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Growing on the lawn, and on opposite sides of a walk, are two 

 other Scots firs of picturesque ai)pearance, the measurements of 

 which are 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. 5 feet. 



Diameter of brandies, 



At Hollydale, in the park between the ponds, is an oval-shaped 

 clump of eight Scots firs, planted 9 feet apart. The oval is 30 feet 

 in length by 20 feet in width, and the outline is quite perfect. 

 The largest, that nearest Hollydale House, girths 6 feet 6 inches 

 at 3 feet from the ground, and 6 feet 1 inch at 5 feet up, the 

 height being 52 feet. There is reason to believe that this clump 

 was planted at the instigation of Pitt, who was very fond of 

 imparting his knowledge of tree-planting to the owners of neigh- 

 bouring estates. 



No. 19. White Poplar [Populus alba). — Of this handsome and 

 fast-growing tree there are several fair examples in the grounds at 

 Hollydale, where they attain a large size, in a dampish loam over- 

 lying a bed of gravel. Growing near one of the lakes is a clean- 

 stemmed specimen of this tree, which is not so remarkable for the 

 girth as for the uniformity of its stem, the girth at 20 feet being 

 very little less than that at a yard from the ground. The follow- 

 ing are measurements of two of the cleanest and straightest 

 specimens : — 



No. 1— Height, . 



Girth of stem at 3 feet, 

 Do. do. 5 feet, 



Diameter of branches, 



Cubic contents. 

 No. 2— Height, . 



Girth of stem at 3 feet. 

 Do. do. 5 feet. 



Diameter of branches, 



Cubic contents, 



No. 1 grows in the grounds at Hollydale, by the side of the 



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