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of the green drive, where it crosses the Roman Camp, is a good 

 example of this tree, and which, at 3 feet and 5 feet from the 

 ground, girths 12 feet 2 inches and 12 feet 1 inch. At a few feet 

 from the ground the stem divides into three limbs, whose girths 

 at 3 feet from the fork are 5 feet 8 inches, 4 feet 1 inch, and 

 3 feet 7 inches. The brandies have a spread of 57 feet in diameter, 

 and the height is 62 feet. 



No. 18. Scots Fir. — Many of these trees were planted about one 

 hundred years ago, particularly those on the Roman Camp, when 

 Pitt owned the Holwood property. The planting of the Camp 

 has been executed in an admirable manner, great skill being 

 displayed in the arrangement of the various clumps, so that they 

 present quite a natural appearance, especially when viewed from 

 the centre of the area enclosed by the rarapions. The trees have 

 been arranged generally in clumps of fives, sevens, and nines, but 

 occasionally in twos and threes ; and single trees have also been 

 used with telling effect in adorning these grounds. Immediately 

 to the right of the remains of the old road from Csesar's Well to 

 the Camp is a clump of Scots firs, seven in number, and planted 

 in an oval. These trees are about an equal height, 68 feet, and 

 the largest girths, at 3 feet and 5 feet from the ground, 6 feet 

 10 inches and 6 feet 7 inches, while the distance apart at which 

 they stand is 9 feet. Further along, towards Holwood House, 

 another clump of seven trees, planted in circular form, is to be 

 seen, the individual trees standing at only 5 feet apart. The 

 largest tree of this clump girths 7 feet 3 inches and 6 feet 7 inches 

 at 3 feet and 5 feet from the ground. Many other instances might 

 be given of the formal planting of Scots firs on the Roman Camp, 

 but those already given are enough to show the peculiar way 

 in which these historic remains were rendered beautiful by tree- 

 planting. 



Growing in the shrubbery at Holwood are several large Scots firs, 

 two of which measure as follows : — 



No. 1— Height, . 



Girth of stem at 3 feet, 

 Do. do, 5 feet, 



Diameter of branches, 

 No. 2— Height, . 



Girth of stem at 3 feet, 

 Do. do. ^ feet, 



Diameter of branches, 



