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degree, nourishes the same tree, as well as various coppices on the banks of the 

 Severn between Ombersley and Hawford, where T. grandifolia exists in a naturalised 

 state." He mentions "a very old and remarkable pollard tree of T. parvifolia at 

 Hawford, on the ridge not far removed from the Severn. The base is more than 

 40 ft. round and six large boles arise from this in a semicircular manner. In fact, 

 commencing with the border of Wyre forest and proceeding southward, the lime 

 appears in numerous woods, coppices, and old hedgerows, to the very end of the 

 Malvern range near Bromsberrow. The base of the round hills near Alberley, 

 Ockeridge wood, the western base of the Berrow Hill near Hartley, the banks of 

 Leigh brook, Rosebury Rock on the Teme, the Old Storridge Hill, the country 

 about Great Malvern, and ancient woods in the parishes of Castle Morton and the 

 Berrow, may be particularly mentioned. Many of the old lime trees get pollarded, 

 and then, in the course of years, put on a very grotesque appearance." 



Remarkable Trees 



The small-leaved lime apparently never attains so great a height in England as 

 the common lime, but is occasionally of great girth and is certainly long-lived. A 

 tree (Plate 372), remarkable for its spreading habit, at Sprowston Hall, Norwich, 

 was figured by Grigor in Eastern Arboretum, 200 (1841), where it is stated that it 

 measured 24 ft. 7 in. "near the ground" and was believed to have been planted on 

 30th January 1649. It still survives in a shattered condition. 



There is a remarkably fine tree of this species at The Hall, Thirsk, the seat of 

 Reginald Bell, Esq., who has kindly sent us photographs. In 1904 the trunk in its 

 narrowest part was 20 ft. in girth, and the spread of the branches was about 250 ft. 

 in circumference. 



One of the finest small-leaved limes is growing on a flat by the River Teme, 

 at Oakly Park, Ludlow, which, in 1908, as nearly as I could measure it, was about 

 no ft. by 14I- ft. 



A fine tree, of weeping habit, at Hursley Park, Hants, the seat of Sir G. A. 

 Cooper, Bart., measures about 80 ft. by 15^ ft. Close to it stands the hollow trunk 

 of a much larger tree of the same species, which was blown down some years ago, 

 and measures i9|- ft. in girth. The spread of its branches is said to have exceeded 

 100 ft. 



At Arley Castle, Bewdley, a good specimen measured, in 1903, 85 ft. by 9 ft. 

 9 in. At Woburn Abbey, the largest tree of this species measures 76 ft. by 

 7 ft. 4 in., but appears to be still young, as the bark is comparatively smooth. 



In Lincolnshire, the tree is not uncommon in parks and hedgerows. In 

 Burghley Park there are several old trees, one of which measured, in 1908, 80 ft. 

 by II ft. 4 in. At Casewick House, another was 82 ft. by 9 ft. 6 in. in the same 

 year. At Syston Park there is a fine specimen, which measured 97 ft. by 11 ft. 

 in 1906. (H. J. E.) 



