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Design for laying out 



By way of conveying an idea of the magnitude of the trans- 

 planted trees, the dimensions, in feet, of a few of the largest, 

 and of those which have been the longest planted, are given : — 





Height. 



Circum. of 

 Trunk 1 ft. 

 fromGround 



Years 

 planted. 



Remarks. 





Ft. 



Ft. 



In. 







Horsechestnut 



35 



4 



3 



8 





Horsechestnut - 



30 



5 







8 



Circumference of head 84 ft. 



Lime 



40 



5 



4 



■ 12 





Wild Cherry 



30 



3 



3 



10 





Double-blossomed 



18 



2 







12 





Thorn 













Quercus peduncu- 



24 



4 



9 



14 





lata 













Beech 



38 



6 



9 



12 



Circumference of head 129 ft., 

 feathered to the base, and 

 very round ; more fastigiate 

 than the former, and, though 

 taller, much less spreading. 



Beech 



40 



7 



3 



12 





Larch 



36 



5 



3 



10 





Ash - 



28 



6 



3 



14 



A most beautiful plant. 



Ash - - - 



26 



4 



7 



8 



Fine head. 



Turkey Oak 



30 



2 



10 



3 



Foliage not so luxuriant as that 

 of Quercus pedunculata. 



Birch 



36 



3 



4 



8 





Sycamore - 



32 



4 







8 





Mountain Ash - 



18 



3 



6 



8 





There are two horsechestnuts at the eastern extremity of the 

 water, which Sir Henry Steuart experimentally planted con- 

 tiguous to one another, taken from the same plantation, and 

 originally corresponding in size : one from the interior, without 

 previous preparation ; the other, from the outside, possessing the 

 "protecting properties." They have now been 10 years re- 

 moved, and the result is as follows : — Tree from the interior, 

 28ft. high; circumference of the trunk 2ft. 10 in., and of the 

 head 57 ft. Tree from the outside, 36 ft. high ; circumference 

 of the trunk 4 ft. 3 in., and of the head 102 ft. 



FincJilet/, Oct., 1837. 



Art. IV. A Series of Designs Jvr laying out and planting Flower- 

 Gardens, tvitk Remarks on each hy the Conductor. 



Design 6. By a Foreign Gardener, 



This design {Jig. 2.) was sent to us, accompanied by an ex- 

 planation in German, of which the following is a free translation. 



