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timbar, is occasionally cropping up. In tli3 clinisnsions given, the circumference 
of the bole or stem, has been invariably taken at a height of 3 ft. from the 
ground-level, and the height by measurement. 
1. Cedvus Deodara: planted in 1832; height in 1837, 6 ft., in 1850, 
32ft. 10in,, in 1870, GO feet; circumference of bole, 7ft. This is evidently a 
cutting plant, and not a seedling, and has very much the character of the Cedar 
of Lebanon. 
2. Abies Moriiida: near the above, anl planted at the same time; height in 
1837, 7ft. in 1850, 27 ft., in 1870, 57ft.; circumference, 7ft. Gin. It is a, 
very handsome plant when in good foliage, and well feathered to the ground. 
3. Pinas poiiderosa: also planted in 1832 ; this has a very fine bole, which 
carries its thickness well upwards; it is 65 ft. high, and the circumference of the 
stem is 8 ft. I calculate that there are now quite 17 ft. of timber in it. This 
appears to me to be one of the most likely conifers to make a valuable timber 
tree, in situations similar to those in which the Scotch fir flourishes, and no 
doiibt the quality of the timber will be quite equal to, if not superior to, that of 
the Scotch fir, if the accounts which have been given of it are correct. 
4. Abies Douglasii: planted in 1832; height in 1837, 15 ft. 3 in., in 1850, 
43 ft. ; m the frost of 1860-61 8 ft. or 10 ft. of the leader was cut off, deut it has 
now recovered, and is 65 ft. high ; circumference of bole, 7 ft. 6 in. It carries 
its thickness up well, and appears likely to be equal, if not superior to the spruce. 
5. Pinus insignis: planted in 1842 ; 2 ft. 4 in. in height; in 1850, 25 ft. 
6 in. ; and now, 60 ft., with a circumference of the bole at one yard of 8 ft. 4 in. 
This is a very noble plant, and is the only one out of many which was not injured 
in the frost of 1867 ; the branches, which are proportionately very large, radiate 
from the stem in a peculiar manner, extending to a great length—nearly 30 ft., 
and from their weight of foliage they gradually bend down to a horizontal 
position. Should this tree be spared to become aged, I have no doubt whatever 
that it will be one of the most striking and picturesque of the whole tribe; but 
I should almost fear that its very rapid growth would militate against its intrinsic 
value as a timber tree until very old. 
6. Abies cephalonica: near to and probably planted at the same time as No. 
5 ; it is a very handsome specimen, nearly 50 ft high ; circumference, 6 ft. 
7. Taxodiam sempervirens^ or Sequoia gigantea: from a cutting struck in 
1848, planted in 1850, is 35 ft. high, and 6 ft. in circumference of bole. A 
Douglas Fir planted near this on the same day is 35 ft. high and 3 ft. 6 in. in 
circumference, and a Cedrus Deodam 30 ft. high, and 2 ft. 4 in. in circumference. 
8. Wellingtonia gigantea: planted in March, 1855, pulled up by a boy with 
an eye to the beautiful in May, discovered in a bed-room window, brought back 
and replanted minus its splendid roots. They are now 35 ft. high, the circum¬ 
ference of the stem at 3 ft. is 6 ft., and round the base 9 ft. I am sorry to add 
that the foliage both of this specimen and of most of the Coniferous plants about 
