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sand; at Eaton Hall, 7 years planted, and 29ft. high. Yn Durham, at Southend, 18 years 
planted, and 31ft. high. In Herefordshire, at Eastnor Castle, 12 years planted, and 20 ft. 
high, in unprepared soil on dry limestone. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 14 years planted, 
and 35 ft. high, in loam on sand. In Leicestershire, at Elvaston Castle, 35 years planted, and 
43 ft. high. In Norfolk, in Mackay’s Nursery, Norwich, 50 years planted, and 50 ft. high, diameter 
of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 36ft., in light soil on sand. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford 
Botanic Garden, 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 3in., and of the head 33 ft., in light loam 
on a shallow stratum of yellowish clay: the head is regular, and the trunk straight and free from 
branches to the height of from 20 ft. to 30 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 36 ft. high. In 
Staffordshire, in Teddesley Park, 14 years planted, and 28 ft. high; at Trentham, 45ft. high. In 
Suffolk, at Great Livemere, 40 years planted, and 53 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of 
the head 50 ft., in loose gravel, and in a situation somewhat! sheltered; at Ampton Hall, 12 
years planted, and 24 ft. high; at Finborough Hall, 70 years planted, and 70 ft. high, diameter 
of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 48 ft., in light loam on clay. In Warwickshire, at Messrs 
Pope’s Nursery, near Birmingham, 10 years planted, and 16 ft. high. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 
50 years planted, and 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 18in., and of the head 50 ft., with 
a clear trunk of 20 ft. In Yorkshire, at Knedlington, 10 years from the seed, from 26 ft. to 28 ft. 
high, the diameter of the trunk from Gin. to 1in., and of the head 18 ft.; also, at the same 
place, trees, 8 years from the seed, 23 ft. high, diameter of the trunk from 4in. to 5in., and 
of the head 10 ft. These trees were raised by Mr. Cobbett, in his nursery at Kensington, and 
sent to Knedlington at the age of one year; so that they have attained the large sizes mentioned 
after having been respectively 9 years and 7 years planted. The soil in which they grow is a 
sandy loam on clay or sand, and it was trenched, a short time previously to their being planted, 
to the depth of 3 ft. (See Gard. Mag., vol. xi. p. 251.) 
Robinia Psettd-Acacia in the Environs of Edinburgh. At Hopetoun House, 30 ft. high. At Dal- 
housie Castle, 50 years planted, and 30 ft. high. At Gosford House, 30 years planted, and 30 ft. 
high. At Cramond House, 40ft. high, in deep free red soil, in the kitchen-garden, the trunk 
nearly 2 ft. in diameter. At Grange House, above 30 ft. high. In Lawson’s Nursery, 10 years planted, 
and 15 ft. high. “ The finest group of trees that we know of,” Sir T. D. Lauder observes, “ is 
at Niddrie Mareschal, near Edinburgh. One of them measures 9 ft. round, at 3 in. above the 
ground: it divides into two great limbs, which are respectively 5 ft. 4 in. and 4 ft. 4in. in girth. 
A second tree in the same group, at 3in. from the ground, measures 6ft. 5in. round, and its 
three limbs measure respectively 3 ft. 3in., 3ft. 7in., and 3ft. lin.; and a third acacia measures 
6ft. Sin. in girt, at 3ft. from the ground.” (Lauder’s Gilpin, 1. p. 144.) 
Robinia Pseid-Acacia South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran, 130 years planted, and 45 ft. 
high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. lin., and of the head 60 ft. ; at Rozelle,*50 ft. high, diameter of the 
trunk 2ft. 3in., and of the head 33 ft., in light sand on bog earth. In Kirkcudbrightshire, at St. 
Mary’s Isle, 50 years, planted, and 46 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 42ft., 
in a sandy soil on a stratum of sea shells. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, 50ft. high. In 
Lanarkshire, in the Glasgow Botanic Garden, 12 years planted, and 22ft. high. In Tweeddale, at 
Dawick, there isa tree “‘ which measures 5 ft. 10 in. in girt, at 3 ft. from the ground, and 6 ft. 6 in. 
close to the ground.” (Lauder’s Gilpin, i. p.144.) 
Robinia Pseid-Acacia North of Edinburgh. Yn Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, the plant produces 
shoots 4 ft. in length in fine seasons ; but they are almost always killed back in winter to within a few 
inches from the ground. In Angusshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 10 years planted, and 15ft. high. 
In Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 10 years planted, and 16 ft. high. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, 
10 years planted, and 17 ft. high. In Clackmannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institution, 14 
years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, 10 years Gide 5 and 12 ft. high. 
In Rosshire, at Brahan Castle, 50 years planted, and 20 ft. high. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, 
43 years planted, and 62 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft., in light loam on 
gravel, and in a sheltered situation. 
Robinia Psetd-Acacia in the Environs of Dublin. At Cypress Grove, 60 ft. high, diameter of the 
trunk 22 in., and of the head 30 ft. At Terenure, 20 years planted, and 25 ft. high, diameter of the 
trunk 63 in., and of the head 9 ft. 
Robinia Psend-Acacia South of Dublin. In King’s County, at Charleville Forest, 35 years planted 
and 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6in., and of the head 33 ft. In Wicklow, at Shelton 
Abbey, 50 years planted, and 65 ft. high, the trunk 2 ft. lin. in diameter. 
Robinia Pseid- Acacia North of Dublin. In Downshire, at Ballyleady, 25 years planted, and 35 ft. 
high, trunk 9 in. in diameter, and the head 30 ft. ; at Mount Stewart, 25 years planted, and 40 ft. high, 
the trunk 1 ft. in diameter, and the head 23 ft. 
Robinia Psevd-Acicia in France. At Paris, in the Jardin des Plantes, the remains of the parent 
tree (planted by Vespasian Robin) 78 ft. high. At Villers, 20 years planted, and 60ft. high. At 
Toulon, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years planted, and 60 ft. high. At Barres, 14 years planted, 
and 33 ft. high. At Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerriéres, 60 years planted, and 50 ft. high. At 
Metz, in the garden of the Baron Charles De Tschoudi, 60 years planted, and 60 ft. high. 
Robinia Psetid-Acicia in Holland and the Netherlands. At Ghent, in the Botanic Garden, between 
50 ft. and 60 ft. high. At Brussels, in the park at Licken, 50 ft. high. In the Botanic Garden at 
Leyden, the remains of an old tree, 30 ft. high. 
Robinia Psetd-Acdcia in Germany. In Hanover, at Schwobber, the remains of an old tree, 
which has been 120 years planted. In Saxony, at Worlitz, 64 years planted, and 60 fthigh. In 
Austria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic Garden, 8 years planted, and 18 ft. high; in the park, 
at Laxenburg, 16 years planted, and 18 ft. high; at Kopenzel, 20 years planted, and _ 30 ft. high; in 
Rosenthal’s Nursery 20 years planted, and 40 ft. high. In Prussia, at Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 
10 years planted, and 15 ft. high ; at Sans Souci, 50 years planted, and 50 ft. high; in the Pfauen 
Insel, 40 years planted, and 50 ft. high. In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 24 years 
planted, and 40 ft. high. 
Robinia Pseud-Acacia in Denmark, Sweden, and Russia. At Dronengaard, near Copenhagen, 
40 years planted, and 60 ft. high. In Sweden, at Lund, 56 ft. high, diameter of the trunk, 18 in., 
and of the head 30 ft. In Russia, at Moscow, the tree does not attain any considerable size, but 
it thrives in the Crimea, according to Desemet, in all its varieties. ‘‘ A hedge of acacia is planted 
upon the foundations of the Palace of Yalomensk, in the neighbourhood of Moscow, in such a 
manner as to indicate the plan of the building. This palace was built by Peter the Great, and 
at a short distance from it is a tree, surrounded by a table and benches, under which young Peter 
received his lessons.” (Leitch Ritchie’s Journey to St. Petersburgh and Moscow, 1836, p. 243.) 
Robinia Pseid-Acacia in Switzerland and Italy, At Geneva, in the Botanic Garden, 30fi. high ; 
at Bourdigny, and in the grounds of many villas in the environs of the city, from 50 ft. to 70 ft. 
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