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old killed, and in many cases they afterwards lost large branches. In some cases the trees struggled 
through the winter of 1860-61, only to succumb to the much less severe one of 1863—their stamina having 
been too much injured by the former to sustain the feebler attack of the latter. 
The Cedar seems not to stand the sea-breezes well. In Mr. Palmer’s reports there are constant 
memoranda to that effect. Neither does it bear late spring frosts. 
In addition to the ancient or renowned Cedars in Britain which we have already noticed, the following 
are worthy of being put on record. Our information, unfortunately, chiefly applies to their height, which 
is a less interesting point than girth of stem, as, after a certain height is reached, the trees increase little in 
altitude, and grow only to girth and spread of branches. A knowledge of the tallest trees, however, will 
be a sufficient indication that they have also reached larger dimensions in other respects, which may serve 
as fair illustrations of the size and rate of growth in different parts of the country. A few which are so 
noted are quoted from Loudon’s “ Arboretum,” and there are some of these which we have not had the 
opportunity of remeasuring or verifying. 
County. 
Place. 
Height in 
Supposed 
Girth. 
Remarks. 
Feet. 
Age. 
Feet. Lines. 
At height in ft. 
from Ground. 
England and Wales. 
Bedford 
Woburn Abbey 
85 
250? 
Berks .... 
Windsor Castle 
60 
60 
. . . 
... 
... 
Bucks .... 
Hedsor ... 
. .. 
. . . 
9 0 
. . . 
Spread of branches 224 feet (Loudon). 
Caermarthen. 
Golden Grove .... 
80 
156 
... 
Cambridge 
Gamlingay .... 
60 
112 
11 3 
. . • 
... 
Cardigan 
Hafod. 
40 
60-70 
. . . 
. . . 
Cornwall 
Tchidy Park, Redruth 
25 
50 
... 
... 
... 
Denbigh 
Coed Coch .... 
40 
60 
... 
. . . 
... 
Derby .... 
Chatsworth .... 
90—100 
80—IOO 
• • • 
. . . 
... 
» ... 
Eivaston. 
90 
80 
16 7 
2 
. a • 
33 ... 
Radbourhe Hall 
60 
... 
... 
... 
Devon .... 
Bicton. 
70 
35 
16 0 
3 
... 
Dorset .... 
Milton Abbey.... 
50—60 
. . . 
... 
33 • • • 
Bryanston .... 
150 
64 
10 8 
4 
... 
Gloucester 
Farnham Barton 
50 
5 ° 
... 
... 
» ... 
Doddington Park . 
80 
25 6 
. . . 
Loudon (1837). 
)J ' • • 
Frenchay, near Bristol 
90 
150 
18 0 
2 
One of a noble group. 
Hants .... 
Grange Park .... 
92 
100 
. . . 
. . • 
Spread of branches, 200 feet. 
Hertford 
Aldenham Abbey, Watford . 
60 — 70 
63 
9 11 
3 
Measured 50 feet in 1837. 
33 ... 
Bayfordbury .... 
117 
15 11 
3 
One tree measures 62 feet of clear 
Kent .... 
Redleaf . 
60 
55 
17 6 
3 
... [straight timber. 
Lancaster 
Holkar ..... 
58 
... 
• • • 
Lincoln 
Sudbrooke Holme . 
45—3 
60 
5 3 
... 
Loudon (1837.) 
Middlesex 
Syon House .... 
50 
. .. 
24 0 
3 
Spread of branches Loudon (1837). 
33 ... 
33 33 ... 
77 
80 
16 6 
3 
33 ... 
Chiswick House 
146 
16 8 
3 
. . . 
33 ... 
33 33 ... 
. .. 
... 
14 1 
3 
. . . 
Enfield Palace 
... 
... 
... 
Dr. Uvedale’s tree. 
33 ... 
Claremont .... 
100 
... 
16 6 
... 
33 ... 
Kenwood .... 
90 
90 
13 6 
... 
120 feet spread of branches. 
Montgomery . 
Powis Castle .... 
55 
44 
7 9 
4 
51 feet do. do. 
Norfolk 
Holkham .... 
50 
70—80 
... 
Northampton 
Castle Ashby .... 
90 
100 
11 6 
4 
Northumberland . 
Alnwick Castle 
60 
. .. 
• . . 
33 
Belsay. 
34 
60 
6 6 
4 
. . . 
33 • • 
33 ..... 
32 
25 
4 3 
4 
Nottingham . 
Welbeck Abbey 
80 
... 
Oxford .... 
Blenheim Park 
... 
... 
22 0 
Rutland 
Belvoir Castle 
65 
73 
... 
... 
... 
Salop .... 
Kinlet. 
4 i 
39 
6 9 
4 
In 1837 was 27 feet high. 51 feet 
,, .... 
Walcot . 
63 
64 
11 0 
4 
[spread of branches. 
Stafford 
King’s Bromley Manor . 
50 
150 
. * . 
Suffolk . . 
Easton Park .... 
70 
100 
. . . 
... 
... 
Surrey .... 
Randalls Park .... 
80 
. . . 
... 
... 
... 
Sussex .... 
Dale Park .... 
30 
60 
9 4 
5 
Circumference of branches, 350 feet. 
Goodwood Park 
92 
112 
One of them contains 300 cubic feet 
Warwick 
Warwick Castle 
... 
... 
... 
[of timber. 
Wilts .... 
Longleat . 
75. large & fine 
70, very old 
10 2 
... 
Worcester 
Standford Court 
75 
117 
19 2 
4 
... 
33 ... 
Croome Court 
• 70 
170 
York .... 
Sprotbrough Hall . 
42 
48 
7 6 
... 
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In Scotland there are not many good Cedars. The two old trees at Hopetoun House are said to 
have been brought by the Duke of Argyle in 1740, or, according to Dr. Walker, in 1748. They are 
nearly of equal dimensions, viz., 81 feet high in 1856, and 20 feet in girth at 3 feet from the ground, 
and 23 feet 9 inches at 6 feet from the ground. At Beil there is a specimen one hundred and forty years 
old. 
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