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7 inches. Mrs. Childe tells me that in the hot summer of 1905 flowers were pro- 

 duced by this tree. 



At Belshill, near Belford, Northumberland, the property of Sir W. Church, 

 Bart, there is a fine tree in a sheltered situation which measures 70 feet by 9 feet 10 

 inches, and looks healthy, though it is believed to be over 100 years old. 



In Scotland we have not seen or heard of any trees, though there is no doubt 

 it would grow well in the south and west, where the climate is much better than at 

 Belshill. 



There are two trees at Glasnevin, one 50 feet and the other, a remarkably fine 

 one, 61 feet in girth (Plate 249). Both are 9 feet in girth, and divide at 10 feet up 

 into numerous branches. 



A tree ^ at Verrieres, near Paris, is 70 feet in height and 8 feet in girth. 



There is a large tree in the grounds of the Petit Trianon at Versailles, about 

 90 feet by 10 to 12 feet, which appears to be grafted on the roots of an elm, and 

 Mr. Hickel informed me that most of the older trees in France were so grown. 



This species ^ is represented in the United States at Woodlands, Philadelphia, 

 where there are growing in a cemetery a few low bushy trees, with short trunks, 

 4 feet in diameter, and numerous erect branches. 



Timber 



According to Scharrer the wood is homogeneous, prettily veined, very tough and 

 flexible, does not crack and warp, takes a fine polish, and is very durable even when 

 placed in wet situations. It is very suitable for cabinet-work and carriage-building. 

 The native name of the tree, dzelkwa, signifies " stone-wood," so-called on account of 

 the hardness of the timber, into which nails are driven with difficulty. 



The younger Michaux, who examined a tree cut down at Paris in 1820, states 

 that the sapwood is white, and the heartwood reddish in colour, the latter being 

 heavier and stronger than that of elm, while even the sapwood equalled the ash in 

 strength and elasticity. 



A plank of this wood cut from a tree which grew at Boynton, in Yorkshire, 

 was given me by Sir Charles Strickland, and resembles the wood of the Japanese 

 species in texture and colour. Mrs. Baldwyn Childe has also sent me a specimen of 

 it from a branch of her tree. Though unknown in the trade, and, as far as I can 

 learn, never cut for export, I believe that this wood would prove valuable for 

 making furniture if it could be obtained at a reasonable price. (H. J. E.) 



^ Hortus Vilmorinianus, 52 (1906). ^ Garden and Forest, x. 488 (1897). 



