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Arboriculture. 
see the dift'erence of growth of the larch in each. Whether this decay 
has arisen from the too rapid growth of the trees in the first instance, 
owing to the land liaving been trenched, or to any peculiarity in the 
atmosphere at the time the first plantation was made, is a very important 
question, as that decay has been found in plantations in every part of the 
kingdom, and in every variety of soil ; and the nurserymen are actually 
importing their seed from the Tyrol, concluding that the mischief arose 
from a deterioration of the plant itself in our climate. I may add that 
I have larch here supposed to be above eighty years old; 
In the Trenched Ground. 
Length Quarter 
in feet. S'' t. 
31 by 5 
29 
30 
34 , , 5f 
34 , , 6i 
34 
33 
4 
> 5 ^4 
Ft. In. Pts. 
5 4 7 
6 7 10 
3 4 0 
7 9 8 
9 11 
6 6 
6 3 
45 11 7 at 1*. 21. 5s. U^d. 
In the Ground not Trenched. 
Lengtli 
Quarter 
Ft. 
In. 
Pt? 
in feet. 
girt. 
35 
by 
6i .. 
11 
0 
10 
35 
5 > 
Si .. 
7 
4 
2 
39 
> 5 
6i .. 
10 
6 
11 
34 
i y 
6i .. 
9 
2 
8 
36 
5 5 
6i .. 
9 
9 
2 
32 
> 5 
5 
5 
6 
8 
32 
^ > 
^2 
6 
8 
8 
60 3 1 at 1a-. 2d. . . 3/. 10*. 3d. 
I am, Sir, your obedient servant, 
J. Spenckr Stanhope. 
Cannon Hall, November IG. 
