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trees, are some fine specimens of Pinus Pinaster, P. /Strobus, 

 and ^^bies canadensis. One of the grandest objects in this dell 

 is an almost perpendicular rock, rising to the height of 200 ft, 

 which, in its rising, assumes all the fantastic forms imaginable. 

 At the bottom of this rock a resting place has been constructed 

 in the form of a ruin : it is called the Chapter House, and con- 

 sists of two huge pillars, with arches springing from them to the 

 rock, and to each other. The scenerj'^ from this is really de- 

 lightful : the rocky bed of the river, with banks on each side, 

 clothed with various trees and underwood, and here and there 

 a bold projection of rock, torn, as it were, from the recess in the 

 opposite side; all conspire to render this a fairy scene, which may 

 be equalled, but not surpassed. 



I will now subjoin the measurement of a few trees that we had 

 time to take: — Liriodendron Tulipifera, in fine flower, 30 ft. high; 

 diameter of trunk, 1 ft. 3 in. ; diameter of branches, 36 ft. : the 

 leaves of these seemed to us more acutely angled than any we 

 had seen. A^cer campestre [? Pseudo-Platanus : A. campestre 

 seldom, even in England, exceeds 30 ft. in height] variegatum, 60 ft. 

 high ; diameter of trunk, 1 ft. 4 in. ; diameter of branches, 33 ft. 

 Pavm flava, 18 ft. high: diameter of trunk, 1ft. Sin. ; diameter 

 of branches, 24 ft. ; planted singly on a lawn ; flowers freely ; has 

 a round compact head. Robinm Pseud-^cacia, 30 ft. high ; 

 diameter of trunk, 1 ft. 6 in.; diameter of branches, 24 ft. : planted 

 singly; a beautiful specimen, t/iiglans cinerea, 50 ft. high ; dia- 

 meter of trunk, 1 ft. 2 in. ; diameter of branches, 42 ft. : fine spe- 

 cimen, and many more equally good. There were many fine 

 trees of common walnut bearing profusely, and some American 

 varieties, that we had not time to see. Juniperns virginiana, 25 ft. 

 high ; diameter of trunk, 1 ft. 4 in. ; diameter of branches, 21 ft. : 

 a fine specimen, on a lawn, rather injured by an oak in its neigh- 

 bourhood. Cedrus Libani, 30 ft. high; diameter of trunk, 2 ft. 8 in.; 

 diameter of branches, 60 ft.: by itself; a beautiful tree. There 

 are many cedars of nearly equal size ; but, as they are growing 

 in groups, individually they are not so fine. We noticed a great 

 variety in the colour of the foliage, some of them being glaucous, 

 and others grass green ; but the gardener had not remarked whe- 

 ther they all bore cones alike. Cedrus Deoddra, a young tree, 

 very healthy, about 4 ft. high, Pinus Pinaster, 18 ft. high ; dia- 

 meter of trunk, 2 ft. 9 in.; diameter of branches, 72 ft. : on a lawn ; 

 had its top shoot broken off" many years ago, and never formed 

 another leader. In the dell above mentioned are several of 

 equal diameter, and very tall. Zarix europae^a sibirica, 36 ft. 

 high; diameter of trunk, 9in.; diameter of branches, 14ft., I think. 

 In L. microcarpa, the leading shoot, after reaching about 20 ft., 

 takes a horizontal direction, and numerous shoots hang like 

 festoons ; the cones are small and yellow. Some other larches 



