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total height of the tree is about 28 feet and the branch 

 spread 45 feet. The other Catalpa is growing on the 

 opposite side of the garden, and is said to be a seedling 

 from Bacon's tree. The branch spread of this specimen 

 extends to 60 feet, while the stem at ground level 

 and at 3 feet girths 6 feet 9 inches and 5 feet 10 inches 

 respectively. It is about 40 feet high and in splendid 

 health, but like the parent tree the heavy branches, 

 four in number, take a somewhat recumbent and 

 horizontal style of growth and are propped for support. 

 Both trees are growing on a mound, or more probably 

 the soil has at some time been banked up around the 

 leaning stems. 



By way of comparison with the above the following 

 measurements of other Catalpa trees in the London 

 area are interesting : 



Holland House. The largest Catalpa girths 12 feet 

 i inch at 2 feet, and 8 feet 10 inches at 5 feet from the 

 ground ; another is 7 feet 2 inches at 3 feet, the branch 

 spread 51 feet. 



Manchester Square. Catalpa girths 7 feet 7 inches 

 at 3 feet, the spread of branches extending to 54 feet. 



Highbury Hill. Catalpa 7 feet i inch in girth at 

 3 feet ; branch spread, 42 feet. 



Fulham Palace. Catalpa 5 feet 9 inches at 3 feet ; 

 branch spread, 48 feet. 



Duhoich Picture Gallery. Height, 40 feet ; branch 

 spread, 60 feet ; girth of stem at 3 feet and 5 feet, 

 10 feet 6 inches and 9 feet 5 inches. 



From the above it will be seen that the Holland 

 House Catalpa is fully twice as big, and those at 

 Manchester Square and Highbury Hill nearly half 

 as large again, as the Gray's Inn tree. Now, as to 

 the date of planting the Gray's Inn tree. References 



