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was kept in pots and tubs, and housed in the 

 winter, it being supposed to be of too tender 

 a nature to live in the open air ; but in this 

 state it made but little progress, whilst one 

 that was planted amongst other trees, in a 

 wilderness or gardens of the Earl of Peter- 

 borough, at Parson's Green, near Fulham, by 

 its growth soon convinced the gardeners of 

 the mistake thev had made. This was the 

 first tulip-tree which flowered in this king- 

 dom. 



When the hardy nature of this beautiful 

 tree was known, many were planted in dif- 

 ferent parts of the country, some of which 

 have arrived to a large size, especially those 

 that were set in a rich moist soil. 



The finest trees of this kind that we have 

 seen are in the gardens of the Earl of Egre- 

 mount, at Petworth, in Sussex, one of which 

 has a trunk, that at seven feet from the 

 ground measures ten feet three inches in 

 circumference ; it then branches into seven 

 limbs, three of which are five feet eight 

 inches each in girth, and the other four limbs 

 are three feet nine inches each. The height 

 of the tree is about ninety feet, and its boughs 

 extend to a circle of one hundred and eighty- 

 nine feet, or sixty-three feet diameter. 



There are also some tulip-trees, of great 



