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ARBORETUM AND FRUT1CETUM. 



PART III. 



5ft. 10 in. in diameter. In Berkshire, at Bearwood, 16 years planted, it is 40ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 8 in., and of the head 1 8 ft. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, 

 it is 50ft. high; diameterof the trunk 2ft., and of the head 40ft In Denbighshire, at Llanbede 

 Hall, 70 years planted, it is 54ft. high, dia- 





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meter of the trunk 3* ft, and of the head 



48ft. In Flintshire, at Gredington, it is 72 ft 



high, and the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in. 



In Gloucestershire, at Doddington Park, it 



is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft, and 



of the head 249 ft. In Herefordshire, at Croft 



Castle, it is 95 ft. high, diameterof the trunk 



6 ft., and of the head 60 ft. ; at Eastnor 



Castle, 18 years planted, it is 55ft. high ; at 



Ilotherwas, the old tree represented in fig. 



1239. to a scale of 1 in. to 50ft., from a draw- 

 ing kindly sent to us by Mr. Hay Brown, 



gardener at Stoke Edith Park, near Ledbury. 



In Hertfordshire, at Hatfield, is one 48 ft. in 



girt, containing 49 > cubic feet of timber. In 



Leicestershire, at Donnington, 100 years old, 



it is 92 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 7| ft., 



and of the head 94 ft. In Oxfordshire, at 



Tew, 16 years planted, it is 52 ft. high. The 



plantations here have been made with great 



care by the proprietor, Matthew Bolton, 



Esq. ; and the success has been most extra- 

 ordinary, as may be seen by the returns of 



the different species. In Pembrokeshire, at 



Stoakpole Court, 70 years old, it is 85 ft. high. 



In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 



years planted, it is 70ft. high, diameter of 



the trunk 3 ft. 8 in., and of the head 60ft. 



In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 11 



years planted, it is 36 ft. high ; at Willey 



Park, 15 years planted, it is 43 ft. high. In 



Warwickshire, at Coombe Abbey, 200 years 



old, it is 150ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



9 ft. 6in., and of the head 74ft. ; at Whitley Abbey, 7 years planted, it is 16 ft. high. In Worcester- 

 shire, at Hadzor House, 10 years planted, it is SSft. high ; at Croome, 100 years old, it is 115 ft. high, 



diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head 10 ft ; at Hagley, 12 years planted, it is 32 ft. high. In 



Yorkshire, at Studley Park, it is 108ft high ; at Hornby Castle, it is 84ft. high, with a trunk 3ft. 



in diameter ; at Castle Harwood, nine elm trees in Roy wood average nearly 100 cubic feet of timber 



each (see Gard. Mag., vol. xi. p. 17.) ; at Sprotborougii Hall, there is an elm 80ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 5J ft, and of the head 115 ft, which is said to be the finest in England. 

 U. camptstris in the Environs of Edinburgh. At Newbattle Abbey, it is 75 ft. high, diameterof 



the trunk 6ft. 4 in., and of the head 74ft; at C'ramond House, it is 70ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft, and of the head 54ft.; at Dalmeny Park, it is 80ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 4ft., and of the head 66ft. ; at Barnton House, it is <) ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 3 in., 

 and of the head 80 ft. ; another is 100 ft. high, with a trunk 4| ft. in diameter ; at Gogar House, it i* 



80 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and of the head 60 ft. 



U. camptstris South qf Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran, 75 years planted, it is 90ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 42 ft. In Kircudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 80 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 4ft., and of the head 84ft. In Haddingtonshire, at Y ester, 100 years planted, 

 it is 98 ft high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in.-, and of the head 63 ft. ; at Tynningham, it is 46 ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 3ft 5 in., and of the head 48ft. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, 

 it is 60ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4ft. 5 in., and of the head 60ft. ; at Both well Castle, it is 

 86 ft high, diameter of the trunk t 5ft., and of the head 98 ft. 



U. camptstris North of Edinburgh. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 86ft. high, diameter of 

 the trunk 3 ft. 4 in., and of the head 75 ft. ; at Cullen House, it is 89 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 

 3ft, and of the head 90ft. In Fifeshire, at Dysart House, is one 70ft high, with a trunk 2 ft. in 

 diameter, and that of the head 36 ft. ; at Wemyss Castle, it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk <) ft. 

 Sin., and of the head 51ft In Forfarshire, at Cortachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 70ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 21 ft., and of the head 45ft. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 20 years planted, it 

 is 36 ft. high ; another is 100 years old, and 40ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6 ft., and of the head 

 75ft In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 75ft. high, diameterof the trunk 4ft, and of the head 

 60ft. 



U. camptstris in Ireland. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it is 50ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk lift, and of the head 20ft. ; at Terenure, it is 50ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 2| ft., and of the head 4 > ft. In Kilkenny, at Mount Juliet, it is 102 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft. 2 in., and of the head 32ft. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 45 years planted, it is 

 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 8 in., and of the head 65 ft. In the county of Down, at Mount 

 Stewart, 50 years planted, it is 56 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 4 in., and of the head 38 ft. ; at 

 Ballyleady, 100 years old, it is 40ft. high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 60 years planted, it is 

 70ft. high. In Galway, at Coole, it is 60ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2ft, and of the head 45ft. 

 In Sligo, at Makree Castle, it is 90ft high, diameter of the trunk Sift., and of the head 40ft, 



U. camptstris in France. At Nantes, in the nursery of M. l)e Nerrierea, 80 years old, it is 70 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft. ; in the Botanic Garden at Avranches, 40 years old, it is 40 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 20ft 



U. camptstris in Germany. In Saxony, at Worlitz,.60 years old, it is|50 ft. high, with a trunk 3 ft. 

 in diameter. In Bavaria, in the Botanic Garden, Munich, 84 years old, it is 50 ft high, with a trunk 

 1 ft. in diameter. In Austria, at Vienna, in the Laxenburg Garden, 100 years old, it is 40ft high, 

 the diameter of the trunk Ijft., and of the head 20ft. ; at Kopenzel, 40 years old, it is 36 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head 18 ft. ; at Hadersdorf, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 40 

 years old, it is 30ft. high, with a trunk 14 in. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 18 ft. In 

 Prussia, at Berlin, in the Botanic Garden, 50 years old, it is 40 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 

 28 in., and of the head 24ft. ; in the Pfauen Insel, 43 years old, it is 42ft. high, the diameter of the 



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trunk 14 in., and of the head 30 ft. 



U. camptstris in Italy. In Lombardy, at Monza, 2f> years planted, it is 75ft. high ; the diameter 

 of the trunk I ft. ) in., and of the head 45 ft. 



