THE OAK. 



95 



feet in circumference inside. The tree is 83 feet 3 

 inches high, and 47 feet in circumference on the out- 

 side near the ground. This fine ruin is still standing, 

 and, though it has latterly become much wasted, it 

 annually produces a crop of leaves and acorns/' 



The Chandos Oak. 



; <The 'Chandos Oak' stands in the pleasure- 

 g, ^uncls of Michendon House, near Southgate, and 

 is about 60 feet high. The head covers a space, the 

 diameter of which measures 118 feet. The girth of 

 the trunk, at one foot from the ground, is 18 feet 3 

 inches. It has no large limbs; but, when in full 

 foliage, its boughs bending to the earth, with almost 

 artificial regularity of form, and equi-drstant from 

 each other, give it the appearance of a gigantic tent. 

 It forms, indeed, a magnificent living canopy, imper- 

 vious to the day." 



"The 'Boddington Oak' grew in a piece of rich 

 grass-land, called the Old Orchard Ground, belonging 



