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in the South Gardens and other localities ; but the 

 most elegantly grown maple we possess, though not 

 the largest, may be seen within the park not far from 

 Bridger's Pond. As an ornamental indigenous tree 

 this is eminently worthy of notice, it is nearly nine 

 feet in girth, four feet up the stem, and, notwith- 

 standing its size and age, the apparent soundness -of 

 its timber and its healthy foliage, hold out a promise 

 that it may continue to be " a thing of beauty" for 

 many years to come. 



Instances of the Sycamore (Acer pseudo-platanus) 

 are very few and far between, but what they want in 

 numbers they amply make up for in individual mag- 

 nitude and massive beauty. We know of four fine 

 old trees in the parish, one on the Marl in the 

 garden to the west of the churchyard, one in the 

 Four-acres on Engine Farm, and two on the sand 

 at Downparks, one of which is a truly magnificent- 

 specimen ; we also meet with a few scattered plants 

 in the covers. 



The Lime tree (Tilia Europceci) of which a group 

 is left standing near the site of the mansion of the 

 Carylls in Lady Holt Park, is only found where it 

 was planted. The Walnut (Juglans regia\ and the 

 Spanish Chestnut (Castanea vesca), are met with 

 under similar conditions, and we have a few of both 

 species in the park, the latter especially being very 

 fine picturesque old specimens. 



The Horse Chestnut (dEsculus Hippocastaneus) is 

 more common, and not only grows freely in the park 

 and the south gardens, but produces seedlings in 

 abundance where the parent tree stands in an en- 

 closure. A pink flowering species, or variety (&. H. 

 rubicunda), has been not very recently introduced, 

 which grows and blossoms as luxuriantly as the old 

 kind, and is quite as easily propagated from seed. 

 It differs somewhat in habit from the latter, is of 

 a more dwarf character, with foliage of a deeper 



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