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like purposes, where sfcraiglit, clean timber of equal thickness and 

 good durability is required. As an ornamental Conifer it occupies 

 a high place, being one of the very best of the feathery habited, 

 erect-growing trees, which are of the greatest service to the land- 

 scape gardener, and always produce an interesting and pleasing 

 effect. The finest tree recorded in England is at Linton 

 Park, 65 ft. high and 6 ft. in girth ; in Scotland, at Poltalloch, 

 65 ft. high and 5 ft. in girth ; and in Ireland, at Shane's Castle, 

 62 ft. high and 5 ft. 2 in. in girth. 



Welling tonia, or rather Sequoia gigantea, the King of the 

 Giant Trees of California, was introduced by Messrs. Yeitch 

 through their collector, William Lobb, in 1853, and about 

 three years afterwards distributed by them — the anxiety being 

 great among the growers of Conifers to obtain a plant of the 

 " Mammoth Tree of California," as it was familiarly termed. 

 Hence the many specimens of about the same age, planted in 

 1856 or 1857, met with in nearly every collection in the country. 

 In deep, light, rich soil and sheltered but airy situations its 

 progress has indeed been remarkable, even among the many 

 rapid-growing Conifers of the newer kinds which so deservedly 

 occupy a place in our parks and pleasure-grounds. Should it 

 never produce timber fit for any economic purpose besides fire- 

 wood, it must hold a permanent place among handsome trees of 

 the greatest utility and beauty for purposes of adornment. To 

 show the universality of the Wellingtonia in this country, it may 

 be stated that it is mentioned, and details of a specimen given, 

 in 86 out of the 98 returns from all parts of the United Kingdom 

 which are to be found tabulated at p. 481, the Douglas Fir 

 alone coming near it in 84 returns. The tallest Welhngtonias 

 mentioned in the returns are: In England, at Linton Park, 

 Kent, it is 72 ft. high and 10 ft. 6 in. in girth, the thickest stem 

 recorded in England ; at Studley Royal, Yorkshire, 72 ft. high 

 and 8 ft. in girth ; at Orton Longueville, Huntingdon, 70 ft. 

 high ; at Penrhyn, Carnarvonshire, 70 ft. high ; at Eevesby, 

 Lincolnshire, 65 ft. high and 8 ft. 8 in. in girth ; at Chetwynd 

 Park, Shropshire, 65 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth ; at Howick 

 Hall, Northumberland, 60 ft. high and 9 ft. in girth ; at Stackpole, 

 Pembrokeshire, 60 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth ; and at Pampis- 

 ford, Cambridgeshire, 60 ft. high and 4 ft. in girth. In Ireland, 

 at Shanbally, Tipperary, 70 ft. high and 8 ft. 6 in. in girth, 



