New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-09-02
with the s.nx Alba for rapldity Of growth

In
elrrspce Of form, AID. In short. vaua n.La # Rad
AZ Woburn Alloy the residence OF me p.A A5 o. ,hs
ford there are five of this species vnicn ,,, 4,
.rs,p II t.h pond, .pd ~e,s piI s,sS, If se.s rse,
49, resp~e uy-y TO q, % ft cot 1On soo 81 y. 80
they contained In the trunk Il u 2oh, Io ::
SO H. aud with the sdditiOs 81 the o'Anehe ~ ,ss
N sS n 40 n fOl n and 60 n IL thus spp+a'' ' ~.
is,s, TIE. had increased In La trunk At tne sVsias
yearly rate OF exactly Ia cubic feet ana VIC ais
and bead tahen together. OF the rate OF more
cubic feet vhich Increase acc'ros i" d 'o'y 'a'
Por,rx state. that an acre ., land worth f5 ~
ruaily tor rent and taxes afforded clear P'o"' "
<Proi Plant, 4tb Ed, p.ge I'D ,--mox Jaws the
SRI r. smith In speaking Of this willow, 80 ,suss
barb 10 ,hick, good for tanning ana the cui0 u
though inferior 70 the Peruvian osk rb,ch GiIp,n
salix Alba 10 one 81 the fe~ Sllio Sa.nr.t,on al
thinks beautiful and ft 70 spo-sr 70 ',u lin nIsa
any rusl soena" IL hss oesuiuu, 'o~. oshI@ Win
sant light green Ito, which mlAs 81
foliage of a de.pAr bue 10 orDsrnaotAi pau
RECOGNIZED THEKs-SALiN ALbA a.. o5ge
M,,ehslt .,..s n, on, of trees nezl 'no b,so
m" spesa' 0' In oopshire 20 feet hgh with
head 60 feet ia diameter and me so an h ..u. I'm
ference There 10 q hot OF tnls 49, M.ncbs,,sr
Ch..hI,s the River w aver and toe "
$500 ,h 80. an vhicb are 20 feet nisn 10 rarisy
perby sbire Report 10 Is stated that ueS VI osuA
Seee al Wi,kswortn. produced loo ie, VI
sold at per fo Near Lono9n ,nono. ~ A.. gs,er
\, Dvon.hre at Klerton, It 10 90 feet high, VITO
syunk f,et 10 inches In d sneter . ,,
\, GIoucestershirp At DOddtngtOn, 10 yeNs Pau''~,
n 50 feet hsb the diameter OF the trunk ~ feet ana
Of the bead 60 feet ,.x
In bshshire at Llsnbede Hall, 45 years planted
g. feet high rA
In Oxford,hire, near Oxfsrd, on the banks OF tue
(berweD IL Is 60 feet high the diameter OF the trunk
feet, and Of the head 90 feet oo..,,
In Pembrokeshire, St.ckpoe Court II 6Ofeet nign
In RuIanoshire al BevOr Ca'tie 1t Is so foet high
In Suffolk at Bury St Edmond, near tho site OF
thA Ancient Church tree of this pecss In 1885, was
Is feet high the circumference OF the tronk le feet
fncbes and that Of the two principal limbs 10 eet and
le feet respectively The cicurns OF the space
covered By the branches 2O4 test, and the cubic
contents OF the tree s40 feet OF solid timber.
These dimensions taken from Mr. Struts Sylvia,
who has given AID engraving OF The tree
In YORKSHIRE at Horribly Caste, 10 feet high, d.
ameter Of trunk az feet, and of The head ~ feet
In Scotland, near Edinburgh, at ,petoun House, II
Is 20 feet high oismeter Of trunk feet incnes
ard the head IS feet
In Hsddipeiopshire, at TyDuingha Castle, 1t IL 63
fsei bish diameter OF the trunk feet and Of che hesd
10 Lanark,hirs In the glasgow Botanic Garden, 1t s
50 feet high. .o,,,
In Bsnishlre, at Gordon Castle It Ia Sc feet high.
In Ireland, Kilkenny, at Ormo'd Castle 'is % feet
h,rb diameter of trunk A fept. and OF the head 81
feet AT Wsodstock Cast It 70 feet high, diameter
of trunk 3s feet and Of the head, 65 feet In Sligo at
MurAree Cattle IL 10 feet hish diameter OF the trunk
feet, and OF the head 90 feet