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rising from a single bole, measures 6 ft. across at the ground. 

 The Rhododendrons planted by Baxter have perished long 

 since ; but a Norway Maple, Acer platanoides, 5 ft. 3 in., is 

 probably the one known to him as a young tree. I am not 

 certain whether Crataegus cocdnea is still there or not. 



Near the hut of the O.U.H.S.-man are a Weeping Elm, 

 Ulmus montana pendula, 6 ft. i in., and a large Plane, n ft., 

 and further on, an Alder of 7 ft. 



Between the Island and the Dean's If am we noted a Birch, 

 6 ft. 3 in., an Ash, 6 ft., and a magnificent Zelkova, Planera 

 richardi,* measuring 12 ft. 8 in. round the deeply furrowed 

 trunk the most noteworthy tree in the Meadows, and growing 

 quite as vigorously as those we have seen, 60 ft. in height, in 

 their native . Georgia, south of the Caucasus. Further on 

 are several fine Planes, both Platanus occidentalis, 10 ft. 10 in. 

 to 7 ft. 8 in., and two P. orientalis, by the waters edge, of 

 ii ft. 8 in. ; and by the bridge which leads over the Cherwell 

 to the Barges is a Birch, 4 ft. 7 in. in girth. 



A Poplar Willow, Salix fragilis var. decipiens, Hoff., was 

 estimated by Baxter in 1830 to be fifty years old, 50 ft. high, 

 and near the ground 6 ft. 10 in. in girth (Druce's " Flora of 

 Oxford "). 



In the plot of ground known as the Dearfs Ham between 

 the bridge and the outlet of the Trill Mill Stream, W. H. Baxter, 

 in 1862-3, planted Crataegus douglasii, Pyrus pinnatifida, 

 present girth 4 ft. 4 in., Acer saccharinum, Weigela rosea, and 

 several Conifers : 



Sequoia gigantea (3), Thuja gigantea, 



Pinus excelsa (3), ,, lobbiana, 



Cupressus lawsoniana, Picea nordmanniana, 



Pinus laricio, Pinus cembra ; 



but only one Sequoia gigantea, 5 ft., a Pinus, 3 ft. 9 in., 

 P. excelsa, i ft. 7 in., and Thuja gigantea, 2 ft. 3 in., are 



* Mr. Elwes, for the purposes of his big book on Trees now in course 

 of publication, has transplanted (in a literary sense) this tree to the 

 University Parks, 



