CHAP. CXI11. CONl'FEIUE. C'E^UHUS. 2427 



bighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 14 years planted, it is 18 ft high. In Derbyshire, at Hassop, it is 24ft. 

 high ; at Elvaston Castle, it is 73ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 8 in., and of the head 76 ft. 

 In Durham, at Southend, 28 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Essex, at Audley End, 72 ye.irs 

 old, it is 60 It. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 73 ft. ; at Hylands, 10 years 

 planted, it is 2t> It. high ; at Faulkbourn Hall, it is 80 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft. 6 in., 

 anil of the head l',H)ft. ; at Thorndon Hall, it is 40ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. in diameter; at Short 

 Grove is a remarkable cedar, 80ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. 4 in. in diameter at 1ft. from the 

 ground. About 13 ft. from the ground is a large limb, very nearly the size of the trunk ; and a small 

 branch from this limb grows, or is inosculated into the trunk. There are 68 cedars on this estate. 

 In Gloucestershire, at Doddington Park, 35 years planted, it is 30ft high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 60 ft. In Herefordshire, at Eastnor Castle, 18 years planted, it is 30ft. 

 high; at Haffield, 13 years planted, it is 25ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Aldenham Abbey, 

 34 years planted, it is 50ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 30ft ; at Cashio- 

 bury, 30 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 42ft. ; at 

 Cheshunt, 20 years planted, it is 22 ft. high. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 30 years planted, 

 it is 23 ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Quenby Hall, a cedar supposed to be among the first planted 

 in England, the seeds of which were brought from the Levant by Mr. William Ashby, a Turkey 

 merchant, between 1680 and 1690 (see Gard. Mag., vol. vii. p. 423.) ; at Whatton House, 30 years 

 planted, it is 36ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 2 in., and of the head 48ft. ; at Donnington 

 Park, 80 years planted, it is 62 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8ft. 6 in., and of the head 68 ft. 

 In Lincolnshire, at Scrivelsby, there are many fine cedars of different varieties, and of great age 

 and size. In Northumberland, at Woolsington, 20 years planted, it is 20ft. high. In Norfolk, at 

 Merton, is a cedar 78ft. high, with a trunk nearly 4ft in diameter. In Nottinghamshire, at 

 Clumber Park, var. glauca is 80ft high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 11 in., and of the head 

 44ft: at Worksop Manor, it is 64 ft. high, the diameter of the J trunk 4ft., and of the head 63ft. ; 

 another, 100 years old, is 65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft, and of the head 61 ft. In North- 

 amptonshire, at Castle Ashby, one 80 years old is 72 ft. high, with a trunk nearly 5ft. in 

 diameter, and a conical well-shaped head ; another, 63ft 7 in. high, has a trunk about the same 

 size : at VVakefield Lodge, 20 years planted, it is 25 ft. high. In Oxfordshire, at Oxford, in the 

 Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 30ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft 3 in., and of 

 the head 27 ft. In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 35 years planted, it is 38 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the head 33ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 years planted, it is 5ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 8 in., and of the head 51 ft. In Rutlandshire, at Belvoir Castle, 

 28 years planted, it is 30ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 10 years planted, it is 19ft. 

 high ; at VViliey Park, 19 years planted, it is 26 ft. high ; another, 15 years planted, is 38 ft. high ; at 

 Kinlet, it is 27 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 26ft. In Staffordshire, at 

 Trentham, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4ft., and of the head 50ft.; at Blithefield, 

 48 years planted, it is 52ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 36ft ; at 

 Teddesley Park, 14 years planted, it is 26 ft. high ; at Rolleston Hall, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. 

 high ; at Wrottesley House, it is 60ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 

 42ft. In Suffolk, on the lawn at Hardwicke, it is 50ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft, and 

 of the head 43ft. ; at Finborough Hall, 80 years planted, it is 80ft., the diameter of the trunk 4ft. 

 3 in., and of the head 80ft. ; at Stretton Parsonage, there is one 90 years old, with a trunk 5 ft. in 

 diameter ; at Wolveston Hall, it is 65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 

 80 ft; at Campsey Ash is a group of 8 or 10, with trunks from 4ft. to 6ft. in diameter; at 

 Ampton Hall, is one with a trunk 5 ft in diameter, and the diameter of the head 90 ft. In Warwick- 

 shire, at Combe Abbey, it is 47 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and of the head 80ft. In 

 Worcestershire, at Hagley, is one with a trunk 5 ft. 4 in. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 

 85 ft.; at Croome, 80 years planted, it is 100 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 

 120ft. In Yorkshire, at Hackress, 12 years planted, it is lift, high ; at Grimston, 13 years planted, 

 itj is 12 ft. high. 



Cedrus Libdni in Scotland. In the Experimental Garden at Inverleith, 10 years planted, it is 

 10 ft. high; at Gosford House, 30 years planted, it is 20ft. high; at Beil, 110 years old, it is 54ft. 

 6 in. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 7 in., and of the head 67 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, 86 years 

 planted, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4ft. 6 in., and of the head 81 ft. ; at Ratho are 

 many fine cedars, with trunks from 3ft. to 5ft. in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Loudon Castle, it is 

 30ft. high, with a trunk 4ft in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 30 years planted, it is 

 23ft. high. In Kirkcudbright, at Cassincarrie, it is 50ft high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 

 In Haddingtonshire, at Tyninghame, 24 years planted, it is 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



I ft, and of the head 27ft. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, 20 years planted, it is 9ft high. In 

 Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 15 years planted, it is 13ft. high: at Roseneath Castle, 45ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In Bute, at Mount Stewart, 12 years planted, it is 13 ft. high. In 

 Brmrfshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 33ft. high, with a trunk 1ft. in diameter; at Huntley Lodge, 

 10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high ; at Cullen House, it is 44ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., 

 and of the head 44 ft. In Fifeshire. at Danibristle Park, 12 years planted, it is 12ft. high. In For- 

 farshire, at Gray House, it is 60 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft 6 in., and of the head 65 ft. ; 

 at Invergowrie is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 40 years planted, 

 it is 36ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 20ft. ; at Perth, in the nursery 

 of Messrs. Dickson and Turnbnll, 15 years planted, it is 19ft. high. In Ross-shire, at Brahan 

 Castle, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 36ft. In 

 Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 50 years planted, it is 45ft high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in , 

 and of the head 25ft. ; at Airthrey, 36 years planted, it Is 136 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 



II in., and of the head 19ft. ; at Callender Park, 15 years planted, it is 21ft in height. 



Cedrus Libani in Ireland. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 27ft. ; at Cypress Grove is a cedar of dwarhsh 

 growth, 10 ft. high, and covering a space 6 ft. in diameter ; at Terenure, 20 years planted, it is 18 ft. 

 high ; at Glasnevin is a fine specimen, with a trunk 2ft. 6 in. in diameter, and clear to the height 

 of i!0 ft. ; at Colonel Conolly's, Castletown, it is 28 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and 

 of the head 50 ft. In Antrim, at Antrim Castle, 10 years planted, it is 17 ft. high. In Fermanagh, at 

 Florence Court, 35 years planted, it is 36ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head 

 30ft. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 35 years planted, it is 33ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 

 8 in., and of the head 28 ft. 



Ci-drus Libdni in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 100 years old, it is 80 ft 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft 6 in., and of the head 85 ft. ; at Fromont, 32 years planted, it is 

 58ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft 6 in., and of the head 86ft.; in the Botanic Garden at 

 Toulon, 18 years planted, it is 22ft. high ; at Barres, 28 years planted, it is 28ft high ; at Nantes, 

 in the nursery of M. Ncrrieres, 40 years planted, it is 50 ft high, with a trunk 4 ft in diameter ; in the 

 c^ Garden at Avranchcs, 24 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Germany, it will not stand out 



