84 TRANSACTIONS OF ROYAL SCOTTISH ARBORICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
The measurements of each tree are given in a tabulated form at 
the end of this report, so as to be more convenient for reference. 
1. Ext, Eneuisu (Ulmus campestris). 
This fine tree is growing in the pleasure grounds, 150 yards on 
the east side of the mansion. It has a grand bole, girthing 
13 feet 6 inches, where it divides into two ponderous stems, and 
these divide again, one at 12 feet and the other at 16 feet, and 
afterwards ramify into several smaller ones, which tower away to 
the great height of 117 feet, forming a top 94 feet in diameter. It 
girths 21 feet 2 inches at 3 feet from the ground, and contains a 
total of 924 cubic feet of timber. 
2. CuestNuT, Horse (#sculus Hippocastanum). 
This is a beautiful tree, growing at the extreme north of the 
pleasure grounds, near the Wilderness. It is shut in very much by 
other trees, nevertheless it has a beautiful sweeping top 85 feet in 
diameter, with a bole of 10 feet in length, while-at 3 feet up it 
girths 13 feet 8 inches, and at 5 feet from the base 14 feet 10 
inches, and contains a total of 533 cubic feet of timber. 
3. Beecu (agus sylvatica). 
A fine young park tree, growing close to the drive leading to New 
Lodge, near Althorp Park Station. It has a bole 36 feet 6 inches 
in length, with a nice well-balanced top 98 feet in diameter. It 
girths at 3 feet up 14 feet 8 inches, and contains 375 cubic feet 
of timber. 
4. Oak, ENGLISH (Quercus pedunculata). 
This is one of the grandest old ornamental park trees to be found 
anywhere, and one of the largest in the park. It is growing on the 
east side of the mansion-house, and 150 yards from the boundary 
wall of the pleasure grounds, standing in full view from the drive 
leading to the east lodge. This picturesque old oak has suffered 
very much by severe gales, losing two very large limbs at 33 feet 
from the ground. ‘The top is beginning to show signs of old age, 
