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couyla'ceae. casta'ne a.

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upwards of a mile long, consisting of 300 chestnut trees,which average 48 ft. in height, with trunks about 6 ft. indiameter. In Wiltshire , at Wardour Castle, 40 yearsplanted, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 4 ft., and. of the head 36ft.—North of London . In Berkshire, atBearwood, 16 years planted, it is 35 ft. high, diameter ofthe trunk 9 in., and of the head 18 ft. In Denbighshire,at Kinmel Park, it is 40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6 ft.,and of the head 36 ft. In Gloucestershire , at ChippingCampden, it is 77 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 6 ft.

10 in.; at Norton House, it is 96 ft. high, with a trunk 8 ft.in circumference. In Herefordshire , at Croft Castle, aresome very remarkable chestnuts; one of which is 80ft.high, diameter of the trunk 8 ft. 6in., and of the head112ft.! This is probably the largest chestnut in England.

There is another chestnut at Croft Castle, which is 78 ft.high, diameter of the trunk 8 ft., and of the head 81 ft.,and others of nearly equal dimensions. At Stoke EdithPark, in the same county, is a chestnut 60 ft. high, dia-meter of the trunk 5 ft. In Hertfordshire , at Cheshunt ,the sweet chestnut, only 6 years planted, is 16 ft. high,diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the head 10 ft. InLeicestershire , at Belvoir Castle, 21 years planted, it is40 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft., and of the head13,ft.; at Doddington Park, 70 years planted, it is 77 ft.

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Park, is a very remarkable tree, 100 years old, and 70 ft. high, with a trunk only 11 ft. in circum-ference at the ground, but with a clear upright bole, perfectly free from branches, to the height of50 ft. In Oxfordshire , at Tew Park, 16 years planted, it is 44ft. high. In Staffordshire , at TeddesleyPark, 14 years planted, it is 30 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 9in., and of the head 14ft. In Suffolk,at Shrubland Park, it is 66ft. high, diameter of the trunk 11 ft. 4in,, and of the head 6'6ft. InYorkshire , at Grimston, 11 years planted, it is 45 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 7 in., and thatof the head 18 ft.

C astanea visca in Scotland . Near Edinburgh , at Gosford House, 30 years planted, it is 20ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 4 in., with a widely spreading head; at Newbattle Abbey it is 60 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and that of the head 70 ft.; at Barnton House, 90 ft. high, thediameter of the trunk 4 ft., and that of the head 48 ft.; at Hopetoun House, 100 years planted, it is75 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 4 in., and that of the head 50 ft.; at Moredun, it is 70 ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head 58 ft.—South of Edinburgh . In Ayrshire, atDoonliolm, 70 years planted, it is 55 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 3 ft., and of the head 32 ft.; atBlair, 100 years old, it is 70 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft,, and that of the head 22 ft.; atAuchincruive, 120 years old, it is 60 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft. In the Stewartry ofKirkcudbright, at St. "Mary’s Isle, it is 48 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head60 ft. In Haddingtonshire , at Tynningham, it is 49 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 8 in., andthat of the head 60 ft. In Renfrewshire, at Eiskine House, it is 60 ft. h gh, the diameter of thetrunk 3 ft. 2 in.; at Both well Castle, it is 68 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft., and that of thehead 60ft. — North of Edinburgh . In Banffshire , at Gordon Castle, it is 64ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and that of the head 40 ft. In the Isle of Bute , it is 60 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 4 ft., and that of the head 70 ft.; at Cullen House, 80 years old, it is 51 ft. high, the dia-meter of the trunk 3 ft. 4in., and of the head 56 ft. In Cromarty, at Castle Send, 200 years old, it is90 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 8 ft. 6 in. and that of the head 180 ft. : by far the largest chest-nut tree in Scotland , In Forfarshire, at Co,urtaehy Castle, 102 years old, it is 45ft. high, the dia-meter of trunk 3 ft., and of the head 48 ft. In Perthshire, at Kinfauns Castle, it is 68 ft. high, diameterof the trunk 5 ft. 6 in. and of the head 45ft. This tree has a clear stem of 30 ft.; and is one of thechestnuts mentioned by Dr. Walker in an early statistical account of Scotland . AtTaymouth, 80years planted, it is 50 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 5ft. 6in., and of the head 50ft.; at Lawers, itis 71 ft. high, and the diameter of the trunk 4ft. 6 in. In Ross-shire, at Brahan Castle, it is 55ft.high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6in., and that of the head 50ft.; at Castle Head, it is 18ft. incircumference. In Stirlingshire, at Airthrey Castle, it is 70 ft, high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft.,and that of the head 39 ft.; at Bannockburn Wood, 120 years old, it is 76 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 6 ft., and of the head 70 ft.; and at Sauchie, 90 years old, it is 93 ft. high, diameter of thetrunk 4 ft., and of the head 60 ft.

C astanea visca in Ireland . In the environs of Dublin , in the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 yearsplanted, it is 35 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 30 ft — South ofDublin . In the county of Cork , at Castle Freke, it is 44 ft. high. In King’s County , at CharlevilleForest, 45 years planted, it is 85 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 8 in., and of the head 30 ft.In Kilkenny , at Borris, it is 53 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6ft., and that of the head 70 ft. —North of Dublin . In Down, at Ballyleady, 60 years planted, it is 38 ft. high, diameter of the trunk2ft. 4 in., and of the head 51 ft. In Fermanagh , at Florence Court, 45 years planted, it is 50 ft. high,the diameter of the trunk 7 ft., and of the head 20 ft.; another, 160 years old, is 83 ft. high, diameterof the trunk 4 ft., with a clear bole 28 ft. high. In Sligo , at Mackree Castle, it is 50 ft. high, thediameter of the trunk 3 ft. 6 in., and that of the head 41 ft; in Tyrone, at Baron’s Court, 40 yearsplanted, it is 35 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk 6 ft. 9 in., and the diameter of the head30ft.

C asthnea visca in Foreign Countries . In France , near Nantes , it is 100 years old, and 80 ft. high;at Colombe, near Metz, 60 years old, it is 39 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft., and that of thehead 50 ft.; in the Botanic Garden at Avranches , 22 years planted, it is 40 ft. high, the diameter ofthe trunk 1ft. 3 in., and that of the head 29 ft. In Hanover, in the Gottingen Botanic Garden,20 years planted, it is from 20 ft. to 25 ft. high. In Cassel, at Wilhelmshoe, 40 years planted, it isonly 16 ft. high, with a trunk 1 ft. in diameter. In Austria , at Vienna , in the University BotanicGarden, 36 years old, it is 24 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft., and of the head 20 ft. InBavaria , at Munich , in the English Garden , 30 years old, it is 20 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk4 m., and of the head 8ft. In Prussia, in Berlin , at Sans Souci, 45 years old, it is 40ft. high, thediameter of the trunk 9 in., and of the head 7 ft. In Sweden , at Lund, in the Botanic Garden, it^ SO ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2ft. 6 in., and that of the space covered by the branchesg6ft. In Italy , in Lombardy , at Monza , 50 years old, it is 84 ft. high, the circumference of the trunk7ft. 6 in., and the diameter of the head 45 ft.

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