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avenue running diagonally out of the main avenue, and is the fifth 
tree in the row. It has a girth of 14 ft. 74 in., and contains 226 
ft. of timber. Beside a sweet chestnut, which girths 13 ft. 34 in., 
is another which approaches within 2 in. of the largest, its girth 
being 14 ft. 5} in. One on the hill, opposite the ‘“‘ Temple,” has a 
girth of 9 ft., and has a bough leaving the main stem at 11 ft. up, 
and, bending to the ground, has apparently taken root. This bough 
has a girth of 3 ft. 10 in. ; soil, sandy loam, on the Bracklesham 
beds. 
Between the forests of Woolmer and Alice Holt and above 
Headley Mill, in an alder bed on the east side of the stream, there is 
one with a circumference of 13 ft. 8 in., anda bole of 7 ft. Itthen 
branches into four large limbs, one being 7 ft. 6 in. in girth, and a 
branch leaves the trunk at 2 ft. up girthing 3 ft. 10 in. The 
spread from east to west is 27 yards. This tree has more the 
appearance in growth of an oak, having altogether a grand effect, 
but which is marred to a certain extent by the crowding of the 
young oaks, etc., around it; soil, damp moory sand, on the 
Folkestone beds, 
A tree which has attracted a good deal of attention, and of 
which accounts have appeared in different papers, stands in “ Fir 
Orchard” coppice, in the parish of Nursling, and on the east side 
of the road from Romsey to Southampton. It has a circumference 
of 12 ft. 74 in., the trunk 33 ft. long without a branch, and as 
smooth as a ship’s mast. It then divides into two but unequal 
sized limbs, the sheer height being 90 ft.; and it contains 310 ft. 
of timber. To give a good view of it from the road, the Right 
Hon. Lord Mount Temple, to whom it belongs, has had a broad 
ride cut out, so that in passing along the road it is to be seen 
in all its massive grandeur. This tree, taking all its points into 
consideration, has no compeer in Hampshire. 
THE Larcu (Larix europea). 
The larch has been much planted on every considerable estate 
throughout the county; but latterly, on many estates, where 
thousands used to be planted every year, there is now scarcely any ; 
and as it does not reproduce itself, it will, unless some alteration in 
the means of the landowners takes place in the meantime, become 
searce. Its principal use is for fencing and railway purposes, the 
