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CONI'FERjE. ce'drus.

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bighshire, at Llanbede Hal}, 14 years planted, it is 18 ft. high. In Derbyshire , at Hassop, It is 24 ft.high ; at Elvaston Castle, it is 73 ft. 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 ft. high ; at Faulkbourn Hall, it is 80 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 6 ft. 6 in.,and of the head 100 ft.; at Thorndon Hall, it is 40 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter; at ShortGrove is a remarkable cedar, 80 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. 4 in. in diameter at 1ft. 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 trunk

I ft. 6 in., 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,31 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 42ft.; 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., vol. 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 8 ft. 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. glaftca 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 -1 trunk 4ft., 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, 68ft. 7in. 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 1 ft. 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 1 ft. 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 head42ft. In Suffolk, on the lawn at Hardwicke, it is 50 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5ft., andof the head 43 ft.; at Finborough Hall, 80 years planted, it is 80 ft, the diameter of the trunk 4ft.Sin., and of the head 80ft.; at Stretton Parsonage, there is one 90 years old, with a trunk 5ft. indiameter; at Wolveston Hall, it is 65 fL high, the diameter of the trunk 4 ft. 6 in., and of the head80 ft.; at Campsey Ash is a group of 8 or 10, with trunks from 4ft. to 611. 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 Haglej% is one with a trunk 5 ft. 4in. in diameter, and the diameter of the head85ft.; at Croome, 80 years planted, it is 100 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 5 ft., and of the head120ft. In Yorkshire , at Hackress, 12 years planted, it is lift, high ; at Grimston, 13 years planted,itjis 12 ft. high.

Cerfriw Libdni in Scotland . In the Experimental Garden at Inverleith, 10 years planted, it is10ft. high ; at Gosford House,30 years planted, it is 20ft. high ; at Beil, 110 years old, it is 54ft.6>n. high, the diameter of the trunk 4ft. 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 are»any fine cedars, with trunks from 3 ft. to 5 ft. in diameter. In Ayrshire, at Loudon Castle, it is30ft. high, with a trunk 4ft. 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 3 ft.In Haddingtonshire , at Tyninghame, 24 years planted, it is 27 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk1ft., 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,me 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.,3f*dof the head 44 ft. In Fifeshire , 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.;

Invergowrie is one with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter. In Perthshire, at Taymouth, 40 years planted,

18 36 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 20 ft.; at Perth , in the nurserycf Messrs. Dickson and Turnbull, 15 years planted, it is 19 ft. 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 45 ft. high, diameter of the trunk 1 ft. 6 in ,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.

Ci idrus Libani in Ireland . In the Glasnevin Botanic Garden, 35 years planted, it is 24 ft. high,ftie 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.n ‘gh ; at Glasnevin is a fine specimen, with a trunk 2ft. 6in. in diameter, and clear to the height°‘ 20ft.; at Colonel Conolly’s, Castletown, it is 28 ft. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft. 6 in., and

the head 50 ft. In Antrim, at Antrim Castle, 10 years planted, it is 17 ft. high. In Fermanagh , at^orence Court, 35 years planted, it is 36f't. high, the diameter of the trunk 2 ft., and of the headr!‘C 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.

Cetfrws Libuni in Foreign Countries. In France, in the Jardin des Plantes , 100 years old, it is 80 ft.J8b, the diameter of the trunk 3 ft 6 in., and of the head 85 ft.; at Fromont, 32 years planted, it isoft. high, the diameter of the trunk 1ft. 6 in., and of the head 36ft.; in the Botanic Garden atin*i on ’ ^ y ears planted, it is 22ft. high ; at Barres, 28 years planted, it is 28 ft. high ; at Nantes ,n the nursery of M. Nerriferes, 40 years planted, it is 50 ft. high, with a trunk 4 ft. in diameter; in the

otanic Garden at Avranches, 24 years planted, it is 40 ft. high. In Germany , it will not stand out