in. high, diameter of the 

 trunk I ft. 2 in. In Cheihire, at Kinmel Park, 30 years planted, it is 30 ft. high ; at Raton Hall, 

 13 years planted, it is 16 ft. high. In Caermarthensire, at Golden Grove, it is .50 ft. high. In Den- 



