PINETUM BRITANNICUM. 
8 
Culture .—Mr Palmer’s reports on the worst effects of the winter of 1860-61 on this tree, give the 
following results:— 
Killed. 
Much injured. 
Injured. 
Not injured. 
Total. 
England ...... 
32 
11 
14 
29 
86 
Scotland ...... 
23 
8 
23 
17 
7 i 
Ireland ...... 
— 
1 
— 
4 
5 
55 
20 
37 
50 
162 
An analysis of the situation of the places which suffered most gives no very definite data for generalization. 
No doubt the most southern counties, Cornwall, Somerset, Devon, &c., escaped without injury; but mere 
increase of latitude is not at all uniformly accompanied with increase of mortality, the tree having escaped 
unhurt in many of the northern counties, while it suffered severely in others more to the south. The situation 
of individual localities probably had much to do with the amount of mischief. Many fine trees, which 
had lived unhurt for twenty-five years, fell victims to the severity of that winter; and many which had lived 
through it, gave way in the winter of 1862-63, their constitution having not, perhaps, fully recovered from 
the previous attacks of that of 1860-61. In fact, probably, more perished in 1862-63 than in 1860-61. 
Nevertheless, many finer than any that have gone still survive, as will be seen from the following list of the 
heights and ages of some of the most remarkable trees in England, taken subsequent to i860 :— 
County. 
Place. 
Height. 
Age. 
Date of 
Measure¬ 
ment. 
« 
County. 
Place. 
Height. 
Age. 
Date of 
Measure¬ 
ment. 
Bucks . 
Dropmore • . 
50 
73 
1867 
Devon 
Grantlands . 
25 
— • 
1867 
ii • 
ii 
47 
37 
ii 
Wigtownshire 
Castle Kennedy . 
25 
20 
ii 
if • • • 
if 
4 i 
37 
a 
Cork 
Castle Martyr 
25 
20 
a 
Sussex 
Beaufort 
4 1% 
— 
a 
Forfar 
Camperdown 
24 
20 
1862 
ii • 
if 
39 
— 
if 
Staffordshire 
Biddulph Grange . 
24 
H 
1867 
a • 
if • • 
3 ^ 
— 
a 
Yorkshire 
Mulgrave Castle . 
23 
30 
1863 
a • 
ii 
34 
— 
a 
ii 
ii 
22 
30 
a 
a • 
fi 
30 
— 
a 
Bedfordshire 
Woburn Abbey 
23 
24 
1862 
a • 
if 
30 
— 
a 
Antrim 
Birch Hill 
23 
21 
a 
a • • 
ii 
29 
— 
a 
Sutherland . 
D unrobin Castle . 
23 
25 
1863 
Kilkenny 
Woodstock Park . 
39 
30 
1863 
Perthshire 
Taymouth 
22 
19 
1862 
Lancashire . 
Holkar 
36 
20 
1862 
a 
Dupplin Castle 
22 
30 
1863 
Devonshire . 
Eggesford 
35 
20 
a 
a 
Murthly Castle 
22 
— 
1862 
Rutland 
Belvoir Castle 
34 
30 
a 
Devonshire 
Upcott 
22 
15 
1867 
Surrey 
Ockham Park 
33 
— 
1867 
Fife . 
Donibristle . 
22 
26 
1862 
Kirkcudbright 
Cairnsmore 
32 
28 
1862 
Tyrone 
Caledon Hill 
21 
24 
a 
N orthumberland . 
Belsay Castle 
32 
40 
1867 
Waterford 
Lismore Castle 
21 
20 
a 
') 
ii 
3 i 
— 
a 
Cardigan 
Hafod 
20 
l8 
a 
Lancashire . 
Calderstone 
3 i 
30 
1862 
Montgomery 
Powis Castle 
20 
26 
1864 
Surrey 
Wimbledon 
30 
35 
a 
Denbighshire 
Coed Coch . 
20 
22 
1862 
ii * 
Kew 
3 1 
70 
1867 
Westmoreland 
Ambleside . 
20 
2 I 
1867 
Devonshire . 
Bicton 
30 
30 
a 
Cornwall 
Bownnoe 
20 
20 
1862 
Montrose 
Craigo 
30 
a 
Devonshire 
Watcombe . 
20 
I 2 
a 
Gloucestershire 
Tortworth Court . 
28 
26 
1862 
Lancashire . 
Cuerden Hall 
20 
l6 
1864 
Herefordshire 
Hatfield House 
27 
22 
a 
Cornwall 
Curclew 
20 
20 
1862 
Derbyshire . 
Elvaston 
26 
27 
a 
Devonshire . 
Woodovis 
20 
20 
a 
Herefordshire 
Bayfordbury 
26 
27 
1867 
Middlesex 
Enfield Chase 
20 
20 
a 
Gloucestershire 
Highnam Court 
26 
24 
CO 
VO 
CO 
N orfolk 
Holkham 
20 
l8 
a 
Perthshire 
Keir 
26 
27 
1862 
Shropshire . 
Halston Hall 
20 
24 
a 
Kent 
Redleaf 
25 
20 
ii 
Cheshire 
Norcliffe 
20 
24 
a 
Suffolk 
Easton Park 
25 
20 
if 
Berkshire 
Windsor 
17 
15 
a 
Herts . 
Aldenham Abbev . 
25 
24 
1867 
Isle of Wight 
Osborne 
l 6 
25 
a 
Peebles 
Dalwick 
25 
20 
1862 
Denbighshire 
Hafodunos . 
1 
15 
26 
a 
The finest of these trees are the well-known specimens at Dropmore, of the largest of which we give a 
portrait. It is a male, and is now upwards of 60 feet in height. In June 1867, it was 50 feet. Its stem 
was 
