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Dimensions of Oah and Cedars 



To be in time, such accounts as may be kindly forwarded to 

 us by the well-wishers of the Arhoi-etum Britannicwn should be 

 received by us in the course of the month of November. The let- 

 ters maybe sent open, in an envelope to the member of the county 

 in which the party writing resides, stating that we had suggested 

 this mode of proceeding, and expressing a hope that, the 

 object of the letter being of national interest, the national re- 

 presentative, or M.P., would be so obliging as to frank it to its 

 destination. 



In taking the circumference or diameter of the trunks, every 

 forester knows that it would give a much fairer estimate of the 

 timber each tree is likely to contain, to measure it at 3 ft. or 4 ft. 

 from the ground, instead of at 1 ft. ; but, the latter mode of 

 measuring being adapted for young trees under 10 or 12 years 

 growth, and our printed return papers having been made out 

 chiefly with a view to them, we have considered it best to avoid 

 any distinction in the mode of taking dimensions, lest it should 

 create confusion. 



ENGLAND. 



Bedfordshire. — Quercus /J5bur pedunculata, at 



Woburn Abbey : height 75 ft. ; diam. of head 



62 ft, of trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, 5 ft. 



Q. R. sessiliflbra, at Woburn Abbey : height 



■ 90 ft. ; diani. of head 63 ft., of trunk, at 1 ft. 



from the ground, 7 ft. 



Cedar, at Ampthill: 55 ft. high ; diam. of the 

 trunk 4Jrt.,and of the head 80 ft.; age 85 years. 

 Berks. — Qu^rcus ? 



Cedar, at Ditton Park : 80 ft. high ; diam. of 

 trunk 5 ft. ; age 90 years. 

 Bucks. — (iuercus ? 



Cedar, at Temple House : 45 ft. high ; diam. 

 of the trunk 2^ ft., and of the head 33 ft. ; age 

 40 years. 

 Cambridgeshire. — Oak, at Wimpole : height 60 ft-; 

 diam. of trunk 4 ft. 



Cedar, at Maddingley : 60ft. high; diam. of 

 trunk 3 ft. 9 in. ; age 112 years. 

 Ckeshire.— Oak, at Kinmel Park : height 30 ft. ; 

 diam. of trunk 1 ft., and of head 20 ft. 



Cedar, at Kinmel Park : height 30 ft. ; age 

 30 years. 

 Cornwall. — Quercus ? 



Cedrus ? 

 Cumberland. — Quercus ? 



CSdrus ? 

 Derbyshire. —Oak, at Foston Hall : height 60 ft; 

 diam. of head 66 ft, of trunk, at 1 ft. from the 

 ground, 11 ft ; age 1000 years. 



Cedar, at Hassop : 24 ft. high ; diam. of trunk 

 ]| ft, and of the head 50 ft. 

 Devonshire. — Oak, at Bystock Park : height 

 35 ft 



Cedar, at Luscombe : 47 ft. high ; diam. of 

 trunk 2J ft., and of head 40 ft. ; age 30 years. 

 Dorsetshire. — Oak, at Melbury Park : height 

 60 ft. ; diam. of trunk 1 1 ft., and of head 68 ft. ; 

 age 300 years. 

 Cedar, at Melbury Park : 28 ft. high. 

 Durham. — Qu^rcus ? 



Cedar, at Southend: 30ft. high; diam. of 

 trunk 1 ft 4 in., and of the head 22 ft 

 Essex. — Oak, at Audley End : height 57 ft ; 

 diam. of trunk 7J ft., and of head 56 ft ; age 68 

 years. 



Cedar, at Faulkbourne Hall : 80 ft. high ; 

 diam. of trunk 6| ft and of head 100 ft 

 Gloucestershire. — Oak, at Doddington : height 

 80 ft ; diam. of trunk 6 ft., and of head 252 ft. 



Cedar, at Doddington : 30 ft. high ; diam, of 

 trunk IJ ft., and of head 60 ft. 



Hampshire. — Oak, at Strathfieldsaye : 90 ft high ; 

 diam. of trunk 6 ft, and of head 69 ft. 



Cedar, at Strathfieldsaye, 108 ft. high ; diam. 

 of trunk 3 ft, and of head 74 ft 

 Herefordshire. — The Nun-Upton Oak, at Brim- 

 field : diam. of trunk 1 1 ft. Oak, at Croft Castle : 

 height 72 ft. ; diam. of trunk 10 ft., and of head 

 104 ft. 

 Cedar, at Eastnor Castle : 30 ft. high. 

 Hertfordshi7-e. — ^'Oafc, at Panslranger : containing 

 upwards of 18 loads of timber. 



Cedar : 45 it. high ; diam. of trunk 2 ft., and 

 of head 42 ft. 

 Huntinsdonshire. — QuiSrcus ? 



CSdrus ? 

 Kent. — Quercus ? 



Cedar, at Charlton : ,55 ft. high ; diam. of trunk 

 4 ft, and of head 34 ft. 

 Lancashire. — Quercus ? 



Cedar, at Latham House : 23 ft. high ; diam, 

 of trunk 11 in., and of head 29 ft. 



Leicestershire Oak, at Donnington Park : 68 ft. 



high ; diam. of trunk 4 ft, and of head 81ft. 



Cedar, at Elvaston Castle : 73 ft high ; diam. 

 of trunk 4 ft. 8 in,, and of head 76 ft 

 Lincolnshire. — Quercus ? 



Cedrus ? 

 Middlesex. — Oak, at Whitton Place : 75 ft. high ; 

 diam. of trunk 5 ft 



Qu^rcus sessiliflbra, at Kenwood : 60 ft. high ; 

 diam. of trunk 2i ft., and of head 60 ft. 



Cedar, at Syon : 72 ft. high ; diam. of trunk 

 8 ft, and of head 117 ft 

 Monmouthshire. — Qu^rcus ? 



Cedrus ? 

 Norfolk. — Quercus ? 



Cddrus ? 

 Northamptonshire. — Oak, at Shipley House; 

 diam. of trunk 3 ft, and of head 171 ft The 

 Gog and Magog Oaks, at the Marquess of 

 Northampton's, contain, one 1668 cubic feet, 

 the other 900 cubic feet. 



Cedar, at Castle Ashley : 80 years old ; has 

 a trunk 4 ft. in diam. 

 Northumberland. — Oak, at Hartburn : 74 ft. 

 high ; diam. of trunk 3^ ft, and of head 60 ft 

 Cedrus ? 

 Nottinghamshire. — Oak, at Clumber Park : 90 ft. 

 high ; diam. of trunk 4^ ft, and of head 

 72 ft 



Cedar, at Clumber Park : 80 ft. high ; diam. 

 of trunk 3 ft 11 in., and of head 44 ft. 

 Oxfordshire. — Oak, at Blenheim : trunk 10 ft 

 in diam. 



