1978 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART IIT. 
the Horticultural Society of Dumfries, 
who adds, ‘* The late proprietor of this 
tree, Mr. Maitland, used to bring his 
friends to sit beneath its shade to take 
their wine after dinner.” The Earl’s 
Mill Beech, in Morayshire (jig. 1913.), 
is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 17 ft. in 
circumference at 3 ft. from the ground, 
and a head 93 ft. in diameter. The 
Grange Hall Beech (jig. 1914.), in the 
same county, is only 36 ft. high, with a 
trunk about 14 ft. in circumference at 
5 ft. from the ground, and a head 95 ft. 
in diameter. The roots rise up all 
round the trunk to the height of 2 ft. 
or 3ft. from the ground, and form a 
natural seat, to which the immense and 
umbrella-like head affords aragreeable 
shade. The drawings of these last two 
trees were made for us by Mr.Stephens, 
artist, of Elgin, at the request, and ex- 
pense of —— Macleod, Esq. 
Fagus syludtica in England. In the 
environs of London, at Gunnersbury 
Park, are many fine beeches, 90 ft. 
high, with trunks about 9 ft. in circum- 
ference.—South of London. In Devon- 
shire, at Killerton, a beech tree, 150 
years old, is 68 ft. high, diameter of the 
trunk 7 ft., and of the head 97 ft. In ; 
Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 200 years 1910 
old, it is 82 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head Y6ft. In Somersetshire, at Cothel- 
stone, it is 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 84 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont, 
it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft. In Sussex, at Kidbrooke, it is 70ft. high, the diameter of 
the trunk 7 ft., and that of the head 87 ft. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 100 years old, it is 60 ft, 
high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 
6in., and that ‘of the head 82 ft. ; 252 
and at Longford Castle, it is 70 ft. 
high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., 
and that of the head 50 ft.—North 
of London. In Berkshire, at Bear 
Wood, 16 years planted, it is 80 ft. 
high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., 
and that of the head 18 ft. ; at High 
Clere, it is 67 tt. high, the diameter 
of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 
28 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede 
Hall, it is 71 ft. high, the diameter 
of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 
47ft. In Derbyshire, at Foston Hall, 
100 years old, it is 78 ft. high, the 
circumference of the trunk 12 ft., ~ 
and the diameter of the head 60 ft. 
In Essex, at Audley End, 80 years 
planted, it is 80ft. high. In Glou- L 
cestershire, at Chipping-Cawdor, it 1911 
is 85 ft. high, with a trunk 6ft. 6 in. in diameter; at Doddington, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the 
trunk 3 ft., and that of the head about 70 ft. In Herefordshire, at Croft Castle, are several trees, from 
80 ft. to85 ft. high, with trunks about 20 ft. in circumference, and the branches extending over a space 
from 100 ft. to 120ft. in diameter; at Eastnor Castle, 14 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter 
of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 32 ft. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 100 years old, 
it is 96 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and 
that of the head 100 ft. Mr. Donaldson, the steward 
at Donnington, who had this tree measured for 
us, states that when he sent the man up into the 
tree, there was a squirrel in it, which, not ven- 
turing to come down, as Mr. Donaldson was stand- 
ing close by, mounted before the man to the very 
summit of the tree, from which immense height 
it leaped to the ground, and, falling on a tuft of 
beech leaves, ran away uninjured. In Notting- 
hamshire, at Worksop Manor, it is 90 ft. high, the 
diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the head 
117ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 
70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft., and 
that of the head 90 ft. In Shropshire, at Willey 
Park, it is 25 ft. high, after being 9 years planted. 
In Staffordshire, at Trentham, it is 70ft. high, 1912 
the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the head 102ft. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 80 years 
planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft. 6in., and that of the head 80 ft. In War- 
wickshire, at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. Gin., 
and that of the head 77 ft. ; at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, it is 115 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in 
diameter. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 65 years planted, it is 95ft. high, the diameter of the 
trunk 4 ft. G6in., and that of the head 60ft. In Yorkshire, the immense trees at Studley, and at 
Raywood, have been already mentioned. (See p. 1977.) 
Fagus syludtica in Scotland. In the environs of Edinburgh, at Cramond House, it is 90 ft. high, 
the circumference of the trunk 13 ft., and the diameter of the head 111 ft.; at Dalmeny Park it is 
