194 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



Remarkable Trees 



Thuya occidentalis never attains to a considerable size when planted in this 

 country. There is a specimen at White Knights, near Reading, of great age, which 

 is now dying at the top. According to the gardener there it has not made any 

 growth for the last thirty-five years. It measured in 1904, 41 feet in height by 4 feet 

 in girth. At Stratton Strawless, Norfolk, there is also a specimen of considerable 

 age, remarkable for the pendulous habit of the branches, which is 35 feet in height. 

 There are more large specimens at Belton Park than at any other place I know in 

 England, the largest I have measured being 41 feet by 3 feet 9 inches. Henry, 

 however, in 1904 measured one at Arley Castle as tall, which divides into three 

 stems near the ground, where it measures 7 feet 6 inches in girth. At Auchendrane, 

 Ayrshire, Renwick measured a tree in 1902 which, according to a specimen 

 procured by him in 1906, was Thuya occidentalis as 42 feet high by 6 feet 8 inches 

 in girth, with a bole of 12 feet. 



It seems to be one of the best conifers for making shelter hedges in gardens, 

 as it stands clipping well, and for this purpose may be relied on to attain 1 5 to 20 feet 

 in height in any fair soil. As it grows slowly at first when raised from seed, it is 

 usually propagated by cuttings. (H. J. E.) 



