CHAP. XVIII. TILIA CEX. TI‘LIA. 371 
which was exceedingly beaten, and so diluted with water, that it became 
almost a liquid pap. It was into this that he plunged the roots, covering the . 
surface with the turf: a singular example of removing great trees at such a 
season, and therefore taken notice of here expressly.” This operation was 
probably performed before midsummer, when the trees, not having spent their 
vital or growing force for the season, might still send out shoots and fibrous 
roots, which would preserve them alive till the following year, when they 
would probably grow freely. If it had not been intended that they should 
grow a little the first year, the puddle formed with so much care would have 
been unnecessary. 
Statistics. We have received the dimensions and age of some hundreds 
of lime trees, with notices of the soil and situation in which they grow, in 
different parts of Britain and the continent of Europe: from which we shall 
select but a very few examples, the tree being sufficiently well known. 
Tilia europea in the Environs of London. The oldest tree that we know of is at Fulham Palace. 
The head of the tree has suffered great injury from time and the weather ; and is not remarkable either 
for its height or breadth ; but the trunk is between 7 ft. and 8 ft. in diameter. At Kenwood there are 
trees 90 years planted, which are 90 ft. high. At Syon there are trees of T. europz‘a, of T. e. micro- 
phfila, and T. e. platyphylla, which are am Lag to be about 80 years planted, and are 75 ft. high. 
Tilia europe‘a South of London. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, there is a tree 97 ft. high, and above 
9 ft. in diameter, which contains 136 ft. of timber. At Knowle there is an immense lime tree, the 
dimensions of which have not been sent us; but when we saw it, in 1820, it covered, as we estimated 
at the time, nearly a quarter of an acre of ground. The lower branches, which extended to a great 
length, had rested with their extremities on the soil, rooted into it, and sent up a circle of young 
trees, which surrounded the old or central one. The outer branches of this outer row of trees had, 
in their turn, stretched out, rested on the ground, and thrown up a second circle of trees, which, at 
the time we saw them, were from 20 ft. to S3O0ft. high. The tree stands on a lawn in an ancient 
geometrical garden ; and must be at least two centuries old; the soil is a deep sandy loam. At Ash- 
tead, in Surrey, there are trees 95 ft. high, with trunks from 7 ft. to 8 ft. in diameter: the soil is an 
adhesive loam on chalk. 
Tilia europe‘a North of London. \n Berkshire, at Ditton Park, there is a tree which is known to 
be upwards of 200 vears old; and, though it is only 80 ft. high, yet the diameter of the trunk, at 1 ft. 
from the ground, is 22 ft. 10 in. ; it grows on strong loam on gravel, and is supplied with abundance 
of water, from this gravel being on a level with the Thames. In Hertfordshire, at Moor Park, there 
are several magnificent lime trees, one of which has been beautifully portrayed by Mr. Strutt; 
nineteen large branches, 6 ft. or 8 ft. in girt, strike out horizontally from 67 ft. to 70 ft. in length, and 
these support three or four upright limbs; the tree is in full vigour, and its branches droop down and 
rest on the ground ; thetrunk girts 23 ft. Jin. ; and the head is 122 ft. in diameter ; it is nearly 100 ft. 
high ; and contains, by actual measurement, 875 ft. of timber. In Norfolk, at Merton Park, there is 
a tree 75 ft. high, which, at 1 ft. from the ground, is about 6ft. in diameter. In Somersetshire, at 
Brockleby Hall, are three lime trees with trunks from 15 ft. to 17 ft. in circumference, and 60 ft. 
high. In Staffordshire, at Enville, are some of the finest trees of 7. europz‘a and 7. e. microphYlla 
in England; they are nearly 100 ft. high, and they are pre ned feathered to the ground. In War- 
wickshire, at Crompton, a tree, between 60 ft. and 70 ft. high, has a trunk measuring, at 4ft. from the 
und, 15 ft. in girt; from 9 ft. to 12 ft. high the trunk divides into six upright branches, each from 
ay ft. to 60 ft. high. In Worcestershire, between Horford and Ombersley, on the edge of a small 
pool, there is a tree of T. e. microphYlla estimated at upwards of 300 years of age; it is 70 ft. high, 
and the trunk, at 8 ft. from the ground, 30 ft. in circumference. There are several other trees of the 
same variety in the neighbourhood estimated to be as old, and nearly as large; at Croome, 7. e. 
platyphflla, 40 years planted, is 70 ft. high, with a trunk 23 ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground, 
and the diameter of the space covered by its branches 70 ft., the soil is a strong red loam. In York- 
shire, at Bolton, are two lime trees of large size, supposed to be T. e. microphylla, noticed by Whitaker, 
in his History of Craven, which still exist. In the Park at Thrickleby Hall, there is a lime tree 
with a branch like a teapot handle, noticed by Sir J. E. Smith, in his correspondence. 
Tilia europe*a in Scotland. At Hopeton House, 7. e. rubra, 100 Ve planted, is 70 ft. high, with a 
trunk 3} ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground, and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 
33 ft. : it stands in an avenue among several others of about the same height. At Gordon Castle, in 
Aberdeenshire, there are trees above 80 ft. high, and with trunks above 5 ft. in diameter at ] ft. from 
the ground. In Ayrshire, at Roseneath Castle, there are several trees with trunks 34 ft. in diameter, 
and from 75 ft. to 80 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymouth Castle, there is a noble avenue of lime 
trees, which has been 100 years geome and the trees are 82ft. high and upwards; and 6 ft., or 
more, in diameter, at a foot from the ground, In the Perth aga there is a tree of the 7’ e. platy- 
phYila minor, 60 years planted, 66 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk, at 1 ft, from the ground, 28 in. ; 
and that of the space covered by its branches 42 ft. In general, when the soil is properly prepared, 
the tree grows at the average rate of 2 ft. a year, for the first 12 or 15 years, in the milder parts of 
Scotland. 
Tilia europa’a in Ireland. 1n the park at Charleville Forest, county of Meath, there is a tree 
110 ft. high, with a trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, 5} ft. in diameter : it grows in brown loam resting 
on a limestone pravel, in an open situation. In the plantations on the same estate, the tree attains 
the height of from 25 ft. to 30ft. in 10 years. At Florence Court there is a tree, 38 years planted, 
46 ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground, and the diameter of the space 
covered by the branches 46 [t.; the soil a retentive loam. At Moira, near Belfast, 7. e. platyphylla 
minor has attained the height of 85 ft., with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground; the 
branches covering a space of 60 ft. in diameter. 
Tilia eu ‘a in Foreign Countries. Wn France, in the Paris Garden, T. e. platyph¥ lla, 120 years. 
planted, is 75 ft. high, and the space covered by its branches is 87 ft. in circumference; at Mereville, 
T. e. microph¥lla, 60 years planted, is 60 ft. high; its trunk, at ! ft. from the prounts is 5f in 
diameter ; and the diameter of the space covered by its branches is 40 ft. ; in the botanic garden at 
Toulon, 7. europz*a, 40 years planted, is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. in diameter; in the public 
walks at Nantes, 7. curope‘a, 70 years planted, is 80 ft. high, with a trunk 4} ft. in diameter. In 
Belgium and Holland this species and its varieties abound: the largest are in “the wood” at the 
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