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partially embedded in the soil and girthing 5 feet at 

 the point where it takes an upright inclination. The 

 branches grow in a somewhat horizontal direction, 

 and are of considerable length, the widest spread 

 being 45 feet ; they are supported by fifteen props. 

 One branch is buried in the soil and has probably 

 rooted. The total height is about 28 feet, and several 

 of the branch tips are dead or dying. As near as 

 can be ascertained the stem is about 7 feet in girth 

 at ground- level. On the opposite side of the garden 

 is a seedling said to have been raised from Bacon's 

 tree, the branch spread extending to 60 feet, while 

 the stem at ground- level and 3 feet girths 6 feet 

 9 inches and 5 feet 10 inches respectively. It is in 

 splendid health and 40 feet high, but like the parent 

 the heavy branches, four in number, take a somewhat 

 recumbent and horizontal method 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 stems and procumbent branches. 



Two cuttings taken from Bacon's tree were reared 

 and planted in the Terrace by Mr. Henry Griffith, 

 one of the Benchers. When measured in 1918 the 

 largest was 12 feet in height, 12 feet in spread of 

 branches, and 10 inches in circumference of stem at 

 ground- level. 



Holland House. Included in the extensive col- 

 lection of trees at Holland House are many rare and 

 interesting species. By far the largest Catalpa in 

 London, twice as big as the famous Bacon's Catalpa 

 in Gray's Inn Gardens, is growing near the front 

 entrance to Holland House. This magnificent tree, 

 though well preserved in the matter of supporting, 



