STATISTICS OF CONIFERS IN THE BRITISH ISLANDS. 



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EOSCOMMON. 



EOCKINGHAM. Miss KlXG HARMAN. 



Altitude, 180 feet. Soil, strong loam ; subsoil, clay. 



Correspondent : Mr. James Clews, The Gardens, Eockingham, Boyle. 



Botanical Name 



Age 



Height 



Girth at 

 5 ft. up 



Diameter of 

 Branches 



Exposure 



Remarks 





Years 



Feet 



Ft. In. 



Feet 









12 



16 



1 9 



10 



Shltd. 



Doing well ; fine tree. 





22 



39 



3 2 



22 



Expsd. 



Doing splendid ; very fine. 





20 



34 



4 6 



22 



Shltd. 



Thrives very well. 



,, Nordmanniana... 



12 



16 



1 2 



10 



j> 







45 



45 



7 0 



40 





Beautiful tree. 



Cupressus Lawsoniana 



18 



22 





16 





Doing very well. 





20 



30 



2 0 



16 



»> 



5) 55 





20 



26 



2 4 



22 



>» 



M »> 





22 



34 



2 9 



17 



Expsd. 



55 S5 



Taxusbaccatafastigiata 



45 



30 





15 



Shltd. 



Very fine specimen. 





22 



36 



4 6 



25 



Expsd. 



Thrives well ; fast grower. 





22 



26 



3 0 



15 





Very beautiful tree. 



Wellingtonia gigantea 



22 



42 



6 2 



25 



>) 



Handsome specimen. 



General Eemarks. — Nearly all the newer Conifers at Eockingham have 

 been planted by me within the last 22 years, and those I planted soon after 

 coming here in 1869 are growing splendidly, especially AMes Douglasii, which 

 was planted freely in the woods, where it is thriving remarkably well, and will, 

 I think, become a valuable timber tree. Thuya gigantea, and Alies Menzie&ii, a 

 handsome Spruce, are also growing very freely; and so is Finns LaHcio. AMes 

 AlheHiana and A. JSordmanniana are very promising, but the latter requires 

 shelter, while the former is one of the hardiest of Conifers. Cedrus Deodara and 

 Thuyopsis lorealis are among the most beautiful of Conifers ; and Cupressus 

 Lawsoniana, with its variety C. L. erecta viridis, is among the most useful of 

 ornamental trees. 



