CHAP. CXIII. CONl'FERJE. CE'DRUS. 2427 



bighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 14 years planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Derbyshire, at Hassop, it is 24 ft. 

 high ; at Elvaston Castle, it is 73 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 8 in., and of the head 76 ft. 

 In Durham, at Southend, 2S years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Essex, at Audley End, 72 years 

 old, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft, and of the head 73 ft.; at Hylands, 10 years 

 planted, it is 26 tt. high; at Eaulkbourn Hall, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft. 6 in., 

 and of the head 100ft ; at Thorndon Hall, it is 40ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. in diameter; at Short 

 Grove is a remarkable cedar, 80 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. 4 in. in diameter at 1ft. from the 

 ground. About 13 ft. from the ground is a large limb, very nearly the size of the trunk ; and a small 

 branch from this limb grows, or is inosculated into the trunk. There are 68 cedars on this estate. 

 In Gloucestershire, at Doddington Park, 35 years planted, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 

 1 ft. 6in., and of the head 60ft. In Herefordshire, at Eastnor Castle, 18 years planted, it is 30ft. 

 high; at Haffield, 13 years planted, it is 25ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Aldenham Abbey, 

 34 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 30ft ; at Cashio- 

 bury, 30 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 42 ft. ; at 

 Cheshunt, 20 years planted, it is 22 ft. high. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 30 years planted, 

 it is 23 ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Quenby Hall, a cedar supposed to be among the first planted 

 in England, the seeds of which were brought from the Levant by Mr. William Ashby, a Turkey 

 merchant, between 1680 and 1690 (see Gard. Mag., vol. vii. p. 423.) ; at Whatton House, 30 years 

 planted, it is 36 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 2 in., and of the head 48 ft. ; at Donnington 

 Park, 80 years planted, it is 62 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 ft. 6 in., and of the head 68 ft. 

 In Lincolnshire, at Scrivelsby, there are many fine cedars of different varieties, and of great age 

 and size. In Northumberland, at Woolsington, 20 years planted, it is 20 ft high. In Norfolk, at 

 Merton, is a cedar 78 ft high, with a trunk nearly 4 ft in diameter. In Nottinghamshire, at 

 Clumber Park, var. glauca is 80 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft 11 in., and of the head 

 44 ft.: at Worksop Manor, it is 64 ft. high, the diameter of the J trunk 4 ft, and of the head 63ft; 

 another, 100 years old, is 65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft, and of the head 61 ft. In North. 

 amptonshire, at Castle Ashby, one 80 years old is 72 ft. high, with a trunk nearly 5 ft. in 

 diameter, and a conical well-shaped head ; another, 68 ft 7 in. high, has a trunk about the same 

 size: at Wakefield Lodge, 20 years planted, it is 25ft high. In Oxfordshire, at Oxford, in the 

 Botanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 30 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft 3 in., and of 

 the head 27 ft In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 35 years planted, it is 38 ft. high, the dia- 

 meter of the head 33 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 years planted, it is 5 ft. high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 51 ft. In Rutlandshire, at Belvoir Castle, 

 28 years planted, it is 30ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 10 years planted, it is 19 ft. 

 high ; at Willey Park, 19 years planted, it is 26 ft. high ; another, 15 years planted, is 38 ft. high ; at 

 Kfnlet, it is 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 26 ft In Staffordshire, at 

 Trentham, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 50 ft; at Blithefield, 

 48 years planted, it is 52 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. ; at 

 Teddesley Park, 14 years planted, it is 26 ft. high; at Rolleston Hall, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft. 

 high ; at Wrottesley House, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 6 in., and of the head 

 42 ft In Suffolk, on the lawn at Hardwicke, it is 50 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft, and 

 of the head 43 ft ; at Finborough Hall, 80 years planted, it is 80 ft, the diameter of the trunk 4ft 

 3 in., and of the head 80 ft ; at Stretton Parsonage, there is one 90 years old, with a trunk 5ft in 

 diameter ; at Wolveston Hall, it is 65 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 

 80 ft; at Campsey Ash is a group of 8 or 10, with trunks from 4ft. to 6ft. in diameter; at 

 Ampton Hall, is one with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 90 ft. In Warwick- 

 shire, at Combe Abbey, it is 47 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 80 ft In 

 Worcestershire, at Hagley, is one with a trunk 5 ft. 4in. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 

 85 ft; at Croome, 80 years planted, it is 100 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft, and of the head 

 120 ft In Yorkshire, at Hackress, 12 years planted, it is lift, high ; at Grimston, 13 years planted, 

 itjis 12 ft high. 



Cedrus Libdni in Scotland. In the Experimental Garden at Inverleith, 10 years planted, it is 

 10 ft high; at Gosford House, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft high; at Bed, 110 years old, it is 54 ft 

 6 in. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 7 in., and of the head 67 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, 86 years 

 planted, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft 6 in., and of the head 81 ft. ; at Ratho are 

 many fine cedars, with trunks from 3 ft. to 5 ft in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Loudon Castle, it is 

 30 ft. high, with a trunk 4ft in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 30 years planted, it is 

 23 ft. high. In Kirkcudbright, at Cassincarrie, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft 

 In Haddingtonshire, at Tyninghame, 24 years planted, it is 27 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 



I ft, and of the head 27 ft In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, 20 years planted, it is 9 ft high. In 

 Argyllshire, at Toward Castle, 15 years planted, it is 13 ft high; at Roseneath Castle, 45ft high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In Bute, at Mount Stewart, 12 years planted, it is 13 ft. high. In 

 Banffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 33 ft. high, with a trunk 1ft in diameter; at Huntley Lodge, 

 10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high ; at Cullen House, it is 44 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, 

 and of the head 44 ft. In Fifeshire. at Danibris>tle Park, 12 years planted, it is 12 ft high. In For- 

 farshire, at Gray House, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in., and of the head 65 ft. ; 

 at Invergowrie is one with a trunk 4 ft in diameter. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 40 years planted, 

 it is 36 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft 6 in., and of the head 20 ft ; at Perth, in the nursery 

 of Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull, 15 years planted, it is 19ft. high. In Ross-shire, at Brahan 

 Castle, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 36 ft In 

 Stirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 50 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., 

 and of the head 25 ft. ; at Airthrey, 36 years planted, it isl36ft high, the diameter of the trunk 



II in., and of the head 19 ft. ; at Callender Park, 15 years planted, it is 21ft in height. 



Cedrus Libiini in Ireland. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24 ft high, 

 the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 27 ft ; at Cypress Grove is a cedar of dwarfish 

 growth, 10 ft. high, and covering a space 6 ft. in diameter ; at Terenure, 20 years planted, it is 18 ft. 

 high ; at Glasnevin is a fine specimen, with a trunk 2 ft. 6 in. in diameter, and clear to the height 

 of 20 ft ; at Colonel Conolly's, Castletown, it is 28 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft 6 in., and 

 of the head 50 ft. In Antrim, at Antrim Castle, 10 years planted, it is 17 ft high. In Fermanagh, at 

 Florence Court, 35 years planted, it is 36 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 

 30 ft. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 35 years planted, it is 33 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 

 8 in., and of the head 28 ft. 



Cedrus Libdni in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 100 years old, it is 80 ft 

 high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft 6 in., and of the head 85 ft. ; at Fromont, 32 years planted, it is 

 58 ft high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft 6 in., and of the head 36ft; in the Botanic Garden at 

 Toulon, 18 years planted, it is 22 ft. high ; at Barres, 28 years planted, it is 28 ft. high ; at Nantes, 

 in the nursery of M. Nerrieres, 40 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter ; in the 

 Botanic Garden at Avranches, 24 years planted, it is 40 ft high. In Germany, it will not stand out 



