496 JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



WARWICKSHIRE. 

 Ragley Hall. Marquis of Hertford. 



Altitude, 250 feet. Soil, marly loam ; subsoil, rocky. 

 Correspondent: Mr. Alexander D. Christie, The Gardens, Kagley Hall, Alcester. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Grirth ai 

 5 ft. up 



o S 

 ^ o 

 2 § 

 9 ^ 



Q 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









16 



32 



2 6 



20 



Sheltd. 



Very healthy & thriving. 





18 



18 



1 4 



11 





Doing fairly well,healthy. 



Nordmanniana ... 



18 



2i 



1 10 



16 





Splendid specimens. 





18 



25 



1 10 



18 





Very beautiful specimens. 



„ _ glauca ... 



18 



25 



1 10 



17 









17 



24 



1 10 



16 





Handsome and vigorous. 





18 



24 



1 9 



18 







Cupressus Lawsoniana . . . 



17 



25 



2 0 



12 





Many fine specimens 





18 



3B 



2 6 



15 







Wellingtonia gigantea . . . 



17 



34 



3 0 



14 





Very handsome ; healthy. 



General Remarks. — These are all fine specimens, of about the same age, and 

 in the most vigorous health. On the strong marly loam here, we can show that 

 Abies Bouglasii, A. Nordmanniana, A, Pinsajw, Cupressus Lawsoniana, Thuya 

 gigantea, and Wellingtonia gigantea have really made much better trees than 

 Common Spruce, Larch, Scots Fir, Beech, and other hardwoods, all planted at the 

 same time and in the same way. Many other varieties of ornamental Conifers 

 have also been planted, and they are generally jn a fine thriving condition. 



WORCESTERSHIRE. 

 Eardiston. George Wallace, Esq. 

 Altitude, 100 to 200 feet. Soil, rich loam ; subsoil, strong marl. 

 Correspondent : Mr. Henry Ritchie, The Gardens, Eardiston, Tenbury. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Heiglit 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 







40 



56 



4 6 



20 



W. 



„ Nordmanniana 



25 



38 



3 2 



22 



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Araucaria imbricata... 



30 



30 



2 6 



14 



>> 





30 



40 



4 6 



27 



i< 







55 



7 0 



36 



»» 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



25 



28 



2 3 



10 





Libocedrus decurrens 



30 



16 



2 0 



6 







40 



45 



6 0 



30 



Open 





28 



42 



3 9 



39 





Thuyopsis borealis ... 



30 



33 



2 6 



20 



W. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



30 



35 



5 0 



20 





Remarks 



Doing well ; vigorous, [years 

 Does well ; but fails at 25or 30 

 Very good specimen. 



Very fine specimen. 



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Good specimen. 

 Branchy tree ; healthy. 



Beautiful specimen. 



Good ; but now going back. 



