Veitch's manual of the coniferae - containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in (14583325680)

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Title: Veitch's manual of the coniferae : containing a general review of the order, a synopsis of the species cultivated in Great Britain, their botanical history, economic properties, place and use in arboriculture, etc
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Kent, Adolphus Henry Veitch, James Herbert, 1868-1907 James Veitch & Sons
Subjects: Conifers Conifers
Publisher: Chelsea : J. Veitch
Contributing Library: University of British Columbia Library
Digitizing Sponsor: University of British Columbia Library



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feet inthis dire.tion, and .il feet in the rows. The height .f the treesvaries a littl.-, the tallest bein- (at the present time, 1900) aboutof) feet, and the shortest not less than 30 feet. A few have cast offtheir h.west tiers of branches, and there are two or three whose trunksare free of branches to nearly one-third of their height; the uniformityIS thus slightly but not materially im))aired. The circumference ofthe trunks at three feet from the groun.l ranges from o to 7 feet; thelength of the lower branches ,,f tin- most spreading tree is about20 feit. A short avenue at Ioltiiiiore, neai Exeter, is well marked by the<-v<iiness of growth and the liealthy appearance of the trees composing it;and OIK of greater extent at .Alurthly in Perthshire forms a remarkablefeature amidst its surroundings. The enumeration of even a fractional\y.\\i of the number of fine Araucarias dis))ersed ov<r (Jreat Britain fromSutheiland to Cornwall and over Ireland would occupy more space tliau
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< 302 AliAUCARIA )^,ID\V.TLLI. can be spared; iievortheless, niention should ho made of some of the largertrees of known rei)ute, and of these tlie first place must be given tothe superb specimen at Dropmore, the subject of the illustration andstill the finest in the country. Closely apprdacliing it in dimensions aretrees at Tortworth Coiu-t, (Tloucestershire; Trcvarrick, Cornwall; RevesbyAbbey, Lincolnshire; Howick Hall, Xorthunibcrland ; ChaddlcAvood, southDevon; Piltdown, Sussex; Thornhill Park, Hants; Wansfell Holme,Cumberland; Drumlanrig, Diimfries-shiie; Dunkeld, Perthshire; Cultoquhey,Dupplin Castle and Keir House in the same county ; Gordon Castle,Morayshire ; Ctxstlewellan, Co. Down ; Fota Island, Cork ; Hamwood, Co.Meath; Curraghmore, Waterford ; Woddstock, Kilkenny; ami many more. Araucaria Bidwilli. A lofty tree attaining 100—150 feet in height with a stout trunkusually denuded of branches for half the height. Uranches in whorlsof ten-—fifteen with distichous ramifi