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and 12 feet i inch at 3 feet and 5 feet. In the Eastern 

 Plane (Platanus orientalis acerifolia), which was mea- 

 sured by London, the branch spread is unusual, 

 reaching to a distance of 78 feet, while the trunk 

 girths 10 feet 4 inches at a yard up. There is a good, 

 though sadly storm-disfigured, tree of the Hemlock 

 Spruce (Tsuga canadensis), the bole of which girths 

 6 feet 8J inches at a yard from ground- level. Evi- 

 dently the Evergreen Oak likes the soil here, for a giant 

 trunk of the largest is n feet 5 inches at a yard up, 

 the branch spread being 53 feet. The Tulip Tree is 

 fairly good, having reached the height of 42 feet, the 

 stem girth being 5 feet n inches at a yard up. An 

 uncommon Thorn (Cratcegus heterophylld) is of giant 

 proportions, the stem, which divides into two, being 

 35 feet high, with a girth of 5^ feet at a yard up. The 

 Portugal Laurels are the finest in this country, two 

 specimens girthing respectively 7 feet and 6 feet at a 

 yard from ground level. These were referred to by 

 Loudon. The outer branches have evidently been 

 pegged down, as the area of ground now covered 

 by the offsets of the two trees is computed at half 

 an acre. 



Carlyle' s Garden. There is little of interest in 

 this garden at Chelsea except the Vine and Ivy that 

 were planted by Carlyle, the Pear tree beneath which 

 Mrs. Carlyle used to sit, and a goodly Ash tree some 

 50 feet in height, the stem girthing 3 feet 9 inches at 

 a yard from the ground. Beneath this tree Carlyle 

 did a great amount of work. 



Tree in ' Times y Square. The tree which Mr. John 

 Walter, M.P., preserved with such care in the square 

 of The Times Office, and which was a mystery to 

 most people, was an old and well-developed specimen 



