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Barry vineyard, Highland Avenue at the bottom of the south slope. 

 It measures 4.9 feet in circumference, and is 75 feet in height. 

 As far as can be ascertained it was planted with a number of other 

 trees by the late George Elhvanger about sixty years ago. 



Abies Picea Lindl. (A. pectinata DC.) the Silver Fir from 

 the mountains of central and southern Europe, is a fir with a some- 

 what tender reputation. A fine individual grows on the east side of 

 the Winton Road near the canal bridge, and south of the bridge 

 The circumference is 6.5 feet, and the height is 75 feet. The ad- 

 joining land where this tree stands was at one time an important 

 nursery owned by T. B. Yale & Son. It has been abandoned for 

 many years and is now built up. This fir and a number of other im- 

 portant trees were planted by T. B. Yale & Son about 1858 to i860 

 as nearly as can be ascertained. 



Sequoia Wellingtonia Seem., the famous Big Tree of California, 

 was introduced by Elhvanger &* Barry from California in 1864. The 

 seed came across the continent by pony express in a snuff box 

 Thousands of seedlings were raised by Elhvanger & Barry, and 

 mostly sold in Europe. A group of five trees, from these seedlings, 

 now stands near the office on Mt. Hope Avenue. They vary con- 

 siderably in size. The largest is 7.9 feet in circumference, and the 

 height is 55 feet. What is probably one of the same group of 

 seedlings stands on the old T. B. Yale & Son nursery grounds on 

 the Winton Road, but it shows signs of failing health. It is 6.5 feet 

 in circumference, and 50 feet in height. 



It is surprising to see on the old T. B. Yale Os: Son nursery 

 grounds a healthy individual of Libocedrus decurrens Torr., the 

 Incense Cedar of the Pacific Coast. It is 2.5 feet in circumference, 

 and is 35 feet tall. It is the only individual of any considerable size 

 in Rochester and vicinity. 



Chamaecyparis Lawsoniana Pari., commonly known as Lawson's 

 Cypress, is represented by a good healthy individual on the grounds 

 of the Elhvanger & Barry vineyard, at the bottom of the south slope 

 of the hill. It shows a peculiarly swollen base. The circumference 

 is 4.9 feet and the height 40 feet. As far as can be ascertained this 

 is the only individual growing in Rochester and vicinity, with the 



