HAP. XVIII. 



yiLIA CE^. 2'1'LIA. 



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which was exceeduigly beaten, and so diluted with water, that it became 

 ahnost a liquid pap. It was into this that he plunged the roots, covering the 

 surface with the turf : a singular example of removing great trees at such a 

 season, and therefore taken notice of here expressly." This operation was 

 probably performed before midsummer, when the trees, not having spent their 

 vital or growing force for the season, might still send out shoots and fibrous 

 roots, which would preserve them alive till the following year, when they 

 would probably grow freely. If it had not been intended that they should 

 grow a little the first year, the puddle formed with so much care would have 

 been mmecessary. 



Statistics. We have received the dimensions and age of some hundreds 

 of lime trees, with notices of the soil and situation in which they grow, in 

 different parts of Britain and the continent of Europe : from which we shall 

 select but a very few examples, the tree being sufficiently well known. 



Tilia euroiits^a in the Environs c(f London. The oldest tree that we know of is at Fulham Palace. 

 The head of the tree has suffered great injury from thneand the weather; and is not remarkable either 

 for its height or breadth ; but the trunk is between 7 ft. and 8 ft, in diameter. At Kenwood there are 

 trees 90 years planted, which are 90 ft. high. At Syon there are trees of T. europse^a, of T. e. raicro- 

 ph:ylla, and T. e. platyphylla, which are supposed to be about 80 years planted, and are 75 tt. high. 



tUia europtB^a South qf London. In Kent, at Cobham Hall, there is a tree 97 ft. high, and above 

 9 ft. in diameter, which contains L^Gft. of timber. At Knowle there is an immense lime tree, the 

 dimensions of which have not been sent us; but when we saw it, in 1820, it covered, as we estimated 

 at the time, nearly a quarter of an acre of ground. The lower branches, which extended to a great 

 length, had rested with their extremities on the soil, rooted into it, and sent up a circle of young 

 trees, wliich surrounded the old or central one. The outer branches of this outer row of trees had, 

 in their turn, stretched out, rested on the ground, and thrown up a second circle of trees, which, at 

 the time we saw them, were from 20 ft. to 30 ft liigh. The tree stands on a lawn in an ancient 

 geometrical garden ; and must be at least two centuries old ; the soil is a deep sandy loam. At Ash- 

 tead, in Surrey, there are trees 95 ft. high, with trunks from 7 ft. to 8 ft. in diameter : the soil is an 

 adhesive loam on chalk. 



Tilia europw'a North qf London. In Berkshire, at Ditton Park, there is a tree which is known to 

 be upwards of 200 yeqrs old; and, though it is only 80 ft. high, yet tlie diameter of the trunk, at 1 ft. 

 from the ground, is 22 ft. lOin. ; it grows on strong loam on gravel, and is supplied with abundance 

 of water, from this gravel being on a level with the Thames. In Hertfordshire, at Moor Park, there 

 are several magnificent lime trees, one of which has been beautifully portrayed by Mr. Strutt ; 

 nineteen large branches, 6ft. or 8 ft. in girt, strike out horizontally from 67 ft. to 70 ft. in length, and 

 these support three or four upright limbs ; the tree is in full vigour, and its branches droop down and 

 rest on the ground ; the trunk girts 23 ft. 3 in. ; and the head is 122 ft. in diameter ; it is nearly 100 ft. 

 high ; and contains, by actual measurement, 875 ft. of timber. In Norfolk, at Merton Park, there is 

 a tree 75 ft. high, which, at 1ft. from the ground, is about 6 ft. in diameter. In Somersetshire, at 

 Brockleby Hall, are three lime trees with trunks from 15 ft. to 17 ft. in circumference, and 60 ft. 

 high. In Staffordshire, at Enville, are some of the finest trees of T. europajV and T. e. microph:J^lla 



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ground, _ „ _ , _ „ . _ 



60 ft. to 60 ft. high. In Worcestershire, between Horford and Ombersley, on the edge of a small 

 pool, there is a tree of T. e. microphylla estimated at upwards of 300 years of age ; it is 70 ft. high, 

 and the trunk, at 8 ft. from the ground, 30 ft. in circumference. There are several other trees of the 

 same variety in the neighbourhood estimated to be as old, and nearly as large; at Croome, T. e. 



with a branch like a teapot handle, noticed by Sir J. E. Smith, in his correspondence. 



"iUia europce"a in Scotland. At Hopeton House, T. e rilbra, 100 years planted, is 70 ft. high, with a 

 trunk 3| ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground, and the diameter of the space covered by the branches 

 33 ft. : it stands in an avenue among several others of about the same height. At Gordon Castle, in 

 Aberdeenshire, there are trees above 80 ft. high, and with trunks above a ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from 

 the ground. In Ayrshire, at Eoseneath Castle, there are several trees with trunks 3i ft. in diameter, 

 and from 75ft. to 80 ft. high. In Perthshire, at Taymouth Castle, there is a noble avenue of lime 

 trees, Avhich has been 100 years planted, and the trees are 82ft. high and upwards; and 6 ft., or 

 more, in diameter, at a foot from the ground. In tiie Perth Nursery there is a tree of the T. e. platy- 

 phylla minor, 60 years plantc^i, 66 ft. high ; the diameter of the trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, 28 in. ; 

 and that of the space covered by its branches 42 ft. In general, when the soil is properly prepared, 

 the tree grows at the average rate of 2 ft. a year, for the first 12 or 15 years, in the milder parts of 

 Scotland. 



T^/i'rt eiiropda in Ireland. In the park at Charleville Forest, county of Meath, there is a tree 

 110 ft. high, with a trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, 5Jft. in diameter : it grows in brown loam resting 

 on a limestone gi-avel, in an open situation. In the plantations on the same estate, the tree attains 

 the height of from 25 ft. to 30 ft. in 10 years. At Florence Court there is a tree, 38 years planted, 

 46 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter at 1ft. from the ground, and the diameter of the space 

 covered by the branches 4.6 ft. ; the soil a retentive loam. At Bloira, near Belfast, T. e. platjphylla 

 minor lias attained the height of 85 ft., with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter at 1 ft. from the ground ; the 

 branches covering a space of 60 ft. in diameter. 



"Vilia europai^a in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Paris Garden, T. e. platyphylla, 120 years 

 planted, is 75 ft. high, and the space covered by its brandies is 87 ft. in circumference; at Mereville, 

 T. e. microphvlla, 60 years planted, is 60 ft. high; its trunk, at 1 ft. from the ground, is 5ft in 



Belgium and Holland this species 



