Note 51 — LOWTHER CASTLE

The dimensions of some of these trees are as follows:—The Douglas Fir (Abies Douglasii), 75 ft. in height, 6½ ft. circumference a yard from the ground, and 49 ft. across from point to point of the branches; Abies Menziesii, height 65 ft., girth 6 ft. at a yard from the ground; Picea Cephalonica, 50 ft. high, girth 4 ft. at a yard from the base; Abies Canadensis, 42 ft. in height, girth 3 ft.; Picea pinsapo, 40 ft. high; and the “Adam and Eve” ash-trees, one of which measures 21 ft. in girth at 5 ft. from the ground. For these dimensions we are indebted to that admirable publication, the Gardener’s Chronicle, in which an excellent account of the grounds of Lowther appeared. To that publication we have to express our obligation for the woodcut of the north front of the castle. “A.D. MDXCVIII ex gravi peste, quæ regionibus hisce incubuit, obierunt apud Penrith 2260, Kendal 2500, Richmond 2200, Carlisle 1196. Posteri, Avertite vos et vivite.”