CHAP, CXI II. coNTFEKii:. c'e'duus. 2427 



bighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 14 years planted, it is IS ft. high. In Derbyshire, at Hassop, it is 24 ft. 

 high ; at Elvaston Castle, it is 73 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft". 8 in., and of the head 76 ft! 

 In Durham, at Southend, 2S years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Essex, at Audley End, 72 years 

 old, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 73 ft. ; at Hylands, 10 years 

 planted, it is 2(5 It. high; at Faulkbourn Hall, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the 'trunk'e ft 6in 

 and of the head 11)0 ft. ; at Thorndon HmII, it is 40ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. in diameter; at Short 

 Grove is a remarkable cedar, 80 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. 4 in. in diameter at 1 ft. 'from the 

 ground. About 13 ft. from the ground is a large limb, very nearly the size of the trunk ; and a small 

 branch from this limb grows, or is inosculated into the trunk. There are 68 cedars on this estate. 

 In Gloucestershire, at Doddington Park, 35 years planted, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 60 ft. In Herefordshire, at Eastnor Castle, 18 years planted, it is 30ft. 

 high; at Haffield, 13 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Aldenh'am Abbey 

 34 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head .30 ft. ; at Casliio- 

 bury, 30 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 42 ft. • at 

 Cheshunt, 20 years planted, it is 22 ft. high. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 30 years planted 

 it is 23 ft. high. In Leicestershire, at (Juenby Hall, a cedar supposed to be among the first i)lanted 

 in England, the seeds of which were brought from the Levant by Mr. \Villiam Ashby, a Turkey 

 merchant, between 1680 and 1690 {see Gard. Mag. , vol. v'u. p. 423.) ; at VVhatton House, 30 years 

 planted, it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 2 in., and ot the head 48ft. ; at Donnington 

 Park, 80 years planted, it is 62 tt. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 ft. 6 in., and of the head 68 ft. 

 In Lincolnshire, at Scrivelsby, there are many fine cedars of ditf'erent varieties, and of great a<»e 

 and size. In Northumberland, at Woolsingtdn, 20 years planted, it is 20ft. high. In Norfolk, at 

 Merton, is a cedar 78 ft. high, with a trunk nearly 4 ft. in diameter. In Nottinghamshire' at 

 Clumber Park, var. glauca is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 11 in., and of the head 

 44ft.: at Worksop Manor, it is 64 ft. high, the diameter of the' trunk 4ft., and of the head 63ft.- 

 another, 100 years old, is 65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 61 ft. In North- 

 amptonshire, at Castle Ashby, one SO years old is 72 ft. high, with a trunk nearly 5 ft. in 

 diameter, and a conical well-shaped head ; another, 68 ft. 7 in. high, has a trunk about the same 

 size: at Wakefield Lodge, 20 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. In O.xfordshire, at Oxford, in the 

 Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 30ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. Sin., and of 

 the head 27 ft. In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 35 years planted, it is 38 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the head 33 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 years planted, it is 5 ft. high 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. Sin, and of the head 51ft. In Rutlandshire, at Belvoir Castlej 

 28 years planted, it is 30ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 10 years planted, it is 19 ft! 

 high ; at Willey Park, 19 years planted, it is 26 ft. high ; another, 15 years planted, is 38 ft. high ; at 

 Kinlet, it is 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 26 ft. In Staffordshire, at 

 Trentham, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4ft., and of the head 50ft.; at Blithefi'eld, 

 48 years planted, it is 52 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. ; at 

 Teddesley Park, 14 years planted, it is 26 ft. high ; at Rolleston Hall, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. 

 high ; at Wrottesley House, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 

 42 ft. In Suflblk, on the lawn at Hardwicke, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and 

 of the head 43 ft. ; at Finburough Hall, 80 years planted, it is SO ft., the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 

 Sin., and of the head 80ft. ; at Stretton Parsonage, there is one 90 years old, with a trunk 5 ft. in 

 diameter ; at Wolveston Hall, it is 65 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 

 80 ft. ; at Campsey Ash is a group of 8 or 10, with trunks from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in diameter ; at 

 Ampton Hall, is one with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 90 ft. In Warwick, 

 shire, at Combe .\bbey, it is 47 ft. high, the di.imeter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 80 ft In 

 W^orcestershire, at Hagley, is one with a trunk 5 ft. 4 in. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 

 85 ft.; at Croome, 80 years planted, it is ItK) ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 

 120 ft. In Yorkshire, at Hackress, 12 years planted, it is 11 ft. high ; at Grimston, 13 years planted 

 itjis 12tt. high. 



Cedrus Lib^ni in Scotland. In the Experimental Garden at Inverleith, 10 years planted, it is 

 10 ft. high ; at Gosford House, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Beil, 110 years old, it is 54ft. 

 6 in. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 7 in., and of the head 67 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, 86 years 

 planted, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 81 ft. ; at Ratho are 

 many fine cedars, with trunks from 3ft. to 5ft. in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Loudon Castle, it is 

 Soft, high, with a trunk 4ft. in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 30 years planted, it is 

 23 ft. high. In Kirkcudbright, at Cassincarrie, it is SO ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 

 In Haddingtonshire, at Tyningharae, 24 years planted, it is 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



I ft., and of the head 27 ft. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, 20 years planted, it is 9 ft. high. In 

 Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 15 years planted, it is 13 ft. high; at Roseneath Castle, 45ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In Bute, at iMount Stewart, 12 years planted, it is 13 ft. high. In 

 Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 33 ft. high, with a trunk 1ft. in diameter; at Huntley Lodge, 

 10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high ; at Cullen House, it is 44 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., 

 andof the head 44 ft. In Fifeshire, at Danibristle Park, 12 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. In For- 

 farshire, at Gray House, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in., and of the head 65 ft. ; 

 at Invergowrie is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 40 years f.lanted, 

 it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 20 ft. ; at Perth, in the nursery 

 of Messrs. Dickson and TurnbuU, 15 years planted, it is 19ft. high. In Ross-shire, at Brahan 

 Castle, .50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 36 ft. In 

 Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 50 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in , 

 and of the head 25 ft. ; at Airthrey, 26 yenrs planted, it is ;36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



II in., and of the head 19 ft. ; at Callender Park, 15 years planted, it is 21 ft. in height. 



CMrus Libdni in Irelatid. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, .35 years planted, it is 24 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 27 ft.; at Cypress Grove is a cedar of dwarfish 

 growth, 10 ft. high, and covering a space 6 ft. in diameter ; at Terenure, 20 years planted, it is 18 ft. 

 high ; at Glasnevin is a fine specimen, with a trunk 2 ft. 6 in. in diameter, "and clear to the height 

 of 20 ft. ; at Colonel Conolly's, Castletown, it is 28 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and 

 oi the head 50 ft. In Antrim, at Antrim Castle, 10 years jilanted, it is 17 ft. high. In Fermanagh, at 

 Florence Court, 35 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, 'the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 

 30 ft. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 35 years planted, it is 33 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 

 8 in., and of the head 28 ft. 



Cedn/s Libuni in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 100 years old, it is 80 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft 6in., and of the head 85 ft. ; at Fromont, 32 vears planted, it is 

 5Sft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head Sfift. ; in the JJotanic Garden at 

 Toulon, 18 years planted, it is 22 ft. high ; at Barres, 28 years planted, it is 28 ft. high ; at Nantes, 

 in the nursery of M. Nerriferes, 40 years planted, it is ,50 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter; in the 

 Botanic Garden at Avranchcs, 04 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Germany, it will not stand out 



