482 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



Remarkable Trees 



The two finest deodars, as regards size and symmetry, that I have seen in 

 Great Britain are at Bicton, where cones were produced, according to Pinet. Brit., 

 as long ago as 1858. One of these on the lawn measured in 1902 was 80 feet by 

 II feet 8 inches (Plate 140). The other is near the ornamental water in a more 

 sheltered situation, and was then 90 feet by 9 feet i inch. 



Another of about the same height at Beauport has an erect top, and looks as if 

 it might become much taller. The tallest reported at the Conifer Conference was at 

 Studley Royal, and was then 70 feet by 7^^ feet ; but when I visited that place I saw 

 no very large tree of the kind. 



At Dropmore there is a handsome tree which in 1905 was 'j'j feet by 8 feet 

 10 inches, and had many. of the woody knots embedded in the bark that are 

 sometimes seen in the cedars. It is said to have been planted" in 1834. 



At Westonbirt, a tree, planted by the late Mr. Holford, about 85 feet by 8 feet 

 9 inches, is one of the largest and best shaped that I have seen. A deodar of 

 peculiar habit at Linton Park, Kent, reported to be 79 feet high, is figured in 

 Gardeners Chronicle, December 12, 1903, fig. 159. 



At Barton there is a fine tree branched to the ground, which in 1904 was 

 76 feet by 9^ feet. At Highclere there is a handsome tree about 75 feet by 8 feet 

 4 inches, which was planted by the then King of Spain in 1844. At Williamstrip, 

 on rather heavy soil, there is a healthy tree of 72 feet by 8 feet. 



At Ombersley Court, near Worcester, there is a very fine tree 84 feet by 

 8 feet 4 inches, which has the erect habit of atlantica ; but the drooping branchlets 

 show it to be a deodar. 



At the Frythe, near Welwyn, Herts, a large deodar was cut down some years 

 ago; and from the side of the stump there is now (1906) a young tree springing up, 

 quite vigorous and healthy, and about 25 feet high. At Chart Park, Surrey, there is 

 a tree 89 feet by 8 feet 1 1 inches ; and adjoining this place, in the Tunnel Park, 

 Deepdene, there is another fine tree ']'] feet by 9 feet, both measured by Henry in 

 1905. At Fulmodestone, Norfolk, a tree planted in 1861 was in 1905 66 feet by 

 7 feet 4 inches in girth. At Shiplake House, near Henley, a tree, planted in 1852, 

 was 73 feet by 7 feet 9 inches in 1905, and is bearing numerous cones in the present 

 year. A deodar, growing on Haddington Hill, near Wendover, at 800 feet 

 elevation, is 63 feet by 5 feet 10 inches. 



There are many trees of from 60 to 70 feet in other parts of England, but we 

 have seen none which call for special notice. 



In Scotland the deodar is only hardy in the warmer parts of the country, and 

 does not seem to have attained anything like the same dimensions as in England or 

 Ireland. At Poltalloch, notwithstanding the wet and windy climate, it grows fairly 

 well and has attained over 50 feet. At Rossdhu, on Loch Lomond, it is even taller. 



In Perthshire there are good specimens at Abercairney, Castle Menzies, and 

 Dunkeld, which seem to have been planted after the great frost of 1860-61, which 



' Card. Chron. xxv. 138 (1899). 



