It has been supposed that this noble Spruce would not grow as tall in its own country as on the western coasts of the New World. But the following from the Gardeners' Chronicle, alluding to the pinetum at Dropmore, gives the following account of one :

"The Abies Douglasi here of more than 120 feet in height, is another pet of the pinetum, and its pride. It has offspring around it, especially a tree of 1835, growing by the carriage-drive, a cutting from the original tree, and laden with heavy branches bearing many cones. The original tree carries us back to the days of Mr. Frost's honored master, Lord Grenville, the founder of Dropmore, and the encloser of the roughs and wastes which he supplanted by the present grounds 600 acres in extent. Lord Grenville, being a Fellow of the Horticultural Society, sent to Dropmore some of the seed which the Society had received from Mr. Douglas. It was sown in 1827, and the big tree was planted in 1830.