540 STATE AND PROSPECTS OF ARBORICULTURE IN ITAMPSHIRE. 
“ chestnut avenue,” Bramshill Park, there is one with a girth of 
13 ft. 34 in, Soil, sandy clay, on the Bracklesham beds. 
At Mottisfont Abbey there is one with a circumference of 
11 ft. 4in, Soil, clay, on the chalk. 
Tue Horse Cuestnut (Zsculus hippocastanum). 
This is also a native of Asia, but has been freely planted as an 
ornamental tree, and as such it has few equals in a park. Itis used 
for much the same purposes as sycamore, but it is very seldom in 
the market. Price, from ls. 6d. to 2s. per foot. 
The largest specimen I have to note is in the rookery at Wherwell 
Priory. It girths 17 ft. 3 in., and is a very fine growing tree. 
Soil, alluvial, in the valley of the Test. 
To the east of Hurstbourne Priors church there is one with a 
girth of 15 ft. 10 in. Soil, alluvial, on the chalk. 
Near the school at Over Wallop are eight trees, evidently part 
of the remains of an avenue. The largest has a circumference of 
14 ft. 7 in. Soil, gravelly clay, on the chalk. 
In Little Sombourne Park, in front of the house, is a very fine 
specimen, with boughs sweeping the ground. It has a girth of 
14 ft. OL in. Soil, gravelly, on the chalk. 
An avenue running south-easterly from the front of Broadlands 
mansion was planted in 1735, but there are now only two remain- 
ing, which girth 11 ft. and 12 ft. 4 in. respectively. As these are the 
only ones I have the date of planting, the calculation for their rate 
of growth per annum would only be ‘986 in., which is a slow rate 
for such a reputed fast-growing tree. Soil, clay loam, on the 
Bracklesham beds. 
THE Watnor (Juglans nigra). 
A native of Persia, but occurring plentifully in the county, 
and attaining to a large size, and bearing fruit nothing inferior to 
any imported. The wood in former days was of great value for 
gun-stocks, for which foreign timber is now substituted; for 
veneering it is still valuable. Price, from 1s. 6d. to 2s. 6d. per 
foot. 
The largest is at Bramshot, near the Liphook railway station, 
on the London and Portsmouth direct line, and in front of Church 
farm house. It is a grand specimen, with immense spreading 
limbs, and has a girth at 4 ft. up, measured fairly below the swell 
