The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 727
l preserved. This is theCypress of Mistra. It is situated a short distance from that town,on a picturesque spot, at the foot of one of the branches ofMount Taygetus, and about five or six miles from the ruins ofSparta. It is, unquestionably, one of the most magnificent pro-ductions of the vegetable… … Cypress of Mistra. from the ground. I ]earn, from a statement of its size ascer-tained in the course of the present year, that no change hastaken place in this respect, and that these are precisely its actualdimensions. I am unable to speak with certainty of the height of this veryremarkable tree;…
