THE WELLINGTONIA. 257 
From the minute parcels of these seeds which I have had in 
hand, I expect an ounce of them would number more grains 
than a pound weight of the seeds of many kinds of pine. In 
this respect the seed of the Wellingtonia resembles that of the 
Scripture mustard, which is among “the least of all seeds, but 
when it is grown it is the greatest among herbs.” 
From the straggling nature of the roots of the plant when 
it is only a few years old, it gives no promise that it will ever 
transplant and admit of being notched into moorland with 
the facility with which the young plants of Scotch pine and 
larch can be planted. In woodlands, however, where the 
soil is of good quality, and possessed of moderate shelter, such 
as in glens and ravines, and in places where timber stands 
too thin, and where there is protection, prepared spots at 
considerable distances apart should be formed, a few feet in 
diameter, by trenching, or by loosening the soil with a tramp 
pick in autumn. Into these prepared spots Wellingtonias 
from one to two feet high should be inserted in spring, and all 
the better if the plants have been transplanted in the nursery 
ground a year previously, unless they are taken from pots. 
The tree luxuriates in soi] of very diversified quality, rather 
inclining to moisture than otherwise, and does not object to 
a great proportion of bog or peat soil.' It is expected that 
on the properties in which this tree is early interspersed, it 
will, within 100 years of the date of its introduction, have 
emerged above the height of the ordinary trees of the forest, 
and will be seen towering aloft, like the spires of a city. 
Of this tree, the quality of the timber of British growth has 
not yet ‘been well ascertained, although some of the largest 
specimens are said to be upwards of twenty-three feet high, 
with trunks four feet nine inches in circumference. The wood 
1 In the Gardener's. Chronicle of the 9th December 1865, Mr. Day ot 
Theydon Grove, Epping, Essex, gives an account of some of the best grown 
trees of Wellingtonia to be found in this country. He says,—‘‘ Of several 
plants in the park here, one is planted in a very wet place—in short, its 
roots are literally covered with water during the winter months. On 
measuring its growth the other day, I was surprised to find that it had 
grown 3 feet 4 inches in height this season.” 
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