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branches spreading over a space 46 ft. in diameter. Tliere is a 

 very curious cedar in the garden of Sir Walter Waller (for- 

 merly belonging to Pope). It is about 85 ft. high, and measures 

 12 ft. 6 in. girt, at 5 ft. from the ground : it appears to have been 

 headed down when young, as it swells out very much at about 

 loft, from the ground, and there divides into eight very large 

 upright branches, growing up very straight, and very close 

 together, with no spreading laterals. The appearance of this 

 tree is very singular. In the same grounds is a large i^raxinus 

 juglandif5lia, also of a very remarkable shape. The trunk rises 

 about 8 ft., averages 8 ft. in circumference, and then divides into 

 upwards of twenty large branches, each about 30 ft. long, which 

 spread out like a fan. The height of the whole tree is about 

 4 J ft. — Id. 



In the garden of the Bishop of London's palace at Fulham, 

 there is a Kolreuterm paniculata 20 ft. high; a standard Judas 

 tree, 25 ft. ; a black hickory, 50 ft., with a trunk 5 ft. in diame- 

 ter ; a white hickory, 40 ft. ; a cork tree, 40 ft.; Quercus alba, 

 60 ft. ; and Pinus Pinaster, 60 ft. 



In the Duke of Northumberland's grounds at Syon are, 

 Magnolm acuminata, 46 ft.; M. glauca, 19 ft., with a trunk 

 10 in. in diameter, and a compact head, the circumference of 

 the branches 60 ft. ; perhaps the largest ^^cer cretlcum in Eng- 

 land, the tree being 28 ft. high, trunk 2 ft. in diameter, and the 

 diameter of the branches 45 ft. ; A. riibrum, 68 ft. ; Pavm flava, 

 40 ft. ; Kolreuterm, 20 ft., but with the trunk and branches 

 nearly double the size of those of the tree at Fulham ; Ailantiis 

 glandulosa, 70 ft. high, trunk 3 ft. in diameter ; Gymn6cladus, 

 54 ft. ; Gleditsch/a inermis, 72 ft. ; G. horrida, 47 ft. ; Robinm 

 Pseud-^cacia, 81 ft; Z/aurus Sassafras, 40 ft. ; Morus alba, 45 ft. ; 

 black and white hickory, each 79 ft. ; Populus monilifera (the 

 black Italian poplar), 102 ft.; P. angulata, 83 ft; Corylus Co- 

 lurna, 61 ft. ; Quercus Phellos, 64 ft. ; Q. rubra, 57 ft.; Q. coc- 

 cinea, 77 ft. ; Q. heacomhedrm, 65 ft. ; Q. Cerris, 70 ft. ; Q. Plex, 

 67ft.; i^gus cuprea, 71 ft.; Liquidambar, 59ft.; deciduous 

 cypress, 68 ft. ; Cupressus sempervirens stricta, 52 ft. ; and some 

 magnificent cedars, the largest of which (a silver cedar) mea- 

 sures 77 ft. in height, with a trunk 5 ft. 6 in. in diameter. This 

 is one of the finest cedars in the neighbourhood of London. 



At Kew there are, a tulip tree, 70 ft. ; ^^cer rubrum, 40 ft. ; 

 A. eriocarpum, 50 ft; Tilia alba, 65 ft.; and a very fine Kolreu- 

 thvia. 



In the Earl of Mansfield's grounds at Kenwood are some very 

 fine American oaks ; a Portugal laurel, 30 ft. high ; Amclancfiier 

 sanguinea, 28 ft. high ; Zarix microcarpa, 95 ft. high ; and the 

 largest cedar in the neighbourhood of London. This fine tree 



