Description

When at Kilbery [Kilberry] near Naini Tal [Nainital], Uttar Pradesh the other day, Bennet came across an unusually fine rhododendron tree in the jungle, which he measured. The circumference was 15 feet 6 inches and he estimates the height to be about 30 feet. He would be glad to know whether the tree is abnormally large and what Prain thinks its age might be. Bennet has seen hundreds of rhododendron trees in the lower Himalayas, but never such a large one before. He suggests sending the letter to the 'field newspaper' as old Anglo Indians might be interested. Annotations note that the size of the trunk is above average but the height is not. Bennet is the Civil Chaplain at Lucknow. Page 1 of 2.