STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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DEEBYSHIRE. 



Beetby Park. Earl op Carnarvon, 



Altitude, 250 to 360 feet. Soil, loam : subsoil, gravel and clay. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Thomas Dow, Forester, Bretby Estates, Burton-on-Trent. 



Botanical Xame 



Age 



.c 



Of) 



"S 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









31 



42 



2 10 



21 



Sheltd. 



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Araucaria imbricata ... 



40 



30 



2 10 



17 



S. 



A fine thriving tree. 







60 



9 0 



51 



»> 



One of about 20; all 















thriving well. 





31 



26 



2 5 



10 



s.w. 



Not a healthy specimen. 





215 



82 



16 2 



85 



s. 



Very healthy ; planted 















in 1676. 





45 



52 



7 0 



33 



w. 



Fine spec; neartheHalL 





18 



16 



1 6 



6 



Sheltd. 



A fine promising Conifer. 



"VVellingtonia gigantea. . . 



31 



40 



5 2 



17 



s. 



Fine healthy specimen. 



General Remarks. — The most notable tree in the above list is the grand old 

 Cedar of Lebanon, which is believed to be the oldest Cedar now growing in 

 England, having been planted at Bretby in 1676. It stands on a south sloping 

 spot, about 360 feet above sea-level, and is still healthy and vigorous, although 

 a branch dies off occasionally. The soil is a deep black loam of good quality, 

 resting on sandy clay, which seems to suit the wants of the Cedar admirably. The 

 height of the stem to the first branch is 11 feet, with an almost uniform girth of 

 16 feet 2 inches. It then swells out and divides at 15 feet up into three main 

 stems, the middle one rising straight from the lower bole, and the other two 

 shooting up alongside of it nearly perpendicular. 



GLOUCESTEESHIRE. 



TORTWORTH. Earl Ducie. 



Corresponde?it : Mr. Thomas Shingles, The Gardens, Tortworth, Falfield. 

 Altitude, 240 feet. Soil, sandy ; subsoil, old red sandstone. 















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Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter 

 Branches 



Exposur 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft 



In. 



Feet 









37 



43 



4 



9 



30 



N.W. 



One of the first sent out. 



Araucaria imbricata . . . 



36 



78 



7 



6 



36 



N.E. 





49 



50 



6 



5 



36 



W. 







35 



25 



2 



6 



21 



N. 





Prumnopitys elegans ... 



25 



17 







17 



S.E. 





Taxodium sempervirens 



36 



73 



8 



9 



34 



S. 



In a shady place. 





30 



21 



2 



10 



23 



Open 





Wellingtonia gigantea . 



35 



67 



10 



0 



29 



Open 





