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To confirm this, I may say that I have since heard from Mr. A. D. Hickley, 

 who visited and re-measured the same tree. He informs me that it grew at a place 

 called Chu-par-rab-dong on the left bank of the river just opposite Yakchi, at an 

 elevation of about 10,000 ft. Five lengths of the fallen stem were missing, having 

 been probably used by the natives ; but without counting these he made the length 

 207 ft., and the girth as follows :— at the base, 12 ft. 7 in.; at 50 ft., 13 ft.; at 100 ft., 

 12 ft.; at 139 ft. (the place where the tree was first broken in its fall), 9 ft. 4^ in. 

 The thinnest piece, without the bark, was 5 ft. 2 in. in girth. In the same valley 

 not far away Mr. Hickley measured another spruce, also with the top broken, 

 197 ft. long; and there were many like it still standing. A silver fir {Abies 

 Webbiana) in this valley girthed 15J ft. at four feet from the ground; and a 

 larch {Larix Griffithit) growing between two spruces, of which he sends me a 

 photograph, was well over 125 ft., and very much taller than any previously 

 recorded. The photograph, unfortunately, is not good enough for reproduction 

 in this work, and I have vainly endeavoured to obtain a better one. 



This species was first detected by Henry in cultivation in this country at 

 Castlewellan, where there are three or four trees, which were raised by the late 

 Earl Annesley from seed sent by the Calcutta Botanic Garden in 1890. The largest 

 tree^ was 22 ft. high and 18 in. in girth in 1906, and produced cones for the first 

 time in 1907. It is a handsome tree (Plate 347), remarkably distinct in appearance, 

 and perfectly hardy. Specimens have been sent from Castlewellan to the Botanic 

 Gardens at Kew, Glasnevin, and Cambridge. 



There are three trees at Leonardslee, Horsham, which produced cones in 1906 

 and 1907. Sir Edmund G. Loder informs me that these were planted by a former 

 owner, and that their origin is unknown. The largest in 19 10 measured 31 ft. 9 in. 

 by 2 ft. 5 in. From the seed of these trees seedlings have been raised each year 

 since 1908. Mr. H. Clinton- Baker found a tree about 25 ft. high at Menabilly, 

 in August 1908, which was bearing cones. Seedlings were raised from their seed 

 at Bayfordbury. In Mr. J. M. Robb's garden at Chiltley Place, Liphook, Hants, 

 there is a tree with two stems about 26 ft. high, which was bearing young and old 

 cones in June 191 2. This is supposed to have been planted about twenty-five years 

 ago ; but has been crowded by other trees. A smaller specimen with a single stem, 

 about twenty years old, is more thriving. I found another tree at Melbury, about 

 15 ft. high, which was bearing cones in September 1909. It is said to have been 

 planted about ten years ago. ' (H. J. E.) 



' Figured in Card. Chron. xxxix. 274, fig. 113 (1906). 



