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or innumerable trees, says he was never weary of wandering, for so 

 sublime a prospect his eyes never before be held, and concludes, " If 

 any place can in any respect have similar features to the western 

 park, it is at Lowther Park in "Westmoreland, which from the extent 

 of prospect, the grand surrounding objects, noble situation, diversity 

 of surface, extensive woods and command of water, might be rendered 

 by a man of sense, spirit, and taste, the finest scene in the British 

 dominions." 



A clump of beech by the river-side is a striking example of the 

 necessity of close planting for obtaining the best quality of timber. 

 Many of the trees were considerably over 100 ft. high, one girting 

 13 ft. at 5 ft. 



In Yanwath wood ; — 



(1) Oak at 3 ft. girted 13 ft. 10 in. 



(2) „ „ 5 ft. „ 12 ft. 6 in. 



(1) Scots fir „ „ 11 ft. in., with clean stem, 60 ft. 



(2) „ „ „ 11 ft. 6 in. 



Near the terrace, which is nearly a mile long : — ■ 



Sycamore girted 17 ft. 3 in. 



(1) Oak at 5 ft. girted 13 ft. 3 in. 



(2) „ „ „ „ 16 ft. in., with clean stem 50 ft. 

 The ash "Eve" at 4 ft. girted 22 ft. 4 in. 



P. Douglasii planted fifty years ago, 

 girted at 5 ft.= 7 ft. 5 J in. 



„ „ base, = 9 ft. 6 in. 

 Height of tree, ^0 ft., with spread of branches 65 ft. 

 P. finscfpo, 2 5 ft. high. 

 Hemlock spruce, 25 ft. 



At "Jack Croft" an nsh gave at 4 ft. = 12 ft. 4 in. and 50 ft. 



stem. 

 And a beech „ 10 ft. 8 in. 



On the lawn: Spanish chestnut at 5 ft. girted 13 ft. in. and 70 



ft. high. 

 A cedar of Lebanon at 5 ft. gave 5 ft. 6 in. and 40 ft. high. 

 A yew with clean stem 1 5 ft. at 5 ft. = 10 ft. 2 in. ; and 

 One „ 6 ft. „ =10 ft. 2 in. 



Some of these old trees doubtless formed part of the Forest of 

 Whinfell, which at the beginning of last century was famous for its 

 prodigious oaks. At Brougham Castle — "The Windsor of the 

 North " — to which part of Whinfell Forest belongs, it is recorded 

 there existed at the beginning of this century a trio named the 



