1530 The Trees of Great Britain and Ireland 



typical form has never been introduced, all the specimens which I have seen being 

 var. minor. (A. H.) 



The finest specimen in England is probably that at Tortworth,^ which was pro- 

 cured from Messrs. Veitch about 1854-1856, and had attained 20 ft. by i ft. 5 in. in 

 1879, and 27 ft. by 3 ft. in 1897 ; and on ist August 191 1 measured 29 ft. by 3 ft. 

 5 in., with a circumference of branches as much as 75 ft. This tree is growing in a 

 sheltered position on the side of a hill in a sandy loam, resting on the Old Red Sand- 

 stone formation. Up to 1882 it bore sterile fruits ; but since that date has produced 

 fertile seed, from which many seedlings have been raised. One of these in the late 

 Sir J. D. Hooker's garden at Sunningdale was 10 ft. high in 1897. I have several 

 times endeavoured to grow seedlings from this tree at Colesborne, but in every 

 case they have died before or after turning out of their pots. I attribute this to 

 excess of lime, and it is clear that Castanopsis is intolerant of lime in the soil. 



At the Heatherside Nursery, Farnborough, there is a fine specimen with a 

 single stem, but with very wide-spreading branches, which was 35 ft. high and 

 bearing fruit in July 1910. There is said to be a good specimen at Pencarrow in 

 Cornwall. 



A shrub ^ only 2 ft. high produced fruit in 1904 at Kaimes Lodge, Murrayfield, 

 Midlothian. 



In Ireland the finest specimen, about 30 ft. high, was at Old Connaught House, 

 Bray; but it died a short time before 1905, when Henry saw the dead stump still 

 remaining. (H. J. E.) 



' Cf. Card. Chron. xiv. 435 (1880), xviii. 716 (1882), and xxii. 411, fig. 120 (1897). 

 2 Cf. Gard. Chron. xxxvi. 152 (1904). 



