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from tlie ground, are 10 feet 10 inches and 9 feet 7 inclies, tlie 

 branches being 57 feet in diameter, and the height of the tree 

 being 72 feet. This latter tree is in a very healthy condition, 

 more so than the former, which has a somewhat rusty appearance, 

 particuhirly during winter and early spring. Tlie branches of both 

 are long and lithe, and sweeping the greensward. Their stems are 

 straight and clean, and contain, the former 137 feet, and the latter 

 127 feet of timber. Another large and well-branched specimen 

 stands opposite to Holwood House, the bole of which girths 12 

 feet at a yard from the ground, and 1 1 feet 1 1 inches at 5 feet ujj. 

 The height is G7 feet, and the branches cover a diameter of 66 

 feet. This stately cedar is in perfect health, and is worthy of 

 the conspicuous position which it so nobly fills on the well-kept 

 lawn. 



On the sloping ground between Holwood House and the farm 

 are several large and highly-ornamental Cedars of Lebanon, planted 

 almost in the form of a semicircle. The following are the dimen- 

 sions of these, beginning at the left in advancing from Holwood 

 House : — No. 1, height 57 feet ; girths of stem at 3 feet and 5 feet, 

 10 feet 10 inches and 10 feet 4 inches; diameter of branches, 60 

 feet. No. 2 is 56 feet in height, with a girth at 3 feet and 5 feet 

 of 9 feet 3 inches and 8 feet 3 inches, and a spread of branches 

 covering a diameter of 51 feet. No. 3 has a height of 55 feet, 

 spread of branches 60 feet in diameter, and a stem girthing 9 feet 

 and 8 feet 9 inches at 3 feet and 5 feet up. No. 4, height 54 feet, 

 spread of branches 52 feet, girths of stem at 3 feet and 5 feet up 

 6 feet 7 inches and 6 feet 6 inches. No. 4, along with Nos. 5 and 

 6, form a clump of imposing grandeur, the two latter having large 

 and well-formed trunks, with girths at 3 feet and 5 feet up of 8 

 feet 8 inches and 8 feet 6 inches, and 7 feet 5 inches and 7 feet 3 

 inches respectively. No. 7 has a spread of branches 63 feet in 

 diameter, a bole 61 feet in height, and girthing 10 feet 5 inches 

 and 10 feet 2 inches at 3 feet and 5 feet up. No. 8, height 63 

 feet, girths of stem at 3 feet and 5 feet up 8 feet 8 inches and 

 8 feet 7 inches. No. 9 has a stem which girths at 3 feet and 5 feet 

 from the ground 12 feet 2 inches and 12 feet, a total height of 65 

 feet, and a spread of branches 66 feet in diameter. This fine tree 

 contains 190 feet of timber, the stem at 6 feet up dividing into 

 three massive limbs, which rise clean and branchless for fully 20 

 feet. The soil on which these nine specimens of the Cedar of 

 Lebanon are growing is a stiffish, rich, clayey loam, resting at no 



