366 Remarkable Trees in the Environs of London. 



is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk is 4 ft. 5 in., and that of 

 the branches 40 ft. At Mount Grove, the seat of T. N. Long- 

 man, Esq., there are two finely grown spreading cedars ; a tulip 

 tree, 70 ft. high ; and a magnificent Platanus orientalis, 77 ft. 

 high. At Upton, S. Gurney, Esq., there are, a Lombardy poplar, 

 120 ft. high ; a Cupressus sempervirens var. horizontalis, 40 ft. ; 

 and a Kolreuter/« paniculata, 40 ft. high. At Ridgway House, for- 

 merly the seat of Peter CoUinson, there are some red cedars, from 

 SO to 40 ft. high. ; a weeping willow, 60 ft. ; an upright cypress, 

 40 ft. ; a hemlock spruce, 50 ft. ; a large box, 15 ft. high; and two 

 fine trees of Pinus Cemhra, nearly 2 ft. in diameter, and from 

 50 ft. to 60 ft. high. At Mitcham, formerly the residence of 

 Charles Dubois, Esq., there are, a remarkably fine nettle tree, 

 with branches extending 40 ft. or 50 ft. ; a large Pinaster, above 

 60 ft. high ; and an old mulberry, besides several other fine spe- 

 cimens. 



At Purser's Cross, the seat of Lord Ravensworth, there is the 

 largest Salisbury in England, and, probably, in Europe. Its 

 height is about 60 ft., and its girt 5 ft. 2 in. : there is another 

 very nearly as large. In the same grounds are some deciduous 

 cypresses from 70 ft. to 80 ft. high, one of which has now (May, 

 1835) a great quantity of male and female blossoms and cones ; 

 a very old ^'rbutus LTnedo ; an Andromeda arborea, 18 ft. high, 

 and 22 in. in girt ; a Halesm tetraptera, above 20 ft. high ; Ptelea 

 trifoliata, 25 ft. high ; and one of the original Lombardy pop- 

 lars brought to England by Lord Rochefort. There are many 

 other fine old trees, of large dimensions, and growing with great 

 vigour; and many young ones, which have been planted by the 

 present proprietor. One of these, a cedar of Goa, has attained 

 the height of 12 ft. in five years. 



In the Surrey Zoological Gardens there is a flourishing 

 arboretum, consisting of about 220 young trees, and some fine 

 ones which have been planted about 22 years. Among the lat- 

 ter is a Catdlpa syringce^bWa^ which flowered last year for the 

 first time : its height is 1 8 ft. ; the diameter of the trunk, at a 

 foot from the ground, is 9 in. ; and the diameter of the space 

 covered by the branches is 1 6^ ft. The next tree deserving of 

 notice is the Cratas^gus Crus-galli var, saiicifolia, about 12 ft. high ; 

 the diameter of the trunk, 8 in. ; and the diameter of the space 

 covered by the branches, 22 ft. The next is Salix babylonica, 

 60 ft. high, with a trunk 2 ft. 2 in. in diameter, and the branches 

 covering a space the diameter of which is 47 ft. There is also a 

 Platanus orientalis, 60 ft. high. All these trees have been planted 

 only 22 years. 



