“In the kitchen garden is (1812) a moss-rose, which has been much 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 7½ 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, 5 6 first flowered in 1782. _Cyprus 5 6 deciduus_, sown in 1760 _Corylus colurna_ (Constantinople 3 2 hazel), between 30 and 40 feet high, bears fruit, but imperfect. _Virginian cedar_, (red) sown in 1758 4 0 _Guilandina 2 1 dioica_, or _bonduc_