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bour, namely, 130 ft.; soil, gravelly clay, on the Bracklesham 
beds. 
In the celebrated “ Fir Avenue” in Bramshill Park there is one 
girthing 10 ft. 3in. This tree and others in the same avenue are 
perfect, but they do not attain to such a height as some others with 
a smaller girth, being only from 90 to 100 ft. ; soil, moory sand, on 
the Upper Bagshot. 
The clumps of High Cockolorum at the Andover Lodge of 
Hurstbourne Park are very conspicuous, attaining a height of 
120 ft., and the largest has a girth of 8 ft. 7 in. The seedlings 
here are abundant ; soil, clay, on the chalk. 
THe Spruce Fir (Abies excelsa). 
This tree has not been planted to any extent, and where it has, 
the situation has not generally been well selected, mostly on the 
elevated and exposed chalk downs, the result being that the belts 
or clumps where it has been planted show only stunted and ill- 
grown specimens. Price, from 4d. to 6d. per foot. 
None of the specimens I have seen exceed 110 ft. high. At 
Ampfield House, near Romsey, there is one with a circumference 
of 7 ft. ; soil, clay, on the Bracklesham beds. 
In Little Somborne Park there is one with a circumference of 
7 ft. 14 in., just below where a branch leaves the trunk. This branch 
has a girth of 3 ft. 8} in., which gives to the tree an unusual 
appearance. Soil, gravelly, on the chalk. 
At the south of the pleasure grounds, Cranbury Park, a very 
fine specimen has a circumference of 8 ft. 4 in. This is the largest 
I have to record ; soil, clay, on the Lower Bagshot. 
Coppice Woop. 
The underwood is of considerable extent in the county, being 
found in most woods consisting of deciduous trees, and forms a 
very important industry. It is generally cut at from eight to 
twelve years of age. It is sold mostly standing to a class called 
““wood dealers,’ who cut it and manufacture it into the various 
goods for sale ; and in few counties is there so much skill displayed 
as in Hampshire in cutting and sorting the wood for the various 
uses, and in utilising the whole. 
The Hazet (Corylus Avellana) is the most plentiful as well as 
