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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Carclew. Colonel Tremaynb. 

 Correftpondent : Mr. J. Simmons, Carclew, Perranarworthal. 



Botanical Name 



Height 



Girth 3 feet 

 from ground 



SpTca^i of 

 Branches 





Feet 



J't. 



In. 



Feet 





Oo 



5 



5 







59 



G 



0 



40 





84. 



9 



10 



oo 





45 



2 



8 







i o 



6 



0 



oo 





fiO 



7 



7 







KO 

 uu 



3 



9 







13 











00 



4 



0 



4:0 





oo 



6 



0 



94. 





82 



10 



7 ■ 



60 





56 



4 



0 







30 



3 



n 



30 





80 



10 



0 



45 



45 



6 



0 



50 





23 



2 



7 







48 



3 



8 





Taxodium distichum 



41 



3 



9 





,, sempervirens 



69 



10 



2 



38 





14 











17 









DEVONSHIRE. 

 BiCTON. The Hon. Mark Eolle. 

 Correspondent : The Hon. Mark Eolle, Bicton. 



Botanical Iv ame 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



General Remarks 





Feet 



Inches 







11 



7i 



The Araucaria avenue, planted 





11 



4f 



in 1842-3, contains 50 trees ; the 





9 



3 



largest of these, at 4 ft. from the 





10 



3 



ground, girths 7 ft. 5 in. These 





10 



10 



trees vary much in form of 





13 





growth, some feathering to the 





7 



n 



ground, while others have bare 





7 



2 



stems 18 to 20 ft. up. One spe- 





15 





cimen bears cones as well as 



Taxodium sempervirens ... 



12 



71 



' 2 



male catkins. 



POWDERHAM CASTLE. EARL OF DEVOX. 



Correspondent : Mr. D. C. Powell, The Gardens, Powderham, Exeter. 



General Eemarks. — I forward specimens bearing cones of the following 

 Conifers: Ahies Douglasii, planted 1847; 106 feet high ; girth of trunk at 3 feet 

 from ground, 9 feet. Picca ceplialonica, 77 feet; girth, 11 feet 2 inches. Pieea 

 Fraseri, 72 feet ; girth, 9 feet 7 inches. Cedrus Deodara, Ccphalotaxus drupaeea, 

 Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressus Goveniana, Cupressus macrocarpa, Ficca Nord- 

 vianniana, Pinus excelsa, Thuyopsis dolahrata, WelUngtonia gigantea. The cones 

 of Picea nohiUs have been destroyed by squirrels. 



