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the Horticultural Society o( Dumfries,who adds, “ The late proprietor of thistree, Mr. Maitland, used to bring hisfriends to sit beneath its shade to taketheir wine after dinner.” The Earl’sMill Beech, in Morayshire {fig. 1913.),is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 17 ft. incircumference at 3 ft. from the ground,and a head 93 ft. in diameter. TheGrange Hall Beech {fig. 1914.), in thesame county, is only Soft, high, with atrunk about 14 ft. in circumference at5 ft. from the ground, and a head 95 ft.in diameter. The roots rise up allround the trunk to the height of 2 ft.or 3 ft. from the ground, and form anatural seat, to which the immense andumbrella-like head affords an agreeableshade. The drawings of these last twotrees were made for us by Mr.Stephens,artist, of Elgin, at the request, and ex-pense of—— Macleod, Esq.

F d.gus sylvatica in England. In theenvirons of London, at GunnersburyPark, are many fine beeches, 90 ft.high, with trunks about 9 ft. in circum-ference.—South of London. In Devon-shire, at Killerton, a beech tree, 150years old, is 68 ft. high, diameter of thetrunk 7 ft., and of the head 97 ft. InDorsetshire, at Melbury Park, 200 years

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old, it is 82 ft high, diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head 96 ft. In Somersetshire, at Cothel-stone, it is 85 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5ft., and of the head 84 ft. In Surrey, at Claremont,

it is 90 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5 ft.the trunk 7 ft., and that of the head 87 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft.

6 in., and that 'of the head 82 ft.;and at Longford Castle, it is 70 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft.,and that of the head 50 ft.—Northof London. In Berkshire, at BearWood, 16 years planted, it is 80 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft.,and that of the head 18 ft.; at HighClere, it is 67 ft. high, the diameterof the trunk 3 ft., and of the head28 ft. In Denbighshire, at LlanbedeHall, it is 71 ft high, the diameterof the trunk 3 ft., and of the head47 ft. In Derbyshire, at Foston Hall,

100 years old, it is 78 ft. high, thecircumference of the trunk 12 ft.,and the diameter of the head 60 ft.

In Essex, at Audley End, 80 yearsplanted, it is 80 ft. high. In Glou-cestershire, at Chipping-Cawdor, it

In Sussex, at Kidbrooke, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter ofIn Wiltshire, at Wardour Castle, 100 years old, it is 60 ft.

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is 85 ft. high, with a trunk 6 ft. 6 in. in diameter ; at Doddington, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 3 ft., and that of the head about 70 ft. In Herefordshire, at Croft Castle, are several trees, from80 ft. to 85 ft. high, with trunks about 20 ft. in circumference, and the branches extending over a spacefrom 100 ft. to 120 ft. in diameter ; at Eastnor Castle, 14 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameterof the trunk 1 ft., and that of the head 32 ft. In Leicestershire, at Donnington Park, 100 years old,it is 96 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 ft, andthat of the head 100 ft. Mr. Donaldson, the stewardat Donnington, who had this tree measured forus, states that when he sent the man up into thetree, there was a squirrel in it, which, not ven-turing to come down, as Mr. Donaldson was stand-ing close by, mounted before the man to the verysummit of the tree, from which immense heightit leaped to the ground, and, falling on a tuft ofbeech leaves, ran away uninjured. In Notting-hamshire, at Worksop Manor, it is 90 ft. high, thediameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the head117 ft. In Radnorshire, at Maeslaugh Castle, it is70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft., andthat of the head 90 ft. In Shropshire, at WilleyPark, it is 25 ft. high, after being 9 years planted.

In Staffordshire, at Trentham, it is 70 ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and that of the head 102 ft. In Suffolk, at Finborough Hall, 80 yearsplanted, it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 80 ft. In War-wickshire, at Combe Abbey, 60 years planted, it is 54 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in.,and that of the head 77 ft.; at Edgbaston, near Birmingham, it is 115 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. indiameter. In Worcestershire, at Croome, 65 years planted, it is 95 ft. high, the diameter of thetrunk 4ft.6in., and that of the head 60ft. In Yorkshire, the immense trees at Studley, and atHaywood, have been already mentioned, (See p. 1977.)

Fagus sylvatica in Scotland. In the environs of Edinburgh, at Cramond House, it is 60 ft. high,the circumference of the trunk 13 ft., and the diameter of the head 111 ft.; at Dalmeny Park it is

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