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is showing signs of age and decay, the top portion 

 being stag-headed, though otherwise the amply pro- 

 duced foliage is perfectly healthy. The gigantic 

 trunk girths, at 2 feet and 5 feet, 12 feet i inch and 

 8 feet 10 inches respectively. In all probability this 

 tree was introduced and planted by Peter Collinson, 

 who, it is well known, assisted Lord Holland in laying 

 out and planting these beautiful London grounds, 

 and was constantly receiving plants and seeds from 

 America. Another Catalpa has a girth of 7 feet 

 2 inches at a yard up and a branch spread of 50 feet, 

 and there are many others of smaller size and several 

 of the Golden variety. 



Growing near the large Catalpa is an unusually fine 

 specimen of the Weeping Ash, and at a short distance 

 away some half a dozen trees of the silvery-leaved 

 Pyrus salicifolia. Another very rare Pyrus is labelled 

 Michauxi, of which there are two good trees on the 

 lawn near the house. Many specimens of Ailanthus 

 are scattered over the grounds, one of the largest 

 girthing 7 feet n inches at a yard up, with a branch 

 spread of 51 feet. The beautiful pea-green foliage of 

 the somewhat rare Deciduous Cypress catches the eye 

 in several parts of these grounds ; the stems are of 

 large size, one of the biggest being 70 feet in height, 

 with a trunk measurement of 7 feet 5 inches at a yard 

 from ground-level. Another is 60 feet high, with the 

 usual narrow branch spread, which in this instance 

 does nowhere exceed 14 feet. Magnolia tripetala, the 

 Umbrella Magnolia, is a goodly sized, healthy tree, 

 with leaves that often reach to 16 inches in length. 

 The Lebanon Cedars which were planted by Charles 

 James Fox have recently all succumbed to either 

 accident or disease, the largest now standing being 



