Juniperus ^ 44 1 



Sargent says^ that it bears pruning well, and is suitable for formal gardening ; 

 but is not good as a hedge plant, as its branches die when they come in contact with 

 those of a neighbouring tree. There is, however, a thick hedge of this species in 

 Barbier's nursery at Orleans, which is said to grow at the rate of a foot per year. 



Trees in the American forest are often attacked by two species of Polyporus, 

 which cause white rot and red rot of the timber, spoiling it for commercial purposes. 

 These diseases have been described by Schrenk.^ 



As a rule, this species, like other junipers, is seen in a bushy form, but on 

 good soil it is capable of producing a clean trunk of considerable length, and this 

 would no doubt be more often the case if planted closer and pruned when young. 

 Mr. A. D. Webster assures me that a tree which grew on sandy loam at Esher, 

 had a trunk with a clean and well-rounded stem free from branches, for 33 ft. in 

 length, and when measured by him contained fully 5 1 cubic ft. of timber. 



Remarkable Trees 



Among the finest specimens I have seen in England the largest is an immense 

 old tree at Pains Hill, close to the cedar figured on Plate 128. It measures 13 ft. 9 in. 

 in girth, with a bole about 5 ft. high, dividing into several stems, more or less broken, 

 but one attains 68 ft. in height. At Woolbeding, in Col. Lascelles' grounds, there 

 is a fine tree 65 ft. by 6 ft. 8 in. in 1906. At Bagshot Park a tree with a clean 

 trunk measured 64 ft. by 7 ft. in 1907. At Sherborne, Dorsetshire, a clean-stemmed 

 tree on the ruins of the old castle, 60 ft. by 7 ft. 3 in., is long past its prime. At 

 Coolhurst, Sussex, there is a symmetrical tree 62 ft. by 7 ft. 3 in., and another, 

 56 ft. by 4^ ft. with a clean trunk of 25 ft. At Arley Castle,^ a tree in 19 10 

 measured 68 ft. by 4 ft. 10 in. It is supported by a wire, as it was blown over 

 and pulled upright again several years ago. At Raglan Castle, Monmouthshire, 

 inside the ruins there is a fine old tree 53 ft. by 4 ft. '^lo in. in 1906. At 

 Wimpole, Cambridgeshire, a very handsome tree with pendulous branchlets was 

 50 ft. high in 1908. 



In Scotland, the tree does not seem to attain so large a size, the best I have 

 seen being one at Moncrieffe, Perthshire, which* was 47 ft. by 6 ft. 10 in. in 1907. 

 Another, at Murthly, in the Tayside walk, which in 1906 was bearing many 

 berries, measured 40 ft. by 3 J ft. 



We have seen no large trees in Ireland ; but there is a good specimen of van 

 glauca at Hamwood. 



The most remarkable trees that I have seen in Europe are two in the grounds 

 of the Trianon, at Versailles, one of which, not more than about 30 ft. high, has 

 immense spreading branches, which cover an area 57 paces round. The other, close 

 to the chateau, I could not measure, but estimated it to be 75 ft. high. At Colom- 

 bez, near Metz, there is an avenue of about fifty old trees, 40 to 50 ft. high, with 

 trunks 4 to 5 ft. in girth, growing in an exposed situation. 



> Garden and Forest, x. 142 (1897). ° U.S. Dept. Agric. Bull. No. 21 (1900). 



3 Woodward, Hortus Arleyensis, No. 4 (1907). 

 * Mentioned by Hunter, Woods, Forests, and Estates 0/ Perthshire, 136 (18S3), as Cufressiis thyoides viridis. 



