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(e) KxoLE Beech, Kent. — This celebrated tree girthed 24 

 feet at 3 feet ; 2 7 feet at 1 feet ; height, 105 feet ; extent 

 of boughs, 123 feet ; solid timber, 498 feet. — Strutt, 1822. 



(/) EoLLE Beech, Devon. — A gigantic tree, girthing 

 30 feet 7 inches at 3 feet ; 25 feet 3 inches at 5 feet ; 

 height, 94 feet; branch-spread, 86 feet; cubic contents, 

 988 feet.— J. Barrie, forester, 1889. 



1. Eates of Gieth-Increase in Beeches of known Age. 



(a) Seven beeches at Stratton, Norfolk, grown from 

 seed. Measured by" Mr. Marsham, 1776. Five years taken 

 from age (35) to allow for growth to 5 feet in calculating 

 the rate. 



I Age. 



Girth at 

 5 ft. 



No. 1, . . . 35 



No. 2, . . . I 35 

 Five otliers of same age, 



Ft. 

 3 

 3 



In. 

 9-1 

 9-7 



Kate for 

 30 years. 



Increase in 

 1776. 



1-50 

 1-52 



1-50 



2-50* 



1-50 



* This extraordinary growth he beh'eved to be due to washing the stems 

 three to five times a week in the spring, first witli a stiff shoe-brush, after- 

 wards with coarse flannel. The others were not washed. — Philosoph. 

 Trans., 1777, p. 12. 



(b) Beech at Bargaly, Kirkcudbrightshire, planted 1697 

 (Dr. Walker, 1780). 



(c) Two in Edinburgh Botanical Garden, planted 1821 

 when 5 or 6 years old. Measured, at 5 feet up, from 1878 

 to 1892 annually by Sir 11. and D. Christison. 



