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 TABLE II 



Maximum Height Growths of Common Forest Trees 

 IX British Isles when growing under favourable 

 conditions, and of individual trees, as recorded by 

 — *Elwes and Henry : ** Author : f Various records 

 and observers. 



^ Captain Gethin states that a Scots pine blown down a few years ago 

 near these trees measured 135 feet in length. 



