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that date sixty-four years. This would give an annual increase 
after the rate of 2°757 in. ; soil, deep clay, on the chalk. 
No. 2 is a very fine tree, standing in Wherwell Priory grounds, 
near the vicarage. It has a circumference of 14 ft. 6 in., a bole 
of 45 ft. long, and contains 405 ft. of timber ; soil, alluvial, on 
the chalk. 
No. 3 is at Sherfield House, near Romsey, and has a cireum- 
ference of 13 ft. 74 in., and is a good example; soil, alluvial, 
on the London clay. 
REMARKABLE Lomparpy Popiars (Populus fastigiata). 
The Lombardy poplar is plentiful in the county, especially in the 
valleys, but is not unfrequent on the higher grounds, where there 
is a sufficiency of moisture, and where it appears like “ towers 
along the steep.” The severe winters of 1879, ’80, ’81 killed (at 
least I know no other reason) a great many, both old and young ; 
and the gale of October 14, 1881, brought many to the ground. 
This was the case with two fine specimens at Greatbridge House, 
near Romsey, the largest of which had a circumference of 13 ft. 
9 in., and a height of 130 ft.; soil, alluvial, on the chalk. 
At the end of the “ Fox Mills,” at the entrance to Broadlands 
Park, Romsey, there are two splendid trees, girthing 13 ft. 9 in. 
and 13 ft. 2 in., which attain a height of 115 ft. and 125 ft. 
respectively ; soil, alluvial, on the Tadburn rivulet. 
At the back of Longstock Mill, near Stockbridge, is a tree 
girthing 10 ft. 9 in., which has a height of 120 feet; soil, 
alluvial, in the Test valley. 
At Bossington House, by the side of the road leading to Horse- 
bridge Railway Station, is another tree with a girth of 10 ft. 1 in., 
and a height of 110 ft.; soil, peat, in the valley of the Test. 
REMARKABLE GREY, PopLars. 
It is sometimes ditlicult to distinguish the difference between 
this variety and the White Poplar, but I believe the following are 
undoubtedly of the grey variety (Populus canescens) :— 
In Elvetham Park, to the south-west of the house, is one with 
a girth of 12 ft., and a bole 28 ft. long ; soil, clay, on the Brackles- 
ham beds. 
A fine specimen is on the river front of Broadlands, Romsey, 
