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public road ; and No. 2 occupies a prominent position close to tlie 

 smaller pond at the same place. 



No. 20. Weymouth Pine (Pinus Strohus).—'No tree of this 

 kind on the Holwuod property has as yet reached maturity, but 

 several of large size and vigorous growth are to be met with. 

 Growing on the ramps of the Roman Camp are several fine 

 specimens, the largest of which we have measured having a stem 

 girth 3 feet and 5 feet from the ground of G feet 8 inches and 6 

 feet 3 inches respectively. The height is 72 feet, and the greatest 

 spread of branches is 42 feet in diameter. In all probability these 

 trees were planted at the same time as the Scots firs and cluster 

 pines already mentioned, and if so, a fair estimate may be made 

 as to the respective rates of growth of these three species of pines. 

 Soil, a rich gravelly loam. 



No. 21. Wych or Scotch Elm. — Of this tree there is a large 

 specimen on the south side of Holwood House, near to the public 

 path. The dimensions are as follows : — Height, 72 feet ; diameter 

 of branches, 66 feet; girth at 3 feet and 5 feet, 12 feet and 11 

 feet ; and cubic contents, 162 feet. This fine specimen of a wych 

 elm has a tall, straight, and well-formed stem, from the base 

 of which few suckers are ever emitted. 



No. 22. Horse Chestnut. — A fine tree, which is not so remark- 

 able for lar-ge dimensions as it is for symmetrical shape and 

 ornamental aspect, stands near the road from Holwood House 

 to Keston Church. Its dimensions are — Height, 54 feet; dia- 

 meter of branches, 52 feet ; girth of stem at 3 and 5 feet, 7 feet 

 9 inches and 7 feet 2 inches. This is the most remarkable 

 specimen, so far at least as oinament is concerned, of the horse 

 chestnut on the Holwood estate. It is gx'owing in a gravelly soil, 

 on chalk. 



No. 23. Silver Fir. — The largest silver fir at Holwood is 

 growing in the old oak wood which extends along the west side 

 of the park, not far distant from the Five Island Pond. Another 

 whose dimensions we also subjoin is growing in the shrubbery 

 at Holwood House. The dimensions of both are as follows : — 



