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CONl'FERJE. CE'DRUS.

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bighshire, at Llanbede Hall, 14 years planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Derbyshire, at Hassop, it is 24 ft.high ; at Elvaston Castle, it is 73ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 8 in., and of the head 76 ft.In Durham, at Southend, 28 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Essex, at Audley End, 72 yearsold, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 73 ft.; at Hylands, 10 yearsplanted, it is 26 it. high ; at Faulkbourn Hall, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft. 6in.,and of the head 100 ft. ; at Thorndon Hall, it is 40ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. in diameter; at ShortGrove is a remarkable cedar, 80ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. 4in. in diameter at lfc. from theground. About 13 ft. from the ground is a large limb, very nearly the size of the trunk ; and a smallbranch from this limb grows, or is inosculated into the trunk. There are 68 cedars on this estate.In Gloucestershire, at Doddington Park, 35 years planted, it is 30 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk1 ft. 6in., and of the head 60 ft. In Herefordshire, at Eastnor Castle, 18 years planted, it is 30ft.high; at Hatfield, 13 years planted, it is 25ft. high. In Hertfordshire, at Aldenham Abbey,34 years planted, it is 50ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30ft. ; at Cashio-bury, 30 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 42 ft. ; atCheshunt, 20 years planted, it is 22 ft. high. In Lancashire, at Latham House, 30 years planted,it is 23 ft. high. In Leicestershire, at Quenby Hall, a cedar supposed to be among the first plantedin England, the seeds of which were brought from the Levant by Mr. William Ashby, a Turkeymerchant, between 1680 and 1690 (see Gard. Mag., vo). vii. p. 423 .); at Whatton House, 30 yearsplanted, it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 2 in., and of the head 48 ft.; at DonningtonPark, 80 years planted, it is 62 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8ft. 6 in., and of the head 68 ft.In Lincolnshire, at Scrivelsby, there are many fine cedars of different varieties, and of great ageand size. In Northumberland, at Woolsington, 20 years planted, it is 20ft. high. In Norfolk, atMerton, is a cedar 78 ft. high, with a trunk nearly 4 ft in diameter. In Nottinghamshire, atClumber Park, var. glauca is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 11 in., and of the head44 ft.: at Worksop Manor, it is 64 ft. high, the diameter of the - trunk 4 ft., and of the head 63 ft.;another, 100 years old, is 65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 61 ft. In North-amptonshire, at Castle Ashby, one 80 years old is 72 ft. high, with a trunk nearly 5 ft. indiameter, and a conical well-shaped head; another, 68 ft. 7 in. high, has a trunk about the samesize: at Wakefield Lodge, 20years planted, it is 25ft. high. In Oxfordshire, at Oxford, in theBotanic Garden, 40 years planted, it is 30ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 3in., and ofthe head 27 ft. In Pembrokeshire, at Stackpole Court, 35 years planted, it is 38 ft. high, the dia-meter of the head 33 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, 50 years planted, it is 5 ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 51 ft. In Rutlandshire, at Belvoir Castle,28 years planted, it is 30 ft. high. In Shropshire, at Hardwicke Grange, 10 years planted, it is 19 ft.high ; at Willey Park, 19 years planted, it is 26 ft. high ; another, 15 years planted, is 38 ft. high; atKinlet, it is 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 26 ft. In Staffordshire, atTrentham, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 50 ft.; at Blithefield,48 years planted, it is 52 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft.; atTeddesley Park, 14 years planted, it is 26 ft. high; at Rolleston Hall, 30 years planted, it is 25 ft.high ; at Wrottesley House, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and of the head42 ft. In Suffolk, on the lawn at Hardwicke, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., andof the head 43 ft.; at Finborough Hall, 80 years planted, it is 80 ft., the diameter of the trunk 4 ft.3in., and of the head 80 ft.; at Stretton Parsonage, there is one 90 years old, with a trunk 5ft. indiameter; at Wolveston Hall, it is 65ft. high, the diameter of the trunk4ft. 6in., and of the head80 ft.; at Campsey Ash is a group of 8 or 10, with trunks from 4 ft. to 6 ft. in diameter; atAmpton Hall, is one with a trunk 5 ft. in diameter, and the diameter of the head 90 ft. In Warwick-shire, at Combe Abbey, it is 47 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and of the head 80 ft. InWorcestershire, at Hagley, is one with a trunk 5 ft. 4in. in diameter, and the diameter of the head85 ft.; at Croome, 80 years planted, it is 100 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head120 ft. In Yorkshire, at Hackress, 12 years planted, it is 11 ft. high ; at Grimston, 13 years planted,itj is 12 ft. high.

Cedrus Libani in Scotland. In the Experimental Garden at Inverleith, 10 years planted, it is10 ft. high ; at Gosford House, 30 years planted, it is 20 ft. high ; at Beil, 110 years old, it is 54 ft.6 in. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 7 in., and of the head 67 ft. ; at Hopetoun House, 86 yearsplanted, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head 81 ft.; at Ratho aremany fine cedars, with trunks from 3ft. to 5ft. in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Loudon Castle, it is30 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Berwickshire, at the Hirsel, 30 years planted, it is23ft. high. In Kirkcudbright, at Cassincarrie, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft.In Haddingtonshire, at Tyninghame, 24 years planted, it is 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk

I ft., and of the head 27 ft. In Aberdeenshire, at Thainston, 20 years planted, it is 9 ft. high. InArgyllshire, at Toward Castle, 15 years planted, it is 13 ft. high; at Roseneath Castle, 45 ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in. In Bute, at Mount Stewart, 12 years planted, it is 13 ft. high. InBanffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 33 ft. high, with a trunk 1ft. in diameter; at Huntley Lodge,10 years planted, it is 14 ft. high ; at Cullen House, it is 44 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft.,and of the head 44 ft. In Fifeshire t at Danibristle Park, 12 years planted, it is 12 ft. high. In For-farshire, at Gray House, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft 6 in., and of the head 65 ft.;at Invergowrie is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 40 years planted,it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 20 ft.; at Perth, in the nurseryof Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull, 15 years planted, it is 19ft. high. In Ross-shire, at BrahanCastle, 50 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft, and of the head 36 ft. InStirlingshire, at Blair Drummond, 50 years planted, it is 45ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6in.,and of the head 25 ft. ; at Airthrey, 36 years planted, it is {36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk

II in., and of the head 19 ft.; at Callender Park, 15 years planted, it is 21 ft. in height.

CMrus Libani in Ireland. In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24 ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 27 ft.; at Cypress Grove is a cedar of dwarfishgrowth, 10 ft. high, and covering a space 6 ft. in diameter ; at Terenure, 20 years planted, it is 18 ft.high ; at Glasnevin is a fine specimen, with a trunk 2 ft. 6 in. in diameter, and clear to the heightof 20 ft.; at Colonel Conolly’s, Castletown, it is 28 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., andof the head 50 ft. In Antrim, at Antrim Castle, 10 years planted, it is 17 ft. high. In Fermanagh, atFlorence Court, 35 years planted, it is 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and of the head30 ft. In Louth, at Oriel Temple, 35 years planted, it is 33 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft.8 in., and of the head 28 ft.

Ctdrus Libdni in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes, 100 years old, it is 80 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft 6in., ami of the head 85 ft. ; at Fromont, 32 years planted, it is58 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft.; in the Botanic Garden atToulon, 18 years planted, it is 22 ft. high ; at Barres, 28 years planted, it is 28 ft. high ; at Nantes,in the nursery of M. Nerrifcres, 40 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter; in theBotanic Garden at Avranches, 24 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Germany, it will not stand out