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Index of Subjects An impressive old tree indeed. At a conference in Cambridge UK ~1996, a short cut accompanied by the local organizer took us past (I think it was) King's College where he pointed out a mature, tall horse chestnut tree in full leaf outside the building, in great shape. Did I know that there's an actual university committee which oversees looking after that particular chestnut tree and only that one, he commented? I hope they are still there (both the tree and the committee). Such extreme specialization may arise in part from England's being only 2.4x larger in area than Nova Scotia but having a population density of ~411 per square km versus Nova Scotia's ~17/squ km, in Cambridge U having a student/faculty ratio of only ~1/4 of that in most Canadian (and other) universities, and the fact that the English in particular cut down most of 'their' trees in the Middle Ages and before, so perhaps have had time to reflect on what little they have left. Steve (Hfx) ________________________________________ From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] on behalf of Dusan Soudek [soudekd@ns.sympatico.ca] Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2014 9:44 AM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Tree hugger's quandary A gorgeous big tree! And an interesting book on the old trees of the U.K. They published a book about significant old trees in New Brunswick a number of years ago. (I do have a copy, somewhere. Probably lent out.) I don't believe there is one for Nova Scotia. Nimbus Publishing, are you listening? Dusan Soudek > On April 22, 2014 at 7:41 PM David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > Hi All, Apr 22, 2014 > Not NS natural history but I like this tree-- > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/gardening/plants/trees/8675208/Champion-trees-of-Britain-and-Ireland.html > Yt, DW, Kentville >
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