CHAP. II. - BRITISH ISLANDS. 43 
These articles belong to 15 orders, or natural groups, and in- 
clude 34 trees and shr abB: 
A survey of the old trees at Fulham Palace was made by 
Lysons in 1793, and again in 1809, and published in Lysons’s 
Environs of London; by which it appears that several of the 
trees mentioned by Sir William Watson were still in existence, 
and in a growing state. ‘The girts of the following trees, taken 
at these two different periods, are here given from Lysons, as 
taken at 3 ft. from the ground, to which we have added the 
dimensions of such as are now (January, 1835) still in existence, 
which we are enabled to do through the kindness of Dr. Blom- 
field, the present bishop. We saw the trees ourselves. in 
October last, and found most of those below mentioned still in 
a growing state, with some robinias and others in a state of 
venerable decay. 
Computed 
Girt in Girt in Girtin | Height in 
1793. 1809. | 1835. | 1793 & 1855.) 
in. | oft) in. | fe. ain, feet. 
Negindo fraxinifolium, or ash-leayed 
maple, planted in 1688 - -|6 4] 7 12) — 45 
A‘cer rubrum, scarlet-flowered maple 4 3 — — 40 
Jiglans nigra, black walnut tree -|11 2] 11 53 |14 6 70 
Quércus alba, white oak - =o 714) Si avitbes 70 
Quércus J‘lex, evergreen oak - =) 80 |* S-"banievs 50 
Quércus Suber, cork tree - =| 8 4/9 5 50 
Cupréssus sempervirens, upright cypress | 2 3 — — 30 
Juniperus virginiana, Virginian red 
cedar - - - -|2 5 _— _ 20 
Pinus Pinaster, cluster pine - =10'' 0 (eas Peter ig 80 
** There were also,” says Mr. Lysons, in 1793, “ the Quércus 
Sidber, the Cy¥tisus Zabirnum, the Robinza Pseud-Acacia, and the 
Pinus Cédrus, mentioned by Sir William Watson. The cedar 
of Lebanon was first planted at Fulham in 1683; the largest, of 
two measured in 1793, was only 7 feet 9 inches in girt.” 
*“‘ Near the porter’s lodge,” he continues, ‘‘ are some limes of 
great age, one of which measured, in 1793, 13 feet 3 inches in 
girt. It is most probable that they were planted by Bishop 
Compton about the year of the Revolution (1688), when the 
fashion of planting avenues of limes was introduced into this 
country from Holland, where they ornamented the Prince of 
Orange’s palaces.” 
** Upon visiting the gardens at Fulham again in 1809,” 
Lysons observes, “I could not find the Cupréssus semper- 
virens, the Juniperus vir giniana, or the Acer rubrum. The 
following trees still remain, and they will no doubt be re- 
garded with veneration by the botanist, as the parent stocks 
of their respective races in the kingdom. The d’cer Negtndo, 
the girt of which, at three feet from the ground, is now 
