536 STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ARBORICULTURE IN HAMPSHIRE. 
12 ft. 4 in., and is a thriving tree. Soil, alluvial on the chalk. 
On the east side of the road from Romsey to Greatbridge, on the 
bank of the ditch, is one with a circumference 11 ft. 6 in., and at 
6 ft. up branches into two. It has small branches up to 30 ft., 
showing that it has been trimmed from time to time. A colony 
of the domestic bee has been established here for some years, 
showing that it is hollow. Soil, deep peat. 
On the east side of the road from West Tytherley to West 
Dean, by a small streamlet, are two Bedford Willows, which 
measure 9 ft. 8f in. and 9 ft. 6} in. respectively. Soil, clay, on 
the plastic clay. 
Tue Witp CuHerry or GEAN (Cerasus Aviwm). 
This is plentiful, but few are left to attain a timber size, being 
mgstly cut as coppice wood. In this county there is a variety 
called the “ merry,” which is the first native fruit hawked in the 
streets. It is in size between the cultivated and the wild cherry. 
The fruit is a deep black and very sweet. The timber may be 
used in cabinet work, but the price is only from 6d. to 8d. per 
foot. 
In the pleasure ground by the haw-haw in Broadlands Park is 
a fine tree with a circumference of 8 ft. 24 in. It leans slightly 
to one side, but is otherwise a symmetrical tree. Soil, vegetable 
loam, on the Bracklesham beds. 
The only other gean worthy of notice is by the farm house of 
Dunwood, near Romsey. It has a circumference of 8 ft. 2 in., or 
only half an inch less than the last, but otherwise it is not so fine 
a specimen, Soil, clay, on the London clay. 
THE Hornseam (Carpinus Betulus). 
Although the hornbeam is plentiful in some counties, is not so 
in Hampshire; indeed I would have difficulty in finding a score 
of trees, though common enough as a hedge plant. It is valnable 
for cogs of wheels on account of its toughness and oily nature. 
Price 2s. per foot. 
In Mottisfont Abbey grounds is a tree with a circumference of 
7 ft. 1 in., which is the largest I have measured, Soil, clay, on 
the chalk. 
At Kitnocks, near Botley, is the only other one I have to record. 
It measures 5 ft. 9 in. Soil, clay loam, on the Bracklesham beds. 
