532 STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ARBORICULTURE IN HAMPSHIRE. 
REMARKABLE Birouw TREES. 
Many are remarkable for their beauty, and but few for size. 
The largest I have measured in the county is at Mottisfont 
Abbey, by the side of the footpath leading from the grounds to- 
wards Oakley Farm. It has a circumference at 3 ft. up of 10 ft. 
2 in., where it branches into two limbs, measuring 6 ft. 9 in. and 
5 ft. 2 in. respectively ; soil, white earth, on the chalk. 
By Fleet Pond, near Farnborough, are many beautiful trees. 
One on the west side of the coach-road to Brooke House, Hawley, 
measured 8 ft. 3 in. in circumference, and there are several others 
approaching this size in the Park; soil, sandy, on the Brackles- 
ham beds. 
On the Embley Park estate, near Romsey, the early home of 
Florence Nightingale, who has immortalised her name in the 
annals of philanthropy, there are many beautiful specimens, from 
the weeping, fragile, and graceful tree, to the fastigiate, upright 
specimen. The largest measured is by the “Sounding Arch,” on 
the south side of the road from Romsey to Wellow. It measured 
6 ft. 7 in. in girth, has a bole of 25 ft., and a height of 85 ft. ; 
soil, mossy bog mould, on the Lower Bagshot formation. 
The Marte (Acer campestre) is plentiful throughout the county, 
but few trees can be reckoned as timber, being mostly cut as 
underwood. It has a beautiful and ornamental appearance in 
cabinet work, but many trees may be cut down before finding the 
right grain, Price, from 6d. to 1s. per foot. 
REMARKABLE MAPLES. 
They seldom attain to any height, being generally low branchy 
trees. 
The largest is in Farley Rectory grounds, which, at 3 ft. up, 
has a circumference of 16 ft. 4 in., it then branches into six, the 
largest being 5 ft. 11 in. ; soil, clay, on the chalk. 
The next largest stands opposite a cottage on Fullerton Farm, 
near Wherwell, and measures 8 ft. 1 in.; soil, alluvial, on the 
chalk. 
The AtpEeR (Alnus glutinosa) occurs in most of the damp 
bottoms throughout the county, and is of little account as timber, 
though it lasts long wholly submerged in water. Price, 4d. to 
6d. per foot. 
