1978 



ARBORETUM AND FRITTICFTUM. 



PART IIT. 



the Horticultural Society o( Dumfrios, 

 wlio atlils, " The late jiroprietor of this 

 tree, Mr. Maitlaiul, used to bring his 

 fVientls to sit beneath its shade to take 

 their wine after dinner." The Earl's 

 Mill Beech, in Morayshire {fip. 1913.), 

 is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 17 rt. in 

 circumference at 3 ft. from the ground, 

 and a head !13 ft. in diameter. The 

 Grange Hall Beech (ji^. 1914.), in the 

 same county, is only 3b ft. high, with a 

 trunk about 14 ft. in circumference at 

 5 ft. from the ground, and a head 95 ft. 

 in diameter. The roots rise up all 

 round the trunk to the height of 2 ft. 

 or 3 ft. from the ground, and form a 

 natural seat, to which the immense and 

 umbrella-like head atlbrds an agreeable 

 shade. The drawings of these last two 

 trees were made for us by Mr. Stephens, 

 artist, of Elgin, at the request, and ex- 

 pense of Macleod, Esq. 



Vagus sylviitica in EngtaTid. In the 

 environs of London, at Gunnersbury 

 Park, are many fine beeches, 90 ft. 

 high, with trunks about 9 ft. in circum- 

 ference. — South of London. In Devon- 

 shire, at Killerton, a beech tree, LSO 

 years old, is 68 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 7 ft., and of the head 97 ft. In 

 Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 200 years 



1910 



old, it is 8'2 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head 90 ft. In Somersetshire, at Cothcl- 

 stone, it is 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 84 ft. In Surrey, at Clarcmont, 

 it is 90 ft high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft. In Sussex, at Kidbrooke, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 7 ft., and that of the head 87 ft. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 100 years old, it is 60ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 

 6 in., and that of the head 82 ft.; . ... . .^ Z,^-) ii&sj^^ 



and at Longford Castle, it is 70 ft. ■-'f-mSi.i --.;:■>*?- ..-i-K&ii'S^ 



high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., 

 and that of the head ,50 ft.— North 

 of London. In Berkshire, at Bear 

 Wood, 16 years planted, it is 80 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., 

 and that of the head 18 ft. ; at High 

 Clere, it is 07 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 

 28 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede 

 Hall, it is 71 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 

 47ft. In Derbyshire, at Foston Hall, 

 JOO years old, it is 78 ft. high, the 

 circumference of the trunk 12 ft., 

 and the diameter of the head 60 ft. 

 In Essex, at Audley End, SO years 

 planted, it is 80 ft. high. In Glou- 

 cestershire, at Chipping-Cawdor, it T>n 



is 85 ft. high, with a trunk 6 ft 6 in. in diameter ; at Dotldington, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 3ft., and that of the head about 70 ft. In Herefordshire, at Croft Castle, are several trees, from 

 80 ft. to 85 ft. high, with trunks about 20 ft. in circumference, and the branches extending over a space 

 frorri liKift. to 120 ft. in diameter: at Eastnor Castle, 14 years planted, it is 40 tH. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head .3211. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 100 years old, 

 it is 9t> ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and 

 that of the head 100 ft. Mr. Donaldson, the steward 

 at I)onnington, who had this tree measured for 

 us, states that when he sent the man up into the 

 tree, there was a squirrel in it, which, not ven- 

 turing to comedown, as Mr. Donaldson was stand- 

 ing close by, mounted before the man to the very 

 summit of the tree, from which immense height 

 it leaped to the ground, and, falling on a tuft of 

 beech leaves, ran away uninjured. In Notting- 

 hamshire, at Work.sop Manor, it is 90 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 5 ft, and that of the head 

 117 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 

 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft., and 

 that ol the head !)0 ft. In Shropshire, at VVilley 

 Park, it is 25 ft. high, after being 9 years planted. 



In Staffordshire, at Trentham, it is 70 ft high, 1912 



the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the head 102 ft. In SufTblk, at Einborough Hall, 80 year? 

 planted, it is !K) ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 It. 6 in., and that of the head 80 ft. In War- 

 wickshire, at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., 

 and that of the head 77 ft. ; at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, it is 1 15 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in 

 diameter. In Worcestershire, at Croome, ()5 years planted, it is 95 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft. Gin., and that of the head 60 ft. In Yorkshire, the immense trees at Studley, and at 

 Raywood, have been already mentioned. (Sec p. 1977.) 



Viigns milfdlicn in Scotland. In the environs of Edinburgh, at Cramond House, it is 90 ft. high, 

 the circumference of the trunk 13 It., and the diameter of the head 111ft.; at Dalmeny Park it is 



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