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to its solid contents of timber, and very much akin 

 to the fine tree at Riccarton. This is truly a won- 

 derful and magnificent tree, having a trunk upwards 

 of sixty feet in height, and its uniformity of trunk 

 from the ground to the top is exceeded by none in 

 the kingdom. 



One curious fact of this beautiful tree, (like the one 

 mentioned at Riccarton,) it has of itself sent down 

 two large branches across the wall into the garden, 

 and by their sweeping the ground, the aged sire has 

 been sueing for the right of privilege to enfeoff 

 his ofiTspring in the domain of their aged sire. This 

 has hitherto been denied, or they would long ere 

 this have taken root. I am well aware, now when 

 the thing is known, that the noble proprietor will 

 give them a place either within or without the garden 

 wall, to propagate the name to generations yet un- 

 born. The two descending branches could be, with 

 the greatest ease, layered out in the garden where 

 they now are ; and for my own part, I consider a 

 tree of this kind well worthy a place in any noble- 

 man's garden. Still should this be thought an in- 

 cumbrance, these branches may be twisted out with- 

 out the wall, and then layered down. If this is to be 

 done, great care must be taken not to twist them out 

 when there is any sap in the bark, for fear of twist- 

 ing the bark off the branch at any part so as to hurt 

 its growth. 



There are a great many very fine trees of this kind 

 at Loudoun estate, the seat of the Most Noble the 

 Marquis of Hastings ; some of them are large mag- 

 nificent trees, rearing their mighty heads to the 

 clouds like gigantic and imperishable pyramids, and 



