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ARBORETUM AND F RUTICF.TUiM. 



I'AIiT Hi 



aft. loin, in illainctcr. In Beiksliire, at Bearwood, If, years |>lantc<l, it W 40 fl. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 18 ft. In Iiu('kinghanl^hire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, 

 it iH 50ft. high; diameter of the trunk 2ft., and tV' the head 4(J ft. In Denbighshire, at I.laiibode 

 Hall, 70 years planted, it is 54 ft. high, dia- 



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meter of the trunk Sid., and of the head _, 12.'i9 



48 ft. In Flintshire, at (iredington, it is72 ft. - - , r . 



high, and the diameter of the trunk a ft. 9 in. 



In (ilouccatershire, at Doddington Park, it 



is !K) ft. high.diametcr of the trunk 7 ft., and 



of the head ii4*t ft. In Herefordshire, at Croft 



Castle, it is lt5 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



6 ft., and of the head GO It. ; at Eastnor 



Castle, 18 years planted, it is 55ft. high ; at 



Rotherwas, the old tree represented in Jig. 



\'2S'J. to a scale of 1 in. to .50ft., from a draw. 



ing kindly sent to us by Mr. Hay Brown, 



gardener at Stoke Ivlith Park, near Ledbury. 



In Ilertford.shire, at Hatlicld, is one 48 ft. in 



girt, oonlaining 4!) I cubic feet of timber. In 



Leice.stershire, at Doiniingtoii, itK) years old, 



it is 9-2 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 7J ft., 



and of the head 94 ft. In Oxfordshire, at 



Tew, 16 years planted, it is 5'2 ft. high. The 



plantations here have been made with great 



care by the proprietor, Matthew Bolton, 



lisq. ; and the succes,"; has been most extnu 



ordinary, as may be seen by the returns of 



the ditlerent specie's. In Pembrokeshire, at 



Stoakpole Court, 70 years old, it is 85 It. high. 



In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, .50 



years planted, it is "Oft. high, diameter of 



the trunk 3 ft. 8 in., and of the head (iOft. 



In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 11 



years planted, it is .'Sfi ft. high; at Willey 



Park, 15 years planted, it is 43 ft. high. In 



Warwickshire, at Coombe Abbey, '200 years 



old, it is 150 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



9 ft. 6in., and of the head 74rt. ; at Whitley Abbey, 7 years planted, it is If! ft. high. In Worcester. 



shire, at Hadzor House, 10 years planted, it is 25 ft. high ; at Croome, 100 years old, it is 115 ft. high, 



diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head 10 ft. ; at Hagley, 12 years planted, it is .■52 ft. high. In 



Vorkshire, at .Studley Park, it is 108 fL high ; at Hornby Castle, it is 84 ft. high, with a trunk 3 tt. 



in diameter ; at Castle Harwood, nine elm trees in Roywood average nearly 100 cubic feet of timber 



each (see Gnrd. iVn»., vol. xi. p. 17.); at Sprotborough Hall, there is an elm 80 ft. high, diameter 



of the trunk 5J ft., and of the head 1 1.'i ft., which is said to be the finest in England. 



U. campistri.1 in the Environs of Eitinlmr^h. At Ncwbattlo Abbey, it is 75 ft. high, diameterof 

 the trunk lift. 4 in., and of the head 74 ft.; at Cramond House, it is 7(1 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 4ft., and of the head 54 ft. ; at Dalmeny Park, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 4 ft., and of the head 6G ft. ; at Barnton House, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 3 in., 

 and of the hea<l SO ft. ; another is 100 ft. high, with a trunk 4i ft. in diameter ; at (J.ngar House, it is 

 80 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head (50 ft. 



U. camp^stris South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran,75 years planted, it is 90 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 42 ft. In Kircudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 80 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 4tt.,and of the head 84 ft In Haddingtonshire, at Yester, 1(K) years planted, 

 it is 98 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in., and of the head (53 ft. ; at Tynningham, it is 46ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 5 ui., and of the head 48 ft. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, 

 it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 5 in., and of the head (iOft. ; at Bothwell Castle, it is 

 86 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5rt , and of the head I'H ft. 



U. camp^stris North of Edinburgh. In BanH'shire, at Gordon Castle, it is SGft. high, diameterof 

 the trunk 3 ft. 4 in., and of the head 75 ft. ; at Cullen House, it is 89 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 

 3 ft., and of the head 90 ft. In Fifeshire, at Dvsart House, is one 70 ft. high, with a trunk 2ft. in 

 diameter, and that of the hea<l 30 ft. ; at Wenivss Castle, it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 9 ft. 

 3in.,aiidof the head 51 ft. In Forfarshire, at Cortachy Cistle, 102 years old, it is 70 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 2i ft., and of the head 45ft. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 20 years planted, it 

 is 36 ft. high ; another is lOo years old, and 40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6 ft, and of the head 

 75 ft. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 75 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 

 60 ft. 



U. campestris in Ireland. In the Olasnevin Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it is .50 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 1^ ft., and of the head 20ft.; at Tcrenurc, it is 50ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 2} ft., and of the head 4 ■ ft. In Kilkenny, at Mount .luliet, it is 102ft. high, diameter ofthe 

 trunk 4 ft. 2 in., and of the head .52 ft. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 45 years planted, it is 

 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 8 in , and of the head a5 ft. In the county of Down, at Mount 

 Stewart, 50 years planted, it is .56 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 38 ft. ; at 

 Ballyleady, 100 years old, it is 40 ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 60 years i>lanted, it is 

 70 ft! high. In Galway, at Coole, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the he.id 45 ft. 

 In Sligo, at Makree Castle, it is 90 ft. high, diameter ofthe trunk 3.(ft, and ofthe head 40 ft. 



U. campMris in France. At Nantes, in the niirsery of M. De Nerrieres, 80 years old, iti8 70 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft. ; in the Botanic Ciarden at Avranchcs, 40 years old, it is 4^) ft. 

 high, the diameter ofthe trunk 2 ft., and ofthe head 20 ft. 



U. campistri.i in Girtnany. In Saxony, at Worlitz„60 years old, it isjOft high, with a trunk 3 ft. 

 in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 84 years old, it is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 

 1 It. in diameter. In Austria, at Vienna, in the I,axenburg (i:irden, 100 years old, it is 4<Jft. high, 

 the diameter ofthe trunk IJft., and ofthe head 20 ft ; at Kopenzel, 40 years old, it is ;56 ft, high, the 

 diameter ofthe trunk 1 ft., and ofthe head 18 ft. ; at Hadersdorf, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 4<l 

 years old, it is .30 ft. high, with a trunk 14 in. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 18 ft. In 

 Prussia, at Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years old, it is 40ft high, the diameter of the trunk 

 28 in., and of the head 24 ft. ; in the Pfauen Insel, 4-5 years old, it is 42 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 14 in., and of the head SO ft. 



V. rampif.ttri.fin Italy. In Lombard y, at Monra, 29 years planted, it is 75ft. high; the diameter 

 of the trunk I ft. 9 in., and of the head 45 ft. 



