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avenue at Luton Park, in which most of the trees are good specimens, but unless 

 the soil is good and uniform throughout, and the trees are selected with great 

 care, I should not recommend this tree for avenues. 



By far the best avenue of this tree that I have seen is one near Wellington 

 College, which was planted in the year 1869 by the late John Walter, Esq., of Bear 

 Wood, Berks, on a light, sandy soil which, however, seems to have suited the trees 

 remarkably well, and on which the symmetry of their tops and uniformity of the growth 

 is remarkable. It is about 1200 yards long, running about north and south, and is 

 25 yards in width. The trees are planted at 18 yards apart, which is about the 

 right distance for this tree. The average height of the trees is 75 to 80 feet, and 

 the largest that I measured on the west side near the top was 87 feet by 21 feet. 

 Plate 198, taken specially for this work, gives a very good impression of its appear- 

 ance. Mr. C. E. Salmon tells me that there is another avenue of this tree which 

 was planted in 1871 by the late Mr. J. Walter in front of Bear Wood House. 



At Aston Clinton, Bucks, the residence of Lady A. de Rothschild, there is a 

 group of closely planted Wellingtonias with tall clean stems, tapering only slightly, 

 and carrying timber size to 50 or 60 feet. The ground, which is a circular area 

 120 feet in diameter, is covered with decayed leaves and is free from herbaceous 

 vegetation. On it there are seventy -two trees in all, ranging in height from 

 60 to 75 feet, and in girth from 4 feet 4 inches to 8 feet 2 inches at 6 feet from the 

 ground, above the swollen base. This clump was planted in 1869, according to 

 Mr. W. H. Warren, who has kindly sent us a photograph, reproduced in Plate 197. 

 This beautiful grove, which was seen by Henry in 1906, shows how well the tree 

 succeeds when planted densely on good land. 



At Brickendon Grange, Hertford, the property of John Trotter, Esq., in a 

 wood, composed of a mixture of common spruce, Wellingtonia, Cupressus macro- 

 carpa, Abies Lowiana, and Pinus ponderosa, all planted at the same time, in r86i, 

 the comparative girths of trees, measured by Mr. H. Clinton Baker, in December 

 1907, without selection, at 5 feet from the ground, are as follows : 



Wellingtonia: 3 feet, 5 feet, 5 feet, 5 feet 2 inches, 5 feet 3 inches, 5 feet 



10 inches. 

 Cupressus macrocarpa : 4 feet, 4 feet 2 inches, 4 feet 8 inches, 4 feet 9 inches, 

 5 feet 3 inches, 5 feet 6 inches, 5 feet 7 inches, 5 feet 10 inches, 5 feet 

 10 inches. 

 Abies Lowiana : 4 feet, 4 feet 10 inches. 

 Pinus ponderosa : 5 feet 2 inches, 5 feet 3 inches. 



Common Spruce : 2 feet 2 inches, 2 feet 5 inches, 2 feet 6 inches, 2 feet 



7 inches, 2 feet 8 inches, 2 feet 8 inches, 2 feet 10 inches, 3 feet i inch, 



3 feet 3 inches. 



Sir John Stirling Maxwell sends me the following measurements of some 



Wellingtonias planted in 1864 or 1865 at Cloverley Hall, Shropshire, the seat of 



Capt. Hey wood Lonsdale, in mixture with spruce and larch. 



