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Bole about thirty feet, then branches; a very fine healthy 

 tree.— (April 22, 1873, G. C. Atkinson.) 



Laech, on S.W. side of Chinese Pond and 20 yards from it. 

 Girth at a height of 5 feet, 9 feet 5 inches : height, 102 

 feet 6 inches. 



Bole about twenty feet, then divides into three or four branches 

 at twenty feet from top. — (Hid.) 



There is the stump of another Larch, about 80 yards S. of 

 last, which was blown down some years since. It was then cut 

 across with a saw, when its rings shewed it to be one hundred 

 and thirty-five years old. 



The late Sir William Hooker, Professor of Botany, used always 

 to consider these trees to be contemporary with the celebrated 

 Larches at Dunkeld, which were received as great rarities, and 

 planted in a hothouse till they outgrew it ; they were then cast 

 out to take their chance in the open air. Sir Walter Trevelyan 

 believes that these had been similarly treated, and points out in 

 this stump, that the annual rings for the first nine or ten years, 

 have been uniform and vigorous ; then that for three years (which 

 he suggests was when the trees were first turned out) the rings 

 are meagre and unhealthy ; and afterwards, when he supposes they 

 had got well rooted in the open air, the rings increase and go on 

 flourishingly. This stem, which has been cut through with the 

 saw about two feet from the ground, and stands in the ground 

 in situ, has a diameter of five feet from N.W. to S.E., and only 

 three feet from S.W. to N.E.; the heart of the tree being much 

 nearer to the N. than to the S.; showing that the growth of 

 wood had extended itself towards the sun. 



Small-leafed Lime, at N.W. end of Chinese Pond. Girth at a 

 height of 5 feet, 7 feet 10 inches: spread of branches, 

 considerable : height, 89 feet 6 inches. 

 Not healthy.— (Ibid.) 



Laech, at N.W. end of Chinese Pond. Girth at a height of 5 

 feet, 9 feet 1 1 inches : spread of branches, not great : 

 height, 110 feet 6 inches.— (lb id.) 



Speuce, 100 yards from KW. side of Chinese Pond. Girth at a 



