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ARBORETUM AND FRUTICF.TITIU. 



PART III. 



the Horticultural Society o( Dumfries, 

 w ho adds, " The late proprietor of this 



trev. Mr. Maitland, UNO to bring his 



friends to sit beneath its shade to take 

 their wine after dinner." The Karl's 

 Mill B eech , in Morayshire t./'i. r - 1913.), 

 is SO It high, with a trunk. 17 ft in 

 circ umf erence at 9 ft from the ground, 

 and a bead 93 ft. in diameter. The 

 Orange Hall Beech [fig. 1914), In the 



same county, is only 3d ft. high, with a 



trunk about 14 ft. in circumference at 



5 tt from the ground, and a head 95 ft. 

 in diameter. The roots rise up all 

 round the trunk to the height of 2 ft. 

 or 3 ft from the ground, and form a 

 natural seat, to which the immense and 

 umbrella-like head affords an agreeable 

 •hade. The drawings of these last two 

 tree? wore made for us by Mr. Stephens, 

 artist, of Elgin, at the request, and ex- 

 pense of Macleod, Esq. 



WigmM sylvntica in England. In the 

 environs of London, at Gunnersbury 

 Park, are many fine beeches, 90 ft. 

 high, with trunks about y ft. in circum- 

 ference. — South of London. In Devon- 

 shire, at Killerton, a beech tree, ISO 

 years old, is 68 ft. high, diameter of the 

 "trunk 7 ft, and of the head 97 ft. In 

 Dorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 200 years 



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old, it is 89 ft high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head yfift. In Somersetshire, at Cothel- 

 stone, it is 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 84 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont, 

 it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft In Sussex, at Kidbrooke, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of 

 the trunk 7 ft., and that of the head 87 ft. In Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 100 years old, it is 60 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft 

 6 in., and that of the head 82 ft. ; 

 and at Longford Castle, it is 70 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft., 

 and that of the head 50 ft.— North 

 of London. In Berkshire, at Bear 

 Wood, 16 yean planted, it is 80 ft. 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., 

 and that ol the head 18 ft. ; at High 

 Clere, it is 07 ft. high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 

 28 ft. In Denbighshire, at Llanbede 

 Hall, it is 71 ft high, the diameter 

 of the trunk 3ft, and of the head 

 47 ft. In Derbyshire, at Foston Hall, 

 100 years old, it is 78 ft. high, the 

 circumference of the trunk 12 ft, 

 and the diameter of the head 60 ft. 

 ! Essex, at Audley End, 80 years 

 planted, it is 80 ft. high. In Glou- 

 cestershire, at Chipping-Cawdor, it 



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85 ft. high, with a trunk 6ft fi in. in diameter ; at Doddington, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the 



trunk 3 ft., and that of the head about 70 ft. In Herefordshire, at Croft Castle, are several trees, from 



ift high, with trunks about 20 ft. in circumference, and the branches extending over a space 



from lUOft to 120 ft. in diameter: at Eastnor Castle, 14 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter 



of the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 32 ft. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 100 years old, 



ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and 

 that of the bead 100 ft Mr. Donaldson, the steward 

 at Donnington, who had this tree measured for 

 tes that when lie sent the man up into the 

 thSTS was a squirrel in it, which, not ven- 

 turing to comedown, as Mr. Donaldson was stand- 

 ing ewSS bf, mounU d l« fore the man to the very Jjftyj 

 Mimrrnt ol the tree, Iroiu which immense height "^5$, 

 the ground, and, falling on a tuft of 

 ran away uninjured. In Notting- 

 rc, at. Worksop Manor, it is 90 ft. high, the 38jg£'- 

 •. r ol the trunk 5 ft., arid that of the head "?j3HM| 



117ft. in Radnorshire, at Ifseslangh Castle, it 



70 tt. high, the diameter <A tin- trunk off., and ''jS^gH 



■ the band 90 ft In Shropshire, at Wiiu-y 



ft high, after being <) years planted. 



ffbrdabirs, si Trentham, it is 70ft. high, iglfi 



( .<ter <,f the trunk 5 ft. and that of the head 102 ft. In Sulfolk.at. Finborough Hall, 80 years 

 •■/ ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft. Oin., and that of the head 80 ft. In War- 

 re, at ( ombe Abbey, 80 years planted, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft. Oin., 

 end that of tbc bead 77 ft , at Edgbaston, neai Birmingham, it is 115 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in 



r In Worcester lure, at ( r<.<, no, 65 years planted, it is 95ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk lit gin., and thatof the head 00ft. In Yorkshire, the immense trees at Studley, and at 



; e bet thready mentioned. (Seep. 1^77.) 



llcain Scotland In the environ ol Edinburgh, at Cramond House, it is 90 ft. high, 



l the trunk 13 ft, and the dlametei Ol the head 111 ftj at Dalmeny Park it is 



