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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



C AKMAETHENSHIEE . 

 Golden Grove. Viscount Emlyn. 

 Altitude, 100 to 300 feet. Soil, heavy loam and peaty ; subsoil, Silurian formation. 

 CorresjJondent : Mr. John Hill, The Gardens, Golden Grove, Llandilo. 



Botanical ^ame 



Abies Albert! ana 



„ concolor 



„ Douglasii 



„ grandis 



„ Hookeriana 



„ Menziesii 



„ Morinda 



„ nobilis 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



Araucaria imbricata . . . 



Alhrotaxis Doniaua ... 



imbricata... 

 Cedrus atlantica 



„ Deodara 



Cryptomeria elegans ... 

 „ japonica ... 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



Pinus austriaca 



„ Cembra 



excelsa 



„ insignis 



„ Laricio 



„ monticola 



„ Mugho 



„ ponderosa 



Sciadopitys verticillata 

 Taxodium sempervirens 

 Thuya gigantea 



Thuyopsis borealis 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



Age 



Years 

 99 



Feet 

 52 



60 



62 



60 

 15 



45 



40 



44 



35 



32 



10 



10 



40 



38 

 20 

 30 



31 



30 

 30 

 15 



35 



35 

 36 

 20 

 30 



6 

 48 

 50 



30 

 53 



Gir^h at 

 5 ft. up 



Ft. In. 



6 5 



5 9 



7 0 



5 0 



7 0 



1 4 



6 3 



4 3 



2 7 



3 8 



2 0 



7 0 



6 5 



4 5 

 1 3 

 1 4 



0 8 



5 0 



5 9 



3 4 

 10 5 



Feet 

 27 



18 



37 



39 

 16 



23 



24 

 24 

 15 



24 



35 

 12 

 21 



12 

 18 

 17 

 10 



31 



26 

 16 

 15 

 12 



4 

 18 

 19 



12 



30 



N.W. 

 W. 

 »> 



)i 



E. 

 W. 

 »> 



N. 

 »« 



Sheltd 



N.W. 

 N. 



Sheltd 



N. 

 Fully 

 exp'd. 

 N.W. 



W. 

 N. 



Sheltd 

 Fully 

 Sheltd 



N. 



N.W. 



Remarks 



Beautiful spec; branches 

 sweeping the ground. 



Very well sheltered ; hand- 

 some specimen. 



Branches sweeping grd. ; 

 beautiful specimen. 



Well sheltered ; very orna- 

 mental. 



Fine specimen ; branches 

 sweeping the ground. 



Very handsome tree ; 

 branches drooping to gd. 



A grafted tree; well- 

 branched to ground. 



Handsome ; and branches 

 sweeping ground. 



Beautiful ; fast-growing 

 tree in perfect shelter. 



Very ornamental ; perfect 

 shelter. 



)> >j 



Beautiful spec. ; branches 

 sweeping ground. 



Very ornamental. 

 Beautiful tree ; accident- 



ally lost its leader. 

 Very tine specimen. 

 Growing freely. 



Makes little progress ; too 



exposed. 

 Has been frosted, but now 



in vigorous health. 

 Vigorous and healthy. 

 Vigorous ; slight shelter 

 Vigorous and healthy. 



Very interesting and neat. 

 Leader sometimes frosted. 1 

 Moved to present site when ! 



30ft. high ; mst.vig. grwr. 

 A hardy and most vig. tree. 

 Slight shelter on west ; 

 vig. ; very handsome. 



