STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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General Eemarks. — The finest of the above trees were mostly planted 

 between 1848 and 1851, and on the whole have thriven well in the interval. Nearly 

 all hardy varieties of Conifers are grown in more or less numbers ; Cypresses, 

 Thuias, and Junipers thriving well, and attaining a considerable height. Variegated 

 Cypresses, Retinosporas, and Yews grow well and assume rich colours, and the 

 dark-green erect variety of Lawson's Cypress is very effective among them. 

 Thuyopsis dolahrata is another species that does remarkably well, and is much 

 admired. 



NORTHUMBEELAND. 



HowicK Hall. Earl Grey. 

 Altitude, 80 to 130 feet. Soil, stiff loam; subsoil, clay. 



Correspondent : Mr. David Inglis, The Gardens, Howick Hall, Lesbury. 



















Botanical Name 



Age 



.c 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



meter o 

 •anches 



posuro 



Remarks 















X 



K 







Years 



Feet 



Ft. 



In. 



Feet 









45 



60 



7 



4 



51 



S. 



Thriving well ; fine tree. 





58 



90 



9 



0 



60 





Very fine specimen. 





45 



56 



6 



2 



30 









20 



30 



2 



0 



12 



j» 



Moderate growth. 



„ Nordmanniana ... 



25 



45 



4 



0 



18 





Beautiful specimens. 





20 



30 



2 



3 



15 



5) 



Doing well j nice tree. 





50 



51 



8 



0 



36 



)5 



Fine specimen. 





35 



39 



4 



2 



21 





Beautiful ; bearing cones. 





40 



48 



6 



0 



30 





Fine specimen. 





70 



51 



12 



0 



63 



Open 



Grand ; girth at 2 ft, up. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana... 



25 



28 



2 



8 



12 





Fine specimen. 



„ macrocarpa . . . 



35 



48 



5 



4 



24 









40 



45 



9 



0 



22 





Not very thriving. 





35 



45 



6 



1 



21 



i'. 



Doing well. 





35 



36 



4 



2 



18 







Taxodium sempervirens 



35 



47 



4 



0 



20 



)» 



Not thriving well. 



Wellingtonia gigantea... 



34 



60 



9 



0 



12 





Fine specimen. 



General Remarks. — Some of the finest specimens of the Conifers here are 

 growing within a quarter of a mile of the German Ocean, and about SO feet above 

 it. Among others thriving well in such near proximity to the sea, and only 

 moderately sheltered, are Abies Louglasii, A. Menziesn, A. Nordmanniana, A. 

 WelMana, Araucaria iynlricata, Cedrus Deodara, Cupressus Lansoniana, and 

 C. macrocarpa. Farther inland, in the grounds and policies, there are many fine 

 healthy specimens, but few are beyond a mile from the sea, or over 130 feet 

 above it. 



