STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ARBORICULTURE IN HAMPSHIRE. 533 
REMARKABLE ALDERS. 
The largest in girth, if it can be called a tree, is in Brooke 
House Park; it measures 17 ft. 6} in. at 18 in. up; it then 
branches into five stems, the largest measuring 6 ft. 44 in. ; soil, 
sandy, on the Bracklesham beds. 
On the east side of the road from Romsey to Great Bridge, in 
Mr Drew’s meadow, there are two trees, the largest having a cir- 
cumference of 6 ft. 6 in., a bole of 6 ft., and well-proportioned 
head ; soil, peaty, on the Bracklesham beds, 
In Embley Park are two cut-leaved specimens (Alnus glutinosa 
laciniata); one stands on the south side of the coach road leading 
to Salisbury road, and the other on the north side of the same ; 
they measure 6 ft. 6 in. and 6 ft. 9 in. respectively ; soil, peaty, on 
the Bracklesham beds. 
The PorLars are in considerable numbers in the valleys and in 
the low grounds, and, as fast growing trees, are unrivalled. The 
timber is in demand for railway brake blocks (the white, or abele, 
is best suited for this), butcher’s trays, packing-boxes, etc. Price, 
from 6d. to ls. per foot. 
REMARKABLE WuitTE Poputars (Populus alba). 
There is a fine specimen in Shawford Park, near Winchester ; 
it girths 12 ft. 3 in., has a bole of 18 ft., and spreads its branches 
from east to west 35 yards; soil, alluvial, on the chalk, 
The second in size stands in a meadow in the parish of Nether 
Wallop, by the side of the road from Stockbridge to Salisbury ; it 
has a circumference of 11 ft. 7} in., and a bole of 30 ft. ; soil, 
alluvial, on the chalk. 
On the east side of the road from Stockbridge to Longstock, 
and to the north of a cottage, is one with a circumference of 10 ft. 
34 in. ; soil, alluvial, on the chalk. 
REMARKABLE Brack Poptars (Populus monilifera), 
No. 1 isin Michelmersh Rectory grounds, on an exposed situa- 
tion, so that the tree has not attained a great height, being 
branchy and spreading. It was planted by Miss Woodcock, the 
daughter of a former rector, on the proclamation of peace in 1815. 
The circumference in 1879 was 14 ft. 8} in., making its age at 
