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Ash, 4 ft. 6 in. Wellingtonia, 6 ft. 8 in. 



Plane, 4 ft. 8 in. Lombardy Poplar, 6 ft. 



Oak. 2 ft. i in. Lawson's Cypress, 3 ft. 8 in. 



Cut-leaved Beech, i ft. 3 in. in Wellingtonia, 8 ft. 6 in. 



diameter. Finsapo, 5 ft. 6 in. 

 Oak, I ft. II in.* 



More planting of trees and shrubs in the Grove and Walks 

 took place in 1871, so that possibly some of the trees in the 

 list date from that year. The younger trees standing out in 

 the Meadow were planted in 1898 by Mr. C. R. Carter, who 

 was then Home Bursar, and to whom we owe the first intro- 

 duction of many bulbs by the side of the Walks. 



Over a hundred species of native plants have been recorded 

 as growing in the Magdalen Water Walks. The first record 

 of any wild plant is that of " le dokks," which were got out 

 of the Meadow in 1532. The Fritillary is now preserved 

 in the Meadow. 



I know what white, what purple fritillaries 



The grassy harvest of the river fields 



Above by Eynsham, down by Sandford, yields. 



Certain wall-plants have a less secure tenure. Arabis turrita 

 from the S. of Europe used to flourish on the Long Wall of 

 the Grove with the Oxford Ragwort, but has been destroyed 

 by the repointing of the masonry. Aster paniculatus from 

 N. America, Poa nemoralis, and the Hawkweeds, Hieracium 

 pellucidum and H. sciaphilum, are interesting plants. 



Two rare mosses, Cinclidotus brebissoni and Eurhynchium 

 speciosum, have been recorded by Mr. Napier (1910) from 

 Addison's Walk. 



The positions of the trees of Magdalen are indicated in 

 E. H. New's print (1906-9), but the drawing of the trees is 

 very poor. 



The elaborate carpet-bedding at NEW COLLEGE in the 



* This Oak was grown from an acorn from Tubney Wood, planted by 

 J. E. Henderson, Bursar. It was about 2 ft. high in 1877-8 (H. A. W.). 



