252 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



has kindly furnished me with the measurements of some of the more 

 noli 'worthy. 



Cupressus macrocarpa, height 76 feet ; circumference of trunk 

 15 feet 7 inches ; extreme spread of branches 82 feet 6 inches. This 

 was planted about fifty-five years ago, and is reputed to be the largest 

 in the British Isles. 



Pinus insignis, height 81 feet ; circumference 10 feet 6 inches. 



Douglas fir, height 82 feet ; circumference 8 feet 3 inches. 



Abies Nordmanniana, height 70 feet, and 33 feet through. 



These are all well-furnished specimens, with branches right to the 

 ground. 



There is a very curious specimen of Larch to be seen. It is like 

 an enlarged Japanese dwarf tree, the roots being probably cramped 

 in the rocks ; height 37 feet ; circumference of trunk 8 feet 5 inches ; 

 spread of branches 75 feet. 



Eucalyptus Globulus, height 70 feet ; circumference 7 feet 6 inches. 

 Flowers regularly. 



Acacia dealbata, height 59 feet ; circumference 7 feet 5 J inches. 



Cornus capitata, height 34 feet ; spread 29 feet 6 inches. 



Eugenia apiculata, height 31 feet 6 inches ; spread 22 feet. This 

 specimen has ten stems, very beautiful when in flower. Beneath it 

 and around are hundreds of self-sown seedlings. 



Chamaerops excelsa, height 20 feet. 



Cordyline indivisa, height 30 feet ; circumference 3 feet 6 inches. 



Azara microphylla, height 33 feet ; spread 22 feet. 



Olearia Forsteri, height 16 feet ; 26 feet through. 



Otearia macrodonta, height 12 feet ; 14 feet through. 



Griselinia littoralis, height 20 feet ; 16 feet through. 



Desfontainea spinosa, height 10 feet ; 18 feet through. This 

 flowers well here. 



Embothrium coccineum, height 14 feet ; 12 feet through. (I 

 noticed recently that in Nicholson's Dictionary the height of this 

 plant is given as 3 feet.) 



Aralia Sieboldii, height 10 feet ; 18 feet through. 



Arbutus Unedo, height 30 feet ; 28 feet through. 



Drimys Winteri, height 12 feet ; 22 feet through. 



Andromeda formosa, height 12 feet ; 10 feet through. 



One holly is quite a giant of its kind, and is 40 feet high ; circum- 

 ference, 5 feet 8 inches. All stem measurements are taken at 4 feet 

 from ground. Mr. Arrowsmith writes : " We have a large collection 

 of Rhododendrons, which do remarkably well here, and make a superb 

 show when in flower. Greenhouse varieties are also doing well in 

 the open air, such as ' Countess of Haddington,' ' Fragrantissima,' and 

 ' Princess Alice.' Some of the older varieties, such as ' Nobleanum,' 

 1 Coccineum/ and ' Puniceum ' make bushes 40 feet high and as much 

 through, with main stems 3 feet in circumference. Besides the usual 

 garden varieties, we have also many of Wilson's introductions from 

 China. 



