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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



as the weight of snow lodging among the branches bends them over, and eventually 

 splits them off. All the following came through last winter without the loss of 

 a twig from snow, frost, or wind: — AMes Alhertiana, A. canadensis, A. cej^halonica, 

 A. lasiocarpa, A. Nordmanniana, A. orientalis, A. Pinsajjo, A. Smithiana, 

 Cryptomeria japonica, Cupressns Lajvsoniana, C. macrocarj^a, C. nutkaensis, 

 Pinns Cemhra, Retinospora pisifera and all others, Thuya gigantea, and Thuyopsis 

 dolahrata. Wellingtonia gigantea never loses a branch from severe weather, but 

 it sometimes loses its young sappy leading shoot if a gale occurs while it is 

 growing. It does not appear to be a tree that will last many years in a well 

 furnished condition. They are growing here as an avenue, as groups, and as single 

 specimens, and all of them are showing a tendency to lose their lower branches. 

 I am afraid our soil is not deep enough nor our hills high enough, and our 

 rainfall is not great enough, to suit the Wellingtonia and grow it in perfection to 

 maturity. 



LINCOLNSHIRE. 

 Eevesby Abbey. Eight Hon. Edwaed Stanhope. 

 Altitude, 130 feet. Soil, loam ; subsoil, chalk and red sand. 



Correspondent : Mr. James Alexandee, The Gardens, Reyesby Abbey, Boston. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



CD 



O 

 ft 



Bemarks 





Years' Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 







Abies Albertiana .. 



30 



28 



2 



2 



18 



S.E. 



Healthy ; nice tree. 



cephalonica 



43 



45 



6 



8 



38 



>> 



A fine specimen. 



„ Douglasii . 



43 



62 



7 



1 



30 





Healthy ; very dark green. 



grandis 



43 



70 



6 



6 



32 



" 



Vigorous and very healthy. 



magnifica 



36 



40 



5 



0 



15 





Beautiful specimen. 





40 



46 



3 



4 



18 



?» 



Doing fairly well. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



40 



50 



4 



0 



30 



>J 







43 



49 



6 



6 



25 





Healthy and thriving. 



Araucaria imbricata ... 



40 



40 



4 



2 



25 





Fine spec. ; bearing cones. 





43 



52 



6 



0 



25 





Healthy and thriving. 





43 



50 



6 



6 



30 









43 



45 



9 



6 



38 





Healthy, bearing cones. 



Cryptomeria elegans ... 



30 



20 



1 



10 



8 



J5 



Healthy and thriving. 



„ japonica... 



40 



37 



5 



3 



20 







Cupressus Lawsoniana 



30 



25 



2 



1 



12 



>» 



>> 5> 



Libocedrus decurrens ... 



40 



36 



4 



0 



9 



>> 



>> 5> 





40 



45 



7 



3 



35 



tf 



5> 5> 





40 



50 



3 



6 



14 



Jl 



J> 5J 





40 



44 



6 



6 



80 









40 



52 



6 



3 



20 



»J 



>5 





36 



48 



6 



8 



36 



>5 







43 



50 



6 



8 



34 





»> >5 





43 



50 



4 



0 



18 



>> 







43 



56 



4 



4 



18 



>> 



if >» 





43 



48 



4 



2 



12 









43 



50 



5 



0 



25 



5> 



>? >5 





43 



45 



7 



6 



29 



11 



Healthy, very branchy. 



Tasodium distichum ... 



40 



27 



3 



8 



20 



i> 



Healthy ; pretty tree. 



„ sempervirens 



43 



63 



9 



6 



35 



>» 



Fine thriving specimen. 





36 



46 



3 



3 



12 



J> 



Useful tree for covers. 





36 



40 



2 



6 



20 



>> 



Beautiful tree ; very hardy. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



84 



65 



8 



8 



18 



if 



Fine healthy specimens. 



