STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ARBORICULTURE IN HAMPSHIRE. 537 
THe Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus). 
This tree, although limited in quantity, is in demand for making 
trenchers, bowls, prints, fancy articles, and for cabinet work. 
Price from ls. 6d. to 2s. per foot. 
The largest sycamore I have to record is in Mottisfont Abbey 
grounds. It has a girth of 12 ft.; soil, clay, on the chalk. 
In the farm-yard of Sherfield House, near Romsey, is a finely- 
headed spreading tree, with a girth of 10 ft. 7 in.; soil, clay, on 
the plastic clay. 
At Wherwell Priory there is one with a girth of 10 ft. 4} in. ; 
soil, alluvial, on the chalk. 
At Temple Farm, Selborne, anciently a eee of Knights 
Templars, there are three good samples in front of the house. The 
largest measures 10 ft. 4 in., with a bole of 8 ft., and some of the 
limbs are very large, spreading from north to south 24 yards; 
soil, loamy clay, on the Upper Greensand. A very handsome, 
though not large, specimen stands in the “ Croat,” at King’s Som- 
borne ; it has a circumference of 9 ft. 11 in., and the head is 
remarkably finely proportioned ; soil, clay, on the chalk. 
THe Lime (Tilia Europea). 
This is plentiful throughout the county. The timber, on account 
of its whiteness and softness, is valuable for pianoforte makers, 
modellers, etc. The supply, however, is equal to the demand. 
Price, from 1s. 6d. to 2s. per foot. 
The largest measured is in Bramshill Park, standing in an 
avenue running south-west from the main avenue, and near a 
large oak with a brick and wooden seat round it. The girth is 
16 ft. 7 in. Another one, which has been pollarded, stands by 
the edge of a pond in the avenue running north from the mansion, 
and measures 15 ft. 1 in. ; light soil on the Bracklesham beds. 
In a meadow to the north of the church of Abbot’s Ann, near 
Andover, is a tree, in a row running east and west, which measured 
12 ft. 6 in. There are two others in the same row which measure 
11 ft. 7 in. and 11 ft. 2 in. respectively ; soil, clay, on the chalk. 
In North Stoneham Park, and on the south side of “ Fiddle 
Pond,” is one with a circumference of 10 ft. 14 in.; soil, clay, on 
the Bracklesham beds. 
