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"it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft., and of the 
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70 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 10ft., and 
the diameter of the head 60 ft. ; at Barnton House it 
is 90 ft. high ; at Gogar House it is 60 ft. high, diameter 
of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 90 ft.; at Hatton 
House it is 90 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 
12 ft. 6 in., and the diameter of the head 60 ft.; at Hope- 
toun House, 100 years old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter 
of the trunk 4 ft. 8in., and of the head 60 ft. ; at More- 
dun Park it is 85 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
6 ft., and of the head 73 ft.—South of Edinburgh. In 
Ayrshire, at Dalquharran, it is 90ft. high, the circum- 
ference of the trunk 16 ft., and the diameter of the head 
96 ft. ; at Kilkerran, 130 years old, it is 75ft. high, the 
circumference of the trunk 94 ft., and the diameter of 
the head 96ft. In Dumfriesshire, at Jardine Hall, are 
the remains of an avenue of beech trees, planted in 1708, some of the trees of which have trunks 
from 10 ft. to 15ft. in circumference, and one, which is 73 ft. high, covers a space 75 ft. in diameter. 
In the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, at St. Mary’s Isle, it is 63 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 
Gin., and that of the head 51ft. In Haddingtonshire, at Tyningham, it is 64ft. high the diameter of 
the trunk 5ft.Gin., and that of the head 57 ft.—North of Edinburgh. In Banffshire, at Gordon 
Castle, it is 87 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 1914 
6in., and that of the head 60 ft. In Cromarty, at Coul, g 
162 years old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
3 ft, and that of the head 63 ft. In Fifeshire, at Dani- 
bristle Park, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the head 
82ft. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 200 years old, 
head 105 ft. ; at Courtachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 
78 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 18 ft., and 
the diameter of the head 60ft. In Perthshire, at Tay- _wW 
mouth, it is 96 ft. high, and has a trunk 17 ft. in cir- ; eS ae , 
cumference, and the diameter of the head 96ft.; in Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull’s nursery, 
Perth, 60 years planted, it is 66 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk $ft., and that of the head 42 ft. In 
Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 6in., and that of the 
head 80ft. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, it is 136 years old, and 90 ft. high, the diameter of 
the trunk 5ft., and of the head 92 ft. ; at Callendar Park, 200 years old, it is 70 ft. high, the circumfe- 
rence of the trunk 17 ft., and the diameter of the head 86 ft. 
Fagus sylvatica in Ireland. Inthe environs of Dublin, at Cypress Grove, it is 96 ft. high, the 
diameter of the trunk 3ft. 10in., and that of the head 66ft.—South of Dublin. In the county of 
Cork, at Castle Freke, it is 55 ft high, the circumference of the trunk 15ft., and diameter of the 
head 30 ft. In Kilkenny, at Woodstock, 95 years pai, it is 91 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
5 ft., and that of the head 48 ft.; at Borris it is 90 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 18 ft., and 
the diameter of the head 96ft. In King’s County, at Charleville Forest, is a birch, which, 
though only 60 years planted, is 110ft. high, with a trunk 17 ft. in circumference, and a head 
90 ft. in diameter. In Limerick, at Mount Shannon, are many noble specimens. — North of 
Dublin. In Down, at Moira, it is 110 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4ft. 6in., and that of the 
head 80ft. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 38 years old, it is 65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
2 ft., and that of the head 50ft. In Sligo, at Mackree Castle, 73 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
3 ft. 6in., and that of the head 54 ft. 
Fagus syludtica in Foreign Countries. In France, near Nantes, it is 100 years old, and 90 ft. high. 
In the village of Laulnay, parish of St. Aubin-du-Perron, near the oratory of that name (Manche), 
which was possessed“before 1791 by the Eudistes of Coutances, a birch tree was felled on the 27th of 
January, 1837 ; when a man who was splitting the wood, found in one of the branches a cross, Yin, 
and 9 lines high, with cross bars of 1in., and a pedestal of 14 lines high, and 5 lines broad, which 
was perfectly regular (L’Hermés). A similar example is recorded in the Magazine of Natural 
History, vol. i. p. 471, as having been seen by us at Metz, in 1828, In Switzerland, the largest 
specimens of beech are two at the entrance to the Abbey of Pommiers, near Saléne, each being 
loft. in circumference at 2ft. from the ground. In Austria, at Vienna, in the University Bo- 
tanic Garden, 60 years old, it is 50ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 30 ft. ; 
at Kopenzel, 60 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6in., and of the 
head 24 ft. In Prussia, in Berlin, at Sans Souci, 60 years old, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of 
the trunk 3ft, and of the head 28ft.; in the Pfauen-Insel, 40 years plevied, it is 36ft. high. In 
Sweden, at Lund, in the Botanic Garden, 59 years old, it is 56ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 
2 ft. Gin., and of the head 36 ft. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years planted, it is 52 ft. high, 
the circumference of the trunk 3 ft., and the diameter of the head 39 ft. 
Fagus sylvdtica purpiirea. The largest in England is that at Enville, in Staffordshire, which, as 
already mentioned, is about 70 ft. high, with a head 85 ft. in diameter; the longest branch measuring 
42 ft. in extent from the tree. In the environs of London, is one at Syon, 71 ft. high, circumference 
of the trunk 8 ft. 6 in., and diameter of the head 61 ft. ; at Kenwood is one, 36 years planted, which 
is 48 ft. high, circumference of the trunk nearly 6ft., and diameter of the head 40 ft.; at Muswell 
Hill it is 62 ft, high, circumference of the trunk 14 ft., and diameter of the head 39 ft. ; at Claremont, 
in Surrey, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the head 40 ft. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, it is 
30 ft. high, diameter of the head 20 ft. ; in Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, it is 24ft. high, diameter of the 
head 32 ft. ; in Durham, at Southend, are several between 40 and 50 ft. high, after being only 18 years 
planted ; in Gloucestershire, at Doddington, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, diameter of the head 
33 ft. ; in Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 42 ft. high, diameter of the head 52 ft. ; in Oxford- 
shire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, it is 55 ft. high, diameter of the head 40 ft. ; in Pembrokeshire, 
at Stackpole Court, it is 35 ft. high, diameter of the head 97 ft. : in Suffolk, in the Bury Botanic 
Garden, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the head 42 ft.; at Great Livermere, it is 35 ft. high, diameter of 
the head 40 ft. : in Worcestershire, at Croome, 38 years planted, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the 
head 40ft.; in Yorkshire, in the yy | of Messrs. Backkouse, at York, it is about 80 years 
old, 10ft. 4in. in circumference, 31 ft, high, and diameter of the head 44 ft. In Scotland, in 
Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 56 ft. high, diameter of the head 54 ft. ; in Fifeshire, at Raith 
House, it is 45ft. high, diameter of the head 40ft.: in Perthshire, at Inverary, 50 years old, 
it is 40ft. high; and at Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull's Nursery, Perth, 40 years planted, it 
is 48ft. high, diameter of the head 40ft. In Ireland, at Cypress Grove, it is 40 tt. high, dia- 
meter of the head 40 ft.; in Kilkenny, at Borris, it is yg diameter of the head 59 ft.; in 
Waterford, at Salterbridge, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the h 56 ft. ; in Louth, at Oriel Temple, 
it is 54ft. high. In France, at Scéaux, near Paris, 45 years planted, it is 70ft. high; at Metz, it is 
29 ft, high, diameter of the head 49 ft. In Germany, at Harbke, in Brunswick, it is 70 ft. high ; 
