CHAP. CV,

coryla'ceas,

fAGUS.

1979

1913

70 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 10ft., andthe diameter of the head 60 ft. ; at Barnton House itis 90 ft. high ; at Gogar House it is 60 ft. high, diameterof the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 90 ft.; at HattonHouse it is 90 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk12 ft. 6 in., and the diameter of the head 60 ft.; at Hope-toun House, 100 years old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameterof the trunk 4 ft. 8in., and of the head 60 ft.; at More-dun Parkit is 85 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk6 ft., and of the head 73 ft.—South of Edinburgh. InAyrshire, at Dalquharran, it is 90ft. high, the circum-ference of the trunk 16 ft., and the diameter of the head96 ft.; at Kilkerran, ISO years old, it is 75ft. high, thecircumference of the trunk 24 ft., and the diameter ofthe head 96 ft. In Dumfriesshire, at Jardine Hall, arethe remains of an avenue of beech trees, planted in 1708, some of the trees of which have trunksfrom 10 ft. to 15ft. in circumference, and one, which is 73 ft. high, covers a space 73 ft. in diameter.In the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, at St. Mary’s Isle, it is 63 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft6 in., and that of the head 51 ft. In Haddingtonshire, at Tyningham, it is 64 ft. high the diameter ofthe trunk 5 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 57 ft.—North of Edinburgh. In Banffshire, at GordonCastle, it is 87 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 19146 in., and that of the head 60 ft. In Cromarty, at Coul,

162 years old, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk3 ft , and that of the head 63 ft. In Fifeshire, at Dani-bristle Park, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the head82 ft. In Forfarshire, at Kinnaird Castle, 200 years old,it is 90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft., and of thehead 105 ft. ; at Courtachy Castle, 102 years old, it is78 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 18 ft., andthe diameter of the head 60 ft. In Perthshire, at Tay-mouth, it is 9oft high, and has a trunk 17 ft. in cir-cumference, and the diameter of the head 96 ft.; in Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull’s nursery,Perth, 60 years planted, it is 66 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3ft., and that of the head 42 ft. InRoss-shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and that of thehead 80 ft. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, it is 136 years old, and 90 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 5 ft., and of the head 92 ft.; at Caliendar Park, 200 years old, it is 70 ft. high, the circumfe-rence of the trunk 17 ft., and the diameter of the head 86 ft.

Fdgus sylvdtica in Ireland. In the environs of Dublin, at Cypress Grove, it is 96 ft. high, thediameter of the trunk 3ft. 10in., and that of the head 66 ft.— South of Dublin. In the county ofCork, at Castle Freke, it is 53 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 15 ft., and diameter of thehead 30 ft. In Kilkenny, at Woodstock, 95 years planted, it is 91 ft high, the diameter of the trunk5 ft., and that of the head 48 ft.; at Borris it is 90 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 18 ft, andthe diameter of the head 96 ft. In King’s County, at Charleville Forest, is a birch, which,though only 60 years planted, is 110 ft. high, with a trunk 17 ft. in circumference, and a head90 ft. in diameter. In Limerick, at Mount Shannon, are many noble specimens—North ofDublin. In Down, at Moira, it is 110 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft 6 in., and that of thehead 80 ft. In Fermanagh, at Florence Court, 38 years old, it is 65 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk

2 ft., and that of the head 50ft. In Sligo, at Mackree Castle, 73 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk

3 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 54 ft.

Fagus sylvdtica in Foreign Countries. In France, near Nantes, it is 100 years old, and 90 ft high.In the village of Laulnay, parish of St. Aubin-du-Perron, near the oratory of that name (Manche),which was possessed*before 1791 by the Eudistes of Coutances, a birch tree was felled on the 27th ofJanuary, 1837 ; when a man who was splitting the wood, found in one of the branches a cross, 9 in.and 9 lines high, with cross bars of 1 in., and a pedestal of 1| lines high, and 5 lines broad, whichwas perfectly regular (L’Hermbs). A similar example is recorded in the Magazine of NaturalHistory , vol. i. p. 471, as having been seen by us at Metz, in 1828. In Switzerland, the largestspecimens of beech are two at the entrance to the Abbey of Pommiers, near Saldne, each being15 ft. in circumference at 2 ft. from the ground. In Austria, at Vienna, in the University Bo-tanic Garden, 60 years old, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 30 ft. jat Kopenzel, 60 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of thehead 24 ft. In Prussia, in Berlin, at Sans Souci, 60 years old, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 3ft, and of the head 28 ft; in the Pfauen-Insel, 40 years planted, it is 36 ft. high. InSweden, at Lund, in the Botanic Garden, 59 years old, it is 56 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk2 ft. 6 in., and of the head 36 ft. In Italy, in Lombardy, at Monza, 24 years planted, it is 32 ft. high,the circumference of the trunk 3 ft., and the diameter of the head 39 ft.

Fagus sylvdtica purpurea. The largest in England is that at Enville, in Staffordshire, which, asalready mentioned, is about 70 ft. high, with a head 85 ft. in diameter; the longest branch measuring42 ft. in extent from the tree. In the environs of London, is one at Syon, 71 ft. high, circumferenceof the trunk 8 ft. 6 in., and diameter of the head 61 ft. ; at Kenwood is one, 36 years planted, whichis 48 ft. high, circumference of the trunk nearly 6 ft., and diameter of the head 40 ft.; at MuswellHill it is 62 ft. high, circumference of the trunk 14 ft., and diameter of the head 39 ft.; at Claremont,in Surrey, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the head 40 ft. In Buckinghamshire, at Temple House, it is30 ft. high, diameter of the head 20 ft.; in Cheshire, at Kinmel Park, it is 24 ft. high, diameter of thehead 32 ft ; in Durham, at Southend, are several between 40 and 50 ft. high, after being only 18 yearsplanted ; in Gloucestershire, at Doddington, 30 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, diameter of the head33 ft.; in Nottinghamshire, at Clumber Park, it is 42 ft. high, diameter of the head 52 ft. ; in Oxford-shire, in the Oxford Botanic Garden, it is 55 ft. high, diameter of the head 40 ft.; in Pembrokeshire,at Stackpole Court, it is 35 ft. high, diameter of the head 27 ft. : in Suffolk, in the Bury BotanicGarden, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the head 42 ft.; at Great Livermere.it is 35 ft high, diameter ofthe head 40 ft.: in Worcestershire, at Croome, 38 years planted, it is 60 ft. high, diameter of thehead 40 ft.; in Yorkshire, in the nursery of Messrs. Backkouse, at York, it is about 80 yearsold, 10 ft. 4 in. in circumference, 31ft high, and diameter of the head 44 ft. In Scotland, inBanffshire, at Gordon Castle, it is 56 ft. high, diameter of the head 54 ft.; in Fifeshire, at RaithHouse, it is 45ft. high, diameter of the head 40ft.: in Perthshire, at Inverary, 50 years old,it is 40ft high; and at Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull’s Nursery, Perth, 40 years planted, itis 48ft. high, diameter of the head 40ft. In Ireland, at Cypress Grove, it is 40ft. high, dia-meter of the head 40ft.; in Kilkenny, at Borrls, it is 56 ft. high, diameter of the head 59 ft; inWaterford, at Salterbridge, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the head 56 ft.; in Louth, at Oriel Temple,it is 54 ft. high. In France, at Sceaux, near Paris, 45 years planted, it is 70 ft. high ; at Metz, it is29ft. high, diameter of the head 49 ft. In Germany, at Harbke, in Brunswick, it is 70 ft. high ;