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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



PEMBROKESHIRE. 

 Stackpole Court. Eael of Cawdor. 

 Altitude, 60 feet. Soil, loam; subsoil, limestone formation. 



Correspondent : Mr, W. Fisher, The Gardens, Stackpole Court, Pembroke. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Heiglit 



Girth at 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 



„ Nordmanniana . . . 

 Cupressus macrocarpa 



Taxodium sempervirens 

 Wellingtonia gigantea 



Years 

 35 

 20 

 25 

 20 

 35 

 30 



Feet 

 56 

 30 

 36 

 25 

 52 

 60 



Ft. In. 



6 5 

 2 11 

 4 4 

 4 2 



8 9 

 8 6 



Feet 

 18 

 14 

 18 



16 



S.W. 



5) 

 5> 



Thriving specimen. 

 Free growing & healthy. 



A fine healthy tree. 





SHROPSHIRE. 

 Chetwynd Park. J. C. B. Borough, Esq. 

 Altitude, 360 to 550 feet. Soil, light loam ; subsoil, gravel, and clay. 

 Correspondent : Mr. N. Sherwood, The Gardens, Chetwynd Park, Newport. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



^ 



bo 

 'S 

 M 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



O 

 t-t 



o 



& 



X 



Remarks 



„ Nordmanniana ... 

 Cupressus Lawsoniana 



Years 

 30 



36 

 40 

 30 

 34 

 35 

 30 

 30 

 34 



Feet 

 54 



32 

 65 

 45 

 36 

 40 

 40 

 38 

 65 



Ft. In. 

 4 3 



4 0 



5 6 

 4 6 



Feet 

 27 



21 

 27 

 24 

 18 



30 

 22 

 20 



Open 



N.E. 

 >> 



Open 

 N.E. 

 Open 

 S.W. 

 Open 

 N.E. 



Succeeds well ; best in 



shelter. 

 Not thriving too well. 

 Thriving splendidly. 

 Thriving well. 

 A grand specimen. 

 Fine for making cover. 

 Thrives well. 

 Makes a grand specimen. 

 Thriving ; fine specimen. 







Wellingtonia gigantea 



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General Eemarks. — We have not a very large collection of Conifers, but 

 among the number are some that thrive remarkablj- well, and form very fine 

 specimens, particularly Abies Bouglasii, A. Nordmanniana, Cypresses, and the 

 Wellingtonia. Neither the Araucaria nor the Deodar, however, seems to thrive 

 ■vrell, the soil probably being too light for them. Pinvs excelsa makes fine growth 

 for a while, but eventually loses its leader when it rises beyond the protection 

 of other trees, and then becomes squat and branchy. Most of the other free- 

 growing Conifers make handsome trees in sheltered places. 



