170 / SYLVA FLOR1FERA. 



At the Old Palace or Manor House, at En- 

 field, in Essex, there is a cedar known to be 

 about 156 years old, which must, therefore, 

 have been introduced prior to those in Chel- 

 sea Gardens : it was planted by Robert Uve- 

 dale, LL.D. who kept a school in the house. 

 This tree has suffered much by time and storms 

 particularly those of 1703 and 1793 ; but in July, 

 1821, it was sixty-four feet eight inches high, 

 and the length of timber was sixty-eight feet 

 and a half, the extent of the branches from 

 N. E. to S. W. eighty-seven feet. 



There is also a cedar now growing at Hil- 

 lington, near Uxbridge, supposed to be about 

 120 years old : the height of it is fifty-three 

 feet ; the extent of the branches, from east 

 to west ninety-six, from north to south eighty- 

 nine feet; the circumference of the trunk 

 close to the ground, thirteen feet and a half; 

 seven feet above the ground, twelve feet and 

 a half; twelve feet above the ground, fourteen 

 feet eight inches; at the height of thirteen feet 

 and a half, just under the branches, fifteen 

 feet eight inches. 



Archibald, Duke of Argyle, planted seve- 

 ral of these trees at Whitton, which grew to 

 an enormous size, and we now see them ex- 

 tending their horizontal branches in every 

 part of the country, that has possessed a lover 



