234 COLLEGE GARDENS 



The pair figure in all picturesque views of the garden side of 

 the College. In the fallen tree no rings were counted, and 

 its girth at the ground was 9 ft. 6 in. (F. A. D.). The trunk- 

 girth of the survivor is 8 ft. 6 in. A young tree of 2 ft. 9 in. 

 girth stands near. 



The finest tree at the present time is undoubtedly the 

 Purple Beech, n ft. 6 in. in girth, and with a spread of 

 branches of something like 13 yds. radius. Close by are 

 an Evergreen Oak, now 8 ft. 6 in. in girth, and an aged 

 Robinia. 



Other trees are an Ailanthus, a fine Magnolia acuminata 

 (3 ft.), a Red Wood, Sequoia sempervirens * (4 ft. 4 in.), and 

 Broussonettia papyri/era, all among the finest of their kind in 

 Oxford. By the entrance to the garden is a weeping Robinia 

 hispida inermis grafted on a stock of i ft. 3 in. girth. In the 

 middle are some old Limes, and in the eastern border a 

 Ginkgo. North of the Chapel is a Gleditschia (3 ft.), while 

 to the south a Laburnum forms a fine clump springing from 

 a bole, the largest of its kind in Oxford. The later flowering 

 Scottish Laburnum may also be seen here. 



The Cockspur Thorn, Crataegus crus galli from N. America, 

 covers with its pale green shining leaves a space of lawn 

 14 ft. or 15 ft. across. 



On the south side of the College in the back quadrangle 

 stand a Sycamore (7 ft. 2 in.) and a grafted pendulous Lime, 

 Tilia petiolaris (6 ft), which is always some weeks later than 

 the Common Lime. 



The relative position and present size of the trees are fairly 

 well indicated in New's engraving of the College, but the 

 artist's style does not sufficiently discriminate even between 

 the most diverse types of foliage. 



The Warden's private garden contains by far the best 

 collection of trees outside the Botanic Garden. 



* According to Sir William Schlich this tree is not more than sixty 

 years old, probably less. 



