1 1 82 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



by Knight and Perry, who stated ^ their ignorance of its origin in 1850; but in all 

 probability their plants were raised from seed sent by Hartweg. 



Remarkable Trees 



In England^ we know of no trees which can be certainly distinguished as of 



Portuguese origin. 



There is a fine one at Hemsted Park, Cranbrook, which measured 50 ft. by 

 10 ft. in 1905, and seems to be a very old tree (Plate 300). At Westonbirt there 

 are two good trees, about 50 ft. high, somewhat differing in habit, one with rather 

 wide-spreading branches, which was bearing cones in 1909; the other, a narrow 

 pyramidal tree, was without fruit in that year. At Luscombe Castle, Dawlish, a 

 tree, which I saw in 1908, was about 50 ft. by 5 ft. There are several trees in 

 Cornwall, which Mr. A. B. Jackson measured in 1909 ; at Heligan, a good 

 specimen, 40 ft. by 6 ft. 8 in. ; and at Glendurgan, two trees, the larger, 40 ft. by 

 4 ft. 1 1 in. There are smaller ones at Liphook, and at Grays wood, Haslemere. 

 This species is not hardy at Barton,^ Suffolk, where all the specimens were killed in 

 the winter of 1860-61. 



In Ireland this species thrives at several places. The finest,* perhaps, is at 

 Woodstock, and in 1909 measured about 57 ft. by loj ft., dividing low down into 

 six large stems, and bearing many new and old cones. The forester informed me 

 that 23° of frost had been registered here. 



Loudon records a tree at Oriel Temple, Co. Louth, now the seat of Lord 

 Masserene, which was 32 ft. high in 1834, and had been raised, as stated above, from 

 seed brought from Portugal by Lord Ferrard in 1809. I visited this place in July 

 1908, and found no less than three large trees, which may be of the same age. The 

 first is a stunted tree, with a wide-spreading crown 19 yards in diameter, and a 

 short trunk only 4 ft. high and 7 ft. 7 in. in girth. It was covered with new fruit, 

 while those of the preceding year remained, and contained plenty of ripe seed. 

 The second is a much finer tree (Plate 301), about 40 ft. high, with spreading branches 

 and a straight trunk 8 ft. i in. in girth and about 20 ft. high. The third is forked 

 near the ground, where it is 7 ft. 9 in. in girth, and it is about 40 ft. high, with 

 wide-spreading branches. 



A tree at Kilmacurragh, which is probably of the same age and origin, is 48 ft. 

 by 8 ft., with a bole of 10 ft. high. From it a cutting was struck many years ago 

 (as I was informed by Mr. Moore, of Glasnevin) which has now grown into a fine 

 tree, and had abundance of new and old fruit containing ripe seeds. 



There is a tree * at Rostrevor House probably of the same origin as those 

 at Oriel Temple. At Fota there is a fine specimen, cultivated under the name 



■ Syn. Conif. 19 (1850). 



2 We have seen no trees in Scotland. The specimen at Rossdhu, Dumhartonshire, reported vajoum. Roy. Hort. Soc. 

 xiv. 507 (1892), was incorrectly named, and is C. Lawsoniana. Cf. Masters, in/o«r«. Roy. Hort. Soc. xvii. i, note (1894). 



3 Bunhury, Arboretum Notes, 155. 



4 This tree measured at 2 ft. from the ground 3 ft. 9 in. in 1825, 4 ft. 8 in. in 1834, 6 ft. 8 in. in 1854, and 6 ft. 8^ in. 

 '" '^^"^ * A ™"<=li larger tree than the one now standing at Rostrevor was blown down in 1903. 



