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Hi Geoff and all, Ever since I saw the book ' Meetings with Remarkable Trees' by Thomas Pakenham, I have been very interested in experiencing some of these notable trees. Many were brought to England by explorers expressly for large estates in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and have been growing ever since into mammoth beings. Many are incorporated into buildings and structures, have Victorian tree houses in them, and are so big they have rooms inside the trunks. They are dotted all over Britain, but Kew has a concentration of remarkable trees, and I must make a pilgrimmage to some of them, rain or shine! Thanks for the Kew site! Best, Chris PS< if amyone else has suggestions about London or environs--let me know--we will be staying within walking distance of the British Museum, whatever neighborhood that might be. Chris Gralapp, MA, CMI Medical and Scientific Illustration 415 454-6567 [log in to unmask] www.biolumina.com