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ia In diameter, In Berkshire, at Bearwood, 16 years planted, it is 10 it. high, diameter 

 of the trunk s in., and ol the head 18ft. in Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, 40 years planted, 

 it is 50ft high; diameter of the trunk 2 ft .ana of the head wft in Denbighshire, at Llanbede 

 Hall. T. 1 years planted, it is 54ft high, dia- 



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motor oft ho trunk 3j it . and of the head 

 4S tt. In Flintshire, at Qredington, it isTS ft 

 high, and the diameter of the trunk ;i tt. 9 in. 

 In Gloucestershire, at Doddington 1'ark. it 

 is 90 tt. high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft, and 

 of the head 249 ft In Herefordshire, at O.tt 

 Castle, it is 96 tt high, diameter of the trunk 

 6 ft, ami of the head 66 tt. ; at Eastnor 

 Castle, is fears planted, it is 55ft high ; at 

 Rotherwaa, the old tree represented in fig. 

 . scale of l in. to 50ft, from a draw- 

 lag knuih tent to us b> Mr. Hai Brown, 

 gardener at Stoke Bdith r.irk, near Ledbury. 

 In Hertfordshire, at Hat Held, is one 48 ft in 



Ct. containing 493 cubic feet of Umber. In 

 icestershire, at Donnington, 100 years old, 

 it is 99 it. high, diameter of the trunk 7J ft., 

 and of the head 94 ft In Oxfordshire, at 

 Tew, 16 years planted, it is 52 it. high. The 

 plantations here have boon made with groat 

 oaro trj the proprietor, Matthew Bolton, 

 Baa ; and the success has boon most extra- 

 ordinary, as may be soon by the returns of 

 the different species. In Pembrokeshire, at 

 Stoakpole Court, 70 years old, it is 85 ft. high. 



in Radnorshire, at Bfaeslaugh Castle, 50 

 rears planted, it is 70ft high, diameter of 

 the trunk ; tt. Sin. and of the head 60ft. 

 In .Shropshire, at Hardwioke Grange, 11 

 years planted, it is 36ft. high; at Willey 

 Park, 15 years planted, it is 43 ft. high. In 

 Warwickshire, at Coombe Abbey, 200 years 

 old.it is I'M) ft. high, diameter of the trunk 



9 tt liin.. and of the head 74 ft. ; at Whitley Abbey, 7 years planted, it is 1G ft. high. In Worcester, 

 shire, at Hadzor House, 10 years planted, it is 25 ft high ; at Croome, 100 years old, it is 115 ft high, 

 diameter of the trunk 7 ft, and of the head 10 ft ; at Hagley, 12 years planted, it is 32 ft. high. In 

 Yorkshire, at Studley Park, it is 108 ft. high ; at Hornby Castle, it is 84 ft. high, with a trunk 3 ft. 

 in diameter ; at Castle Harwood, nine elm trees in Boy wood average nearly 100 cubic feet of timber 

 Me Curd. Mag., vol. xi. p. 17.); at Sprotborough Hall, there is an elm 80 ft. high, diameter 

 of the trunk 5 J ft., and of the head 115 ft., which is said to be the finest in England. 



U. camjirstris in the Environs of Edinburgh. At Newbattle Abbey, it is 75 ft. high, diameterof 

 the trunk (> ft. 4 in, and of the head 74 ft.; at Cramond House, it is 70 ft. high, diameter of the 

 trunk 4 ft., and of the head 54 It. ; at Ualmeny Park, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 4 ft., and of the head (l(i ft. ; at Barnton House, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. 3 in., 

 and of the head 80 ft. ; another is 100ft. high, with a trunk 4± ft. in diameter ; at Gogar House, it is 

 Ni ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head GO ft. 



I.', campt-stris South of Edinburgh. In Ayrshire, at Kilkerran, 75 years planred, it is HO ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 42 ft. In Kircudbright, at St. Mary's Isle, it is 80 ft. high, 

 diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 84 ft. In Haddingtonshire, at Yester, 100 years planted, 

 tt. high, diameterof the trunk 3 ft. 9 in., and of the head 63ft; at Tynningham, it is 46" ft. 

 high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 5 in., and of the head 48 ft. In Renfrewshire, at Erskine House, 

 it i^ 60ft high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 5 in., and of the head GO ft; at Bothwell Castle, it is 

 86 ft high, diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 98 ft. 



C camp4$trU North of Edinburgh. In Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 86ft. high, diameterof 

 the trunk 3 ft. 4 in., and of the head 75 ft.; at Cullen House, it is 89 ft high, diameter of the trunk 

 3 ft, and of the head 90 ft. In Fifeshire, at Dysart House, is one 70 ft. high, with a trunk 2ft in 

 diameter, and that of the head .;<; ft. ; at Wemyss Castle, it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 9 ft. 

 3 in., and of the head 51 It. In Forfarshire, at Cortachy Castle, 102 years old, it is 70 ft. high, 



ter of the trunk 24ft , and of the head 45ft in Perthshire, at Taymouth, 20 years planted, it 



• high ; another is IOO years old, and 40ft high, diameter of the trunk fi ft, and of the head 

 In Boas shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 75ft. high, diameterof the trunk 4ft, and of the head 



60 ft 



m in Ireland. In the Clasnevin Botanic Garden, 30 years planted, it is 50ft. high, the 



diameter of the trunk |j ft, and of the head 20ft ; at Tcrcnure, it is 50ft. high, diameter of the 



trunk l\ ft. and of the bead \ . It. In Kilkenny, at Mount Juliet,, it is 102 ft. high, diameter of the 



trunk \ ft i in., and of the head 82ft Iii King's County, at Charleville Forest, 45 years planted, it is 



igh, diameter Of tin- trunk I ft 8 m , and of the head 65ft In the county of Down, at Mount 



rt, 50 years planted, il I i6f1 high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft 4 in., and of the head 38ft : at 

 BallyV rs old, it is 10ft high. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 60 yean planted, it is 



70 ft' high. In Oalway, at ( OOle, it is 60ft high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 45ft. 



In BUgo, at M Oft high, diameter of the trunk Sift, and of the head 40ft 



At Nantes, in the nursery of M. De Nerrleret, 80 years old, it is 70 ft 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft; in the Botenie Garden at Avranches, 40 years old, it is 40 ft. 



ol lb'- trunk 2 ft, and of the head 2') ft. 

 Iri >i< f, ,111111,1/ In Saxony, at Worlit/.,j;0 years old.it is'50ft high, with a trunk 3 ft. 



in diameter, in Bavaria, in tin- Botanic Garden, Munich, 84 years old, it, is 50 ft high, with a trunk 

 1 rr in d an.' ■ I Vienna, in the Laxenburg Garden, 100 years old. it is 40 ft. high, 



the diameter ol the trunk j j ft, and of the head 20f1 : at, Kopenzel, 40 years old, it, is 36 ft high, the 



tlk 1 ft , and of the head 18 ft, , at I ladoi ilo: f, in the garden of Baron Loudon, 10 

 high, with a trunk J 4 in. in diami tor, and the diameter ol the head 18 ft. In 



n the Botanii Garden, $0 years old, it it 10 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 

 I it , m tin Pfauen Inset, 13 years old, It is 42 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 , 14 in and of th<- head 30ft 



(rt in Italy In Lombard y, at Rfonza 29 yean planted, it Is 75ft high; the diametei 



i ft ■• m , and oi th<- hi ad \ , it 



