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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. 



PART III. 



the Horticultural Society of Dumfries, 

 who adds, " The late proprietor of this 

 tree, Mr. Maitland, used to bring his 

 friends to sit beneath its shade to take 

 their wine after dinner." The Earl's 

 Mill Beech, in Morayshire (fig. 1913.), 

 is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 17 ft. in 

 circumference at 3 ft. from the ground, 

 and a head 93 ft. in diameter. The 

 Grange Hall Beech (fig. 1914.), in the 

 same county, is only 36ft. high, with a 

 trunk about 14 ft. in circumference at 

 5 ft. from the ground, and a head 95 ft. 

 in diameter. The roots rise up all 

 round the trunk to the height of 2ft. 

 or 3ft. from the ground, and form a 

 natural seat, to which the immense and 

 umbrella-like head affords an agreeable 

 shade. The drawings of these last two 

 trees were made for us by Mr. Stephens, 

 artist, of Elgin, at the request, and ex- 

 pense of Macleod, Esq. 



Fdgus sylvutica in England. In the 

 environs of London, at Gunnersbury 

 Park, are many fine beeches, 90 ft. 

 high, with trunks about 9 ft. in circum- 

 ference. South of London. In Devon- 

 shire, at Killerton, a beech tree, 150 

 years old, is 68 ft high, diameter of the 

 trunk 7 ft, and of the head 97 ft. In 

 Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 200 years 



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old, it is 8;2 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head 96 ft. In Somersetshire, at Cothel- 

 stone, it is 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 84 ft In Surrey, at Claremont, 

 it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft. In Sussex, at Kidbrooke, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 7 ft., and that of the head 87 ft. In Wiltshire, at VVardour Castle, 100 years old, it is 60ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 

 6 in., and that 'of the head 82 ft. ; 

 and at Longford Castle, it is 70 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., 

 and that of the head 50 ft. North 

 of London. In Berkshire, at Bear 

 Wood, 16 years planted, it is 80 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., 

 and that of the head 18 ft ; at High 

 Clere, it is 67 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 

 28 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede 

 Hall, it is 71 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3ft., and of the head 

 47 ft In Derbyshire, at Foston Hall, 

 100 years old, it is 78 ft. high, the 

 circumference of the trunk 12 ft., 

 and the diameter of the head 60 ft. 

 In Essex, at Audley End, 80 years 

 planted, it is 80 ft. high. In Glou- 

 cestershire, at Chipping-Cawdor, it 



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is 85 ft. high, with a trunk 6ft, 6 in. in diameter ; at Doddington, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the 



trunk 3 ft, and that of the head about 70 ft. In Herefordshire, at Croft Castle, are several trees, from 



80 ft. to 85 ft. high, with trunks about 20ft. in circumference, and the branches extending over a space 



from 100 ft. to 120ft in diameter; at Eastnor Castle, 14 years planted, it is 40ft. high, the diameter 



of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 32 ft. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 100 years old, 



it is 96 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 ft, and 



thatof the head 100ft. Mr. Donaldson, the steward ..$Hjt ^ Wui . 



at Donnington, who had this tree measured for 



us, states that when he sent the man up into the 



tree, there was a squirrel in it, which, not ven- 



turing to comedown, as Mr. Donaldson was stand- 



ing close by, mounted before the man to the very 



summit of the tree, from which immense height 



it leaped to the ground, and, falling on a tuft of 



beech leaves, ran away uninjured. In Notting- 



hamshire, at Worksop Manor, it is 90ft. high, the 



diameter of the trunk 5 ft, and that of the head 



117ft In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is 



70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft, and 



that of the head 90ft. In Shropshire, at Willey 



Park, it is 25 ft. high, after being 9 years planted. 



In Staffordshire, at Trentham, it is 70ft high, 



the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the head 102 ft. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 80 years 



planted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 80 ft. In War- 



wickshire, at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., 



and that of the head 77 ft. ; at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, it is 115 ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. in 



diameter. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 65 years planted, it is 95ft. high, the diameter of the 



trunk 4ft. 6 in., and thatof the head 60 ft. In Yorkshire, the immense trees at Studley, and at 



Kaywood, have been already mentioned. (See p. 1977.) 



Fugus sylvdtica in Scotland. In the environs of Edinburgh, at Cramond House, it is SO ft. high, 

 the circumference of the trunk 13ft., and the diameter of the head 111 ft ; at Dalmeny Park it is 



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