CHAP. CV. 



c'orylaY'ka;. tasta^nla. 



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upwards of a mile long, consisting of 300 chestnut trees, 



which average 48 ft. in height, with trunks about 6 ft. in 



diameter. In Wiitsliire, at Wardour Castle, 40 years 



planted, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and 



of the head 36 ft.— North of London. In Berkshire, at 



Bearwood, 16 years planted, it is S5 ft. high, diameter of 



the trunk 9 in., and of the head 18 ft. In Denbighshire, 



at Kinmel Park, it is 40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6 ft., 



and of the head 36 ft. In Gloucestershire, at Chipping 



Campden, it is 77 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6 ft. 



10 in. ; at Norton House, it is 96 ft. high, with a trunk 8 ft. 



in circumference. In Herefordshire, at Croft Castle, are 



some very remarkable chestnuts; one of which is 80ft. 



high, diameter of the trunk 8ft. Gin., and of the head 



ll'i ft. ! This is probably the largest chestnut in England. 



There is another chestnut at Croft Castle, which is 78 ft. 



high, diameter of the trunk 8 ft., and of the head 81 ft., 



and others of nearly equal dimensions. At Stoke Edith 



Park, in the same county, is a chestnut 60 ft. high, dia- 

 meter of the trunk 5 ft. In Hertfordshire, at Cheshunt, 



the sweet chestnut, only 6 years planted, is 16 ft. high, 



diameter of the trunk S3 ft, and of the head 10 ft. In 



Leicestershire, at IJelvoir Castle, 21 years planted, it is 



40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 



ISn. ; at Doddington Park, 70 years planted, it is 77 ft. 



high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft. 6 in., and of the head 43 ft. In Nottinghamshire, at Thoresby 

 Park, is a very remarkable tree, 100 years old, and 70 ft. high, with a trunk only 11 ft. in circum- 

 ference at the ground, but with a clear upright bole, perfectly free from branches, to the height of 



SO ft. In Oxfordshire, at Tew Park, 16 years planted, it is 44ft. high. In .Staflbrdsliire, at Teddesley 

 Park, 14 years planted, it is 30 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 14 ft. In SufFolk, 

 at Shrubland Park, it is 66 ft. high, diameter of the trunk lift, 4 in., and of the head 66 ft. In 

 Yorkshire, at Grimston, 11 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 in., and that 

 of the head 18 ft. 



Castanea visca in Scotland. Near Edinburgh, at Gosford House, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 4 in., with a widely spreading head; at Newbattle Abljcy it is 60ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and that of the head 70 (I. ; at Barnton House, 90 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and that of the head 48 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, 100 years planted, it is 

 75 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 4in., and that of the head .W ft. ; at Moredun, it is 70 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 58 ft. — South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at 

 Doonholm, 70 years planted, it is 55 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 32 ft. ; at 

 Blair, 100 years old, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the head 22 ft. ; at 

 Auchincruive, 120 years old, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. In the Stewartry of 

 Kirkcudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 

 fiO ft. In Haddingtonshire, at Tynningham, it is 49 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 8 in., and 

 that of the head 60 ft. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, it is 60 ft. h gh, the diameter of the 

 trunk 3ft. 2 in. ; at Bothwell Castle, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the 

 head 60 ft. — North of Edinburgh. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 64 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and that of the head 40 ft. In the Isle of Bute, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 4 ft., and that of the head 70 ft. ; at Cullen House, 80 years old, it is 51ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 3 ft. 4 in., and of the head 56 ft. In Cromarty, at Castle Send, 200 years old, it is 

 90 It. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 ft. 6 in. and that of the head 180 ft. : by far the largest chest- 

 nut tree in Scotland. In Forfarshire, at Co,urtachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 45 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of trunk 3 ft., and of the head 48 ft. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, it is 68 tl. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in. and of the head 45ft. This tree has a clear stem of 30 ft. ; and is one of the 

 chestnuts mentioned by Dr. Walker in an early statistical account of Scotland. At Taymouth, 80 

 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in., and of the head 50 ft. ; at Lawers, it 

 is 71 ft. high, and the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. G in. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 55 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6 in., and that of the head 50ft. ; at Castle Head, it is 18ft. in 

 circumference. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, it is 70ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., 

 and that of the head 39 ft. ; at Bannockburn Wood, 120 years old, it is 76 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 6 ft, and of the head 70 ft. ; and at Sauchie, 90 years old, it is 93 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft, and of the head 60 tt. 



Castdnea vesca in Ireland. In the environs of Dublin, in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years 

 planted, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft 6 in., and that of the head 30 ft — South of 

 Dublin. In the county of Cork, at Castle Ereke, it is 44 ft. high. In King's County, at Charleville 

 Forest, 45 years planted, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 30 ft 

 In Kilkenny, at Borris, it is 53 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk Gft., and that of the head 70 ft — 

 North of Dublin. In Down, at Ballyleady, 60 years planted, it is 38 tt. high, diameter of the trunk 

 2 ft 4 in., and of the head 51 ft In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 45 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head 20 ft. ; another, 160 years old, is 83 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 4fi., with a clear bole 28 ft. high. In Sligo, at Mackree Castle, it is 50 ft high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 41 ft ; in Tyrone, at Baron's Court, 40 years 

 planted, it is 35ft high, the circumference of the trunk Gft 9 in., and the diameter of the head 

 30 ft. 



c'asthnea v^sca in Foreign Cotmtries. In France, near Nantes, it is 100 years old, and 80 ft. high ; 

 at Colombe, near Metz, 60 years old, it is 39 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and that of the 

 head 50 ft. : in the Botanic Garden at Avranches, 22 years planted, it is 40 ft high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 1ft 3in., and that of the head 29ft. In Hanover, in the Giittingen Botanic Garden, 

 20 years planted, it is from 20 ft. to 25 ft. high. In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 40 years planted, it is 

 only 16 ft. high, with a trunk 1ft. in diameter. In Austria, at Vienna, in the University Botanic 

 Garden 3& years old, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft., and of the head 20 ft. In 

 Bavaria, at Munich, in the English Garden, .30 years old, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 4 in and of the head 8 ft. In Prussia, in Berlin, at Sans Souci, 45 years old, it is 40 ft high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 7 ft. In Sweden, at Liiml, in the Botanic Garden, it 

 is 30 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and that of the space covered by the branches 

 X ft. in Italy, in Lombarily,at Monza, 50 years old, it is 84ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 

 7 ft. 6 in., and the diameter of the head 45 ft. 



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