72 CATALOGUE OF REMAKE ABLE TREES 



Girth at a height of 5 feet, 3 feet 10 inches : spread of 

 branches, trifling : height, 35 feet 4 inches (30 feet 9 

 inches was its height in 1864). 

 These are very fine trees ; bnt one or two of them are dying 

 in an nnacconntable way. — [August 8, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 

 Taxodium sehpervirens, 60 or 80 yards N.W. of Old Castle. 

 Girth at a height of 5 feet, 4 feet 4 inches : spread of 

 branches, fair : height, 35 feet 4 inches. 

 A fine healthy tree, with singularly light, soft, and velvety 

 bark. — [Hid.) 



Ilex, 60 yards "NJW. of Old Castle. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 

 5 feet 2 inches: spread of branches, 16 yards: height, 

 41 feet 6 inches. 

 Bole eight feet, and then divides into two straggling branches. 

 —-(Ibid.) 



Pi^us excelsa of Nepal, 60 yards S.W. of House. Girth at a 

 height of 4 feet, 3 feet 2 inches : height, about 35 feet. 

 Fine vigorous tree. — (Ibid.) 

 Magnolia cordata, close to last. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 1 

 foot 7 inches : spread of branches, considerable : height, 

 about 20 feet. 

 Bole five feet. Vigorous tree. — (Ibid.) 



P. Deodara, 100 yards W. of House. Girth at a height of 5 

 feet, 3 feet 1 1 inches : spread of branches, considerable : 

 height, 33 feet, 6 inches. 

 Bole eight feet. Vigorous tree. — (Ibid.) 



Abies Dotjglasii, 150 yards W. of House. Girth at a height of 

 5 feet, 7 feet 6 inches: spread of branches, 15 yards: 

 height, 52 feet, 6 inches. 

 Bole twelve feet, and then branches spreading. A fine tree, 



but perished and unhealthy at top ; has not increased in height 



for twenty years. — (Ibid.) 



Silver Fir, in Old Wood, at corner where bridge leads to Old 

 Lime Kilns. Girth at a height of 5 feet, 10 feet 2 inches : 

 spread of branches, 28 yards : height, 86 feet 6 inches. 

 Fine tree. — (Ibid.) 



