admired. Many years ago Mr. Ord ordered his gardener to lay a
moss-rose, which, when done, he thought looked so well, he would not
allow the layers to be taken off, but laid them down year after year,
till it covered the ground it does at present, viz. a diameter of
forty-seven feet; want of room has confined it to its present size
for several years."

Girth at 3 feet Girth in June Girth in Girth in 1812 Girth in Jan
from the ground 1808 December 1809 (Faulkner) 1835 J.M.
in 1793

f. i. f. i. f. i. f. i. f. i.

_Sophora
japonica_,
{144a} in 1809, 8 0 9 4 9 7.5 10 1 0 0
about 50 feet
in height; it
flowered for
the first time
in August 1807,
and has
continued to
flower the two
succeeding
years.

_Ginko-tree_
(_Ginko
biloba_, 2 3 3 6 3 9 3 10 0 0
standard) about
37 feet high.

A tree from an
Illinois-nut,
given by Mr. 2 2 2 10 2 11 3 0 0 0
Aiton to Mr.
Ord, about 40
feet high.
{144b}

A black
walnut-tree,
(_juglans 5 4 6 11 {144c} 7 3 10 0
niger_), sown
where it stands
in 1757, about
64 feet high in
1809.

A cedar of
Lebanon, when
planted being 8 8 9 11 {144d} 9 9 10 0
two years old,
in 1809 being
about 55 feet
high.

A willow-leaved
oak, sown in
1757. 4 0 5 5 {144e} 5 7 5 10

The _rhus
vernix_, or
varnish sumach. 4 0 4 10 4 10 5 1

_Fraxinus
ornus_, which
is covered with 3 10
flowers every
year.

_Gleditsia
triacanthus_,
sown in 1759, 4 8
produced pods 2
feet long in
1780, but the
seeds
imperfect.

_Acacia
common_, sown
in 1757, 7 7
planted where
it stands in
1758.

_Ilex_ 6 9

_Tulip-tree_,
sown where it
stands in 1758,