WADHAM COLLEGE 



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By the liberality and foresight of Warden Wills the ground 

 now covered by the Warden's garden was secured for the 

 benefit of the College and of Oxford as an " open space " in 

 1795.* It was laid out by him, and probably to some extent 

 by his successor, Warden Tournay. The present Warden, who 

 has kindly permitted the publication of the following notes on 

 his trees, informs me that there is a tradition that Warden Wills 

 received many rare plants collected and brought to England 

 by his brother, Admiral Wills, from his voyages. The older 

 trees, planted at the end of the eighteenth century and at 

 the beginning of the nineteenth by Wardens Wills and Tournay, 

 include the Tulip Tree, the Judas Tree, and the Medlar. 



Trees near the Hotise 



Tulip Tree .. . . < 

 Turkey Oak, Quercus cerris . 



Californian Red Wood : 



Sequoia sempervirens . 



Evergreen Oak : 



Largest of 4 limbs 

 Diameter of bole, nearly 



Judas Tree : 



Largest of 7 limbs 

 Araucaria imbricata 

 Evergreen Oak . ' .' .* 



Hollies . . . 

 Cherry Laurel 



North Walk 



Lucombe Oak 

 Quercus lucombeana . 



GIRTH 

 ft. in. 



10 8 



5 2 



3 7 



5 5 



3 o 



3 



4 7 

 4 9 

 2 5 



.2 2 



i 6 



8 9 



North Walk (font.) 



Elms . .- . . . K 

 Medlar . .' , , 

 Scotch Firs 



West Walk 

 Ailanthus ( $ ) 



On the Lawn 



Pinus excelsa 



Weeping Ash 



Evergreen Oak : 



2 Limbs (together) 

 Near the ground . 



Apple .... 



Abies nordmanniana . 



Birch .... 



Pinus excelsa 



Libocedrus decurrens . 



Garrya (bush 10 ft. high) 



GIRTH 

 ft. in. 

 12 6 

 II 8 



3 ii 

 {5 8 

 l 3 



8 3 



6 9 



3 8 



9 o 

 8 o 



4 o 



2 5 



5 3 



6 2 



3 o 

 o ii 



* The date of the assignment to the College of a lease held by Wills 

 under Merton College of about 4 acres of land lying between the site of 

 Austin Friars and the New Parks. The fee-simple was purchased by 

 Wadham College in 1834. 



