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magnificent Walnut tree here represented was unknown to us when Vol. II. was published in 1907. We are indebted to Mr. F.R.S. Balfour for its discovery, and to Mr. G. Cromar for the following particulars:—The tree stands in Cam-yr-Alyn Park, Denbighshire, the property of Wilson Sweetenham, Esq., and in 1910, when the photograph was taken by Mr. W. P. Wilkes, was about 70 ft. high, and 32½ ft. in girth. It has five main branches, which measure as follows: 9 ft. 4 in., 10 ft. 3 in., 12½ ft., 9 ft., and 11½ ft. respectively, and cover an area of 88 ft. by 80 ft. The tree is healthy, and grows on a light loam and gravelly soil, at an elevation of about 100 feet above sea-level. The water in this district is full of lime, and there is a stream about 15 yards from the tree.