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Uimus Montana— continued. 
o Fe Variety Glabra major, Royal Avenue. 
3 ‘, ~ Glabra latifolia, at the eastern end of 
the pathway, in the Common leading 
from Marlborough Buildings. 
_ Fe - purpurea, young tree south side of 
North Road. 
Ulmus Americana, variety Fulva, western end of the lake. 
bs “ a Fulva macrophylla, near the wood 
yard. 
An interesting tree allied to the Elm is the Planera Richardit 
or Zelkova crenata, band lawn near Marlborough Buildings. It 
differs in the fruit and bark from the Elm and the bark peels off 
like that of the Plane tree. 
Principles of the Somerset Domesday. 
By Rev. T. W. WHALE, M.A. 
(Read February 12th, 1902.) 
GELD ROLL OF A.D. 1084. 
From the death of Edward the Confessor (1066) till the year 
1084 no evidence is forthcoming of any inquiry into the incidence 
of danegeld. Judging from Domesday inquisitions nothing formal 
had been done. But the inquisition of 1084, usually called the 
Geld Roll, was a step in this direction. That it was not simply 
a copy of the assessment in use T.R.E. Domesday itself con- 
clusively proves. The King’s councillors could not have thought 
it altogether satisfactory, because the Domesday Survey was 
ordered within two years. It is, however, of great value in 
explaining the plan of danegeld, and the way in which it was 
collected ; moreover it is very helpful to identifications. Un- 
