1 62 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



Lord Ducie has brought plants of these to Tortworth, where he grows them under 

 the name of Pyrus hybrida. 



Remarkable Trees 



This species appears to be now rarely planted, except in botanical gardens. 

 The best specimen which we have seen occurs at Syon (var. scandica). In 1904 it 

 measured 48 feet in height by 7 feet 10 inches in girth, with a bole of 7 feet, dividing 

 into 8 large branches, and forming a wide-spreading crown of foliage, about 50 yards 

 in circumference (Plate 50). Another fine tree is growing at Livermere Park, Bury 

 St. Edmunds, Suffolk, specimens and particulars of which have been kindly sent to 

 us by Mr. Stiling. It is now (1905) 45 feet high by 8 feet 5 inches in girth, with a 

 bole of 8 feet dividing into 1 2 main branches, the diameter of the spread of foliage 

 being 45 feet. This tree was reported' in 1889 to have been 42 feet high by 8 feet 

 3 inches in girth. In August 1905 it was covered with fruit. (H. J. E.) 



There is a fine specimen at Stowe, near Buckingham, growing near the bridge 

 over the lake in sandy soil, which measures about 45 feet high by 7 feet 9 in. in 

 girth, with a 7 feet bole. It was loaded with fruit in August 1905. 



At Wykeham Abbey, the Yorkshire seat of Viscount Downe, there is a fine 

 tree on the lawn, about 40 feet high, spreading from the ground, where it measures 

 10 feet 8 inches in girth, into a large and well-shaped head. ' 



This tree is planted in some of the parks and gardens in London, and grows 

 well at the Botanic Gardens in Regent's Park. I am informed by Mr. A. Stratford, 

 Superintendent of the Corporation Park of Blackburn, that it makes a good shade 

 tree in that smoky town. 



' Garden, 1889, xxxvi. 342. Note by J. C. Tallack, who named the tree Pyrus pinnatifida. 



