THE ROMANCE OF OUR TREES 



Richmond. The tallest tree in England is perhaps 

 that on the grounds of Petworth Park which was 

 measured in 1905 and found to be about 125 feet 

 tall and 149 feet in girth of trunk. Another in the 

 Royal domain at Windsor is fully 1 1 5 feet tall. The 

 finest avenue of Cedars is that at Dropmore, planted 

 in 1844, but there is some question as to whether 

 they are Lebanon or Atlas Cedars. 



In Scotland there are many fine Cedars of Lebanon 

 and some are scarcely inferior to the best in England. 

 Perhaps the finest is that at Hopetoun, the seat of the 

 Marquis of Linlithgow, which in 1904 measured 80 

 feet in height and 23 feet 8 inches in girth of trunk. 

 In Wales and Ireland the Cedar of Lebanon has not 

 been so much planted and these are very few notable 

 specimens. One at Maesleugh Castle in Wales is 

 said to be about 100 feet tall, i6| feet in girth, and 

 one at Carton, Ireland, in 1903 was 93 feet high 

 and 14 feet 9 inches in girth and is said to have been 

 the first planted in the country. 



On the continent of Europe the Cedar of Lebanon 

 is much less plentiful than in England owing largely 

 to a less congenial climatfe. The tallest is said to 

 be on the grounds of Madame Chauvet at Beaulieu, 

 near Geneva. It is about 102 feet by 16 feet with a 

 spread of 102 feet. Many incorrect statements 

 have been made as to the date of the Cedar's intro- 



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