2092 ARBORETUM AND FRUTICETUM. PART III. 



30 ft In Essex, at Shortgrove, there is a tree 50 ft. high, with a trunk 5 ft. Sin. in diameter, and 

 the diameter of the head 55 ft. ; at Braybrooke, 51 years planted, it is 25 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk I ft. 6 in., and of the head '27 ft. ; at Hyland, 10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high, the circum- 

 ference of the trunk 1 ft. 10 in., and the diameter of the head 13 ft. In Hampshire, in Warblington 

 churchyard, near Portsmouth, it is 26 ft, in circumference. In Kent, in Leeds churchyard, is a yew 

 tree, the greatest circumference of which was 31ft. 2 in. ; at 7 ft. high, 28ft. 8in. ; diameter of 

 the hollow, in October, 1833, when some gipsies had been residing in it, 8 ft. 6 in. ; height to the 

 lowest branch 7 ft. 11 in. ; total height 32 ft 4 in. ; and diameter of the head 50 ft. In Leices- 

 tershire, at Donnington Park, 25 years planted, it is 31ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 10 in., 

 and of the head 94 ft. In Northamptonshire, in the churchyard at Ashby, is a very large yew 

 tree ; but it is not easy to take its dimensions, as the stem is buried in mould up to the branching 

 off of its chief branches. In Northumberland, at Hartburn, 80 years old, it is 38 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. (5 in., and that of the head 30 ft. In Oxfordshire, in the Oxford 

 Botanic Garden, 800 years old, it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 

 C4tt. ; a female tree: another, a male tree, 200 years old, is 38ft high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 1ft yin., and of the head 27ft. The yew hedges which formerly existed in this garden 

 hive been already mentioned, p. 2076. In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 20 years planted, 

 it is 20 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 9 in., and that of the head 18 ft. In Radnorshire, 

 at Maeataugh Castle, 26 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 9 in., and that of the head 66 ft. In 

 Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 9 years planted, it is 13 ft. high ; at Willey Park, 21 years planted, 

 it is 21ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft, and.'of the head 18 ft ; at K inlet, 40 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the trunk 5 ft, and that of the head 71 ft In Staffordshire, at Himley Hall, are several im- 

 mense yew trees, particularly one which is celebrated for its widely spreading head. In Suffolk, at 

 Finborough Hall, 70 years planted.it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 2 in., and that of 

 the head 45 ft. In Worcestershire, at Hadzor House, it is 40 ft high, and has a trunk 7 ft. in cir- 

 cumference ; at Croome, 40 years old, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and that of 

 the head 20 ft. ; in Backleton churchyard is a very fine tree, with a trunk 7 ft. in diameter at 4 ft. 

 from the ground. In Yorkshire, at Grimston, 13 years planted, it is 14ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 9 in., and of the head 14 ft. ; at Spotborough Hall, near Doncaster, it is 34 ft. high, circum- 

 ference of the trunk, at 3 ft. from the ground, 15 ft. 6 in., diameter of the head 63 ft; in Studley 

 Park, 50 ft. 6 in. high, with a trunk 4 ft. 9 in. in diameter,,and the diameter of the head 56 ft. {See fig. 

 1991.)— In Scotland, in the environs of Edinburgh, at Gosford House, 35 years planted, it is 20 ft 

 high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 10 in., and of the head 21 ft. ; at Hatton House it is 40 ft. high, the 

 diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft. ; at Moredun, 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 3 ft. 4 in., and of the head 57 ft. —South of Edinburgh. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 30 years 

 planted, it is 17 ft. high, the diameter of the head 26 ft. In Kircudbrightshire, at St. Mary's Isle, it 

 is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 3 in., and that of the head 36 ft In Haddingtonshire, 

 at Tyningham, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 2 in., and of the head 27 ft. In Rox- 

 burghshire, at Dryburgh Abbey, the one already noticed, p. 2079. ; and at Minto, 140 years old, it is 

 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 54 ft — North of Edinburgh. In Argyll- 

 shire, at Minard, is a beautiful tree, about 130 years old, 34 ft. 6 in. high, diameter of the head 59 ft. 

 In Banffshire, at Huntley Lodge, it is 33 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft 8 in. In Clack- 

 mannanshire, in the garden of the Dollar Institution, 10 years planted, it is 10 ft. high. In Cromarty, 

 at Coul, 200 years old, it is 22 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 6 in., and that of the head 



39 ft. In Forfarshire, at Monboddo, 100 years old, it is 20ft high, the diameterof the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., 

 and of the head 20 ft. ; at Kinnaird Castle, 35 years old, it is 30 ft high, the circumference of the 



trunk 5 ft., and the diameter of the head 35 ft. In Perthshire, on the estate of Johnstone, Esq., 



near the Old Castle of Kincardine, 700 years old, it is 45 ft. high, with a trunk 13 ft. 6 in. in circum- 

 ference, and with three large limbs, one of which is 19 ft. long, and 7 ft. in girt; a second, 28 ft 

 long, and 5 ft. in girt ; and a third, 22 ft. long, and 5 ft. 6 in. in girt : at Taymouth, 100 years old, it is 



40 It high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 36 ft. ; at Marlee, near Dunkeld, a male 

 and a female tree, standing close together, of very large dimensions, and in a vigorous state of 

 growth. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, 20 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 14 in., and of the 

 head 30 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Callender Park, 22 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 11 ft, 

 and the diameter of the head 33 ft ; at West Plcan, 10 years planted, it is 8 ft high.— In Ireland, 

 near Dublin, at Terenure, 15 years planted, it is 12 ft high ; var. fastigiata, 20 years planted, is 15 ft, 

 high. — South of Dublin. In Cork, at Morn Park, 33 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 4in., 

 and that of the head 47 ft. In King's County, at Charleville Forest, 45 years planted, it is50 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 45 ft. — North of Dublin. In Down, at Castle Wood, 

 134 years old, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 39 ft. ; at Moira, 

 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and.that of the head 39 ft. In Fermanagh, at Florence 

 Court, 89 years old, it is 33 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 30 ft. : var. fasti- 

 giata is a native of the neighbouring mountains, where the original plant is still in being. In Gal- 

 way, at Coole, .30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and of the head 21 ft. In Sligo, at Makree 

 Castle, 52 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft, and that of the space covered by the branches 

 39 ft — In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 120 years old, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 5ft.; in the same gardens, 50 years old, it is 20 ft. high. Near Nantes, 60 years old, it is 30 ft. 

 high. At Avranches, in the Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 20 ft. high, the diameterof the 

 trunk 1 ft., and that, of the head 20 ft. — In Hanover, in the Botanic Garden at Gottingen, 

 30 years planted, it is 20ft. high. — In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 30 years old, it has a trunk lft. in 

 diameter. — In Bavaria, at Munich, in the Botanic Garden, 19 years old, it is 8 ft. high. — In Austria 

 at Vienna, in the University Botanic Garden, 30 years old, it is 20 ft high, the diameter of the 

 trunk 9 in., and of the head 18ft ; at Laxenburg, 28 years planted, it is 16 ft high ; in Rosenthal's 



v, 17 years planted it is 13 ft. high ; at Briick on the Leytha, 40 years planted, it is 15 ft. 

 high. — In Berlin, at Sans Souci, from 45 to 50 years old, it is 26 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk 

 U in , and of the head 9 ft. — In Sweden, at Lund, in the Botanic Garden, it is 28 ft. high, the dia- 



! the trunk fjin., and of the head 10 ft — In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, it is 30 years old, 



• high ; the diameter of the trunk 6 in., and of the head 20 ft. 



Commercial Statistics. Transplanted seedlings, in the London nurseries, 

 1 ft. high, are L6f. per hundred; 2ft. high, 40*. per hundred; and plants 

 of 7'. b. fastigiata, is. &d. each. At Bollwyller, plants of the common 

 yew arc I franc each, and those of the variegated-leaved variety, and of the 

 common yew, 5 francs each. At New York, small plants of the common 

 ■re from 25 to 60 cents each; large plants, 1 dollar each; and plants 

 of the Irish yew are i dollar each. 



